The National tribune., 1884-05-01
NOTELETs.


NoTELETs.
When potatoes have appeared well above the
ground it is good plan TO harrow them with
smoothing harrow. This destroys weeds, pull
verizes the surface, and gives the plants good
start; it viii not hurt the young potato stems.
Much of the benefit of barnyard manure
on land depends upon its being finely divided
and evenly distributed. After spreading as
evenly as practicable, harrow the surface with
an Acme harrow before blowing This will,
as asserted by those who practice it, double the
value of the manure.
-" Manuring in the hill" with special fer
tilizers is not profitable method Broadcast
all you can with as little in the bill posi- bic;
else your prospects will be fattering at first,
but your crop deception.
The curl of the leaf in the peach is caused
by extreme changes IN temperature. Now IS
about time to look for il. a ease is recorded
where a number of young trees were badly
affected with curl and all eventually died ex-
cept one treated and made vigorous in growth
with muriate of potash. We take this state
ment with great allowance for mistakes, and
doubt it being fact
The raspberry known as the Ohio IS
largely grown Tor the drying or evaporating
process. 1t is reported that 125 bushels Of
this berry has been gathered from an acre,
selling for $3.50. One establishment ct Sodus,
~. A1ASO oEAI lOllcr diiUtHcI 4UILy LULos anu
several others ten tons EACH
in preparing land for planting out an or
chard Of fruit trees, or for vineyard or rasD-
berry plantation, see chat it IS plowed as deeply
as possible and that the bottom of every fur
row is l0osened up by the subsoil plow Deep
plo@Ing for this purpose only places the good
soil down where the roots can receive benefit
from it; after the trees and plants are estab-
lished deep blowing is not admissible, so that
ali deep culture must preeede planting.
1t Is said OF the White Legh0rn breed of
poultry that they are non-sitteTs aud the best
| layers in existence; they are also fine table
fowls. From the fact that about half the cost
for keeping they viii yield many more eggs
than any of the large breeds, aud if 50 situated
that they can run at large, viii pick Up half
their food during SIX or eight months Of the
year, makes them prominently the fowl for
the farmer to keep; for IN many eggs there is
much money.
1t is stated that medical men are begin
ming 10 show some alarm at the results which
may follow the consumption of milk from
cows that consume ensilage which contains
large amounts of alcohol and acetic acid. 1t is
thought hardly possible that q COW can swallow
a quantity of acid equal TO that contained in a
quart of vinegar, perhaps, without injurious
effects upon her own system. So far, nothing
conclusive has been demonstrated, but investi-
CATION and experiment IN this direction may
be advantageous
Coal ashes have but little Of manurial
value, but they can be used TO advantage on
heavy clay Soils the intermixture preventing
TO some extent the baking which is apt to occur
after rains in early summer.
Dr.. Salmon, OF the United States Agricul-
tural Department, after a thorough inyestiga-
ton, reports that the alleged contagious cattle
disease in the West was not the foot and
mouth disease, bat was produced by wild rye
and wet weather.
"A farmer in the Farmers World states that
tobacco is good thing for sick chickens 4
handful OF Durham smoking tobacco Is placed
in enough bran-mash for ten or twelve chickens
about two-thirds grown. have given q
heaping teasp0onfUl to eight or ten little chicks
two or three weeks old, as an experiment. and it
did not hurt them. | consider it a cure for
chicken cholera, and have a strong belief that
it viii do as much for hog cholera | should
| certainly try it if had case of hog cholera. 5"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
find it very difficult to procure reports or docu-
ments from the Agricultural Department ut Wash
ingtoH. In reply TO recent application was in
formed that they had all been distributed. sup
posed that these reports mainly for the of
farmers, but my idea is that but few farmers re-
eeive them Can you inform me where they all so
to? "A Farmer, Wayne county, \. y.
Ails. If you notice the proceedings of Con-
gress you will find that when the resolution IS
passed by that body authorizing the printing
of these reports, it also provides for their dis
tribution, in the first place, by the Public
Printer Of, we viii say, three hundred thou
sand copies so ordered, twenty thousand are to
be left with the Commissioner of Agriculture.
and the balance divided among members of Con
gress for distribution among their constituents
from this it seems evident that You should ap-
ply to the member of Congress from your dis
trict.
put three inches of gravel over path through
my garden, but it IS covered with weeds, Can you
tell me how to get rid of them ?-S. r. York, Pa.
4as. Certainly. You can get rid of them on a
so-called gravel walk, just as you would in your
patato patch, by hoeing them up and removing
them. We never heard or saw any other
method of getting rid Of weeds, in gravel paths
or anywhere else.
VIII it injure geraniums or any of the plants IN
my window To let the shine the leaves while
they are wet?-Amelia Va.
Ans. Not in the least. It appears to be a
prevailing opinion that the sun viii hurt plants
il allowed to shine upon their leaves while wet.
No all Win