Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-30

punbaH squeezed into the milk and
mixed with it will remedy matters at
once. But il Is unfortunate il such ir-
Irregularities in digestion are allowed to
occur. They commonly result from i'm
proper methods of feeding.
II stock are turned In large lot where
they cannot eat all closely there will be
considerable waste. That first eaten viii
invariably be on the richest ground, in
dicating that the fertility increases the
palatable and nutritious qualities of the
grass. II portion of the field is troub-
led by excess Of water the grass will be
sour and poor. Only thorough under
draining can remedy this condition.
When oats are to be threshed BY
machinery, it scarcely seems TO be worth
while to bind them, as it necessitates in
creased labor in cutting bands with no
corresponding advantage. But where
straw is valuable, the grain will pay fol
hand threshing and selling the straw in
bundles. Oats are more easily bound
than other grain, as the straw is soft and
the bundles not so heavy as wheat.
One cause Of much of the bad BUTTE
In market is the unclean condition of
many farmers cellars. Decaying veg
etables faint the air, and their odors are
absorbed by the milk, to reappear in
whatever is made from it. If the meat
barrel becomes of all tainted. it should
be at once removed. In fact, wherever
milk and cream are kept in cellars they
should be in different rooms from the
pork barrel.
If onion seed is sown very thickIv in
August on rather poor soil, free from
weeds, it will make a multitude of sets
that will be very valuable for growing
early onions next spring. The object is
to make the onions as small as possible,
since the smaller they grow the more
sets there will be in bushel. Sets are
worth eight to twelve dollars bushel,
according to size and the comparative
supply and demand
Almost any one who has not thought
of the matter will be surprised at the
quantity of broken clover leaves, stems
and blossoms that will be left on field
after the hay is cleared off. This is ex-
cellent but expensive manure, and its
amount is greatly enhanced if the clover
has been wet and has had to be handled
frequently in curing. In heavy rain
much of the value of clover hay is
washed out and goes to fertilize the soil
Chicks afflicted with the gapes show it
by standing still, with dropping head,
which at frequent intervals they throw up
with quick gasp as if choking. Some
times they recover without any treatment,
but usually die in few days The dis
ease is caused by parasitic worms in the
windpipe, and if these worms can be dis
lodged without choking the chicken to
death it will recover. The best wav to
cure gapes is never to feed the chicks on
the ground take away all showing symp-
toms of the disease; scatter slaked lime
around the coops and remove the latter
to new ground, never using the same spot
for the home of two broods In one year
or letting the coop remain there two year
in succession.
The disease of rose bushss, principally
those of the monthly or tea roses, known
as mildew, consists of fungus which at
tacks the leaves, stems and buds. It indi-
Gates sickly condition of the plants, and
is generally caused by too much moist
ure or heat. 1t is most common in hot,
moist weather When it attacks plants
in pots an effective remedy is exposure to
the fumes of burning sulphur screwed up
in wisp of naper, which is lighted, and
covering the receptacle so as to confine
the fumes. busting the plants with
flower of sulphur has, also been remedy.
But no remedy will avail unless the cause
is removed and thorough drainage is af-
forded to the plants, which must be kept
in healthy condition.