The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-08-11
THE FARM.

any kind of litter for hens nests will
keep them entirely Tree from hen lice.
REGULARITY in feeding is of much i'm
portance, for every experienced feeder
Knows that animals soon learn when tbs
time of feeding comes, and, if it passes,
they fret and worry, which interferes
with their growth and thriftiness.
WRITING of the effect of food on flesh
and eggs, correspondent of the Toronto
Globe cites the fact that these products
OF fowls kept ON supplies of n'unclean
kind, such as swill and deeayed garbage,
viii in one case Quickly taint and in the
other taste unsavory.
PRoF. STEWART says muck may be
composed thus; Forty bushels or one
wsgon-load of dry muck, five bushels of
unleached ashes, 100 pounds OF bone
flour, 100 pounds of plaster can bs
thrown into heap three months before
using, and fermentation will take place.
THE beet-sugar interest does not
flourish in this country, and there
seems to be very little prospect that it
ever will. Most, if not all, the old es-
Establishments have failed, closed up or
devoted their buildings to other pur-
poses, and we hear of no new ones going
into operation.
IN1S80 the West produced more than
half OF the wheat of the country, the
center of wheat production being line
running north and south, and touching
the Mississippi at st. Louis. The pres
eat year the center of production will
probably be north and south line en-
tirely west of the Mississippi.
WHITE clover honey, when produced
in marketable shape, says the Kansas
Farmer, always demands good price.
If the beekeeper has managed his apiary
intelligently, he knows what he has to
sell and what it is worth, and will not
dispose of it until he can realize its full
value. There is time to "sell as well
as well as to "produce."
A WRITER in the Kansas Farmer pre-
fers the common or small millet to the
German for the following reasons 1t can
be sown as late even as the middle of
June, with assurance of full crop, and
ripens sooner than the German. 1t has
smaller stems, which are all eaten by
cattle. Ripening quicker, it is not SO
liable to be caught by drought.
ONE of the surest and best remedies
for preventing the ravages of the cabbage
worm is pyrethrum, or Persian insect
powder. Add two tablespoonful of the
powder to one gallon of water and wash
the plants, especially the tender leaves
just forming the head, once week.
This powder is obnoxious to worms and
insects. 1t is also excellent for Kidding
fowls of verm1p.
The Indiana Farmer remarks: Gland
plaster gives the best results when used
IN connection with barn yard or stable
manure. Use from 100 to $50 pounds to
the acre. 4 = 1t is safe plan to con-
tinue to raise a due proportion of the
staple farm crops, no matter what the
present prices of each may be. One
year with another, this will be found to
be the most satisfactory rule to adopt.
Cur. WORMS can be cheated out of de-
stroying cabbage and other plants, by
surrounding each plant with an oak,
hickory or some other strong leaf, set
deep enough to prevent blowing away.
Another remedy, said TO be etfecJual,
is to put sawGuat about the roots, and
saturate with gas-tar water. The saw
dust Will retain the scent of the tar,
and drive away cut worms and other
insects.
A CHESTER county (Pa.) farmer, who
has flock rs hens, says tnat he gets
eggs enough from til, m to pay for their
food the entire year, ii it cost double its
present value. The Germantown Tee
grd;,b says his fowls comprise mainly
Plymouth Rocks and Domlniques, aud
he feeIs them as much VIII, at as they
can eat, mixed with small portion OF
corn, pounded oyster shells anu crack
hngs.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
World says 1" [ do not pretend to say
what causes scabby potatoes, but some
Of my neJghbors vouch for the effective
ness of refuse tobacco as a remedy.
Their plan is to cut up the refuse stems
and stalks OF tobacco quite fine in an
ordinary straw cutter ana apply hand
full to each hill Of potatoes at time OF
planting. This simple remedy appears
to have done good by destroying the
grubs of parasites, or whatever is the
cause of the scab. It also acts as a good
fertilizer.
CHICAGO Times: There are no certain
signs as to just when colony of bees
will swarm, 80 far as outside indications
will show, more than the clustering OF
bees on the outside of the hive, and the
hanging of pollen gatherers with the
cluster outside instead of entering the
hive, but by examining the frame fire.
quentlY, watching the progress, one can
soon tell when they are about ready to
cast a swarm, and as soon as the queen
cells are about ready to cap over is the
best time to divide. Probably the safest
and easiest way to divide is, as soon as
they are ready, lift out the frame, bees,
brood and all, on which the queen is
found place this frame in the new hive,
filling out with frames of comb Oh
foundation, or, if you do not nave either
fill out With empty frames. Now place
the new hive containing the old queer
on the old stand, moving the old hive tc
a new location. By this plan you throw
nearly all the working bees where the
most work is to be done in the new hive,
and they Will proceed 10 work the same
as though they had swarmed naturally.
But if the old bees bad made up their
minds to swarm, and you had left a
queen cell on the frames you had
placed in the new hive. Trey will some
tunes swarm anyhow, so you will notice
to tear them down, if any exists, before
closing them up. The brood in the old
hive Matching out very rapidly will soon
make good colony. The space in the
old hive from where you removed the
same should be filled with comb or
foundation, for if an empty frame be
placed there the bees will fill it with
drone comb, as they seldom make any
thing else while without laying queen.
In eight or nine days after dividing, all
the queen cells except one should Re
taken out, SO as not to cause after
cuornac