Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
The currant worm and rose bug may
be DESTROYED 10y a solution of carho.ic
acil-a tablespoonful in two gallons Of
water.
GUanO Ut plaster may he applied
wherever grass or clover have started
growth. The best time is when the
fields begin to have q fresh and green
aplearIn e, Sow broadcast 100 pounds
to the acre.
TMre viii be more poor seed corn
lisy,ar t. an usual, as the past two
se,s MS have been abnormal in many
SIC ions. Plant a few grains in a rich
sol and put the box in warm place to
STE what ercentage willslr ut.
Spare day to look a ter your fences
anu strengthen the weak places. Make
hose posts firm by tamping with
Kramer and driving fiat stones around
tie base. An hour or two spent thus
during Mar h may save crop and
man hours labor later on.
Trees with cut tops, says Magerstein
and Bilek, produce larger quantity of
ns,rve matter than if they were left
alone; the eli ping from the roots has
Ike result. Healthy fruit trees
should have the roots cut, but not
their tops: but in The case of stone
fruit trees thetops may epruned with
the advantageous effect of conducting
to their general development.
A. s Downing, who was one of the
best hurticulturists America has ever
known. said: "If l were to preach a
sermon ON horticulture, should take
as my text, stir the Soil.' Frequent
and ep stirring will enable one to
grow fine vegetables on comparatively
poor and slightly manured soil, while
without 1t one fails t. gain the proper
advantage. even from the Richest and
finest soil"
Nursing ewes should be supplied
with nutritious food suited to the
bteel. Merinus may have cnrn given
them without injury. Hea, ier-b ldied
sleep will do better on mixed food.
a goo food is made of corn and oats
o. rye and bran in equal quantities,
grNnd together and mixed with half
tie quantity of linseed oil meal. One
pound of this day, with few cut
tent> or p tatOes. will help both
lauther and lamb.
c. II. johnson tells the Fruit GrOcfr
tlat 10y gong carefully over his
grounds several times each season and
burning all plants showing raspberry
rust he has succeeded to such an eX-
tent that not more than half a dozen
cases of the dis ase appeared last year
IN the whole of h three acres devoted
h. this fruit. while another at some dis
lance lost almost his entire stock
without knowing the cause"
During the warmest weather hens
should b fell sparingly on corn. Oats,
wei crushed. make the best grain fed,
as corn contains too much oil and pro-
duceS fat AMI animal heat, with little
muscle. II oats are moistened pre-
vi us t. feeding the demand for water
after feeding will be lessened, and too
mu, h wat at that time often carries
the grain from the stomach into the
int stiles. where il cannot be digested.
Curn oft.n cause sweating when given
in large quantities.
c. s. Magoon, in tie New Hampshire
Mirror aud Farmer. gives the follow
ing mathod for removing rancidity
FROM butter: b litter has a grain the
same as sugar, and the same result
will be realizeH by stirring as with
sugar. and il will become salvy. A
betr way to make it sweet after it
has become rancid is t0 remove il from
tie tub and submarge in n tub Of
sweet brine; then place with the but
Ter a small sack containing one quart
of suit, one teacnpful Of sugar and two
Ounces OF saltpeter. To prevent ran
Icidity soak in good tubs three or four
days. using salt and water. changing
every other day; then pack, press very