Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-01
FARM NOTES.


carbon. The peas after harvesting were
put in an air-tight box with saucer or
two of liquid bisulphide of carbon. In
three or four hours the weevils are all
killed, while the seeds retain their orig
inal form and may be kept throughout
the winter without further damage from
the weevil.
FOREST TREES IN KANsAs.-"In 1874
I planted an ash grove of half an acre
which is now thrifty with trees Of good
size. In 1876 planted half an acre in
black-walnut in rows three feet apart.
This year shall cut out every other
row and use the largest for posts in my
vineyard. This spring I have planted
another grove of about three-fourths of
an acre to catalpa and box-elder, planted
in quincunx order and the rows eight
feet apart. When the box-elder is largo
enough for posts, will cut them out and
then have a catalpa grove. rs. N.
Ho1m6wg, Linas6arg, Kan.
SHADE trees by the roadside are often
set out with much care and at consid-
cradle expense, and then left to grow as
they please, completely neglected. Thus
they soon become unsightly objects
along the road instead of adjoining it.
They should be invariably staked, if
necessary, to keep them straight, the
ground kept loose around them, and, if
in any danger of suffering from drought,
be well mulched. Above all, cut away
all sprouts as fast as they appear, for
they suck out the life of the tree, and
are frequently the cause Of its dying.
Trim the trees nicely and artistically, as
they grow, and in few years they Will
make a grateful summer shade, and a
magnificent adornment of the public
road.
SUMNER PRUNING GRAPE VINEs.-It
is an injury to any plant to take away
much of its foliage when it is growing.
Still, it is oftener greater injury to
leave some special object we have in
view to have all the foliage on. For in
stance, in grape growing we want few
good strong canes to bear fruit next year,
and not large number of small and
weak ones ; OF We need some strong
branches low down ON the vine; so we
have to take away the branches we do
not want in order to have the vine put all
the strength into the branches we need.
This is the principle involved in the
summer pruning of grape vines. But,
not to weaken the vine by the loss of
much green foliage, we should take the
earliest opportunity to take out and
shorten useless branches. By being
taken out early in the season, there is
not much injury to the vine, and there
is more time left for those which are left
to profit by the absence of the useless
ones.-Aeehan, in the Tribune and
Farmer.
BROKEN RICE FOR CHICKS. some
localities it is difficult to get chicks
through the first two weeks after they
are Matched ; for the little complaints of
this early period are often more numer-
GUS and critical than at any other period
of their lives. Feed is the first consid-
Grafton, and pure water great essential
for them from first to last. Corn-meal
is the one article of chicken diet which
has been the main dependence for gen.
erations; but some thorough expert
ments with rice convince us that for very
young chicks it is equal to anything, if
not superior to everything else. Broods
fed upon rice alone all lived and grew
finely on q single handful at feed for
the hen and her brood. An inferior
quality, known to the trade as broken
rice, is just as good for feed, and it takes
so little for feed that the expense is no
greater in the Northern States than
corn-meal, while in the South it will be
the cheapest feed known.-Poultay
Yard.
PUTTING Up WIRE FENCES. writer
in the american Agriculturist gives
the following plan for putting up barbed-
wire fences A suitable stick of wooden
rod, being put through the center of the
spool, is laid across the top Of the rear
end Of the wagon-box, the projecting
cleats preventing it from slipping back.
The end being fastened to the first post,
the wagon is driven along the line, the
wire unwinding from the top of the
spool. When the end of the spool is
reached Cor sufficient quantity is reeled
off, this end of the wire is twisted or
tied to one of the spokes Of the hind
wheel next the fence, near the hub. The
axle is then lifted to clear the wheel.
The team is then unhitched and the
wagon-tongue fastened to post or
crow-bar thrust into the ground. Then
by turning the wheel by hand the wire
winds around the hub, and We have
strong lever power, sufficient to stretch
the wire very taut throuph IFS whole