The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-03-14

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Tep.drssuing Is ~ season, with any.
thing hut ths very Ansst and best -.
AZURE, e1cert q sod tot con-, q i waste
|of time and Labor. The edect comes
700 lAss % benSflt ne CROP. 9ome @.
tive commercial fextiliser should b used
inseead.
Reserve enough Of che most thorough.
y decomposed and Ane manure for TOP
dressing the lawn. II the absence d
this. apply ashes, nitrate Of soda o,
some Other ierilixee. \
Less grain and more grazing tend e
. better development Of frame and mus.
Gle than when corn d. fed TO hogs ex.
cluavely. Build the frame Arst, and
ley on The TT afterward.
Engliah gardeners pay from 415 ID
go per hundred for toads and frogs To
keep in tho garden o. insect destroy.
ere.
In Indiana whea Q man has sheep
killed BY . dog hs must report the los.
to the township trustees within ten days,
and any person making . false statement
Of the amount Of damage done may be
fined 800 and imprisoned In the county
jail thirty days. An assessor who fails
TO list any dog is liable to q fine of -
for each case, and any one making q
false statement Of the number of dog,
may be fined 800. A dog caught kill
ing sheep may bs killed without cere.
mony.
The Rural New Yorker describes On
easy manner Of relieving choking cat
tie. II l. 70 with thumb and foreAnge,
squeeze the side Of the gullet together
below the obstruction until the latter i,
forced mp 70 the jaws. Then quick
upward thrust should be given or the
animal should be choked until il show.
signs Of distress, when the hand should
I've quickly removed from the throat,
and in nine times out Of ten the obstruc.
ton will be thrown entirely out Of the
animals mouth.
Prof. Thomas Taylor, microscopic in
the department of Agriculture. read an
essay before the District Horticultural
society lately upon "Insccticide in rela.
ton to horticulture" The essay abound.
ed in information in reference tothe de.
struction Of the grapevine by the ply.
loxera. as we'll as many other insects de-
structive to plant life. The professor
stated that in experiments made by
him he had found that naphthaline was
ono Of the best insecticides vet disoov-
cred, and gave very extended account
OF many experiments made by its use
upon insects, and that il the naphline
was pure, no injury would occur to the
plants, but il impure, it would be inju-
rious to plant life.
The winter radish is rarely found in
fsrmers' gardens, though il is consid-
cred treat to ell who are fond of this
vegetable at this time of the year. Try
it in the garden the coming season.
The seed need not he sown until the
TINA for turnips. Trimmed and well
cultivated they will grow from ten to
twelve inches long and three inches in
diameter, when they are gathered
bury them in sand in the cellar: Be.
fore using, place them for an hour in
cold water. They will not grow we'll
during the hot season and nothing is
gained by haste in planting. The white
California is much spoken Of.
The history of the potato is quite
modern, and gives rise to the question
How did our great grandsires do with.
out the esculent? It is originally q
South American plant, and was intro
duced into Virginia in 1929, but not
generally known in England until acen-
fury or more later. In Pennsylvania
potatoes became popular about 1856,
the followers Of Penn being good livers,
but the New Workers were slower in in
Producing them. In 1775, as we are
told, II 900 bushels were grown on a
sixteen-acre patch in New York-rather
large potato story, even for virgin
soil. They were deemed an exotic rarity
at a Harvard University dinner in 1907,
and not brought into culture in New
England till 1718. In Connecticut it
was held that il man ate potatoes
every day the habit would kill him in
seven years-just as some Of our South
ern farmers now contend that IL the soil
is plowed more than three inches deep
it will ruin the ground, "and it won't
fetch anything" The world moves
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