Richland beacon., 1880-09-25
FARM AND HOME.
Farm RakSnQs.

been found to completely eradicate the
rot.
Or all the different varieties of cult
waited grapes. the Delaware contains the
largest amount to sugar, and the Con-
cord the least.
A HALF gill of soft soap and water,
one part of soap to twelve of water,
poured at the roots of cabbage plants,
is recommended as sure death to white
grubs.
The Chinese are famous for their
good vegetables. 1t arises from the fact
that they use only liquid manures;
hence their plants grow rapidly and are
brittle, or tender.
THE successful farmer does not at
tempt too much. He concentrates, and
the more he does this the greater are his
gains. He does not expect large crops
from his lands without liberal manuring.
He recognizes the necessity of constant
study and watchfulness.
LIME is a good fertilizer. When land
previously worked is brought into cult
walton, or when WORKOUT land is broken
up, lime is generally applied. 1t affects
chiefly the vegetable matter contained
in the soil, promoting its decomposition,
and thus rendering it available as plant
food.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Rural NeW
Yorker answers a query as to the REM
edy for worms in horse, which he says
has never failed of a cure, by simply
taking half cup of pure hardwood
ashes, finely sifted. and mixed dry with
the mash or food. If one dose should
not prove sufficient, repeat it after day
or two.
In writing to the Gardeners Chron-
icle an English gardener says his ex-
periments with charcoal as dressing
for peas at the time of sowing have
proved very successful. The peas thus
cultivated grew very strong and resisted
mildew entirely, while those sown in the
usual manner were total failure, the
mildew attacking them rs soon a. they
were in flower. The charcoal was a
finely-powdered fuse of chemical works.
The Country Gentleman makes some
remarks about the fOolishness of killing
potatoes. Here is what it says: sob
servant farmers and gardeners have
found that enhancing potato plants, or
milling them, as well as some other
hoed crops, decreases the product, and
in agricultural discussions and in peri
odicals we frequently see the loss as
cribed to the falling rains being turned
away from the roots of the plants, on
the supposition that the roots never ex-
tend more than few inches from the
base of the stems. This mistaken no.
ton is easily disproved by examining
the soil between the rows with trowel,
when the small branching fibers will be
found to meet between the rows and ex-
tend over the whole surface, even be-
fore the tubers have set or grown to any
size. The plants grow best and give
the largest tubers by leaving the soil
even and level, and not by denuding the
roots between the hills and piling the
soil to an unnatural depth against the
plants.
The Rural NeW Yorker discusses in
teresting questions as follows: How
many eggs per annum will the best non
sitting varieties of hens lay? We have
heard of single Hamburg and Leghorn
hens producing $50 to 800 eggs each per
annum, but what we would like to
know is, can a flock of ten up to fifteen
average this? There is no doubt with
proper care in selecting to breed from,
and in time such flock could be brought
mp to this great average. The difficulty,
however, in selecting breeders from a
io~A Al W ooCCA WIllCu IlcIiS OUT Oh
it lay the most eggs, for there are some,
even among the non-sitters, that lay
few, and, if their eggs are Matched, the
chickens, like their mothers, would
probably grow up rs poor layers. In
order to increase the average laying of a
flock, eggs for hatch ng must he selected
from those who lay the greatest number.
Now, who will go into this and give us
hens We can depend upon, every one, to
lay an assured number of eggs per an
mum, as with cows which give certain
quantity of milk and butter per annum.
Yet, to be certain Of this, the former,
like the latter, must be kept separate
Who will take the particular trouble to
do thisf It would be worth ones while,
for he could rapidly sell the chickens thus
pUduced at . large price.
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Day salt sprinkled upon the shelves