Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-05-22
NOTES.


Clean the poultry house and sprinkle
with ashes or plaster. 1t lice abound,
apply kerosene in small amounts to the
perches, from which it will spread to the
birds in effective quantities. .....
A New York farmer reports raising up.
ward Of 100 bushels of shelled corn to the
acre on land which had been two years
in clover. Under every hill was placed
handful OF hen manure busted with
lime.
In the reports OF analyses issued by the
Ohio State Board OF Agriculture ammonia
is rated at lS cents per pound soluble
and reverted phosphoric acid at l2t cents;
In soluble phosphOrio acid at 5 to centa,
and potash 6 cents. A fertilizer contain
ing to 8 per cent OF ammonia, 10 to IL
per cent OF available phosphoric acid and
23 to % per cent total phosphorio acid
and to 2 per cent OF potash would be
worth $40 to $45 per ton.
In Indiana when a man has a sheep
killed by dog he must report the loss
to the township trustees within 10 days,
and any person making falls statement
OF the amount OF damage done may be
fined 300 and imprisoned in the county
Jail 30 days. An assessor who fails to
list any dog ia liable to fine of 85 for
each case, and any one making false
statem ant OF the number Of dogs he keeps
may be fned s100. A dog caught killing
sheep may be killed without ceremony.
As a sample OF the profits they make
In southern Illinois, Mr.. Rndicott owned
up that he made, clean profit, s4 200
In va r
and grapes. This, he said, Was, after
the picking and crates had been deducted,
the net profit; and some of the berries,
Sharpless, were SO poor crop as to yield
only about a dozen crates OF marketable
fruit per acre. His berry for money ia
the Crescent with Captain Jack or Wilson.
The grapes, Ives, pay an annual profit OF
from 1900 to $500 per acre. with good
culture.
Pulverizsd bones furnish the best ma.
terial for the shells OF eggs. Meal made
from entire boEss ia the best, and is pre-
ferred by fowls, as 1t contains considerable
nutriment in the form Of fat and gelatine.
II Ia diticultt however, to pulverize fresh
bones, without apparatus constructed
strictly for the purpose, and uuls5s they
are fresh they are undesirable. By plac
ing the bones in wood or coal fire the
animal matter will be consumed, when
the bones become 80 brittle that they ar.
easily reduced. II is not necessary to
grind them to powder. II left in pi4ct
as large as ilaxseed they will be eaten.
Speaking of the use OF sticky fly paper
for catching the miller that lays th4 eggs
OF the squash msRgot a correspondent Of
ffsa-L.assu. Iot,ruyl al -, 1
made; Take Of resin one part, of castor
oil two parts, melt together aud spread
on any paper. II the above is too thin
add more resin, il too thick add more oil.
The older or poorer the oil the less resin
1t will take. iou can put it in boltls
and cork and keep il for years. You
can catch most any kind of bugs, tlies or
millers with it. A lantern surrounded
with sheet of This paper hung in an
orchard in an evening, within an hour
was completely covered with insects
embracing Ia kinds. ..- 5M.
Among other REASONS in favor of winter
dairying, writer in the Earm Journal
calls attention to the fact that burden
of the milking aud general dairy work
comes when the linen folks' have the
most leisure, and the care OF the dairy
interferes with general farm work less
than it would at any other season.
Another reason ia that the COWS arc dry
during the months OF July and August,
when farm work ia most pressing, when
pastures are shortest, and the 1ies most
troublesome. II ia also fact that choice
butter always brings a much better price
In the winter than at any other time, and
bad odoIB are less troublesome about the
dairy. ...-