Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-03

some Ksmsrhs Ooucerning Potato Colturs-
Baw % get Efd of the Currant WORM
Other Eotes.

some Ksmsrhs Ooueerning Potato Cniturs-
Bsw % get Eid Of the Currsat worm
III Othsr Fosss
Germantown Telegraph.
There Ia scarcely any crop that has In
duccd more experimenting and has caused
more discussion than the growing OF pota.
toes. On farms adjoining one another
there Ia all possible difference In its cult.
vation. This IL moro In the seed planted and
the manner Of planting than In the pre-
paration of tho ground and after cultiva-
ton, though In the results there is next to
no difference. Some farmers. insist that
quite small whole potatoes are
the best for planting some out Oh
and throw away the seed end OF
the small potatoes others plant one whole
large potato others cut medium sized
potatoes In two or three pieces others
plant pieces with single eye, and so on.
Some plant tho whole large potatoes IN
holes three feet apart some the very
small ones in drills. When the harvesting
comes each will obtain about the same
auautisy of potatoes aud about the same
size We think II probable that IL the
carly part OF tho season Ia very dry that
the large seed is tho best, owing to the
substance 1t possesses to sustain the young
growth, otherwise the small seed, or the
preferred. The saving, too, In the small
seed (the latter being unfit for market)
will be considerable. A good sod, In
ground not subject to standing water or
usually very moist, IN the best for this
crop. Bafuyard manure spread over the
ground and raked In every row, and not
plowed too deep, is best. Rows or drills,
We think, are TO be preferred, and they
shouli be wide enough apart TO admit the
plow after the vines have become too large
Tor the cultivator. All seed should be
spread upon the barn floor for two or three
weeks before plspting, 10 admit OF the
eyes to get y little start, which will reduce
about that time In advancing the maturity
of tho crop.
Should the season be favorable the potato
crop at this time is as certain in atfordtng
a satisfactory yield as any other crop upon
the farm, and in some respects it is the
most profitable.
Remedy Tor Currant worms
A correspondent asks us for q remedy
for the leaf pest OF the curraut, sayirh,
that he lost last year Q fine crop Of cur
rants by the sudden disappearance OF the
leaves, which be discovered TO be done by
this destructive worm. We know not
how often we have referred to the depre-
dations of this pest. Their operations are
rapid, and unless their first appearance is
watched they may do their work before
one is aware Of it, There are several rom
edies. We have used fine, sifted coal
ashes, first sprinkling the leaves thorough
ly with water, so az TO reach the under
parts, and apply the dust profusely, anC
repeat it once or twice If necessary, whIcl
may be the case But there is nothing $,
effective as Ulite hslle bore, busting 1t owe
az well as ON tho uuder side of the leaves
which never fails IN destroying 1t. IL ca
be had at the druggists, aud some genera
stores. The leaves should be watched a
soon as they appear, as the worms some
times get TO work very early. We ma
have something moro to say on this subjeS
as the time for the danger approaches.
Diseases OF Animals.
Judging from what We are SO CONSTANT
reading in the jourcals of the day in r,
gard to the diseases that affect cattle an
swine here and there, one would be led |
conclude that our farm animals ought
be entirely exempt from any disease at al
If two or three cows or bullocks shou
suddenly die among large herd upon OF
farm, the cry is raised that an epidem
has appeared aud great mortality anon
the stock must ensue. Sometimes pc
OF hogs may become diseased an
die, and the same alarm is imm,
diately created. Why cattle shoul
escape sickness aud death, and tn
human species should be subjected to epi
denies carrying or at times thousands o
people, is not explained. Still, cattle ar
less liable To diseases aud fatal result
than any other class of animals, excep
perhaps the horse but they are neverthe
less liable to be attacked By contagiou
sickness which may prove very fatal bu
seldom has IL beon tho case in this couutr
to an extent To cause serious dismay /
the farmer and grazier. For years of lat
something like the plsuro pneumonia b;
more or less prevailed in Europe and th
United States but as it has been yer
limited in the attacks upon cattle, as Il
so-oalled "cholers" is upon hogs, they W
very probably more or less continue, 0l
not to an extent TO cause any auy alarm
much loss.
sheep Raising ana Mutton.
England, 1t is we'll known, has alwa
been famed over every other cUuutry &
tho excellence Of its mutton, aud that d
OF the main reasons of 1t is that the she
are fatted Oh turnips and brau, with Il
ordinary pasture exclusively. In seotio
of the United States, where the sau
method is pursued, it is claimed that o
mutton Is equal to the English. rnis,
nave reason To believe, IL true, us So ha
eaten right here in Germantown mutt
equal to the Euglish Southdown, which
regarded as the best, set side by side
the table with our own. In fact, the "
dict was that our mutton, though "A lit
coarser grained, was more delicate a
higher favored In England the turI
is n great sheep food. TO which it IL said
owe its excellence. Aud why should
not adopt it hero for the same purpos
There is really no branch of farming M
profitable than sheep raising, and we ha
many time wondered why 1t was not M
generally pursued. In Eastern Penns
vania most Of our farms are too small
this purpose but there are tens of the
sands of acres in the northern, weste
and southern portions peculiarly adapt
To sheep raising.
The English butchers say that in kill
sheep, When the peh is removed the han
should Dc bdsiGd in order to remove
daugerot making the meat taste "woDll,
This IL hint that II would DO well for {
butchers 10 take. Mauy persona v
raise shoep aud annually slaughter IN ,
do not eat the meat simply on account
this woolly flavor. and yet they ne
imagined the reason of it.
Caution.