The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-07-14
FARM NOTES.


lowing method Of raising peas in small
gardens the most profitable and satisfac-
tory: A warm, sheltered situation is
selected, and trenches are dug abont one
and half feet wide and three feet apart
| Tie bottom Is filed with cid manure,
the latter being covered with loan. The
soil being light, he then sows the peas
and covers them six inches deep with
soil. After the first hOeing, the sticks
| are inserted for their support The ma
nure imparts great vigor to the plants,
the depth of the covering prevents the
effects of drought, and the bed furnishes
peas for nearly month.
SQUASH AND MEtoN BUGs.-The
striped squash beetle and the SQUASH
rind borer are very destructive to squash
| and melon plants, and ordinary reme-
dies are Intellectual. For the former use
London purple mixed with fine plaster,
as for potato bugs, or pyrethen1n or Per-
sian insect powder. For the borer BIZ
sulphide of carbon has been found an
| effective remedy. To use it make q
| small hole half-inch in diameter near
the roots of the plant, pour In half tea
| spoonful Of the liquid, and cover with
soil. 1t is extremely volatile and will
| diffuse itself through the soil around the
plants, destroying the insects without
injuring the plants. The vapor of BIZ.
sulphide of carbon is highly explosive ;
therefore be very careful in handling it,
keeping away from all heat and fame. -
| Detroit Post.
THE HORSE SHOE AND IT'S APPLIoA-
TIoN. The number and disposition of
the nails depend upon the kind of shoe.
For speed and light draught, from five to
seven may be employed, while for heavy
horses and for heavy draught the number
may be increased. Where few nails are
used they should be more widely dis.
tributed than is usually the custom.
When it is remembered that the intro
| duction of every nail is SO much injury
| to the structures of the foot, it will
readily be seen that the smaller the
number requisite for the purpose the
better for the animal. In driving the
nails, it is essential that thick
short hold of the crust should be had,
rather than long thin one. Not only
is the shoe thus held more firmly, but
there is probability that the nail holes
may, by the downward growth of the
horn, be removed at the next shoeing,
which III most cases should not exceed
| an interval of four or five weeks. The
points of the nails should be shortened
to just that length which will permit
them to be turned over and hammered
down smoothly, with perhaps the least
possible rasping. The common method
of rasping notches for the extremities of
the nails is not advisable. In fact, as [
have already said, the rasp should never
| be used upon the external walls of the
hoof except in cases OF absolute necss-
sity to prevent striking of the opposite
| limb Its use destroys the natural polish,
exposes parts beneath which are not
fitted for such exposure, and renders the
horn brittle, and liable at any moment
to quarter cracks and other maladies.-
DR.. SIIde, in american AQricuItatq'iSt.
TRANsPDANTING.- Inexperienced gar
deners are apt to think that rainy day
is the only fit time for setting out their
plants, and will often delay a week or
tvo longer than is necessary waiting for
it, and finally plant when the ground is
soaked and when they sink to their ank-
les in the soil. That is the worst time
that could possibly be chosen, excepting
when the ground is CONCEALED with the
cold. For it is impossible that the mold,
sticky and clammy while wet, can filter
among the roots or remain of suitable
texture for them to spread themselg yes in,
permeable to them and equally pervious
to the air in every part, without any.
where exposing their tender parts to act
ual contact In chambers of corrosive OK
ygen. A rainy day is an advantage if
the plants are set before the ground has
become wet. but the safe and sure way
is to go for the plants as soon as the
ground is fully prepared, no matter how
dry the weather. A pail or bucket
should always be taken to carry the
plants in, having little water in the
bottom. The roots, being set in this,
will absorb until the plant is so gorged
that it will endure day of drying air
after being set in place. If the ground
Is very dry, water should be poured in
before planting, which is very much
better than pouring upon the surface,
because of no injurious crust being
formed, for continually open surface
during the growing season, to admit OF
free circulation of air and capillary ac-
| ton from below, are absolute essentials
to free: profitable growth.-COr. NeaU
York Tribune.
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIES. The profit
| of the future is to come in avoidance OF
wastes of the farm. AS the country
grows older, land dearer and immigra
ton heavier, competition wakes fercer
in all agricultural production. A ruin
GUS share of the hay is lost first in cut
ting when ripened to woodiness, or dried
to hardened stems; then in giving it out
| to sustain life and animal heat, rather
than for fat and flesh. Corn is also
thrown away by insufficient or injudi-
cious feeding. There is enormous loss
in keeping poor COW that yields 300
| gallons of milk per annum, instead of one
that produces 600 at about the same
cost. One may bring the owner in debt,
while the other affords handsome profit
on expense Of keep. A COW that gives
milk only from April to November, and
runs dry when forage is costly and milk
is dear, should have few months extra
feeding, as go to the butcher as soon as
possible. That COW is dry for more
| than six weeks is the fault of the owner
in not procuring "the survival of the
fittest, and again, perhaps, in not sup
plying ample and succulent food at all
seasons, while the milk habit of the
young is forming The loss of milk
and meat by irregular feeding, and a
change from fresh pastures to a straw
stack and coarse hay during an inclement
season, is an irreparable waste which
is projected into the succeeding summer
without regard to the abundance of its
pasturage The losses from negligence,
or want of skill in the preparation for
market, the manipulation or manufact-
| ure from raw material, is enormous.
Milk of the same quality, of the same
cost, makes butter at Is cents and at 80
cents per pound. Mixed fruits sell in
market at half the value of assorted
samples neatly put up. The pig pro.
ducts OF famous Massachusetts farm
are disposed OF in New York city at %
cents per pound, whiIesimilar goods from
| he average farm command but Is cents