The National tribune., 1884-06-05
NoTELETs.

Green manuring darkens and warns the
soil, and improves its mechanical condition; it
eniarges the supply of organic matters plants,
and puts the Inorganic matter OF the soil ia the
best possible condition for immediate use and
assimilation.
An argument in favor of kesping sheep is.
that one can be killed at any tine and the
mutton properly disposed of. This eapuot al
ways be done with cattle. Where sheep are
kept, therefore, fresh meat IS practically a5
hand at any time.
"A member OF farmers club says that he
cut a fed of oats when the grain was in the
milk, and the fodder was estimated as worth
twice as much as good hay. lie also estimates
oats cut green for cattle feeding as worth more
for COWS in milk than any other fodder.
In applying manures and muleLiags TO
orchard trees we often see the application con-
fned 70 circle a few feet in width from the stem
of the tree. This can be but.of little value, as
the feeding roots are mostly AT some distance
from the trunk The most eHectuel way Is to
manure the entire surface Of the orchard.
The test of feeding ensIIage 1T the New
York Experimental Station showed that the
milk yield increased when ensiiage was fed 20
the cows. The feeding of ensilage IN eornpari-
son with the stored fodder corn from the same
field. proved that ensilage is q decidedly useful
food when fed IN connection with grain.
in making comparative tests ofI25 varieties
H. i. Z. IL
a few kinds remarkably free from disease
These were the Dakota Red, Rural Blush, Yieks'
Prize, St. Patrick, Garfield, Brownnells Best,
BTeesee's Advance, North Star and Hancock.
The mullen plant, YeTbascsm Thapsas, is
becoming noted as medicine in cases of con
sumption. Dr. Quinlan, Of Dublin, writes to
the British Medical Journal that three ounces
Of the green leaves should be boiled for ten
minutes in pint of new milk. The liquid Is
/ then strained, sTeetened to taste, and drunk
| while warm. This dose can be repeated twice
or three times day. IL is considered TO be-
e1bcaeioas in the earlier and q palliative in
| the latter stages Of pulmonary consumption.
"A teaspo0nfuI of kerosene to a gallon Of
| water will destroy currant worms. green lies,
rose worms and many other insects without
| injury to the plants. It Is stated that corn
| cobs saturated with kerosene and hung upon
| the branches Of plum trees will keep away the
cuTculio, and also that one ounce Of gum cam
| phor dissolved in pint of alcohol mixed well
| with one pint Of turpentine, and applied with
! a brush all over the bedstead, is q sure death 10
| bed bugs.
The Persian insect powder, or Buchaeh, If
! blown through bellows all over the body of q
| sheep. just after the fleece hes been removed,
will clear the animal OF ticks. The powder
ought to be applied to lambs before their wool
| is long enough TO interfere with applying it.
Boiled Hnseed oil into which has been
stirred pulyerized coal until the OIL is about the
/ consistency Of paint, is advised for coating
wooden posts. The cost is about two cents per
post. and it is claimed this coating adds greatly
| TO their durability.
Other things being equal, chicks that are
| fed on cooked food grow fatter, are less liable
1 to disease, and thrive better generally than
| those who worry along on uneoOked food.