Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-31

mine. Tt has been used in this neigh
borhood for more than thirty years ana
I have not known a single instance
where it has failed: Dissolve quart OF
salt in as much water, and be sure to geS
more salt than the water will Dissolve.
Rub well the affected parts until the
hide is wet and the hair is thoroughly
saturated. In ten days the MARBLES VIII
disappear. The remedy will exterml-
nate the CAD fly if they have no other
way of prOpagating."
In the washing of woodenware, the
churn, the worker, etc., care must be
taken in using hot water first and then
cold in preparing them for use; and cold,
then hot, in cleansing them, and without
any soap whatever. The soap USED on
the tins, and occasionally on the painted
doors and floors of the room, the stats
and windows, should not be the rank,
halfmade soft soap of the sOap-fat man,
nor even the yellow soap from the gro
Gerry. CASTLE, or odorless olive-oll soap,
or the preparations now on the market
in the form of powder, are the only soaps
that can be used with safety.-R. Good
man Jr., IN Tribune.
The Lancaster Farmer reminds its
readers that young trees planted in the
Spring should be watched and their form
regulated by pinching the shoots that
push too vigorously, and by breaking off
the shoots that start where branches are
not needed. A little care given to trees
while young will make later pruning I'M
necessary. A graft should be regarded
az a tree planted in another tree, instead
of in the soil, and it's growth needs to be
regulated by proper pinching. Often
the growth from bud will be very Wig
orous. IF the top of this be pinched, it
will become stocky and throw out side
branches.
Mr.. T. F. Baker said in a meeting OF
the New Jersey Horticultural Society
that by enriching the soil and deepen
| ing it in connection with subsoiling, the
receipts of his farm increased from 81, $50
to 81, 800 for one years sales alone, be-
sides what was consumed at home. His
| high manuring and thorough tillage en-
| abled him to produce crops from one to
two weeks earlier than others, which,
with their good quality, brought high
prices. He applies fertilizers at the rate
of one or one and half tons per acre
for garden crops in Spring. This seems a
| large quantity but it Is less than an acre
| to the square foot. BY the time the market
is overstocked with any crop his early
supply is usually harvested and he is
ready for another crop, the one manuring
answering for both.
The English adage that sheep pay
twice is not so comprehensive as this adj
age, probably of Spanish origin: "The
foot of the sheep is golden" Taking the
two precepts together, sheep pay three
| times-once in the fleece, once in she
carcass and increase, and once in the per-
feet distribution of manure AMI in the
improvement of the meadow: for, al
though sheep Craze closely, they do not
bite so close as the horse, nor gnaW the
sward down, often into the roots. It is
true that all sheep are not profitable as
mutton producers, or rather some are
more so than others. So certain breeds
| of sheep are especially profitable as
feece-producers, yet this does not inval-
ldate, in any way, the general statement
of the three-fold value of sheep, as
against other farm stock.-Breeders Ca
zette.
AS strawberry roots go deep the bed
| should be prepared by previous culture
and thorough fertilization to consider
able depth. The roots cover an area
scarcely larger than the leaves, and the
plants may therefore be set close, pro-
vided the soil is rich enough to sustain
them. Since the roots run nearly verti-
cal there is little danger of deep cultiva-
ton of the ground between the rows,
even after the plants have attained full
size. The fact that new roots grow out
above the old ones each year explains
why strawberry plants appear to elevate
| themselves as they become old, and sug-
gests the importance of drawing earth to
them after the bearing season. Surface
manuring is also advisable, but it should
be close to the plants.