The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-05-10

weeyil which punctures the fruit and deposits
an egg, from which proceeds the grub which is
the immediate cause of the destruction of the
fruit. After the fruit falls the grub escapes,
and another curculio in due time, is the result.
A small space sixty feet square would hold
dozen trees and this being fenced in and used
as a run for poultry and hogs, the fruit would
be consumed as it fell, and such of the gTubs as
escaped would be picked up by the poultry.
We think that farmers, and others having
space and poultry, should take the trouble to
grow a few plum trees.
NEW SUGAR TREE.
Under this heading the Rural Nc'r Yorker has
some timely remarks on the yellow wood,
F9rGiIia l,fiea For moderate-sized lawns or
grounds this is one of the most desirable OF our
native trees. Many years ago, when asked the
question. 4" What three trees would you recon-
mend as the most perfect specimens of full
headed, shapely trees for a neat lawn" we
replied: First, ViFgiJia Utica: second. Usage
orange and third, the Negaado or ash-leaved
maple" But new value has been found IN the
yellow wood-that its sap contains an appreci-
able amount of sugar; three pints of the sap
yielded full tablespoonful of amber-colored
sugar equal TO the best maple sugar.
ANOTHER ANTIsEPTIc.
Rex Magnus has rival to contend with.
This is boro-glyceride, which, according TO the
Montreal Journal Of agriculture, viii preserve
all kinds of perishable commodities at tie
mere trifiing cost of few cents for the treat
ment of many dollars worth of goods. The
b0ro-glyceride, when properly prepared, is
white, crystalline compound, and should be
mixed for use with fifty times IT'S own weight
of water. A gallon should rot cost more than
from twenty-five cents 10 thirty cents, and
viii preserve as much meat as can be sur
rounded by it in any containing vessel The
same liquid may be used over aud over again.
corroN-sEED MEAL
Mr. Horne. veterinary surgeon of Mobile,
Ala writes to the Country Gentleman that cot
ten seed in any form is not so desirable Tor
food as flazseed. Beef fattened or cotton seed
has peculiar. nauseating taste, and also mutton,
butter. milk. &C. viii be disagreeably tainted
IF the animals have been fed eotton-seed meal
a more serious objection 10 the use Of cotton
seed as food Is lis peculiar medicinal qualities
Mr.. Horne states that rs a consequence of
feeding cotton seed he finds more cases Of
sterility and nympaomania than he has ever
seen before IN one neighborhood.
cAYwooD GRAPE TRELLIs.
A recent number of the RaraI Ne,o Yorker has
a cut of a trellis for grape vines. 1t represents
4 piece OF wood nailed to the top of the post
which makes ii appear like the letter L. Three
hlltS are 4s4SLClS4 Ou up SAoHS
piece and the vines are trained TO these wires.
There is nothing very peculiar about this ar
rangement except the name given 1t. This
kind of trellis has been in use for many years.
4 We had a similar one erected about twelve
years ago, so it can hardly be called new.
DANISH BUTTER MAKING.
| The Danish system of making butter con-
/ sists in churning the milk by centrifugal force,
and churning about fifty gallons at time by
special machinery worked by 9 steam-engine.
/ Not drop OF water is employed in the whole
/ operation, and the hand never touches the but
| ter The butter brings at Paris 20 per cent.
! higher prices than the other prepared buffers.
/ 1t has no porosity, no milk. Ice is not en-
! ployed. The cream is heated to SO, and the
butter is made in forty five minutes. Cleanli-
ness is perfect.
| PETROLEUM AS A PRBsERVATIyE OF WOOD.
The statement is made that the soaking of
] the wood OF which wagons are built In crude
petroleum, and occasionally afterwards giving
the wagons coating OF it with brush, viii
add greatly 10 theft strength and endurance.
! The oil penetrates the wood and makes it less
/ liable to crack, shrink or swell The wood
work Of stage coaches thus treated have rarely
needed any repairs. For farm wagons it would
! probably be of great service.
LOOK TO YOUR SEED CORN.
The agricultural papers Of the Western States
are calling the attention Of farmers TO the fact
that the germ of corn has been destroyed in
/ many localities by freezing, and that it viii
not do 10 90 10 the corn cribs for seed. Corn
which, TO all appearances, was perfect, has been
tested and found dead 1t is recommended
that corn intended for planting should be
tested, so that the crop Of 1883 may not be a
failure.
DECAY OF WOODS.
1t is said that some kinds of woods, although
very durable when isolated, act upon each
other TO their mutual destruction. Expert
uents with cypress and walnut and cedar and
scypress prove that they viii rot each other
when Joined together, but on being separated
the decay viii cease, and The two timbers viii
then remain perfectly sound for long time.
FISH MANURE.
When this is pure and dry, it is rich in
phosphates and nitrogen, containing from to
s per cent. Of the former and to z Of the lat
Ter. If spread on land iii a crude state the
phosphate is not Immediately available, be
cause, being in the bones, it is not soluble until
they decompose.