The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-02
FARM NOTES.

Pick off the potato bugs by hand when
the vines are small it will save the ne
cessity for Paris green.
The moving machine ought not to be
gauged to cut low. IF grass is cut too
close the succeeding crop is much In
jured, especially if the summer is a dry
one.
AS A rule, In a country which produces
a wild fruit a cultivated variety of the
same may be successfully raised. There
fore, wherever the wild blackberry makes
its appearance, the Lawton and other
improved varieties ought to have at least
a fair trial.
WHEN plants are to be transplaEted
they should be well wet down several
hours before moving, so as to allow the
water to soak around the roots. and if
this must be done while the sun is shin
ing brightly it will be best TIC shade the
plants for time till the water has soaked
in.
OARS are often recommended as an ex-
cellent crop with which to sow grass
seed. The argument is, that the oats
will shade and protect the young grass.
But grass does not need shade, when
sown in proper season-it needs sun,
and especially it needs moisture; and
this the oat plants are continually TAX
ing from the soil, thus robbing the young
grass plants from the start.
A FARMER on the line between Iowa
and Missouri has been experimenting
with cow-pea as a weed exterminator,
cocklebur and Spanish needles having
taken possession OF his orchard He
says that soWn broadcast the peas will
not do it, but planted in drills and Gull
tivated like corn they will kill out the
weeds. The peas he planted were mixed,
but mostly the whippoorwill variety.
THE best food for fattening fowls is a
mixture Of boiled potatoes mashed in
skim milk, with Indian meal added
Feed this warm two or three times a
day, and at night one feed of whole
corn. Keep the fowls in a warm, dry
coop. Too much light is not advisable
for rapid fattening. IT the fowls are in
fair order, in ten days Of feeding as pre-
scribed they will be fat enough for mar
ket.
The striped bug that infests cucum-
bers, squashes and melons as soon as
they appear above the ground is one of
the greatest obstacles in the way of a
profitable cultivation of these crops.
The surest prevention is to place over
each hill a frame covered with mosquito
netting A treatment of ashes and plas-
ter, applied to the plants when the dew
is on, serves to make the vines less pal
atable to the pests, though this is by no
means sure remedy.
A GENTLEMAN experimental with peas
in this way: He saved, at the time of
picking, all the early full pods as they
ripened, and planted the seeds saved
from these pods year after year, for
three years, and the fourth year had
peas of the same name that were more
than two weeks earlier than the seed of
the same name purchased in the store.
Seeds of cabbage, lettuce, tomato, GU
cumber, peas, corn and many others can
be much improved by the same care.
THE best feed for young chickens is
oat meal and corn meal mixed, wheat,
cracked corn and other small grains.
They must have fresh water before
them always. Green food is good for
them in small quantities. The game
hen is the best sitter and mother-she
can cover thirteen to fifteen eggs. Games
are good foragers and very healthy fowls.
All diseased fowls should be kept from
the flock A bran mash mixed with
meal is a good morning feed.
TOMATOES like water, and in setting
them out cloudy day should be chosen
then, after the holes have been made for
the plants and some good fertilizer
placed near the root of the hill chen ma
nure or unleached ashes are good), lift
the plant carefully with ball of earth
attached to the root, and after putting it
in place, if the soil is at all dry, put a
pint of water at the root of the plant in
the hole and cover at once with soil.
Plants thus treated will stand sunshine
and do we'll. Potted plants or those in
boxes or on turf or 60 flats do not need
water in setting.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Garden rec
ommends lime-water to aid in destroy
ing worms in lawns. He says: "Worms
instinctively look for moisture. In wet
weather they may be found at night by
scores ON the surface of the lawn. Last
year, after fortnight's heavy rain,
treated my lawn to dose Of lime-water,
by stirring up a very small handful OF
Irish lime in each gallon Of water, poured
the solution on the grass without a rose,
and picked up the worms as they came
to the surface. I filed a seven-inch pot
twice with the proceeds in the shape of
worms, then rolled the green and on
the following day the smaller and weaker
worms were lying dead in hundreds on
the surface. The work occupied whole
day, but the green has been beautiful a
whole year. The larger worms come up
in from one to seven minutes after the
a11nlicatiOn and mTs+ he patiently