The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-28
COLUMN.
FARM NOTES.


"A little oil of cloves poured into bottle
containing gum mucluge will prevent it
from becoming sour.
Keep begcnias moist, or at least where
the temperature is not O. dry, and they will
not drop their leaves,
TO certain extent tillage may be q
substitute for manure, but that man is not
wise who endeavors to substitute manure for
tillagc.
Vines are said 70 extract from the soil
only about three-fourths the quantity of
potash and phospheric acid which the cero-
ais take up.
= Dry ropes and cords when molstened
increase in diameter and diminish in
Aength, property of which advantage has
been taken IN order to raise great weights.
&Holotropes need moisture and heat to
strike root, but potted in a sandy soil, with
o giass tumbler placed over them, they will
root quickly in May or any summer month.
IF old fuschias are cut down they will
send out quantities of fresh shoots; but il
you desire to keep them in good form cut OF
the old branches and pinch in the new ones,
and a fresh growth VIII so7n push out.
The toad destroys from twenty to thirty
insects in an hour, and the mole is contin.
ually destroying grubs, larv@, palmer worn
and insects injurious to agriculture; no trace
Of vegetation is ever found in its stomach.
--There are in Great Britain 5000 fe.
males who are farming. These women en-
jnv all the rights and privileges Of men
with one exception, they cannot vote for
members of Parlment, but they canvote on
ali municipal questions.
Large blocks Of stone are often detached
in quarries By introducing wedges Of dry
wood inio grooves cut into the rock. These
wedges being mostened, water penetratcs
their pores and causes them to swell with
considerable force.
--SossaIras bushes may be eradicated by
ploughng deep and harroxing. This will
bring the roots to the surfae% Plant corn or
potatoes and keep the crop Well hoed to kill
any sprouts that may appeay Two years of
this treatment will thoroughly destroy them.
Tho hardy perpetual rSses will bloom
luxuriontly in the summer and also in the
autumn if their branches VI well cut back
aud the ground is made vefy rich. The Mo
settle roses will also blaSm summer and
autumn, and the Bengal roses will flower
continually for mnnihs.
--Potaeh is an excellent fertilizer for the
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pccks of wood ashes. Cow dung contains
large portion of potash and but compara
lively small amount of nitrogen, consequent
ly It is better fertilizer than horse manure
for the grape vine.
Whenever on an application of Paris
green the leaves are seen to turn brown ii is
an evidence that the Paris green is adult
Grated with a free acid Of alkall. 1t should
not in any way act upon vegetation when
pure. A few year ago there was COM
pound put upon the market which was
mixture Of arsenic or arsenious acid. This
WAS white salt aud soluble, aud would
change the color Of the leaves to brown,
causing them to curl up. 1t was a danger
Gus compound, as are all soluble posons
used upon vegetation.
Turkeys are very useful in destroying
insects, and of great service in orchards in
devouring windfalls, and preventing the
growth Of worm eaten fruit.
Give the young chickens weekly Iced
Of chopped onions. 1t helps to keep them
healthy. medium-sized onion minced
very fine is enough for brood.
MIR. Curtis Meeler, of Fairfax, VI, has
maple trees which have yielded six and a
half pounds of sugar each this season, and
some even more. One tree yielded ninety
gallons of sap.
Alta recent cattle sale in New York some
very high prices were given for cattle, Polo
nous, Jersey bull, bringing $4,000. Forty
six animals realized Sl3,79s.5O, an average
of s5l7.SO per heal.
The Illinois State Board of Agriculture
reports 100000 acres of orchards in that
State, yielding on an average S26.T0 per
acre. The whole value of the products in
1880, the abundant year, was $s,IT6,O 600
against 81 467 900 in 1879. The addition oI
small fruits would make $l2,264,OO the
past season.
On the Continent of Europe pine conei
for kindlng fires are used almost universal,
ly. When dry they are readily ignited with
q match, and they are free from dust and
insects. Two of them commonly are enough
10 start FIRE of dry wood, aud several will
start coal fire without other kindling
Tomato plants should not be grown tot
r,Pidly, and if they begin to run should b
transplanted, so to induce stocky growth
some gardeners take pains to rot them, bu
this is not generally done, as it is expensiv,
and troublesome repeated checking by
transplanting induces early maturity anc
early fruiting.
Why will not grass grow under ou
tfees2 Mr.. Paul Bert has shown that greer
light hinders the development of plants
Plants enclosed in green glass frame withe
and die as though they wero I,
darkness. NJ. Regnard finds that plant
specially require the red rays. Ifsuulgh
is deprived Of the red rays the plants sool
Cease To thrive.
When squashes and melons first breal
ground give them a dusting oe ash com
post, made Of equal parts ofsifted unbleach
ed wood ashes and gypsum or land plaster
This will protect the young plant from th
"striped-but," and its use may be continue,
with advantage until the vines get so stron
es not to care for this enemy. As a top
dressing to almost any garden crop, it vii
be found beneficial.
Matthew Crawford states in an ez
change that the destruction OF tomato plant
by the eut-worm may be avoided by MAX
ing & compact mound of earth about tn
plant, as large as an inverted teacup, tn
eut-worm being unable to climb Anotht
way, which We have long practised, is {
wraParound the stem il the cut worm is ieal
sd, a few inches Of paper or large gree
leaf Of any kind, before drawing the cart
around II. They will not talo the lroub