The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-06-10

Horticultural.
APPLES HONESTLY PACKED.

on the recent apple snow at CnlswlcR,
draws attention to the method of
packing apples adopted by the Nova
Scotians' and remarks: When We note
the singularly bright and unbruised
condition of the samples put up at
Chsiwick, it is not possinle To wonder
whythese foreign fruits meet with such
ready sale. Apart from their fine size
and IN many cases rich coloring. there
is the fact that even in the result of
handling and packing alone they seem
to excel our market samples, although
the former have come thousands of
miles. Why is it 81? The obvious
reason is that more care is shown in
picking and packing, and, not least,
in sizeing, so that sample throughout
is an even and sound one The lot
at Chiswick Gas do all other imported
kinds from our North American col
olony) came packed i'll neat barrel
resembling an ordinary four-barrel.
This was lined with soft paper, and
into it were placed the fruits as even
ly as possible, having regard to the
fact that in this case, the fruits being
of many sorts, were of various sizes.
A piece of thin paper divided each
kind, and when the barrel was filled a
little packing before the head was
put in served to keep it all tight.
When quantities of fruits of one kind
are gent. the samples in the tnbs are
even throughout, and hence the very
best packing material proves to be the
apples themselves. Perhaps the
Nova Scotia fruit may be of frmer
flesh than ours, but it is obvious that
the rough.aud.tumbl treatment our
market apples get is not bestowed
upon these beautiful imported fruits.
MINOR MENTION
Cisterns which have acquired foul
odor may de deodorized by pouring
two quarts of Labarraque's chlorinst-
ed soda into the bottom of the cistern,
using for this purpose pipe reaching
to the bottom. Two bottles cost
about 10 cents, and will clean an
ordinary cistern.
A writer, speaking of the economic
methods of sheep feeding. estimates
the allowance of corr for one sheep
at tbree-quarters of one pound each
day, stating that ON this quantity of
grain and sufficient grazing or hay,
sheep will gain in condition and fat
ten. This is in New York state, where
dry feed is used for several months
in the year.
sheep-raising, as conducted in Eng
land, is much more thorough and |
judicious than in our country. but |
we are learning. A breeder of Hamp-
shire Downs, in Kent, England, has
$50 lambs from 800 ewes this season,
without the loss of one, and three
years ago had Alp lambs from 321 |
ewes, without losing a eve in the
preceding winter.
Prof. Sanborn, in one of his excel.
lent and pratical papers, records that
for every " pounds of good hay fed
to calves he had one pound ofgrowtn.
For yearlings over twice this amount
of feed was required. For 2-year-olds
three times as much. In general, he
found steer weighing 1000 pounds
at 2 years old required eighteen pounds
of good hay or its equivalent for
mere support without growth.
Never allow any one to tickle your
horse. The animal only feels the
and does not understand the
joke. Vicious habits are thus easily
brought on. Never clean horse in
the stable; the dust fouls the crib
and makes him loathe his food. Use
the currycomb lightly. When used
i: is source of great pain.
Let the heels be well brushed out
every night. Dirt, if allowed to cake
in, causes grease an sore heels. 1
Maj. Henry Stanton, an authority
On potato bugs, confirms the report
that these pests have appeared in
double force this season. He recon-
mends that dozen lively children be
turned into a potato patch, when the
vines are about three inches high, to
Kill the old beetles and prevent the
deposit of eggs. In giving this advice
The Majors intentions are good, but
{ will not work iD all localities. A
suburban Louisville man who turned
dozen lively children into his potato
patch for day was only too glad to
20 back to the potato bugs.