Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-10-05
AGRICULTURE.

AGRICULTURE.
How TO KILL WHEAT MOTHS. i know
of but one efficient remedy for this insect
ana that applies as we'll to the weevil, and
to the Angoumois Graln-moth, which is
said to do no little damage in the southern
and southwestern past of our country.
have frequently seen every kernel of corn
in samples from the Gulf States perforated
by this latter moth-larva. The remedy
proposed is Bisulphide of Carbon. We
have only to pour quantity of this into
the bin at the bottom Of the grain to Kill
all of the insects. IL is very penetrating
and volatile, and equally deadly to all of
the insect tribes. | think that half pint
of the liquid would destroy the insects In
a bin OF 80 to 100 bushels of grain. Not
having experimental with grain in such
quantities / cannot give the precise guam
titles Of the liquid tc be used IN different
sized bins of grain, but this can easily be
determined by trial. To apply the remedy
it is desirable to pour the liquid IN at the
bottom OF the grain. To Go this we can
take hollow iron cylinder gas-plpe
will do well-and fit into 1t wooden rod
which shall be u little longer than the iron
tube. Que end of the rod Is to be made
sharp; now place the rod inside the tube,
and, with the sharp end down, force them
both to the bottom of the grain; then hav-
ing withdrawn the rod, turn IL the liquid
through the tube, which should be pulled
out. The insecticlde of course Is left at
the bottom of the grain, and, beng very
volatile soon dlffuses through the mass
and converts the bin into an insect ceme-
terry.
RRININa A HoRsR.-One of the most
senseless, and yet very common habit or
the American people, is the remlng OF dri-
wing horses so tight as to lntilct upon them
q great deal of pain, under the mistaken
idea that 1t adds to the stylish appearance
of the animal. When people See horses
head drawn up by the bearing rein, and
see him stepping short and champing the
bit, tossing his head and rafting the har.
ness, they assume that he 10 acting in the
pride of his strength and fullness of spirit,
whereas the animal is really suffering agon-
les OF pain, and is trying to gain, by these
movements, momentary relief: To our
view, a horse looks better, and We know
1
leisurely, swinging gait. 1t is as necessary
for his head TO oscillate in response to the
motions of his boJy as 1t is for q mans
hands to DO the same thing. A horse al
| lowed bis head Will work easier and last
longer than one on which a check is used.
Binds are another popular absurdlty in
the use of horses They collect dust, pound
the eye and are In every way nuisance.
| A. horse that cannot be driven with safety
without them should be sold to a railroad
grader. No colt should be broken TO them.
IT is not always true that a pile of ma
nure steamlng with heat and smelling
strongly Is losing ammonia. Ammonia is
a very volatile and pungent gas and might
be known by its peculiar scent, which is
freely given off by close, lll-ventilated
horse stables, or by the coat of III cleaned
horses, But 1t is not often that this pecu.
liar scent escapes from manure heaps; on
the contrary 1t is more dissgreeable odor,
similar to that of rotten eggs. This is
sulphursted hydrogen, and not ammonia,
and occasions no loss to manure except the
sulphur. If, in making manure pile,
some plaster is mixed in the heap, all the
ammonia will be caught and held by il, and
all the water contained in the manure will
also contain q large quantity GOO times
Its bulk) of il, ami will not give it of at a
heat that can be raised in manure pile.
! Ii the manure IS left to heat and get dry
and '.flre fang" or slowly burn to white,
dry, light staff, then the ammonia is lost
and the manure seriously injured.
UNLOCKED FOR DRFECTs. horses
go through fair training as colts, bidding
| fair to become 80 toughened as to be proof
against injury by any amount of road or
track work, when suddenly, after having
arrived at q useful age, u damaging defect
appears, entirely without warning, and the
animal, thenceforward, Is entirely worth
less for hard driving Of any kind. What
ever the defect may have been, if all the
oearlngs could be got at, it would general
ly be found that there was an hereditary
tendency TO that particular trouble, either
through peculiarly OF the anatomical
structure of the part, or through certain
tendencies which cannot be seen or felt,
| but which, nevertheless, exist. These
show themselves In the peculiar gait of
animals, which Dy no mode OF reasoning
can be explained by pecullarlties Of forma-
:ion. The habit of paving, when In the
stall or out OF it, OF putting the bedding
out at the rear Of the stall, lying upon the
plank, and many other peculIarities that
are entirely unexplainable, but are trans
mitted.
THERE is another feature butter makers
viii dc well to take into consideration,
and that is the rapid and steady Increase
in COWS, especially in the northwestern
States. According TO the ratio Of increaee
from 1870 to 1880 Minnesota will have II
per cent, more cows this year than last;
Iowa 13 per cent; Wisconsin per cent. !;
Illinois 4 per cent. But it Is we'll under
stood that this ratio will be greatly increas-
ed by the extraordinary impetus which
dairying has received In the past three
years. The fact thar 80 large a number
of heifers has been retained by the farmers
for cows, instead of disposing of them for
slaughter, is one reason for the short sup
ply Of beef.
| The uncommonly large number of In
sects injurious to vegetation, which did so
much to destroy the last seasons crops,
was not IN consequence Of an open winter,
but followed very severe season. The
larvR of these insects were protected by
the snow. An open winter will cause
the destruction Of millions Of these pests.
They remain near the surface where they
i ha fad off hxy no rdo