Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-05
FARM AND GARDEN.

is said to be cure for rust.
Ventilation in the dairy should be
done at night or early in the morning,
when the air is the coolest.
The warden of the Winnipeg peni-
tentiary has herd of twenty-five pure
blooded domcsticated bufialoes, which
were raised from calves captured by
Indian hunters.
1t is said that Kansas will plant over
hundred thousand acres of sorghum
this year. Last years yield is set
down at 100000 gallons of syrup and
6,OOO,OOO pounds of sugar.
According to the Indian agricult-
ural department, the cost of raising
wheat in the northern provinces of In
dia is about thirty-siX cents bushel,
which is increased somewhat further
south.
SowS from one to three years old
bring the best pigs and are the most
profitable breeders. When older they
get heavy and lazy, so that with every
care it is hard to prevent them from
killing their pigs.
The american CultiratOr says that it
is well after planting potatoes to drop
Il few cut pieces on the surface of the
ground. This will attract the potato
beetles, which may then be destroyed
The beetle rarely eats the potato. 1t
is attracted TO it to deposit eggs.
The way to Il colts heart is through
his mouth, and it soon learns to obey
the hand that feeds it, Kindness, pa
ticnCc and lirmncSs will enable boy
to teach y colt anything, and nothing
so much interests Il boy in farm work
as to be given young colt to care for
as his own property.
A beekceper says that by feeding
nitrogcnous food the queen can be in
duccd to lay at any time. She can be
started to lay, and as fast as the bees
hatch out, strong enough to cover the
brood, every cell Of u fresh frame of
empty comb inserted will be found to
contain Il freshly laid egg.
Acorrcspondcnt of the Germantown
Ic'cgrdm says: "Frcsh, clean hogs
lard rubbed on any kinds of warts on
horses or cattle will remove them on
three or four applications. have re-
moved such warts time after time and
have never been able to find the wart
for the fourth APPLICATION
For the prevalent disease of scaly
legs in fowls, caused by minute in
sect, rubbing the legs with an ointment
of sulphcr, kerosene, etc, is advised.
The remedy is good enough, but bet
ter one is immerSing the feet and legs
in a tomato can of kerosene. Do
this every three days until Il cure is
effected
Have You whitcwashcd your
poultry quarters? If not, do so at
once. A days work now may save
you two in July and secure your flock
from the evils Of the coop lice, which
may save You several hens and many
chickens and large number of eggs.
Clean quarters is the prime factor in
egg production.
Milch cows should always have at
least small amount of some kind of
green food, such as roots or cnsilagc,
when other green food is not in season.
Such ration will do much to tone up
their general health. MS well as to in
crease the flow of milk. So says the
National S'ockmaR.
The sugar beet weighs from two TO
four pounds, is white and conical and
has single taproot The crop should
be grown on deep. rich, mellow soil,
free from stones, as heavy, wet lands
are not suitable for them. The Weld
varies from 800 TO 1000 bushels, and
the sugar from them can be refined
and made to resemble that which is
ordinarily used from cane
a large potato grower, who has ex-
pcrimented in regard to methods of
preventing the disease in potatoes
known as 1.-THE potato rot has found
that fine sulphur, applied to the sets,
is Il certain preventive. lie dusts the
sets rs they are cut and while damp
with flowers of sulphur, and then
plants them, and he states that the
crop is entirely free from disease.
The members of the Indiana Wool
Growers Association discussed qucs-
tions pertaining to their interest at
their annual shcaring festival. All
recommended tobacco dip for ticks
on sheep; one pound of stems to three
gallons of water was the formula
recommended by one large sheep farm.
er. Dip after shearing, and use the
dip aS hot as the sheep can bcarit.
Do not cultivate the trotting horse
passion, if you have any other use fol
horses; it is a most deluSive and dan.
gcrous business, apd if you don't he.
licyc it, ask your best friend who is en-.
gagged in it. After all, the draft horse
is the horse that helps you in the bread
and butter line; he is worthy of all the
care you can beStow and will reward
You with his paying labor.