Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-25

Farm ard Live stock Notes.
Aim At larger crops on less acres.
Augusta. Georgia, has new -FOUR
Italian bees are really longer-lived than
Others.
A well-fed horse seldom suffers from
the bot maggot-
Poultry should be kept in the dry dur
ing rainy days.
Cut timothy midway between bloom
ing and ripening time.
Black or red oak shingles are better
than white oak ones berause less liable to
curl.
Look ont for the dogs. Twenty-one
sheep were recently killed on one farm in
Indiana By them.
The dsndelion should not be objected to
by bee-men, for 1t affords both honey and
pollen.
Cattle like prickly comfrey, and it will
keep up the milk flow as well as sgreen
rye.
Above all else see that chickens have
q good place to roost and Law in the year
round. Suci place needs to be wind
proof, waterproof and well ventilated.
Feed Young Calves Well.-lf hindered
from having nourishing food of suitable
character during early growth calves, like
the Young of other animals, and even
children, will never develop into the size
and form they would on . proper Diet
Give all the new milk they will drink for
q period never shorter than three weeks,
and il itcan be heightened to three months
Il will be found to pay in the end. New
milk may be followed by skinned milk,
and this will be improved by the addition
of an ounce of oil cake, and half an ounce
of molasses TO q gallon of milk. which
should be little warm when given.
Making Clover Hay.-It should be cut
when it Is In full bloom and begins to as
sume brownish hue. Curing is most
important process and, accordingly. as it
is properlsy managed or the reverse, the
same hay may be very valuable in all that
constitutes good. nutritious fodder, or of
poor quality. The aim should be to have
il dry uniformly and in not to great de-
gree. with a view to retaining all the
leaves and flowers. well colored and
sweet. If not cured properly the product
will be harsh, dry and unpalatable, and
suffering the loss of many leaves and
flowers before 1t reaches the NOW. After
1t Is cut every stalk should have the bene-
fit, If possible. of few hours of hot sun,
and to secure this it should be shaken up
or turned by hand or the tedder at the
right time. As soon as it is considerably
wilted and the hay-lke smell appears the
drying should be checked by gathering
the hay into winrows and cocks, as ex-
peditiously as possible. By the next day
the use of some salt is beneficial. If this
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salt hay, thin layer Of this, and then a
thick layer of clover, the matter will be
managed in the best possible way, as the
old hay itself will aid in the final curing.
The next best thing is to scatter six
pounds of salt. without Jumps, over each
deposit of load. Glover hay thus man.
aged ought to open up in the winter as
green and bright as when put in the barn.
A Hundred White Grubs Killed at
Blow.-A single female may-beetle lays
from one to two hundred eggs in the
soil during May or June. In two weeks
these hatch into little white grubs which
continue to increase in size and live for
three, if not more. seasons proving TO be
most destructive to the roots of useful
plants. II is impossible to compute the
damage done by the progeny of one
beetle during the years they exist in the
grub state Anyone who is acquainted
with its general destructiveness. how
ever. should see the importance of
sparing no pains to kill as many beetles
during the season as possible. Il would
pay to encourage the children to destroy
them by laying premium on dead ones
of say half cent or cent each. For
killing this pest, both in its beetle and
larva states, the crows and robins help
should be counted as valuable. Skunks
also destroy great numbers OF them, and
on this account might be thought better
of. Hens and turkeys are also helpers in
killing the grubs. if given chance, when
the land is being plowed and cultivated.