The Delaware ledger., 1883-08-04

4 fashioned system of setting milk In ia
pans. Ii
The agricultural editor Of the New o'
York Tribune recommends the thinning IL
Of grapes to one bunch on shoot. W
Breeders should bear in mind that.
capons grow nearly third larger than u
cockerels, hence are profitable, as they 9
command always better price in mar
ket.
A Michigan fruit-grower uses di-
luted solution of ammonia to drive ,
away the codling moth. He applies II
with syringe early in warm evenings ,
in Jane.
Keep a record of the number OF
qusrt Q lch that your eJws and heifers
give. Weed out all that don't pay fol
the feed, with a fair profit over and
above the cost of keeping.
SCOT is oue of the best manures fol
house plants, and If it can be had in
quantities large enough it is excellent
for out-of-doo use. For the latter ii |
is best mixed with one-tenth its bulk of !
salt.
At this season of the year stock suf-
feis greatly VIII re there is no shade. II
there are no trees in the pasture, shelters
4s,..made of a few poles with brush thrown
over them are better than nothing.
The beet was first brought from the
sLo. es of the Tagus, al was cultivated
in gardens because of its snowy leaves
and dark red color of its roots, two hun
dred years before it was found TO be
edible.
SKINNED milk has practically all the
value of whole milk for growing pigs.
Tie cream taken off makes it less fat
tening, but fat can be generally sup
piled in corn or oil meal in cheaper
form than in cream.
One who has tried wheat chaff fol
mulching strawberry beds says that the
result is very sure to be rank crop ol
wheat and weeds. This year he is ex
perimenting with planing-mill shavings
and is well pleased.
1t is said that the codling moth wa
imported into California by means &
fruit sent to that State for exhibition
and comparison with California fruits
The pest has increased until its ravag
are now very alarming to horticultu
rists.
In setting cabbages, caulitlowers, t.
matoes and other plants in gardel
where there may be cut worms, win
a small strip of paper around the sta
of the plant, SO that it will be about OF
inch below the surface and two inch
above.
Young and quickly-fed animals ha
more water and fat in their flesh, VIII
older and well-fed animals have flesh
afirmer touch and richer flavor and q
richer in nitrogen. The former may
soi more delicate, the latter will be m6
la nutritious.-N. E. Farmer.
his- ND. George, of Oakdale, Mass, 81
that for ten years he has successful
, protected his currant bushes fr
"a worms by the application of helleb
~, and cold water. He fills comm
,..1, tablespoonfuls of of hellebore, stirs
'''' IA mixture minute or two, and WI
up DanisAssle bushes are dry sprinkies them.
Kill every butterfly or winged in'
that can be reached, for by so doing
parent of future hundreds are pla
out of the way. A good insect traI
a small box nailed under the caves
the barn, the box having small
in it one inch in diameter The l
wrens will build in such boxes and
main to destroy the pests.
i 1t is said that wherever the apple
grow the mulberry will flourish,
wherever the latter is found silk cul
y is possible hence, from Maine to
heo,,,,. ida, and from the rock-bound Goa
III. -. .aaRn to the Pacific slopes OF
,.,..',s '",,"er il Joe. United States owns a
'gns IN clpher1Seloping.- SILK and Fruit C'lturi
:" come az Fowls do not like to scratch in
q Draw % jwn mannre. Advantage may be
cry man >/of this fact to keep them from scr
led, bU ing up seeds sown in the garden
and - the droppings of the hen-roost are
em. >yed over freshly-planted beds the
m vb "nScratch elsewhere. The rair
at cultlVasn will soon carry the feI
given by =. manure where roots
o So reach it.
NV 1t is said that hSsSa pint of par
mixed in four gallonsef water wi
'iYed ", stroy insects upon rose-btshes. u
ension aboi' ~Hsrf he Eoses are bursting intoI
ller To irav the leaves of the plant are destro
way, becaus an industrious insect. Wood
and nre.- placed at the roots of rose-bushe
,Lou j., injured are said to have a very
~ :, cial effect in promoting the grow
- increasing the bloom.
The decayed branches of Ole
- '"e should be promptly removed.
sc Eagh unsightliness is the least Of theil
question .. 1t has been discovered that evap
is now " of sap from the roots still goe
lame these dead branches, though
10 wa rapidly as when leaves are prese
thev left alone the dead spots exteI
a. the entire tree, and what is ally
little or no productive value.
Anv causa that interferes W