Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-04-23
NO. 90
FARM NOTES.

Kentucky has the reputation of pro-
ducing the best saddle-horses in Ameri-
ca.
AT netting at Pittsburgh, March
26, an association was formed under
the name of 1.-The Devon Cattle Breed
ers' Club of America"
The Agricultural press is begin.
ming to oppose the free use of arsenical
preparations-Paris green, London
purple, etc.-for destroying insects.
Arsenic is dangerous stuff to have
around, and its general employment is
much to be deprecated.
Farms should be 80 laid out as to
dispense as far as possible with fences.
They are expensive to build, and costly
to keep in repair. They take up room
and shelter weeds and briers. The
fewer there are of them, the better from
every point of view. But whatever
fences there are it pays to keep in good
repair.
1t is good plan for farmers to
know how to graft their own trees.
There is a no deep mystery about The
only secret in grating is to cut the
cleft smoothly SO that it will heal
readily. Bind the graft in the sap
wood so that the cut surfaces shall ad-
here in all parts, and exclude the air
with grating wax. Nature will do the
rest.
AT this season, if not done before,
according to the american Cultivator,
potatoes intended for seed should be
got out of barrels and deep bins, and
placed where they will be kept cool and
exposed to the light. The object is to
have the eyes put out green. Then, if
cut and planted carefully, the crop will
be several days earlier than from seed
not so prepared.
An exchange say: "New milk
weighs 8 pounds 8 ounces per gallon,
skinned milk 8 pounds ounces,
cream pounds 4 ounces, buttermilk
8 pounds 81 ounces, and water
pounds ounces. Those who believe
in testing milk by the lactometer, or
any specific gravity test, will observe
that gallons of skinned milk and l
gallon of water will have the same
specific gravity as gallon of milk"
Apple worms, says an exchange.
frequently 60 through their transforma-
tion in the cellar, and the moths escape
when the windows are opened in the
spring Screens should be kept over
the windows, and the moths caught as
they are attracted towards the light.
The codling moth is nearly half an
inch long, of an ashen gray color, hav-
ing copper-colored spot on the ends
of the wings. In common with some
nearly related insects, they have the
popularity of flying with their body
perpendicular.
The use of tobacco dust in place of
an infusion is recommended by The
Country Gentleman for sheep ticks.
While one man holds the sheep, laid on
low box for convenience in handling,
let the other open the wool with one
hand and sprinkle four rows of dust
the entire length of the animal, from
head to tail, Two rows should be on
each side, one six inches from the
backbone, the other near where the
legs leave the body. This will destroy
the ticks in few days, The dust can
be had of wholesale manufacturers for
the asking. Ten pounds will suffice
100 sheep.
The phenomenally low price Of
wheat is upsettlng great many calcu-
lations on the part of both producers
and speculators. The stock on hand is
far beyond the estimates, and the pros
pect for higher rates is not fattering
one. But the price of wheat continues
high, and the demand is,practically un-
limited. AS beef mutton and pork
are concentrated vegetable food, proba-
blv the best thing our American farm
ers can do is to market less crude
grain and put more into animal food.
A correspondent of the New- Eng
land Farmer has had few months
experience with herd of polled cattle,
and comes to the conclusion that he
does not want anything more to do
with the horned variety. He finds the
cattle much more manageable, and
thinks his cows will do about one-ffth
better thar if they had horns," being
30 much more quiet and kindly in their
He sometimes uses q
large, 6ne polled bull in a tread-mill
with a horse, and the two animals
work side by side in perfect peace and
good will In fact the horse seems to
have formed quite an affection for the
bull, and when the machine stops
will rest his head against the bulls
head, without sign Of resentment on
part of the latter.