The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-06-05
:ARMERSl COLUMN.
80 FARM NOTES.

that it shouldabe sifted on the bushes while
they are wet with dew.
Catholic acid soap is recommended as
nm excellent preventive against flies I'll
rubbed on the legs and neck Of horse he
will not be troubled with flies.
Considerable cranberry land was devas-
tated by, the aate New Jersey fires. The
flames swept over single meadow ofthirty-
five acres, occasoning the heavy loss of
about $4,000
The @Westen Rural" says that while
most other plants require careful prcpar-
alton oftlio suil to insure their growth buck
wheat not only prepares the soil for itself,
but for othercrops, by pulyerzing it if it is
hard or tough.
The farmers of Crawford county, this
State, are going to make a thorough test Of
the practieability Of raising the red amber
sugar cane. 1t is believed the crop can be
made to yield larger returns than either
corn Oh wheat.
An asylum for aged domestic animals
has just been opened at Gonesse, in France.
There are already n cow SO years Of age, a
hog aged 25, and an is year old goat. TIE
senior member of the happy family, how
ever, is a mule 40 years of age.
fresh COW manure diluted with water
until ola paste-like consistency and poured
on young melon vines is an efiectual remedy
for beetles and other insects that are FIRE.
quently very destructive. A second appli-
cation will seldom be necessary.
Two hundred and TWENTY-FIVE acres
were devoted to the cultivation of strawber.
ries in South Carolina this year, yielding
1900 quarts to the acre and aggregatng
900 OO,OOOquurts, which, at IL cents a quart,
would give an income of Z trAe over $685.
900. 81
From experiments recently made by
Mr.. j. II. Burns it appears that the appl
cation of yeast TO insects produces in them a
fatal fungus, and diluted yeast is therefore
recommended as destructive to the potato
beetle. 1t would at least he an easy thing
to try. Is
-"Yick's Magazine" says; "Owing to the
mild weather, goosoberry buds are swelling
fast. Now is the time to keep watchful
eye on sparrows and bulfnches nea: town.
The former do more damage than the latter.
Not day should he lost in taking precau-
tionary measures"
The pleuro-pheumonia is prevailing to
some extent in the State of Delaware. A
few days ago Mr.. John S. Harrington, Of
Milford Hundred, killed three head of val
naft 10 tl,oth hol oil, ol 1,
disease. This is the surest way to check the
spread of this plague, if done in time.
The potato beetle is said to have APP
W peared in large plumbers in Camden and
- Gloucester counties, n. j., this season.
Farmers planted their potatoes early, with
the expectation of escaping the pests ,butth
y latter comprehended the situation. Still
they are not the terrible destroyers they
were ten years ago, aud are quite under con-
troll.
1t IS claimed that if q couple ofhauduls
ofthe common black walnut leaves are put
in vessel of water all night, and next
morning boiled for fifteen to twenty min.
htes; then WHOM cold take sponge or rag
and moisten the eyes, neck legs, etc, Of a
horse, the flies will give those places a wide
berth. In some cases this application may
be valuable.
The Massachusetts Ploughman" states
that in locating an apiary it should never
he placed against house or fence, but iso-
lated, as it Were, that it may be worked
around. 1t should not be placed where
cattle pass often, as bees are opposed to dis
agreeable odors. No grass or weeds should
be allowed to grow near the hive, as the
bees are liable TO fall into it and lose time
or be lost
"A French paper relates the following
experiment: "A cow was MIXED three
times day for eleven days, and yielded
ITO quarts OF milk With two milkings q
day she yielded lIO quarts in the same
number. of days. Analysis, moreover
showed that the milk in the first case wa,
richer ibutter globules by more than one
seventh than in the second case.
-Rad;shes may be grown in a lew day.
by the following method Soak the seed in
- water for twenty four hours, then put in q
bag and expose to the sun, and they will
commence to germinate the same day. Their
ow in a well manured hot bed, and water
rom time to time with lukewarm water
n very short time tho radishes acquire 4
|unicientbulk to be good enough to eat.
The Scientific American" has found q
lse for fruit cans 1t recommends piercing
ne or more pin holes in the bottom ant
mixing them in the earth near the roots O
trawberry CT tomato or other plants tn,
loles TO be made of such size that when th,
an is filed with water fluid can only
scape into the ground very slowly. 4
cry little care in filling the cans occasion
lly will keep the ground well irrigated.
-Hyacinths may be grown in wet sand
rayel, moss or in water, but much bette
pots ofearth not less than six inches deel
nd wide. Several may be brought to
ether-say three Of different colors. TIL
ngle-Aowered varieties are, in most re
peet, much better than the double. Fo
be soil take a sapdy loan of well-rotle,
lanure, pot all the bulbs at once, and brin
penn to the light at different times.
AS MIX ana cream are great absorbent
impurities in confined air, we have fire.
nently suggested that every care should b
xercised in keeping milk rooms perfect,
are aud clean The Grl,ins should be ill
the dey before needed with boiling water
hd in an hour mixed with cold. PerfeC
eanlness is very important considera
On from ihe milking Of the COW until tn
ntter is brought TO market
The following facts will be found inter
ting for farmers to peuse: Measure 20
et ON each side,and you will have a squar
re within and ineh an acre contains A, so