Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-03-12
farm aud Auusrlula.
Things Farmers Should Know.

Experiment shows that with carly rose
pota toes the smallest amount of seed in
the hill yields the best crop.
Pruning ought to be done after the
leaves attain their full says, then the
wounds will not bleed and they will com
mence to heal Immediately,
There is nothing better for fertilizer
of grape-vines than ground bone. 1t
seems to afford the vine and the fruit just
tho elements they require.
Any animal, if allowed to get poor
after having been fat will never fatten
as well again.
A great mistake is made in putting
cows suddenly from hay and stabing to
young grass and open air. Put your
COW, especially if she be heifer OF good
stock, out only one or two hours day
at first.
Fruit trees may be guarded from the at
lacks of grubs by attaching to their
trunks pieces of tow, smeared with a
mixture of cloride of lime and hogs lard,
and ants and grubs already in possession
Will LuCll DOolblOu.
When about to set out young apple
trees examine the roots for the woolly
aphis which resembles white mold.
Washing the roots in carbolic acid soap
suds or in a strong decoctisn of tobacco
destroys this insect.
There is no more certain source of
fevers and diptheria than decaying vege-
tation in the cellar.
Ground that will raise fifty bushels Of
corn VIII raise lrom a hundred to a hun
bred and fifty bushels Of potatoes. If
the markets fail, they can be fed with
advantage to cows, pigs, and chickens
The general opinion is the ants arc
injurious to fruit-trees, but it has long
since been proved that they destroy larvae
and chrysalides, and do not touch fruit
A farmer put a stuffed hawk in
cherrytree and saved all his cherries
from the birds.
Top-dressing in tho spring with any
but the very finest and best manure, ex-
cept on sod or corn, is Il waste of time
and labor.
In inland districts salt as spring top
dressing is of great benefit to asparagus
beds. Apply at the rate of from two to
three pounds per square yard
They say that buttermilk poured over
'he back of a scurvy pig will speedily
remove the scurf
Oats grown on clay land make the
best meal, keep the longest, and bring
the highest price.
The practice of washing appls-trccs
with very strong soapsuds about j une LIST
and June Both is strongly recommended.
1t kills insect eggs and maintains the
vigor of trees.
If you have to shut your hens up to
keep them out of the newly -made garden,
do not forget to throw them an occa-
sioDal sod so that they may stratch and
peck at it.
For family COWS, heifers with their
first calves should be MIXED till within
a few weeks of their coming in again
II dried off early they will always dry
up their milk early
A calf will draw milk in three minutes.
and the nearer the mixer can come 20
that time the better A slow mixer
makes COW impatient, which often
causes her to hold up her milk.
Use chemical manure in preference to
any others for the potato crop. Ordinary
mauurcs may, especially if brought from
distance, contain mildcw seeds.
Wheat when cut young will be lighter
in color and il will ierment more quickly
than that cut later Late cut wheat will
make the least -four, but the strongest
aud the best
1t is good plan to cut quantity of
hay very earl in June-and store
it as green as it is safe to do so. Reserve
this for winter feeding for mich cows.
The quantity of milk will be greater as
long as this hay lasts.