The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-08-04
THE FARM.

Al
parativeIy young lemon tree grown in a
pot or tub for ornament viii yearly bear
from twenty-five to fifty lemons of better
quality than those we usually buy at the
fruit stores.
CHARLES A. GREEN says of raspber-
ries Perfection may not have been
reached with Black Caps, but with
Soughegan for early and Gregg for late
it will be long time before anything
better can be found"
To DESTROY the curculio a light frame
covered with canvas cloth arranged
with slit from one side to the center,
carried by two men and slipped on the
body of the tree under treatment before
iarring the same is regarded as very
satisfactory trap for the purpose.
A TERRITORY divided among half a
million OF farmers tilling a quarter sec
ton each will become an Eden, while
the same area, owned by 500 capitalists
and cultivated of half million of ten
ants, will become a barren waste, and its
people aimless, discontinued and use
less. Farmer.
ONE QUARTER of a pound of ammonia
and one, quarter of pound Of inter dis
solved in hogshead of water and APP
piled by means of a sprinkler, twice or
three times a week, will nearly double
your crop of strawberries. It is excel
lent for other fruits and vegetables also.
Indiana Farmer.
IT is immateriaI at w9 at time vegeta-
bles are transplanted, provided they are
not too large and the ground is warm
and mellow but they should never be
transplanted in a rain-storm, when the
ground is puddly. IF transplanted when
it is warm and mellow, root action be-
gins at once. -DeQver Tribune.
For disinfectants about poultry houses
and sheds, smoke from wood fire is one
of the best; also sulphur. In using the
latter close every opening and chink
where air can escape, place a pound or
two of birthstone, in small pieces, into
an iron pan and let it gently burn, leav-
ing the house shut up for the day if
possible.
We say-to farmers who desire to raise
farm horses, look carefully to the walk
ing gate of the sires. And, further, accus-
tom your young horses that are raised
for draught purposes to walk rapidly, and
to this end, if there is any walk in them,
never allow them to strike trot. It is
astonishing how rapid gait can be de-
veloped with proper training. Wat
IGce'S Monthlu.
FARMERS who complain of the crow
effectually protect their crop by scatter
ing, on two or three occasions, half a
peck or more of soaked corn over an adj
joining newly plowed field, which
would efectualIy divert their attention
from the planted field. Neither crows
nor blackbirds can eat hard corn, and
that is the reason the soft corn in the
ground is disturbed.
WRELE large proportion of the best
beeyes ripened in this country are
grades, but few of the English premium
steers are below thoroughbred in quality.
The English stockman, going on the
principle that nothing is as good as the
best, takes pains to have his store stock,
as well as his breeders, of good family.
While such policy is not yet practicable
in this country, the time may come
when the butcher may not. be wholly in
different to the matter of pedigree.
A MEMBER of the Oneida Community,
writing on the importance of mulching
fruit trees and plants of every kind, says
that he mulched row of the Franconia
raspberry, and also one of the Philadel-
phia, side by side. The effect was very
marked. While the Franconias, which
were not mulched, were literally
scorched and the leaves crumpled in the
sun, the row which received the mulch
ing carried through nearly double the
crop of fruit. The material used for
mulching was old, half-decayed buck
wheat straw. etc.
The best timber for curbing a well is
hemlock, which is very durable when
under water, and gives no flavor to the
water. If hemlock can not be procured,
tamarack would be the best. The tim
Der should be cut in two or three inch
p1anks, and put together by halving the
timbers at the end and holding the
halved parts dovetailed or cornered to-
gether, so that the sides cannot be forced
in by the pressure of the earth-the up
per half of one piece fitting upon the
lower half of the other piece.-Rural
NeaO Yorker.
In my experience in raising geese [
find that it is best to let the goose take
care of her eggs-not remove them from
the nest. Nearly every egg is sure to
hatch, in spite of the old theory that
thunder and lightning will kill the Cos
lings in the shell. manage by prudent
feeding to keep the geese from laying
until all danger of the eggs chilling by
leaving them on the nest is passed. L
consider geese the most profitable in the
poultry line, and the most easily raised.
Rural NeaO Yorker.
A SHEEP grower says: It is folly to
keep old sheep. They should be turned
off to the butcher in their prime. 1t
does not take half the amount to fatten
them. When they get old and thin, in
order to put them in the condition to
slaughter, the whole structure must be
rebuilt. Four sets of lambs are all any
eve should bear this will bring her to
five years, and this is the age when,
with little extra care, she will round
up to full carcass. Exceptions may
be made when the breed may be scarce,
and the blood may be more desirable
than anything else.
One of the most important uses of
muck is an amendment to the soil. For
sandy soils it is especially valuable.
/ There are thousands of acres of light,
sandy land which, in its present condi-
ton is of little value. The rains run
through to the subsoil, and in afew days
after heavy rain the soil begins to feel
the want of moisture. If rains occur
every few days through the season, fair
crops will be obtained, but droughtswhich
would have only very slight effects on
good, loamy soil, would be sufficient todry
up the vegetation on these sandy soils.
II heavy dressings of manure are applied
the strength is soon washed into the
subsoil as the manure burns out in the
soil and the volatile portions escape into
the air. However heavy the dressing
applied, it is all gone by the following
year, and repetition of the dressing is
requisite Muck added to such soil
produces decided improvement. Muck
will contain from fiftv to one hundred