Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-17
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Hints That VIII be Found Useful to the
Farmer and His Family.


vided in opinion as to whether it is a |
pest or useful plant 1t propagates from
the root as well as the seed, and when /
once established in the soil is as hard TO /
get rid of as quack grass. It may be sown
IN April or May, much as you would SOW |
flax or oats, care being taken MOTTO cover
it too deep.
A successful cultivator of raspberries |
SAYS the canes of black caps are not US
ually pinched back early to obtain the |
best results. and that the Doolittle will |
not grow much higher after it is headed |
back, while the Mammoth Cluster and !
Gregg, headed back at the same time, |
will increase in height about one third. |
Hence the reason that some sorts must
be headed lower than others.
If possible, plant trees on new ground
where none have grown before. If nee
essary to fill up the old orchard, take
special care in preparing the place in
which to set the new trees. Remove
the soil where the old ones stood and re-
place it with fresh earth. Mulch the
neWly-planted trees heavily and broadly
with straw manure, and also apply it to
the old ones remaining.
A heavy rain upon ground freshly
rolled will beat it down so that it will be
difficult to cover the seed even when it
becomes dry. Considerable work with
sharp harrow will be necessary, and not
infrequently the cultivator is needed to
loosen the soil. But if the harrow fol-
lows the roller it will require hard rain
to pack the ground so soidly that har-
row will not cover the seed.
The creameries in Sullivan, Wis, put
their butter into earthen jars or crooks
of from five to twenty pounds each, and
send these to regular customers in Mill
waukee, who use the butter and return
the jars to be reflled. In this way the
denizens of the city get firm, fresh butter
for their tables all the time, and the dali
rymen get good prices. Both parties
profit by the transaction.
Some useful hints are given by the
| american Cattle Journal with regard to
the care of sheep It says: "Keep sheep
dry under foot with litter. This is even
more necessary than roofing them. Never
| let them stand or lie in mud and water
Let no hogs eat with the sheep in the
Spring. Give the lambs a little milk
feed in time of weaving. Never frighten
sheep, if possible to avoid it,
A successful florist gives the following
as his method of starting slips of rare
|
| layer of sand in which the slips are
planted and covering the bottom of the
pot or box he placed a layer of oats,
which, when soaked with moisture, ex-
ude a mucilaginous substance, acting as
stimulant and feeder to the tender
roots of the slip. By This method he
seldom fails to root his slips.
Too much green food fed to cattle
sometimes causes hoven, which is a dis
tension Of the first stomach, in which
gas is evolved by the fermentation Of
the green food. The symptoms are
swollen belly and heavy, laborious
breathing. In. the early stages relief
may be given by the prompt admins
tration of chloride of lime, in doses of
from two to four drachms, or teaspoon
full of pulverized charcoal every fifteen
minutes in half a pint of water. The
last resort is to puncture the stomach.
It is best, however, to endeavor to pre-
vent it by making the change from hay
to grass gradually.
A Western farmer manages the Can
ada thistle in this way. He keeps about
200 sheep and whenever he discovers a
patch of thistles he salts the sheep there,
putting a small handful of salt in each
thistle at the root. Besides the action
| VI Gu6 SdlG, WnlC1 JULIUS W OOSGIOy Ju0Lls
the thistles are eaten by the sheep close
to the ground, and after one or two salt
ings the grass among the thistles, as well
as everything else that hides them
from view, has been eaten off, so that
each thistle is easy to be seen and to re-
ceive its handful of salt. After this treat
ment it is seldom that any thistles are
seen the second year.
There are many reasons given why
creamery butter, as rule, sells higher
than dairy butter. The secret of it prob
ably lies here: It is better butter, and
one prime reason for it's being better is
because the man who makes the butter
does not own the milk, and therefore
has to stand the criticism of those who
do furnish it. When man has fifty or
one hundred persons wondering why he
does not get the highest market price
for his butter he is very apt to do it.
| When the buttermaker owns all the milk
he is too easily satisfied with the duality
of his make of butter.-ATericdI Dairy
man.
For honey-producingt the honey locust
ranks high in the estimation of beekeep-
ers It blooms earlier than does the
linden, and produces more certainly if
not so bountifully. The american Bee
Journal speaks strongly in praise of this
beautiful and useful tree, upon the ground
that it blooms early in the season and
bees visit it in swarms. Il insures rapid
breeding in the hive and strong colonies
ready to gather honey when white clO-
yer comes in season. It also makes an
excellent hedge where Osage-orange has
been extensively tried and Experimental
with for hedge and failed.
Shellbark hickory represents among
forest trees the highest standard for fuel.
Calling hickory 100, other trees will
compare with it for real value for fuel as
follows: Shellbark hickory 100; pignut
hickory, 90; white ash 81; white oak 80;
dogwood 70; fern oak 70; white hazel Y;
apple tree 20; red oak 81; white beech 90;
black birch 60; yellow oak so; hard
maple SO; white elm 50; red cedar IS;
! wild cherry 53: yellow pine 81: chestnut