Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-05
Farm and Garden.

| Robins never eat grain.
 Milk at the same hours every day. l Having commences in April iin California | The bee-hives should have summer shade, Fences made of sod are common in Ire
 land.
 l manure daily.
 Field beans should be planted before the | 2oth if possible.
 l Boston chemist claims to have discovered l that corn eohs are more nutritious as fodder | than clover or timothy hay.
 Corn planted on sod turned over, where 1 cut worms abound, will be apt to come out | all right, especially if planted thickly, az the
 worms would preferably feed on the grass | roots.
 l Condensing milk is not practicable on 8
 scale smaller than from 5, 900 to 10, ,OOO quarts l per day, and machinery for this would not | cest less than $5, ,OOO. The bulk is reduced l to one-fourth by the operation. No crop pays for thorough wedding better | than the potato crop, yet there Is none that | is oftener sighted Commence tillags early I by the use of the harrow-cultivator, follow | ing later by cultivAtorG and blows. q Castor Oil for Axle Grease This is one l of the best lubrioators known for iron and | steel axles of ordinary vehicles. A small | quantity-about 8 teaspoonful-is enough | for each wheel, and the use oe more Is waste | full. Sometimes damaged article, which is | none the less valuable for this purpose, can be bought at the druggists very cheap. Aim to Prevent Disease in Poultry Fowls may easily be kept free from all dis eases by attending to their common needs | They should above all things have clean apartments, and such as will thoroughly shelter them from wet and wind. The food l should embrace grain, green stuff and meat or scraps from the table, and be fed only in such quantity as will be eaten up clean each 1 time. Clean water and no other should always be within their reach. Milk Ciesn.-MiIking is often entrusted to | the hired help or young boys and girls, who are apt to be careless as regards this point
 It should be insisted upon that every drop be drawn from the udder. The last drawn milk l is not only the richest, but if any is allowed | to remain back. one time after another, it | will surely lead to a falling of in the quantity. The safest plan Is to have the miIkers go oyer the COWS again as soon as l they are through milking, and ''strip'' | them thoroughly.
 Warfare Against the Insect Enemies- Much attention Is paid in some European l countries te educating the masses to an &C., l quaintauce with insects both injurious and | useful, with view to the extermination of l the former. As one means to this end ex- i hibitions of insects are made at the aericul- | tural fairs and similar shows; being ssimula- | ted by premiums Here is 8 practical and | valuable hint for adoption in this country.
 Many 8 moth or butterfly that is now ad- l mired and allowed ts escape, would be de- l stroysd if it's true nature as the parent of nu- | merous, destructive worms or caterpilIars l were known. Such shows would excite in- terest and be the means of disseminating 8 | great amount of much-needed information. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Plant successive crops of bush beans Sweet corn is 8 nutritious article of food l either in green or dry state, and plenty of
 it should be planted.
 A favorite form for growing standard cherries is to have the branches begin at two | feet from the ground, and train to sn open head.
 The mountain ash it is said makes a good | stock on which to bud the quince for culture
 on very light san5y soils. Raise frem seed | and bud when two years old.
 Preventing Whifaetrees Barking young Trees.-A good protector may be made of a
 strip of heavy harness leather eight inches | wide at one end, taperine to four inches
 wide at the other and about a foot and half | long. This should be folded once length wise,
 with the crease in the center and a line of strong stitches run across the widest end near the edge uniting the halves. thus mak- | ing kind of opsn boot. This stitched end
 should then be placed over the end of the
 tree. and the other tapering end carried for | ward and fastened to the tug by tying Robln redbreast, the gardeners frieud -lt ma not be pleasant to see him take
 the early cherries, but before hurline de-
 struetion at him let us reflect on his useful.
 ness, The quantity of insect food devoured
 sby this bird is enormous. White grubs,
 spring beetles, wire-worms cut worms, angle Wormss siugs, caterpillars, cabbage and oth-