Huntsville gazette., 1882-03-25
HOME AND FARM.

1T is said that there are 1882 WON.
en- engaged in farming in the State OF
Indiana.
"A Michigan horticulturist charges
a species of worm with changing the
bearing year in orchards. His judg-
ment is that these worms strip the trees
of foliage the bearing year, which pre-
vents fruiting.
-Papered walls may be cleaned as
follows: Wipe them with soft cloth,
then take thick crust of very stale bread
and wipe straight down from the top.
Bread crumbs may be used, but the
crust with crumbs adhering to it is
better.
The best way to bake apples is to
boil them. Put as many apples as Will
cover the bottom into a kettle, cover
with water, and boil till the water is
nearly boiled away. The apples will
be sweet, juicy and palatable in the ex-
treme.
Lumber cut in September or Octo-
Der must be the most lasting, as the
wood contains least sap, is solid, and
hence the timber must be more durable
than if cut in the spring when the tree
was putting forth every energy to e1-
pand its growth.-DenUer Tribune.
Please inform me what will destroy
parasites on hogs without injury to the
animal. These parasites look like
woodtick before the tick fills itself. The
eggs are deposited on the ends OF the
hairs.-L. S. S. Apply portion OF a
mixture of equal parts of kerosene and
lard oil, once a week. Keep the sty
clean, removing all old bedding, and
whitewash the woodwork and their usual
rubbing places Western Rural.
If it be said that we have in the East
already more than can find employment
that our cities are crowded with men
and women who, like the poor across
the ocean, know not where to get their
bread, and 90 about houseless and shell
terless, we admit that there are thous-
ands in our cities and villages that really
suffer for the necessaries of life, and de-
serve to suffer. They will stay in the
cities and villages and live on charity
rather than be comfortably clothed and
fed. as they all might be for their labor,
in the country, among farmers.-Prac-
tical Farmer.
Manure is best applied for potatoes
by spreading on the surface and plow-
inc it under, the furrow being Tapped on
edoe and not turned fiat. The harrow
then mixes the soil and manure together
very thoroughly. When the seed is
planted it is in the center OF the ma
nured soil, and the roots find their food
within their reach from the first. Scab-
by potatoes are so made by worms and
grubs eating the skin. They are not
desirable for seed, because there may
be some of the eyes destroyed and eaten
away, and also that the habit of grow
ING scabby may become fixed in the po-
tato. Seed, like breeding animals,
should be carefully selected, and only
the best, finest, and fairest chosen
N. Y. Times.
The Winchester Argus offers its
farmer readers bit of advice that ought
to very extensively clipped. 1t says
"Kansas is great State, but it is neces.
sary to plant at the proper time to raise
crop. If there comes few bad days
in winter, you had better do up your
Spring loafing,' so as to have the job
off your mind, and when the time comes
to plant corn just get at it as soon as
possible, and you will not be compelled
to 90 back to her folks for provisions to
get through the next winter. Good
seed, early planting and thorough cul-
tivation will raise plenty of cortland
the mortgage off the farm. Try it
Store-box farming and June paintings
are not table,