Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-29
i ARM AND GARDEN.
Ho:es al" .,..~.cs.ions.

Notes aii' ..,..~.cs.ions.
.. Farm implements. when occasionally
brushed over with crude petroleum. will last
longer and be protected from changes of
weather when exposed.
- Paris green and London purple may be di-
luted with 200 parts by weight of land plaster
and the mixture will De abundantly strcng to
destroy potato bugs. aud many other pests
- Chickens, such as Asiatic, should never be
allowed to perch until about six months OLD
the breast bone VIII bc liable to become crooked
There is no cure and it is disqualification for
exhibition fowls.
= There Is no use in cleaning your poultry
houses unless YOU burn your old nests. They
will harbor more of the various kinds of poul-
try PARASITES than you can ever eXterminate
with a whiteWash brush.
- Keep the horse collars clean The dust
and dirt which adheres to collars when they are
wet with sweat WORKS Into humps and ride
and sore shoulders the result. If the col
lars become hard wash them clean, pound them
and apply oil.
- Trec-wcrs'ip among the ancients had a
NEST Important Influence on the preservation
OF forests in circumscribcd places. Beautiful
groves which would otherwise have been
sacrificed on the altar Of immediate utility
were preserved by the religious respect for
treeS--Hh'rdufte iS1,ttIai.
An enemy of the grapc-in the form of a
grape-seed grub has been discovered The
eggs are deposited by a small black fly upOn
the skin of the grape. and the young grubs
work their way into the immature seeds soon
alter Matching. The infested fruit usually
shrivels i'll midsummer. The best remedy for
the pest is To gather and burn the affected
grapes.
- Ohio farmers employ slcds with runners six
or eight inches wide for drawing all sorts of
loads over bare or muddy ground. They are
extensively used for draw ing out manure in the
spring They lnjurc grass sod less than the
wheels of wagons and carts DO. II all vehicles
were made with wider bearings on the track
roads would last longer and loads would move
easier
- WatercreSs belongs to the same natura1
order as cabbage ratlish mustard etc Ii can
not be- called hardy. though it does live from
year To year IN spring water. which protects its
roots from frost. That fr>t sent to market i'm
sprin" Is largely these rccCn!tcnt stems. with
roots from every JGiEt. CiOwn art.ally under
water and so close to its surface to have been
protected from freezing 10y its warmth--GGr-
dt'd6rs N1ftiy.
Full feeding from the start" says the New
York T,5,.eS. should Zee the maxim of the stock
feeder. whether his object is beef. mutton. pork
or poultry Yet there is Il way of high feeding
10y which an enormous carcass of fat is prrTna-
turely produced by rich feeding in a short time
And it II n question whether this high feeding
Is a. profitable as Il longer period of more mod
crate feeding. sine" Il is the DOdpratey-fed and
not ovcrlatted beast which meets the consumers
views. rather than the aI6nal which takes the
prize at fat-StUck shows.
- Ii you are short of sitting hens and don't
own an incubator. make the hens do double
duty- Set two or mC1e at the same time. and
when the chicks come out give two families to
one hen. and set the other over again To do
TINS successfully. the chicks must be taken from
the nest as soon as dry and given to the hen
that Is To raise item; for if hen once leaves
the nest with her chicks. no amount of moral
suaslon will induce her to go back. Before
giving the hen fresh eggs. the nest should be
renovated and the hen busted with sulphur or
something to prevent lice Tfdi.ie Farmer
- The Vermont Dairymens Association dis
cuSsed the subject of ensila9e quite volumin-
Ouslv at its recent meeting. Mr. Simons who
gets 800 pounds of butter annually from each of
his ten cows said he had been getting higher
rricesfor his product since lie BEGAN feeding en-
silage- He thinks, however that if he had in
vested in fertilizer the money his so and an
paratus cost. and spread it upon his best
meadows he would have increased his Iay crOp
To the full value Of all the ensiage his Sio will
bold. If the silo should be swallowed by an
earthquake he would try the fertilizer awhile
before building another. BY a rising vote taken
at the close of the discussion 1t was found that
thrty-three farmers present have sos in use
that are giving satisfaction and two who have
WIZ" thtih dit uISSdiiSHCu WITH lHC RESULTS.
We notice in New England paper state
ments of experiments in which corn is cut
when the grains are about to glaze and haulpd
to the barn. where it is stacked in common
NOV, without being cut. there tr0dien down
and left To feed out in late autumn or the early
part of the winter. and it il claimed to be about
as "o0d-fhat Is the cattle ''rat it ND clean
as that put up III most costly silos And then
the question is asked such being the case
where Is the Use of wasting the time and going
to the expense of digging rits:' If the former
Is true, the question NAV well be asked Emf
We fancy that il viii. after a few trials he found
to lose its claim upon the economy of the farm
Few viii believe that green fodder can be so
eireleSS!y put up and remain for any length of
time in condition iii TO be a wholesome food
whether the cattle eat it up clean or not In
Tact. the main question has not Yet been COM
plctcly settled. that cTs:!aCe will prove such a
success a. Ia induce farmers generally to nitro
ducc the system. For our own part we shouId
prefer to wait IL few years longer before giving
II our fu'l endorsement. and scarcely expect to
uo II then Gs'7"G'"o'r't Tt'grGiA
- VIII it pay to compost manures? is ques-
tiOn which is often asked and frequently dis
eussed at farmers meetings. but never settled
by definite answers or conclusive arguments.
why: Because tor some purposes it will paw.
ana Tor others IL Will not paw. Fer growing
field corn or potatoes it will not nav to COMPOST
all OF the manure. but. a rule. it will pay TO
compost enough OF IT To put a small quantity In
each hI!! To start the Young corn potatoes
For garden crops it will pay to compost larger
proportion of it than for field crops The compost
lnG oi manure simply advances 1T toward plant
foods. or. III other words. il r!pcns it. At first
thought II would seem that under all cfrcuu-
stances i would be best To thus prepare manure
Tor plant food, but on Il careful Investigation if
Will be found that To offset the advantages there
are TWO ways tO lose; first. the labor of COMPOST
ny: second. the loss of the action of the
escaped gases on the elements Of the soil
livery careful observer has noticed the CHANGED
condition Of the soil to which las been applied
Green manure In the process of decOmposi-
ton the soil is filed with gases which seem IN
have the power to Tighten il up and make if in
abciter condition Tor plant groWth.-Nassacl,lt-
sets Tto Ugt4nGH
NG5AN>s SPHERE.