The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
TOPICS FOR THE FARM.

TOPICS FOR THE FARM.
To Destroy Lfce.-Use carbolic pow
der in the busting bins occasionally to
destroy lice.
A SHggestion.-Wash your roosts
and the bottom of laying nests once
Month In winter, once a week in stim-
titer, with kerosene:
ROckweed.-There is no doubt rock
weed would be an excellent fertilizer,
however, applied so as to decompose it,
and if thrown among barnyard droppings
would make good manure for corn.
Starting Horse.-Always start a
horse with the voice, never with the
cut of the whip. In starting, tarn a
little to one side; in stopping, when 60
ing up hill, do the same.
Trichina in Pork.-Never, On any
account, eat a piece of uncooked hog
meat. 1t is dangerous to do SO on ac-
count of trichina that may be lurking
therein.
What Tillage Means.-Tillage means
the destruction of weeds among the
hoed crops, so that all the fertility of
the land may be profitable to the
farmer.
After the Lice.-The Scientific Ame,i.
can says that an Immediate and effective
remedy for lice on COWS and ether cattle,
also for ticks on pigs, is to wash the af
fected parts with potato water, water
In which potatoes have been boiled.
A Glandered H0rse.-The only
proper thing to do with horse that
has the glanders is to shoot him. He
can't be cured, and he is constantly
spreading the disease among horses, and
even men. In SOME countries 1t is un-
lawful to drive glandered horse.
Lime for Hens.-Laying hens need a
great deal of lime, in order that their
eggs may have the proper thickness of
shell. Nothing better can be given than
raw bones crushed fine. They are of
special value on account of the fatty
matter contained in their cells.
Wall Cement.--Slack one peck of
lime, and while hot and at the thickness
of cream, add pint of linseed oil and
a quarter pound of dissolved glue.
Let it stand halliday before using.
This, for interior walls is far superior
to simple lime and water.
Grating Wax.-Grafting wax may
be made by melting together four
pounds of common rosin, two pounds of
beeswax, and one pound of tallow. If
to be 1sed in the orchard in cool weather,
add quarter of pound more of tai
low, or little raw hnseed oil.
Lay Your Plans.-One of the most
successful farmers of the country gives
this secret of his working: ain winter
| draw plan for the next years opera
tions; l spend NJ time in grng shops,
nor in whining about the busine IS of
farming; / read all I can and endeavor
to select the best ideas"
Do Pumpkins Iniure COrn?-A cor
respondent of The Country Gentleman
asserts that Lis corn has been earlier
and the yield larger since he abandoned
the practice of planting pumpkins with
the corn. He thinks the increase in the
corn crop has more than compensated
for the loss of the pumpkins.
Systematize.-In making a new Or
chard, says fruit grower, systematize
matters by setting your apple trees SO
gether, then your fall apples, then your
winter apples, and SO on. 1t will be
much easier to gather them; you will
ho 10 houl @bo Nv
chard.
Chicken ChOlera.-Kerosene oil will
cure cholera in poultry, by giving them
tea-spoonful mixed with black pepper !;
also bathe the crop and breast with
kerosene oil. This will cure every
time. l have success when / have used
it; have not lost fowl in the operation
Please publish and let the public know
this fact.-Poutry Yard.
The Wheat Cr0p.-The Indian Farmer
says: 1t won't do to make calculations
on big price for wheat next fall. The
breadth is unusually large in our own
country and the prospect is still re-
markably good; but more important
than this is the fact as stated in the
Mark Lane (London), Erpress, that "the
crop prospects in England are better
now than for years past"
Potato Planting.-A farmer says: ]
plow in all my potatoes when blowing
first, dropping in every third furrow for
early rose and ali clustering varieties,
and every fourth furrow for peach
blows and the like spreading varieties;
then harrows as soon as the weeds, if
any, come up, and repeat as often as
wee ds show, until the tops of the potatoes
are six to twelve inches high.
The Garden.-Often we have urged
that the garden should be laid out so
that it can be worked with horse. If
to be cultivated with hand hoe it gets
neglected. or the women-folk have to
90 the work. With many, in the busy
season, there really does not appear to
be any time for work in the garden, but
our remedy will generally prove eff
fective-have it so that it can be worked
by horse power. Two hours once week,
will do the business. Then the men
will find time when otherwise they
would not.
A Rich Manure.-Wood ashes will
decompose bones. Expose to the
weather a barrel filled with alternate
three-inch layers of broken bones and
ashes for several months, when, on ex-
animation, the bones will be found to
be reduced to jelly-like substance,