The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17
Farm Notes.

DuiniB 1000 ONeT OUU COWS WoIe
tested that produced over fourteen
pounds of butter each per week.
New York orchardists, whose trees
were aphides, have found tobacco wa
ter the best remedy.
A quart of oatmeal in pail of wa.
ter will freshen horse after hard dri-
wing and prepare his stomach for more
solid food.
1t is said that horse nettles may be
destroyed by pouring kerosene on the
stalks and letting it run down into the
roots.
The Florida Dispatch describes a
Tinley peach as measuring thirteen
inches in circumference and weighing
twenty ounces.
An Orange county, n. Y, farmer
keeps peafowls to destroy potato bee
ties, claiming that they are very SER
viceable in that respect.
Any field that will produce clover
may be gradually restored to fertility if
such crops are grown and turned un-
der, especially if rotation be observ-
ed.
1t is said by some that the only sure
remedy for the orange colored rust
which is so destructive on raspberry
canes is to root up the plants and burn
them.
When milking a COW, if the flies are
troublesome, it will be found of valua-
BILE assistance to cover the COW with
blanket or sheet of muslin before be-
ginning operations.
There is a saying among stockmen
that has come to be accepted as true,
that the older and larger an animal be-
comes the more food it requires to
make pound of growth.
w. G. Barry says that half-tender
roses may be easily and safely kept
through winter by heeling them in and
then covering to sufficient depth with
dead leaves and evergreen bougbs.
An exchange says that a Kansas
farmer who had nine head of sheep
put the money that came to him from
the sale of the mutton and wool into
more sheep. In nine years he had
100 sheep, worth $4,000.
Most kinds of timber will answer
for fence posts if the lower end be boil
cd for few minutes in tar, and the
coated part sprinkled with wood ashes
or lime. Thus prepared they will last
good many years in any kind of soil.
Remember that bran mash once or
twice week will be greatly relished
by your horses and will do them much
good, says the National iStockman. 1t
is cheap, easily prepared, and should
be used frequently in every stable.
Salt will prevent manure from burn
ing. German kanite is cheaper and
would add more value to the manure.
1t is said to contain 33 per cent, salt
and 25 per cent. potash. Layers of
earth, mold or clay, will check fermen-
tation and prevent fire-fanging or burn
ing.
SCOT is one of the most valuable of
fertilizers, and should be carefully saw
ed. That from coal is superior to that
from wood. 1t is rich in nitrogen, and
benefits all crops to which it may be
applied, as well as being an excellent
remedy against the attacks of many
kind of insects.
Roup in fowls is said to be a name
for many diseases arising from colds.
A new remedy, which is said to be very
effective, is to give the sick fowl pill
composed of two grains of bromide of
potassium, one grain of camphor, one
grain of red pepper, and two grains of
assafoedita.
When horse has good appetite
and eats we'll it is good indication of
health and capacity to undergo hard
labor. For such horses nothing can
be gained by attempting to improve
them with condition powders or stim-
ulants. A good feeder can, in nearly
all cases, be relied upon.
Wheat or other cereals that are sown
in the fall have the advantage over
the same or other kinds sown in the
spring, of forming much longer roots.
The natural result is that, with longer
roots, the plants have more food at
their disposal, and can withstand the
effects of drought better.
In the large peach orchards in Cana
da no cultivation is permitted after the
middle of July, but in the fall the land
is lightly plowed with the fulrows to-
ward the rows, so as to shed the water
which might otherwise accumulate
about the roots and freeze. Ashes and
barnyard manure are the fertilizers
used.
The value of ensilage as food for
sheep is said to be equal to grain IN
many respects. According to DR.. Bal
ley, of Massachusetts, with ensilage
mutton could be produced for nothing
if wool was worth 80 cents per pound.
Ensilage enables the fockmaster to
crafty the appetite of the sheep with a
variety of food, as variety of grasses
may be preserved in the soil.
A writer in the New York Tribune
says that buttermilk is excellent fol-
Kidding sheep of ticks. 1t is applied by
pouring it freely along the back until
it runs down the sides. The addition
of a gill of kerosene to each gallon ot
milk, however, forms an emulsion
which is much more effective, while
the milk dilutes the kerosene so as to
render it completely harmless to the
skin.