The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-03-25

Cattle Bedding.-A Maine correspond
ent of the american Cultiyator finds that
sawdust in the stable keeps his cows
much cleaner than the most liberal
bedding of straw. s..
Wire Worm Remedy.-Buckwheat is
recommended as the best remedy for
the wire worm. Two or three crops
sowed in succession will completely
starve them out, as they will not eat it
to any extent.
Save the Ashes.-Farmers who do
not carefully save their ashes to apply
to their farms make a great mistake.
They, are very valuable to scatter over
old pastures. But the best place to use
them is in the orchard. - ~-s-
Experiment.-Baren Leibig says: The
only method by whici. you can possibly
advance and develop agriculture is by
experiments: that is the only plan, for
there is no branch of industry so COM
pletely built up by experiment as agri-
culture.
Why Is H!-Why is.the product of
Dorking cock and q Cochin hen quite
different to the product of Cochin cock
and Dorking hen? 1t is so; and re-
mark that the difference, though more
or less various in quantity, is constant
in quality.
The Virtue of Bones.-Prof. Hilgard,
of California, says the simplest way in
which farmer can obtain the fu
benefit of moderate quantity of bones
is to mix them in the hot. fermenting
manure pie, provided the pile is kept
in proper condition of moisture.
Wheat Acreage.-The San Francisco
journal of Commerce says that three mil
lion acres of fall wheat have been
sown in California the past season. The
early and abundant rains enabled the
farmers to put in full crop-a thing
which has not happened for years.
Buckwheat Straw -Buckwheat straw,
which heretofore has been considered of
little value, bas of late been utilized by
some of the Western farmers by chop
ping it fine and adding meal to it. A
small quantity fed to stock occasionally
would De reiished, no doubt.
Drain Protection. - The tile gate,
which is among recent inventions, is in
troduced for the protection of drains.
The gate is adjusted by being securely
bolted in the tile of the next largest size
than the tile in the drain and placed at
the outlet as barrier to vermin large
and small.
Clean Cattle Stables.-Keep the sta
bles clean. Clear out tine manue every
morning and scrape or card off all
filth from the animals. The stables
should be made SO warm that the
manure will not freeze at night. A
lower temperature will either demand
| larger amount of food or the animal will
fall off in condition.
A Mistaken Idea.-Some people make
The mistake of giving the broods hatched
by two or more hens at once to single
| hen to nurse. If each hen hatched but
one or two chicks, then, of course, it is
| right and proper to give them all to one
or six chicks she should be allowed to
rear them.
Catarrh in Sheep.-If your sheen
have catarrh in the head, do not torture
| them by boring holes in their nostrils
or injecting strong drugs as recon
mended by some. The remedy is simple:
Take equal parts of pulverized Iosin,
| flowers of sulphur and salt. Cover the
bottom of their feed troughs with it;
the sticky nature of the rosin, combined
with the moisture of the salt, makes
the sulphur adhere to their noses, and
the fumes of the sulphur cure the
catarrh.
Young Lambs.-Take good care of
the young lambs. When you find one
just dropped, weak and cold, do not
stand upon your dignity and think it
beneath your notice, and so let it die.
Have it taken to warm room, give it a
bath of warm water, about as warm as
you would have for bath for your own
feet, and then rub it dry with warm,
dry cloth; give two or three spoonfuls
of warm milk, and in an hours time
you will have strong, vigorous lamb,
which will follow the mother anywhere.
Ashes for Apple Trees.-When ap-
pie or pear trees become diseased from
being planted in unfavorable or ILL
prepared soil, or from lack of food, they
are very certain to be attacked by
insects, which if they were in healthy
condition would probably be unknown.
Certain washes, such as lye "a solution
of potash), have been applied with sue
cess in destroying these insects and
restoring the tree to health. But for
our own practice we have for the last
two years applied a much simpler
remedy with more success, as it causes
the old dead bark, the chosen hiding
place of insects, to cleave off, leaving in
its place.a smooth, healthy surface. This
is simply, after rain, and while the
bark if yet wet, to throw on dry wood
ashes until the power Of retention is
full. If rain soon follows, the strength
of the ashes is carried into every Granny
of the old bark, and the effect is work
ing cleanliness on the tree. If there is
no rain the ashes will remain and be
working their good effects, and be ready
for action when the rain comes. The
operation of sowing on the ashes is
easily and quickly performed, SO if the
tree is in bad condition it is easily re-
peated until the insects are all destroyed
and new, healthy bark covers the
tree. To remedy existing evils SOW on
the ashes between now and leafng out,
after the first rain. if possible; for they
can be scattered over the bark now
with less waste than when intercepted
by leaves, and placed more equally
where they are needed. As the pre-
ventive of future depredations sow
them on in summer, when the insects
deposit their eggs, which will never
hatch under the influence of ashes.
Two objects are gained by this opera
tion; the ashes, or lye they produce,
furnishes food for the trees as we'll as
destroying its enemies, and imparts
cleanliness to the tree.