The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-07
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

ALFALFA, or Lucerne, is CALIFORNIA;
greatest forage and fodder plant.
QUICKLIME is destructive to worms,
slugs and the larvae of injurious insects.
AVOID an exclusive diet of whole corn
for poultry. 1t may put on fat, but is
not good for eggs.
CUT all water sprouts from fruit trees
now, while they are young and tender,
and it will save trouble hereafter.
An exchange says that if hens get into
the habit of eating their own eggs the
surest remedy is to cut OFT their heads.
IL finishing up the cultivation of fields
leave the land as level as possible, as it
will facilitate the gathering of the crops.
FARMERS who keep sheep should not
forget TO dip the lambs in tobacco water
about three weeks after shearing to kill
the ticks.
AN Ohio farmer claims that his own
experience has proven that six Cotswold
sheep will not consume more food than
one COW.
CELLARS thoroughly treated with
whitewash made yellow with copperas
will not be considered desirable habita-
tons for rats and mice.
THE utmost neatness should be exer-
clsed about the premises i'll hot weather
Garbage of every kind should he dis
posed of before it becomes decaycd and
is giving off a bad odOr.
POTATOES are frequently spoiled 10y
being exposed to the sun too long after
digging. They should only be open to
light and air long enough to dry them,
and then stored away in as dark place
as possible.
To destroy the green worms ON cab
bages, sprinkle the salt ON them while
the dew is on them, and you will destroy
the last one of them. You will not be
able to find a worm on them the next
morning. The salt Will not iniure the
cabbages.
An Illinois correspondent IN the Conn
try gentleman states that borax which
is used in packing butter III some sec
tions at the rate of six TO eight per cent
is Objectionable on account OF its injur-
ious effects upon the system of the con
sumner.
Oh ordinary land tobacco MANFRED IN
the hill with concentrated fertilizer in
creased in yield over three hundred
pounds per acre as compared with the
same quality Of land without manure
1t also ripened two weeks earlier.
The soil for afodder crop should either
be naturally rich or made SO by manlu-
ing, or it Will not pay to prepare 1t for
any Of these quick growing grains which
have but little time in which to make
their growth, and must get to good size
in order to be profitable
GERMAN gardeners prevent lettuce
from growing to seed by drawing knife
through one-half of the stem to which
the head is attached The milk, as it is
called IN Germany, Will flow in such
quantity as to rob the head Of the power
to open, and still enough sap be left
to keep it fresh and growing for another
week or more.
The farmer who always takes pains to
put up his produce in neat attractive
packages, and never mixes the second
with the first quality, will have t. spend
but little time to find good men ready
to buy all of his products. and pay him
a fair price; but he who mixes three
qualities together, and tries to sell them
as first quality, will always he troubled
to find buyers, and usually have to sell
at low prices.
Now that the strawberry season is over
the mulch of straw, leaves, etc, should
be removed and the soil should have
good coat of manure well forllcd In
while the head should be kept free Of
weeds. In the single row system the
runners are to be kept cut of, unless
plants are wanted for now beds In the
oil 1 I.
encouraged to make new plants in the
paths, which have been enriched.
II eggs arc packed away when quite
fresh, even III this warm season, they
may be kept fresh for SIX months. and
sent to market when the prices are high
er than now. The usual method of keep
ing them Is to pack them down in barrels
Ill thick lime wash, such as is used for
whitewashing walls 1t would be well to
pack them on the end III kegs, fill these
with the lime, head them up, and keep
the kegs free from disturbance and III "A
cool place
THERE is no small fruit that is so GER
tam III lis crop as the raspberry. With
very moderate amount of attention IT
Will not disapDOint the grower, nomatter
what the variety 1t should he pruncd
and laid down IN November, and may he
taken up in the spring, requiring no
care except to tie the stakes. Some Lor-
ticulturists advise that the old wood be
cut off as soon as the bearing season is
over, and the new canes prmed before
laying down in the fall, others recon-
mend that the old wood be left as a pro
lection to the young shoots, which are to
bear the fruit of tho coming year.
THERE is a large green worm that raw
ages on the tomato. [ have never found
anything quite so satisfactory III prevent
ing its destructive work as an old tin pan
and an long stick. Examine the plants
carefully; and when a worm is found,
knock him off into the pan and then de-
strOy them. Cabbages ar infected with
q worm that soon destroys the plants, if
prompt care is not given. | do not Like
! to use Paris green, or hellebore, and
/ have found that fine white ashes busted
over the plants in the morning when the
lew is on, is about as effective as any
thing | ever tried. Slaked lime is recon-
mended by some.
An exchange says that a sure pre-
ventive to the depredations of bugs that
nfest cucumbers, melon, squash and
other vines as soon as they appear above
the ground is to place over each plant a
frame covered with mosquito netting, or
oiled paper. Sprinkling SCOT, or ashes
and plaster mixed, on the plants when
the dew is on, checks the rayages, but Is
not so safe unless closely watched. An
other good remedy is to sprinkle the