Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-09-21

especially In the evening, when the cow is
carrying her precious load to feed the IA
miIy. But the cruel and unmerciful way
this business is done now,lt will be strange
If judgments are not visited ON the fami-
hes that permit such things. 1t will, and
does, come in rendering the cow almost
worthless. And In many cases the COW
is entirely ruined. The judgment comes
to the family in using unhealthy milk by
injuring the udder, and sometimes over
heating the cow. When children are weak
or sickly where there is cow Belonging
to the family, it may be attributed In many
cases TO unnecessary cruelty 10 the animal
by rash drlvers There should be no com &.
planning, for judgments frequently come
In that way as the necessary results OF bad
conduct. We have no doubt that many
cases of sickness, and some deaths are
caused by this inhuman practice, and there
ought to be more. A boy who will be thus
cruel to the kind and faithful family cow,
will he cruel man, dangerous TO society,
and the sooner he Is removed from the evil
| to come the better. And in such cases the
tears OF the parents should be few.
| ductlon of the horse-cultivator the hand
hoe went out of use on most Western farms.
More work could be done with the cultiva-
tor, and it could be done with greater ease.
The more the cultivatOr was improved the
more farmers became attached TO 1t, and
| the greater was their reluctance to handle
the hoe at present the implement thai
has been used longer and to better advan-
tage than any other In the cultivation of
crops is generally discarded or Western
| farms Indeed, many market gardeners
manage to raise most of their vegetables
without using the hoe to any inside Iable
extent. The horse cultivator is certainly
very desirable implement to employ in
both the field and the garden, but its use
should be supplemented by that Of the
hand-hoe. 1t is profitable to continue the
use of the hoe IN every garden and culti-
waited field. Work can be performed with
1t that can not be done with any implement
drawn by a horse. The hoe should be
used in every corn and potato field before
| the cultivator is put into operation. 1t
should be employed to remove stones, turts
and pieces of hard earth that may be over
the plants that are making their appear
ance above ground, and for stirring the
soil around them. The cultIvator is excel
lent for working the ground between bills,
but for cultlvatlng the hull itself there is
no implement like the hand-hce. 1t is
very difficult to keep field devoted to anv
cultivated crop entirely clear of grass and
weeds without using the hoe. A field that
has been worked at least once with hand
hoe is always more productive than one
that has been tended with the cultivator
alone. The truth is, the former performs
some work which the latter cannot do.
| PORTING MoULD.-There IS one infallIble
method of treating potting mould if sus-
pected of containing Yermin of any kind
that is, &c fill the pots the day before they
are to be used, and water the soil in them
with boiling water. ScaId also as much as
you will require for filling in. Next day
it will be none too moist TO work with, and
there will not be i've creature IN 1t. Do
not mix coal ashes with your potting
mould, that is Just the way to spoil It.
Earth-worms are lot the enemies you sup
pose them to be, and they should not be
Juthlessly destroyed, they are appointed
by nature to ventilate the subsoil by Dor
ing in it channels for the admission of air.
They may be elected from your pots or
from the lawn when they have become
troublesome by means of lime water; the
remedy at the same time will benefit the
plants.
You've chicks are sometimes troubled
with disease that, for lack Of better
name, we call indigestion. They lose their
appetite, 'bake up behind" NOPE around
and die 1t is caused by feeding sour, ,un-
cooked food, lack of gravel and green food.
| The preventlves are obvious. Feed only
cooked food, provide gravel and plenty of
green food. Onion tops or lettuce chopped
and mixed with the sottfood is excellent
for young chicks and turkeys. Sometimes
@ cure can be effected in the early stages
OF this disease by giving half teaspoonful
of croton oil or tincture of rhubarb, and
then feeding for a few days on cooked
rice or stale bread soaked in milk and sea-
soned with pepper. A little pulverized
charcoal added to the food twice a week
tends TO keep the digestive organs of
young fowls in good order.
To make an oilclCth wagon cover, pro.
ceed as follows: Take thick cloth, as tent
cloth or sail cloth, and give 1t two coats
On each side of the following competition:
Linseed-OiI, one gallon; dried salphate OF
zinc and sugar of lead, each three ounces;
litharge, eight ounces: boil with constant
stirring until it drops in strings then
cool slowly, and pour off the clear part,
If too thick thin it with boiled oil. This
Varnish is flexible and can be folded or
rolled.
PLANTS F)R WINTER Remember that
if plant are wanted for wILter blooming
If Is well not TO allow them to bloom much
during the summer. During their growth
at this season, the ext entities of the shoe 8
may be punched IN, TO give them proper
form, and only small portion of the flow
er-buds that are produced should be allow
ed to bloom-the others should be remov-
ed. The result IN autumn will be hand
somely, formed and vigorous plants, ready
for blooming during the winter.
AS il is bad policy to keep land uncov-
cred by vegetation, as soon as one crop is
plowed under another should be planted.
If the land can be plowed in September
without mucn cost, a crop OF buckwheGt
may be grown, to be followed with winter
rye, which can be plowcd under IN the
spring and followed with potatoes; If the
plowing is to cost too much, then sow the
rye in July, and thus keep the land cover
| pd with prOWinu vouptati0u which is very