Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-26
Farm and Garden.

of the social household of the President o
 the United States.
 | Farm and Garden.
 Aim at larger crops on less acres
 Augusta, Georgia, has new four.
 | Italian bees are really longer.lived thar
 others.
 1 A we'll fed horse seldom suffers from the
 bot maggot.
 Poultry should be kept in the dry during
 rainy days.
 Cut timothy midway between blooming and ripening time.
 Black or red oak shingles are better than | white oak ones because less liable to curl. l Lookout for the dogs. Twenty-one sheep l were recently killed on one farm in Indiana 1 by them.
 l The dandelion should not be objected to by | bee-men, for it affords both honey and | pollen.
 Cattle like prickly comfrey and it will keep up the milk How as well as green rye. I Above all else see that chickens have a good place to roost and lay in the year around. Such place needs to be wind-proof, water proof and well ventilated. Feed Young Calves Well.-If hindered from having nourishing food of suitable charac-
  young of other animals, and even children will never develop into the size and form they would on a proper diet Give all the
 new milk they will drink for period never shorter than three weeks, and If 1t can be heightened to three months it will be found to pay in the end New milk may be fol- lowed by skinned milk, and this will be i'm proved by the addition of an ounce of oil cake, and half ounce of molasses to a gal
 lon of milk, which should be little warm when given.
 Making Clover Hay.-It should be cut when it is in full bloom and begins to assume a bro ~nish hue Curing is a most important process and accordingly, as it Is properly managed CT the reverse, the same hay may be very valuable in all that constitutes good,
 nutritious fodder. or of poor quality. The | aim should be to have it dry uniformly and l in not too great 8 degree, with view to re- ] taining all the leaves and flowers. well col | ored and sweet. If not cured properly the product will be harsh, dry and unpalatable, and suffering the loss of many leaves and I flowers before it reaches the mow. After it
 is cut every stalk should have the benefit if possible, of few hours of hot sun, and to secure this it should be shaken up turned l by hand the tedder at the right time. As soon as it is considerably Wited and the hay like smell appears the drying should be | checked by gathering the hay into wlnroWs
 and cocks, as expeditious!y y as possible. By
  l moving it the use of some salt is beneficial. :! If this can be applied in the shape of some l old salt hay, thin layer of this and then a ! thick layer of clover, the matter will be man | aged in the beat possible way, as the old hay l itself will aid the final curing. The next best | thing is to scatter six pounds of salt without Jumps, over each deposit of load. Glover | hay thus managed ought to open up in the l winter as green and bright as when put in | the barn.
 A Hundred White Grubs Killed at 8 Blow A singla female mAy-beetle lays from one | to two hundred eggs in the soil during May or June. In two weeks these hatch into little white grubs which continue to increase in ! size and live for three, if not more seasons, proving to be most destructive to the roots of useful plants. It Is impossible to compute | the damage done by the prageny of one beetle during the years they exist in the grub state. Anyone who Is acquainted with it's general destrrctiveness, however, should gee | the importance of sparing no pains to kill as many beetles during the season as possible. | It would pay to encourage ths children to l destroy them by laying premium on dead ones of say half cent or 0 cent each. For killing this pest, both in it's beetle and larva
 states, the crows and robins help should be counted as valuable. Skunks also destroy great numbers of them, and on this account l might be thought better of. Hens and tur keys are also helpers in killing the grubs, if given a chance, when the land is being plowed and cultivated
 ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Provide brush for peas Get the soil for celery ready. Herbs should be gathered as they con-
 mence towering; dry in shade. Raspberry and blackberry shoots should be stopped at four feet high. In carefully trained grapevines all canes that do not show two more clusters of fruit should be removed. The Cherry and Pear Slug.-During this 1 month and next an eye should be kept for | the appearance of this small, slimy, dark brown pest which appears op the upper sur l face of the leaves, soon using the n up save ! network of veins. Air-slacked lime, wood ashes, or even earth dust prove to be very effective remedies, if applied several times in succession. The first brood that appears is followed soon after by second. Strawberries from Seed.-These easily raised by anyone so inclined, and the young people may like the experiment. Crush ripe berries and mix the seed with sand. Sow this mixture about quarter of an inch deep, cover with light soil, and tread on the drill. Keep moist constantly, and by fall some plants will have appeared, which, with being planted ont properly, will show 8 little fruit | the next season, and give good crop the year after. It would be grand thing to raise new seeding that would excel the
 
 FLOWERS AND THE LAWN. Save pansy seed.
 Pinch back winter blooming plants freely. Blooming expenditures need plenty of water.
 Now the lawn often, but don't set the knife too low in bot, dry weather. Cannas and caladiums like very rich soil, l with frequent waterings, and have no objec- l tions to liquid manure.
 To kill the loathsome jslly-like slugs that infest rose bushes at this season, dust the foliage freely, when wet, with air slacked lime or powdered heIlabore. Summer Pruning of Shrubs.-Everyone who has seen both must admit that shrubs that are kept pruned are far handsomer than unpruned ones. Those kinds that flower before midsummer, and on the old wood, can best be treated to this operation immo-
 diately after Aowering; the late bloomers, early in the spring. There is no need of cutting away much wood, each year, bat if pruning has never been attended to it may be well to be little severe the first time. In vigorous plants any mutilated parts will soon be improved by the new growth. The Ro Ro5e-Chafer.-For four or six weeks
 commencing with the fore-part of June this ! little ashen yellow beetle, also known incor- | rectIy as the rose-bug, troubles the rose, and some other trees and plants. Its depreda- | tlons at limos assume a very serious character, | for leaves, flowers and fruit fall prey to it's | appetite. The worst thing about 1t Is that all common remedies, useful in destroying ] other insect pests seem not to affect this one
 at all The only way known to overcome l them Is by brushing them of the plants into | vessels of water or on cloths spread out, ana speedily gathering these together and con l