The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-08-19
FARMERS COLUMN.
FARM NOTES.

Millions of pounds Of honey go TO waste
for want OF bees to gather II.
Nearly one-third of all the sugar sold
on the English market is beet-sugar.
Vegetables make good feed for hogs and
they ought To have all they will eat.
York county, Pennsylvania, reports a
colt TINT kills and eats chickens, pigeons and
ducks.
Twelve tons of beets to the acre isa fre.
quent European average, from which is ex-
tracted IS tons Of sugar.
The 9Th annual Far Of the Delaware
Agricultural Society will be held on Sept.
20, 81, 3S and 20, 1882, at Dover.
-Plnkeyc is troubling the horses Of the
bluegrass regions, Kentucky. II is also ac-
companied by scarlet and other feyers.
Prices asked by American breeders Of
the pure bred Polled Angus cattle are as
high as $3.50 for cows and $500 for bulls.
1t is said dip, of water one gallon,
benzine eight ounces, and cayenne pepper
tvs ounces, will kin vermin on sheep.
One COW, horse, sheen or pig well fed is
more profitable than two kept on the same
amount necessary TO keep one we'll.
Robert A. Hall, Of Richmond county,
Va, raised 200 bushels Of wheat this season
from four acres. II was the "black bearded
wheat"
Never use the currycomb on horses
hal1,u H. A
is best since it takes out the dirt and does
not hurt the horse
French people ire skilled agriculturiSts,
as farming is taught practically and theore.
tcally in $4,000 out of $4,000 public schools
in the country.
There are oyer sixty corn canning es-
tablishments in the State of Maine, and the
number Of cans Of corn annually put up is
nearly 10000, 900.
Experience shows tn the farmer who
raises his wheat, his corn, his mules and
pork at home succeeds better than the ono
who raises only the article.
The coming fat stock show at Chicago
gives promise Of still greater success than
those Of the past years 1t will be held from
the 10th tn the 2}d of Nov.
Probably no fruit is more certain or
m"re easily grown than the rlum. if the
slight labor of jarring the trees and destroy
ing the curculio is faithfully attended to.
Double glazed windows are nearly as
warm as brick wall. The glazing must
be done in clear, dry day, so as not to in-
close moist air, which would cause mist
ness.
From statistics gathered in India It ap-
pears that cholera is far more deadly in the
open than in the wooded districts. This
is another inducement to preserve forests.
The sweetness of fruit has but slight
correspondence to its proportion of sugar
currants haye more than raspberries and
stra wberries, and three times as much as
peaches.
Take little time to 60 around and
look after the scions that were set last spring.
The sprouts need clipping off, and now is
the time to attend to il if it has not already
been done.
Thin out sprouts from trees where new
branches are not needed, especially on the
trunk or near the ground. The injury IN
trees from leaving such sprouts till fall is
considerable.
"A good preparation to mark sheep with
out injury to the wool is said to be thirty
large spoonfuls OF lnseed oil, two ounces Of
litharge and one ounce of lampblack, all
boiled together.
A tin-lined butter-tub makes frst-
rate cake box, or by taking off the wood on
the outside or putting on a short wire handle
you will have serviceable tin pail. This
pail is particularly good to use on the stove
to heat water IN.
To make tomato broth, stew tomatoes
in quart Of white stock strain it to get
rid Of the seeds, return it to the fire and add
a cupful of rice. Let 1t boil until the rice
is fully swe,led, and then dish and serve
with more cut ur chicken in the tureen.
Fruit in Honey.-Fruit may be pre-
served with honey. Put the fruit first into
a jar, and then pour honey over il and seal
air-tight when the honey is poured from
the fruit it will have the appearance of jelly
making a delicious dessert.
"A quick and efIectual methnd tn dee
troy plantain and other weed pests on lawns
is to cut the plant off at the crown and drop
on the top Of the root two or three droIs OF
kerosene. The lawn will not be defaced bv
digging, and the work is at once completely
done.
The taste Of ginger cookies can be inn
proved by half cup of cold coffee instead
Of water. There is almost always at least SO
much left after breakfast; or, If not, put a
little water in the pot and let il boil for a
minute or two, and strength enough will be
given to favor the cookies.
1t is surprising that more persons do moi
grow lemons in pots and tubs as room orns-
ments. comparatively young plant will
grow from twenty FIVE to fifty a year, and
usually they are much better than those we
buy. We saw test recently where one
was taken from tree which yielded double
The quantity of juice to first class store
fruit.
One of the readiest and simplest tests
for ascertaining il water is free from organic
pollution is to cork up small bottle nearly
j full Of il, into which piece of lump sugar
= has been put. II by thus excluding the ali
and letting 1t stand in the light for two oil
three days, there is cot milky cloud seer
: but the water remains clear, it may be con
sidered free from the phosphates with which
: sewage water is impergnated.
/ 1t is claimed now that the weather il