The National tribune., 1884-01-03

these facts as being Of much importance &c
those who raise onions.
TO XIII THE STRIPED BEETLE on SQUASH Asp
sIMILAR VINES.
The Raral Nee Yorker, after noticing the fact-
which will be freely indorsed bT almost every
person who has had much 20 do with the cul-
ture of these plants-that the striped beetle Is
one of the most serious troubles 90 BE eneoun-
tered mentions their entire discontinue BY an
application consisting of two teasp0onfais Of
kerosene mixedein pail OF water, throwing
enough on every bill to wet the soil aad stems.
Livery plant 50 treated lived and prospered-
ALFALFA
To the Editor NArIox4L TErBuxE.
In behalf of Prof shelton, OF Kansas. IN re-
gard 10 his statement IN THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE Of November 2sth. Z beg Ieave 20 ofer
the following in regard t8 iucern or alfalfa:
The professor says be cannot recommend this
plant as q hay producer III any country where
it rains, which assertion ! admit Sounds rather
strange to the majority Of the readers OF CIR
paper though it sounds very natural 70 Cali
f0rnians, the State where alfalfa hay j. pro-
dueed in much greater abundance than any
other hay, and where net one drop of rain falls
on the fields during the hay producing season.
from early spring until haze in Oes06er during
which time from swo 70 f0ur crops afe cat from
the same field. After the first crop IS harvested,
which Is about the middle of april water .
turned on 20 the field frDm ditehes reservoirs,
or other means Of irrigation. until che ground IS
thoroughly soaked, usually iram three to four
days Is suthciea5,-wben the water IS turned
OF and not permitted 20 Fun 0u the hay aeid
again until the second crop IS taken Or and 50
on. This process seems TO hlI tee demand ex-
aetlyo this particular plant. The amouns har-
vested at each cutting IS about double that Of
any other hay aud IN this country is e0nsid-
Ill
KIDS fatten on the dry hay even hogs vii
gr09 far or the hay alone
In reply 10 the inquiry FOR a remedy for dry
TaurraIn, l VIII suggest a remedy that seldom
fails, which is one pint % nssea oil, with
equal part OF WARN water giycn every twelve
hours until Z operates thoroughly Z srisl offer
answer to other questions IN regard 70 this
disease at some future time
Respectfully,
GREEyyILIE. Car IL WILLIAMS.
TIA Culture.
To the Editor NArIoSAI TnIBUSE
I recently read stafenieat about tea growing
IN the Southern States whieh seems % me to
deserve more thaa PASSING attention. by n-snv.
like myself, Who baciu % feel that s,srlaer
climate wogid Be better for them than shc cald
Northern winters which are trying to soma
of rs old soldiers. Auoug ethef statements. it
mentioned that tea growers from India VINO
have visited the south, express tbs beiicf taat
there are localities near the Gtuf coast where
quantities Of tea coaId be easily grows The
profits are said t. be verT great. and that fair
profit could be made even at selling lea i9r one
cent pound This w0uid seem scarcely pcs-
sible- but vet i5 might be good erDR - GROW.
think The NATIONAL IR1BUNE shmld lnaz
this matter up and inform rs readers on this
subject. Yours Sc.
YER3foET. D.VR
AIss It IS Simply absurd to speak aboat
growing, manufacturing, ard selling ten FOR
one cent a pound. Ir cannot be grown and
placed on the market for less than shiFtv-6Fe
20 forty cents per pound. even under the most
favorable conditions. IN this country. and ssnls-
thing ought 20 be added as profit 10 the er0wer.
Parties from India are very unsafe eoaHsei0rs
as 20 what may or may not be done IN this
country. The tea plant is 10 be found more or
less all over the S0uth- Il IS quite a hardy
plant--it stands the climate OF the District Of
Columbia summer and winter; but that alone
IS not evidence that It's product can BE- profit
I ably prepared for market The most important
element for entire success IN tea eu.ture IS
abundance Of rainfall, and IN no part os the
/ United States is there q rainfall within
twenty inches q year less than the lowest
where TEA culture is considered profitable in
India
EoTLETs
The Massachusetts Agricultural Society
concludes that salt As manure has the pEsB-
erty Of fastening rHaLEssfss ms grain eFupg:
that wheat or salted lands VIII Yipea six or ten
! days earlier; that it increases tbe yieid from
twenty-five 20 thirty per cent; that it stIfIens
I the straw and prevents rust and saut. and
that it checks the ravages Of the cA ncA bug
( -Artiehokes have been gr0wY for swine
several years at the Michigan Agricultural Col
/ lege. The method Of management has been
J TO have a small patch Of artichJkes convenient
TO the swine pens upOn which the breeding
sows were turned early IN the spring aud al
/ lowed to harvest the roots for themselves. The
crop IS thus grown with very little labor. since
~ s-sssaSEss no harvesting, the roofs remaining
/ IN the ground al 7snJer. and it furnishes sue
eulent food for the sOgSs~iES5 when il is most
/ needed and most difficult 70 chssIn from other
/ sources
"A recent authority claims that the manu-.
/ faeture OF oleomargarine Is on the increase,
and that one factory makes as much as 5000
/ pounds daily. 1t has damaged dairy exporting,
/ for it has substituted genuine butter IN some
/ measure. and driven foreign customers else
where. The American butter PrOdaet must be
increased IL quantity. improved IN quality. and
sold st reasonable prices Not one Of these
alone nor any two OF them VII suffice, but the
three together.
1t is stated that the phyToxera or grape-
vine louse does not thrive ON sandy soils. and
that vines are there uniniGred. IN very loose
I sand these insects do not seem 70 spread,
I although they are n0t totally unknown 10 10
/ injury IN sandy as xeh as N other soils.
in a country where oxen are usetl- for
work upon 4 farm it is well to breed Devon
cattle to some extent, because they are without
doubt, the best breed OF cattle for work pEr-
poses and the cows are handsome, ana fair
milk and butter producers. a
"A California grape grower says. whenever
grapes become improbable for raisiHs be can
make money by feeling 5hem 70 bogs. He
says that grapes VIII fatten hogs faster than
any other known fo0d-lrOm two to three
pounds per day.
Some enc SAYS that to get rid Of rats cover
the floor near the rat hole with layer of eaus-
tic potaSsa. When the rats walk On this g
makes their feet sore; these they iielS with
their tongues. which makes their mouths sore,
and the result is they shnn the locality nos
alone, but appear to tel all the rats IN the
neighborh0od about it, and eventually the
place is entirely abandoned by them.
"A rich soil VIII produce plumper and
hea7ier grain, larger and better vegetable, d
more nutritious food and a better food than
can be had from a poor soil. Insects are far
less troublesome on rich than they are on poor
lands.
-Agriculturally speaking, sandy soils arc
called light soils while clay soils ara called
heavy soils This refers more to the ease with
which they are worked than to their actual
weight. 4 sandy soil plows with a light
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