The banner-enterprise., 1883-07-12
Farm and Garden Notes.

An extensive cattle and poultry
raiser in Iowa states that he 'has NJ
trouble with vermin on his beasts and
birds when they have a chance to 'dust
themselves" and have an opportunity
TO eat onions once a week.
A Kentucky farmer cures fowI
cholera by boiling a bushel of smart.
weed in ten gallons of water down tc
three gallons, and mixing the decoction
with their feed twice Il day for three
days, then every Other day for a week.
Many horses are actually killed by
kindness. Letting them stand in the
stable from one weeks end to another
without any exercise of any kind, be-
cause they might hurt themselves if
let run loose, is very injurious. To
keep them in the right condition it is
necessary that they be exercised every
day.
When a potato is exposed to the
light in a cellar the eyes nearly al
start a good healthy green sprout, but
If in pile, or in darkness, only the
strongest eyes grow long, white worth
less sprouts. Hence seed potatoes
should be spread thinly in the light.
The sprouts should not be broken off
when cutting the seed for planting.
1t has been discovered that there is
less potash in the leaves of diseased
g~rapevines than in healthy specimens.
The lack Of potash is made up by an
excess of lime. 1t is possible that lack
Of mineral fertilizers may be the cause
Of many diseases of trees and other
plants, and that farmers and gardeners
may yet have to consult the vegetable
and grain doctor.
Millet is an excellent fodder plant,
of which cows are exceedingly fond. 1t
is a warm weather crop, and needs to
be grown on a light, sandy soil. BY
m%anuring well it may be made to pro-
duce from two to five tons of hay to
the acre. A copjous flow of milk is
produced by cutting the millet, sailing
slightly, m%oistening, and shrinking
with a little meal.
Early-hatched chickens are more
vigorous than those produced later in
the season, when hot and dry weather
adde's half the eggs while incubation
is in progress. 1t is more trouble to
care for the very earliest chickens
during cold, wet weather in March and
April, but the cockerels will bring
fancy prices as early broilers, and the
pullets will tegood lay ers next winter.
Some Western breeders state that it
is a mistake to suppose that the cross
of the Cotswold and Merino to be an
improvement on the originals. The
wool is neither the best for combing,
nor can it compete in the market with
that from pure Merino in fineness. The
carcass is not equal to the CotswOld,
and the cross is not suitable in other
respects, as the Cotswold thriyes only
on good pasturage, while the MerinO
is an active forager.
The editor of the american Gardener
says he has followed the mole tracks
under row of dead plants, and has al
ways found on their roots the peculiar
marks of the gnawing of the grubs,
proving that the latter were already
engaged in their destructive work,
being arrested only by the timely a.
rival of the mole, which, after having
found his prey, would not follow the
same row on a fools errand, but would
make a short cut to the next row,
his sharp scent indicated other
grubs.
Deep drains, the Chicago Journal
afiirms, are best because they secure
the slow percOlation of the water, CIV
ing the soil a chance to take up or alb
serb the nutritive properties which in