The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24
| FARM NOTES.

to success In his common farm crops, |
many fail to apply the same knowledge |
to their more expensive orchards.
To destroy plantains, .dandelions or
other weeds on the town, drop carefully
single drop Of sulphrric acid into the |
centre Of the plant. One drop will do |
the business; more VIII be Likely to do |
harm. -. ISL
In. England it has been found that
seven pounds of sulphur mixed with one
hundred pounds of ground bone and al |
lowed to slightly ferment fol. few days
before being applied to the soil. will eff |
fectually defend the young turniip5t plants
from the attacks Of the fly. - lid
i BEsT TIME TO HANDLES BEES. in mid
summer. from early, morning until ten
a. m. is the best and NEST. quiet time,
when many OF. the bees are out. They
should never be. disturbed at night or
when the air Is damp OF, chilly, or it is
windy. : = ~ -. Y. as
AN improved corn-sheIler. has been
patented by B. A, Camp. in Indiana, 1t
IS 50 constructed that it will not become
cloggeds nor break the cobs, but carry
them out of the way, and deliver the |
shelled corn into spout whence it can
be drawn off into sacks, OF other receivers.
An inquiry has been made about the
proportion, of saltpetre and water to. be
used in forming a. mixture, for, the. de
stTuction Of the squash. bugs and other
insects. 1t is. a teaspoonful to a, gallon
Of water, and atablespoonful to a com
mon pailftl of water s'.'''' y ~ SD
A GENTLEMAN at the head of a large
fruit-drying establishment states that
fruit sliced very thin across the axis,
placed on a tray in the sun, and covered
with thin muslin (not mosquito netting),
viii present an appearance closely re
sembling that prepared by evaporation
and bleached BY sulphur fumes. 3n-
SOME years ago, says the Ohio, FIurnaeir-,,
D. M. Ferry grew six hundred bushels
of onions on an acre, for which he was
offered g. so per bushel, making the
snug sum of 81, 500 from an acre. A
farmer who heard of it, and knew mo
more about onion growing than he did of
Sansl1rit, planted five acres Of c6mmon
corn lind in onions, the next season, the
seed costing him 800. He didn't grow
a,bushel Of marketable onions Had he
studied up the subject and planted the
first season an eighth or fourth Of one
acre, he might now be a successful
lonion- grower, whereas he indulges In
profanity at the smell of an onion. ~
10 rDEsraoY pUNGu3 IN OEIAlARs.-
The use Of sulphur to destroy fungoid
growths in greenhouses and wineries is
we'll known to hortieulturists. The same
remedy may be applied destroy fungus.
sandmould in cellars, inimany of whichit;
exists to such an extent as to damage
produce stored there { Take some stick
sulphur, and place ina pan and set fire
to it; close the doors, making the Cellar
as nearly airstighti as possible for few
0honrs, when thelfringi lwill besdestroyed
and the mould drieddup. Repeat, this
simple and inexpensive cooperation every
two or three months, and the. cellar will
s;be free from all parasitical growth. y
|ll IA MILKEEa SHED. For summer dairy
Jingian open shed in which the cows can
be tied and given few mouthfuls of
/ freshggreeni fodder after they are milked,y
and which should be: scleanlyl scraped,
after eacn milking, is perhaps the most
convenient and the best. The milk may
be drawn free from dust and dirt,
6 ficked Notwithstanding ofltheaeowsI
tails, as will happen with. COWS loose in a
barn-yard. Moreover the } milk pals
should be of tin and not ofswoOdg An
old wooden milk pail can notu beymade
clean by dintiof any amount of securing. 8
Nor should the milk pail be used Tor any
other purpose; but, as soonias the.milk
is strained, the pail should be washed
with cold water, scalded, and turned
bottom upward upon "a, bench or on al
stand furnished with pegs to hold the.
pals, that they may be well aired ~ Hl7ssf-t
change. e.. .,,.,.5.. ..s,...,.>.-e.e a.
The FRENCH REPUBLIC AND AGRICUI-
TURAL, EDUCATION. paragraph is 60.
ing the rounds of the press atfording the
interesting Intelligence that 'sthe French,
Government has ordered course Of
teaching iii agriculture in every primary
school in the country I suppose this
action must be accepted as a right and
proper thing, on the part Of the replib-
ican government Of France But. What
shall be said Of another, and older, and
many think q better and q greater re,opb-
lie, the governing powers Of Which have
suffered a vast system of schools endowed
for the. express purpose OF teaching egri-
culture, Co lapse into the insignificant
form of what Goodwin Smith calls sOne- J
horse Universities IL the Republicans
of France deserve high fpraise for that
recognition of agriculture; shall it be
praise or censure that shall be meeted
out to collectionof lawyers and politi-
clans which deny few Thousand dollars
to the Agricultural Department.and re-
! fuse to make its head more than avregis- {
ttering clerk ?4V l20raJNeto Yorker, He'd
"a : Politics in the Ban; Room, . ,a3
Il & Well, saysY5Hgaid one1 Of our best
young men, at "a N erth, Hill hop the
other evening, stf's you know bout this fell
lab Hancock Well saya he amt n sam same
eone that's President ;qfi an INSURANCE
company, is he? Writes awful coarse
shand; you knew2 4Ie1 asffust2 mn
"Naw, Il replied the, best young man
addressed, "he's man that signed con-
stitution 81 United States; great poli+
tician,, reckon. Had a row with Gen.
Washington at battle Of Monmouth. na :
2 .sHaw, no, aintefposedi a. third best
man, ",tain't that fellah.. Cad, he's dead,
man. 'ponkmy soul The lis. ;. sasll ols
5ldo We'll, say,p exclaimed the, first best
young man, !" when'd he die?a na'ao5
"Gans say, IN sure, ''Tst5plied the third
best voting man, whoaappeared TO be a
voting man Of broad Information on gem
eral topics, 81 but I0know fheis dead.
This Hanc6ck's al fniiitary man; Colonel
in the army; and Govafnorofisome island
near Newly auaW .aam1oa2 II
10 The other bfst young men gathered
around him with aalcommon expression
of the liveliest interest. Finally one Of
them asked :aoeaI91la Ye5ig bus Yab
"Well, say, what's he wantIto run for
President for, if he's Governor Of an
island? %
1 'aDon,tk know, said the well-informed
best young man, Z but guess he has to.
/. Bilie7e after fellahss Been Governor Of
AN island for bout SO long as he has to