The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-24
FARM ITEMS.

A SMALL heated bar OF iron applied TO the
head of rusted screw will render its with
drawal as easy as one just inserted.
Peter Henderson finds that ants eat the
flower buds of roses. To drive them away
he ties sponges soaked in paratine around
the stems of the bushes.
1t is stated that handful of hay in a
bucket of water placed in a room recently
painted is effectual IN removing the disa.
greeable odor of the paint.
Many Of the sneep.raisers of New Eng
land have adopted the plan of feeding cot
ton-seed meal to sheep for milk and flesh,
and some regard it as the best provender
for the purpose they have tried.
There is occasion for raising more heifer
calves Cows are high all over the United
States, owing to scant supply. The In
crease in total number is not keeping
pace with increase of population.
| Persons who desire cheap luxury dur
ing the summer and fail should plant sweet
corn at intervals OF week till the last OF
June. BY that means they will have sup
ply of ears fit for the table till the occur
renee of heavy frosts. -,
A mixture of three parts OF linseed oil
and one of spirits of turpentine is excellent
for restoring marred furniture. Apply with
a wooden cloth and polish with clean
piece of wooden when dry.
A correspondent of the Tropical Agricul.
tut alist says regarding the destruction OF
ants Take white china plate and spread
a thin covering of common lard over it.
Place it on the shelf or other place infested
by the troublesome insects. You will be
pleased with the result. Stirring up every
morning is all that is needed to set the trap
again"
Feeding a COW heavily just before she
comes in with intent to get from her the
highest possible yield, is the usual cause OF
milk fever. There is time enough for
crowding after good flow of milk has be-
come established.
The game fowl, notwithstanding the ex.
cellence of their flesh as food, is not nearly
as popular to-day as many years ago, and
this arises probably more from their belllg-
erent propensities than anything else. No
other fowl has peace whilst a game can
reach him.
be hurried out of the setting nest. For
twenty-tour hours at least from the time
the earliest commence to show themselves,
it is better to leave them under or with the
hen mother. They need no food for from a
day to a day and half usually. When
thew get strong enough to venture from
r beneath their mothers wings it is time to
move the brood.
7 see an enquiry in the Rural World
about smoking meat with sulphur. have
been told by parties who have tried it that
the addition of common stone coal in the
last smoking would keep meat as well as TO
sack it, and not affect the taste at all: This
method OF smoking meat so as to keep 1t
is practiced by good many.
An Indiana farmer planted cabbages IN
"missing hills of corn and found that
! they were not injured by the imported cab
!, bage insect. This season he will locate his
cabbage patch in the middle of his corn
field. He finds that the cabbage fly moves
near the surface of the ground and prefers
plain sailing. He thinks that corn-stalks
5 will prevent it from moving through tnsm.
! Very careful experiments made in New
|, York last season show that the hat culture
of potatoes produces the finest tubers and
the largest Yields The best results followed
. the Dutch method of planting, which con,
sists of keeping the surface OF the ground
level, planting a single eye in place, Gov
ering it six inches deep, and allowing put
single stalk to grow in hill, whlch are
. foot apart each way.
Professor Henry says: II would urge tha'
/. our farmers feed more oats to young stocl
> colts as well as calves. There is no fooc
, easily attainable that will so well correct
J; acidity of the stomach and keep the whole
, system in good order. To those who wish tC
? raise calves on very little milk, would say
use oats and oil meal freely, and by study
ing the wants of the calves you will be able
10 raise fine animals on small allowance
4 OF milk" IL.
= An Iowa farmer gives these novel direc
/ lions for raising cabbage seed: Procure
!. good, sound, firm head. and if it has Ions
: stalk or stem cut 1t of close to the head
4 throw the root aside and plant the heac
8 only. This may seem folly and contrary U
, nature and grant that it is contrary t.
\ general practice. Dig a hole deep enough
0 TO bury the whole head; put in your cab
r bage-head and cover up and press the earti
!. closely, leaving the top of the head abou
4 an inch below the surface. Then take I
!. knife and cut the head in the form o.
: cross, and leave the result to the growth Q
4 the season-being careful, however, 10 cul
i tiyate enough to keep the weeds down, anC
q stake up the stalk to keep the seeds IRON
|, The ground, and you viii De sure 10 nave al
{ abundant crop OF seeds.
r No more forcble illustration could b'
: given OF the value of improved farming I'm
plements. Those farmers succeed best who
follow the best methods and employ Tho
y best appliances. In this state there ha'
! been wonderful improvement in the pas
|, two wears in the use Of labor-saving ma
chinery. The large crops OF lSoZ showed
the practical wisdom of our new departure
o n husbandry.
0 A Vermont sheep raiser claims that foot
rot can be entirely eradicated from hoci
< of sheep by dipping the feet Of every mem
Der of the flock, whether lame or not, int
kerosene oil, and then putting pinch o
sulphur between the hoofs. One repetition
of The treatment at the end OF two weeks
be claims, will be sufficient. They should
be kept in a dry place for few hours aitei
each application Of the kerosene. ..
In planting asparagus the following 81
reetions will secure a satisfactory result
Soak the seed for twenty four hours in tepid
, water and SOW early in the spring IN rows 9
foot apart, and kept clean by frequently
wedding and hoeing. At one or Two year ear.
old transplant to permanent beds. Inc
ground should be trenched or dug over,two
feet deep, burying plenty OF manure de'
! cayed leaves, leaf mol1, rock weed or kelp'
! when il can be had, and mixing II thor.
oroughly with the soil, Lay out The beds
four and a half feet wide, and draw three
drills fourteen inches apart and siK inches
deep lengthwise Of the bed. Place the
roots in them foot apart, in their natural
position. and cover four inches deep. A
rich sandy loan is most suitable.
Herr Jansen affirms that potato disease
which il caused by a fungus, first attacks
the tops and is conveyed 70 the tubers BY
means of spores washed into the soil by
rain. To prevent the infection Of the tn
bers. he recommends running pillow be
: tween the rows, 20 as to turn up afurrov on
: the top Of the bills, and then benoing th'
! plants over the furrow. This causes thu
water which washes the tops 20 runaway
! from the hills. The fuTOwing should b
: done on the first appearance Of the disease
and as a further precaution, the potatoe
3 should not be dug for ct least two or tire
weeks after the tops are entirely yiited
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