Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-05-02
Farm Notes.

Damaged corn is exceedingly in
furious as food for horses, because it
brings on Inflammation of the bowels
and skin diseases.
A Vermont sheep-raiser says that
the best method Of doctoring sheep for
foot rot is to wet the foot of every
sheep in the flock found lame, thorough
ly with kerosene or coal oil, and put
what sulphur you can take in the
thumb and finger between the hoofs of
each foot. Keep them in a dry place
for twelve hours. Repeat this opera
tion in about two weeks. and you will
Lave no more trouble.
Kerosene oil may be used for de-
stroying insects on plants by taking
tablespoonful of oil and mixing it with
half cupful of milk and then diluting
the mixture with two gallons of water.
Apply the liquid with syringe, and
afterward rinse with clear water. This
substance is death to plant insects. and
we have never heard of its injuring the
most delicate plants when used as here
directed.
1t is an injury to plants to fire.
quently water on the surface to water
thoroughly when the plants require it
is essential. Reflection will convince
any one that pot full of soil and
mass of roots in the center cannot re-
ceive sufficient water to wet the roots
thoroughly, if applied on the top of the
pot in moderate quantities daily. 1t
is time saved once week to place the
plants in deep vessel of water keep
in the water until the air bubbles cease;
it will keep the plants healthy as does
the evening dew.
One of the best protected classes
in the country are the gunners. Game
is reserved for them by natural right,
and the robin, pewee, partridge, wren,
bluebird, woodpecker or humming
bird-anything that has feathers
must hang lifeless at the side of the
sportsman as evidences of his skill. In
the meantime farmers are asking for
better methods of destroying insects,
and wonder why they are more numer-
GUS than formerly. 1t is all wrong
this matter Of allowing our game birds
to breed at one period merely to be
mercilessly slaughtered at another.
The birds are not too many at any time.
-Ifa corn plant be dug up at any
period during it's later growth, the
greater part of the feeding roots will be
found away from the hill, extending,
as seems evident in some cases, to a
distance of at least twelve feet. This
range of the roots cannot be purpose
less, but is provision whereby this
strong-growing plant gathers its food
from large area and competes with
its neighbering plants. How rapidly
these roots grow we know not, but we
can say with certainty that they may
extend at least three inches daily
through the most favorable season,
under favoring conditions The broad
cast fertilizing is better way for corn
than hill fertilizing seems in accordance
with careful observation.
If everybody told everybody,
what verybody thought ofeverybody.
everybody would think but little of
everybody.
W ong Chin Foo, the editor of the
Chinese american, will publish in a
short time his English translation OF
the greatest historical Chinese drama.
Fan Ton; or The Royal Slave" which
ranks in Chinese literature as Homer's
"Illiad" and Odyssey" do in Greek, and
Shakespeare's historical plays do in
| English literature. 1t was written
1900 years ago by Rung Ming, di-
rect defendant of Confucius. At that
time civilization was at its highest
point. Men and women studied at the
same universities and competed for the
same literary honors. Since that time
the play has steadily held its place on
y the Eastern stage.