Connecticut western news., 1880-09-22
FARM AND GARDEN.


 to boil cider down to jelly when it can be bought for $1 50 per barrel. It will help the cider to jelly more rapidly if quantity of apple parings are boiled with it. The cider may be boiled best in shallow sheet-iron pan; 10 gallons of cider will make one of jelly. The jelly is put up in glass jars or wooden pails. We do not know the price, or if there is ready sale for it.
 SEEDING DowN.-A farmer of some what extended experience seeds down his land as follows: blow the land about four inches deep, thoroughly harrow it, SOW six quarts of mammoth clover seed per acre. l then brush or roll, and never fail of getting 8 good stand of clover. I had twenty acres over-cropped two years. Iplanted it to corn, sowed rye in the corn the last of July, culti- vated it on ten acres, kept sheep on itin the winter and early spring, and plowed the rye under when the berry be- gan forming. The other half was well manured and sown to wheat and clover on the 10th of September. The result was twenty bushels of wheat per acre and good seeding. Where the ryewas I got the best whext.
 FEED FOR SHEEP.-If herd of sheep get plenty of hay, of which half is clo- yer, quarters of 8 pound daily for each sheep of mixed grain of corn, oats, rye, and dbuckwheat, with occasion al rations of potatoes, beets, or turnips, and salt once week, they are well fed. Pine and hemlock brush are not of any benefit, and may be injurious.
 DESTROYING THE CABBAGE WORM Professor Lazenby, of Cornell Univer- sity, says that after trying various things to destroy the green cabbage worm, he finds the following to answer the purpose we'll: First, solution of one pound of whale oil soap, applied two or three times during the season. Sec ond, tar water prepared by placing few quarts of tar in 8 barrel of water. and then using the mixture occasionally
 
 oil soap or tar at command, then use common soft soap, adding 8 teaspoonful of crude carbolic acid to each quart of soap, mixing thoroughly and diluting with water to make thin soap suds with which to sprinkle the plants.
 HORSES. or broken wind in horses is not readily cured, but the distress of the animal may be alleviated by giving proper care and attention to his food. Give no musty hay, avoiding all kinds containing clover of any species. Turn out the horse in summer to pasture, and in winter feed we'll cured corn fod- der and sound, clean oats or meal upon cut hay, or cornstalks well moistened. If hay is fed let it be in small quantities and at night only, and then sprinkled with water when put in the manager Also avoid driving soon after feeding. Nerve tonics are also useful, and the best of these is arsenic, given in i've grain doses daily for 8 month or more, but usually three or four weeks will be sufficient.
 APPLES. Miller, Lancaster Co.,, Pa., says II have seen the Smoke house for several years past grow ing in rich clay loam where the roots could dip into running water, the fruit coming to perfection and keeping in prime condition until after the holi- days. If any one has such soil and situation he may plant the Smoke-house to any number of trees, with great prospect of success. The Russet apple on hillsides will not do, it requires more moisture than it can have in such situa- tions.
 FENCE PosTs. 70. F., Croley, Wash ington County, Penn,. writes There is no question in my mind but that red cedar and yellow locust are the most endurable for fence posts. White oak cut at the right time and well seasoned is good, but I place chesnut before it. I have known of 8 board fence with yellow locust posts, standing and doing good service for twenty years. believe if it had been white-washed now and then during thaS time with fresh lime, it would have last ed ten years longer than it did. I ap- prove of narrow boards. My plan is six inches wide and five boards high. l have never experienced the advantage of having wide boards at the bottom and narrower ones towards the top, but have been annoyed with the extra expense and labor attending the building of this kind of fence. Charring the foot of the post, it seems to me, has some advan- tages in closing the pores of the wood to external influences. A neighbor of mine says the same effect is gained by heavy coat of gas tar or crude petro- leum. should be glad to see an ex- pression of opinion on the subject of preserving fence posts underground by readers who have had practical expert ence. I think great many directions are given which amount to nothing but expense and trouble, but advice from those who know from personal experi, ence is well worth having.