The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-29
FARM NOTES.

The amount Of buckwheat raised in
most of the Western States is very
mail and is generally decreasing.
In some instances ~sprinkling lawns
with carb0lis acid and water has been
prac6seed with good effect against the
army worm in Connecticut.
VERY frequent news items about
CHASTITY deaths from goring bv bulls
preach effective sermofis against horns.
and against careless approach to these
generally n1ismanaged and treacherous
beasts.
The general effect OF liiie is to rem
der available the plant food already in
the soil, without itself supplying any
significant amount. Lining cannot,
therefore, be successfully repeated, ex-
eept at considerable intervals.
The Gardeners Monthly says: "Let
the laundry folks on every wash day
pour the boiling hot soap-suds about
the roots Of peach trees This will de-
stroy the insidious little fungus which
produces the 'yellows' and other dis
eases, and finish the larvae of insects
which are SO injurious to the trees"
CoAL-AsHEs do not contain much
plant food, and their value is mostly
mechanical. Wood-ashes are rich in
potash, one of the three substances the
most frequently lacking in poor soils
This potash is very soluble, so that
fresh ashes is quick-acting fertilizer.
Leached ashes have the larger purt Of
the potash removed, and they are of
mitch less value.
A. B. SAYLEs, Of Shoreham, VT,
whose butter took the first prize at the
International Dairy Fair, at New York,
says that to make good butter it is of
the first Importance that the milk be
good, and for this purpose he has Jer-
sey cows, which he feeds with Indian
meal, cofnstalks, good English hay cut
early, FED clover and Alsike clover. He
sets his milk In pans twelve inches deep
and in1merses them Id spring water;
skims'every twelve hours iii simmer
and at intervals of twenty-four hours in
winter. He sours his cream and churns
It at o temperature of 64degrees; salts
it to suit the taste of his customers,
sometimes using three-fourthga of an
ounce and at other times an ounce to
thepound of butter. tr tas
MOST persons, no doubt, have seen
hogs. eating hay during the winter
months, In btas smell Quantities it is
true, but still eating it. II clover be-
cut when in fullest bloom, well cured
and stored away, the hay becomes q
valuable food for hogs, especially when
fed but little else than corn. To utilize
it, cut it in o cutting box, half to
three7duafters IF 8n inch long, mixed
with brah, shorts OF oatmeal, and moist
en- it with swilI Oh even water; II made
Bcalding hot the better Then let it
stand for d few hours before. feeding
out. Any of the grasses, if cut In bloom
and made into hay, will answer a good
purpose, but clover is preferable. Be-
side being valuable for food, hay thus
fed is q preventive of disease in hogs
full fed on corn. g955 90 7gt tsp a3I
WASTE OF FERTrLIzERs.--The dis
posal of garbage and refuse of all kinds
is always troublesome question in the
cities The cleanliness of the streets
end the health of the inhabitants de-
pend very mitch 9n the protnptness and
thoroughness with Which the refuse Ii
removed Dumping it in the water
courses seems t6 be the cheapest and
most efficient method get devised to get
it out Of the way, and possibly, in, large
bodies of water will not contaminate the
water Much good fertilizing material
| Is contained in this refuse, and he who
| iavents on introduces o way Of putting
! it in pgopef shape to bs transported
| economically where it can be Used To
enrich the soil will do good work.
The time will come when some system
will be devised to save this waste, as
well as the sewerage Of the cities, which
also carries away much that ought to be
applied TO the soils Of the neighboring
FARMS. .........
ALL the alkalies --isninloni&, potash,
soda and lime-in addition to furnish
ing food for plants, cause changes of
base to take place with other substances,
rendering some soluble that would 9TH
erwise be locked up, and for that reason
their very pfesehee, outside of their in
trinsic value, is aa advantages and gain
to the farmer. This is why lime makes
some light soils heavier and heavy soils
lighter for the action of lime on the soil
is to put a great many other things at
work forming new compounds. But
potash Is really o plentiful substance in
soils ALSO and the trouble Is. to reach it.
If we apply lime we assist to Get it free,
and when we put manure on land we
add soluble silica, combined potash and
free ammonia. This is why manure
if we have plenty of its better fer
tilizer than anything else, for it contains
all that is needed by plants; but all ma
nure is not alike, and we may often put
a great deal of manure on land with but
little benefit, for If it has been leached
by rains. improperly cared for, or made
from useless substances, it will be more