Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-06-20

the bushes stand should be forked over
once year, but only slightly, so as not
to disturb the roots Manure should be
applied either as a top dressing or in a
liquid form. Powdered white hellebore
is the only certain remedy for the cater
pillars which attack the plant.
81 would suggest says Professor
Cook in the Rural NeU Yorker, "placing
pieces of fresh meat, creased paper, etc,
in the hives in hopes to attract the pests,
(mites) which when massed on these de-
coys could easily be killed. If thought
best, the traps could be screened by
placing them in a box made of fine wire
gauze so that the bees could not reach
them. In such screens l shonld try
placing paste-board smeared with thin
coat of thick syrup, to see if the mites
had a sugar tooth to lure them to de-
struction. On such sticky surface it
would be well to sprinkle flour sugar,
etc. If we can find in this manner some
substance that will attract these little
destroyers and call them off the bees the
battle is Won"
The Rural Ns,0 Workers. report of the
annual meeting of the Michigan Horti-
cultural society contains the follow
ing opinions on ounce culture
'Mr. S. d. Willard, of New York,
thought no cultivation the best
for quinces that ounces in fence
corners and neglected places always bore
the best crops of the finest ounces. Mr..
]. S. Woodward, OF New York, would
pillow ounce orchard once every year
lightly toward the trees and cultivate
shallow through the balance of the sum-
mer. He knew an orchard mulched every
year with corn cobs that is very produc-
tive and profitable. Mr.. Rosencrans
gives his orchard dressing of salt every
year and mulches it heavily with muck
and raises plenty of fine fruit.
A New York paper asks the aid of its
readers in answering the question ''Does
deep cultivation of corn during its
growth work an injury to the crop?" II
proposes that those who are willing to
test the matter shall take six rows, or the
number usually cut to make a row OF
shocks, and cultivate them shallow dur
ing the season; take the next equal mum
Der of rows and cultivate or pillow them
deep at every working; note the ap-
pearance of the different plats during
the season; in the fall cut and set each
plat by itself, and husk and measure
the product, noting the difference in
product, if any, and figure the differ,
ence to the acre. The results, if re.
ported by all who try the above plan,
should settle the question. By such 8
plan many unsettled points in farming
might be quickly and finally settled.
The farmer who made single pump
furnish water through rubber tubing tC
the stock in four fields did a very inge
NOUS and wise thing. Animals should
be able to obtain drink whenever they
feel thirsty. The water then taken has
better effect than if given at conven
lent intervals by the farmer Or his assist
ants, for in the latter case the animal is
very apt to drink more than is really goo6
for him. Then, again, if the attendant
!, is concerned at all about the quantity Of
water the animal takes, the chances arr
he will pull him away before the demands
of nature have been satisfied. For
, small outlay of money farmers can, in {
multitude of cases, arrange the waite
J supply of their I've stock so that the,
can drink whenever they feel dry. Sucl
a method is economy in double sense
in the well being of the stock and in tn
time of the owner or his help.