The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-28
THR FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm nndIGnrdensNotes.


mended by Country Gentleman writer.
1t is said, with how much truth we
do not know, that the free use of butter
milk will kill lice on all kinds of stock. |
An orchard should never be planted
in clay soil unless the latter is under
drained, after which it becomes one of
the best soils for apples and pears.
The following is said to be an anti
dote for blight in pear trees One quart
of slaked lime, one quart of bone phos-
phate and one ounce of sulphur,
sprinkled under each tree.
Scatter white powdered hellebore
over the cunants and gooseberries when
damp with rain or dew, or put handful
in pail of water and sprinkle bushes
when foliage is dry.
When ensilage is not fed at just the
right time all the work expended upon
it is lost. In addition it must be fed
with the right proportion of winter
grain to make it complete food.
Roup is a sort of catarrh. The nos
trils discharge matter which has dis
agreeable odor and the breath is thick
and wheezy. 1t does not hinder the
patient from freely moving about
DR.. Hexamer, noted as a potato
grower, attributes the scab in potatoes
to stable manure, and writes that since
he has used commercial fertilizers ex-
clusively the scab has disappeared.
President Barry, of the Western New
York Horticultural society, reports un-
favorably as to the policy of growing
grass in fruit orchards. Most other
observers have noticed the same thing
Sugar beets and dmangel-wurzel plants
can be transplanted with success. Take
out surplus plants, make hole with
dibble IN vacant spots, insert the roots
and press the ground firmly around the
stem.
Such poultry feed as will swell much
after eating should be soaked and
swelled before it is fed, and especially
in the case of quite small chickens.
Corn meal freshly wet up has killed
many chicken.
A Missouri sheep-breeder says that
chamber lye, srJrinkled on sheep twice
d week, will not only keep dogs from
killing them, but will insure them
against such diseases as rot, scab, ticks,
hoof-ail, etc.
Poultry manure will lose in value if
exposed much to the weather. Lime and
wood ashes should also be kept free
from it, as those articles iberate
the ammonia. Road dust, swamp muck
old sawdust, mari and coal are all good
to mix with it.
The following is recommended as a
cure for garget in cows: Eight drops
of tincture of aconite dropped on a
piece of bread and mixed with the food
at night. Next morning four drops
more given in the same manner Will
generally complete the cure.
If you wish success i'll raising young
chicks and turkeys do not feed corn
meal. For very young chicks give cheap
oatmeal and broken rice, and in two or
three weeks feed cracked corn and
cooked scraps. Young turkeys must
be fed on bread, thick milk and chopped
dandelion and onion tops,
Hens should not be allowed to dis
turb the settlers by laying in their nests.
Broken eggs and bad hatch will re-
suit. If the setting hen cannot be iso-
lated in any way, cover her with an
empty coop, basket or box, being care
full to have her come off every day for
feed, water, exercise and dust bath.
Never have an excess of fruit to ma
ture upon tree under the impression
that by so doing you can hope to in
crease the yield either in quantity OF
quality. An excessive crop is always
secured at the expense of quality, with
loss of value, and hot infrequently at
the expense of the health and even ul-
tima ely of the life of the tree.
Loppered milk is considerably better
for calves in hot weather than skim.
milk, being more easily digested. II
they are being reared for dairy purpose
they should not be fed on new milk
which is too fattening. Oil,meal mixed
with their milk will prevent securing
Begin with a tablespoonful daily anC
increase it to a pint as the calf grows
older.
When squashes and melons frs
break ground give them a dusting O
ash compost, made of equal parts O
sifted, unbleached wood ashes ant
gypsum or land plaster. This will pro
, tect the young plant from the " striped
, bug" and its use may be continued
with advantage until the vines get 81
strong as not to care for this enemy. A
a top dressing to almost any gardel
crop it will be found beneficial.
Flies greatly annoy horses, some be
ing very sensitive and suffer great !,
7 irom them. 1t is said that strong te
, of hickory leaves, put on with a spong
l and renewed daily, will keep away flies
r A thin cotton sheet will keep ther
r away, and is often great comfort t
a the horse. Darkening the stable dun
( ing the daytime will help keep out tn
4 flies. The cleaner the stables the les
annoyance at the house from the flies.
A London gardener planted a straw
berry bed four feet wide across his ga
den, on one side of which potatoes wei
planted. These were dug up about tn
end of June, the ground leveled an
:. raked smooth, so that the runners el
tablished themselves and found a ne
bed. The next season similar procei
=. was pursued, and thus movable straw
~ berry bed was created. At the end
= three years the original plants were e,
7" hausted and dug up, though the be
annually grows wider without renew
or transplanting.
!, A correspondent who has made IL
u drainage of land great success, writ,
!, that when quicksand or unsound grouI
u occurs drains should be cut wider an
70 in some cases deeDer with their aO,