Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23

is confined to limited runs.
Try placing corn cobs dipped in tar
among the cucumber vines to drive away
the striped bug.
Keep outbuildings we'll painted, for
the moisture that paint would stop,
soon causes rotted boards and timbers
A Minnesota farmer writes that he has
successfully trapped out worms by dig
ging holes in his held five inches deep
and eight to ten inches square, with per-
pendicular sides.
Goffart, the inventor of the ensilage
system, says that he does not hold that
butter made from ensilage is as good IS
when fed on fresh maize, but while win
ter butter is always inferior to that made
in the summer, that from ensilage is of
better quality than that from any other
feed.
Henry Ward Beecher says the way to
get rid of the Canada thistle is to plant
it as a crop for profit, when it will soon
be found that the worms will gnaw it,
bugs will bite it, beetles will bore it,
spiders will web it, heat will scorch it,
cold will freeze it, rains will rot it and
blight and mildew will cover it.
In all sowings of beet seed, SOW with
free hand, with view to abundant
trimmings, In growing early bcets we
are apt to leave them too close together;
five inches apart in the rows is quite near
enough; those intended for winter may
be thinned still more by pulling the
roots, as wanted to supply the kitchen.
from those parts of the rows in which
the beets are the thickest. In storing
beets for winter, be careful that they do
not shrivel; covering the roots with sand
prevents this and keeps them fresh.
A colts feet are sound and well formed
before he is shod, and the ills of horses
feet are occasioned by shooting and cured
by running barefoot. Most ailments,
traced to bad shoeing. A barefoot horse
will often travel freer, keeping his foot
ing better and show less fatigue from a
journey or a hard days work than if
shod. The kick of an unshod horse is
not as dangerous as when shod, and
stumbling rarely occurs; cutting. inter
fering, ovcrreaching and forging never.
To prevent losssfrom washing, teaching
or evaporation, something should be
growing on the land at all seasons when
growth is possible. In corn and potato
crops the cultivation during the summer
develops more plant food than the crops
can use. If winter wheat can be sown
after these hoed crops it will save what
would otherwise be wasted If it can
not. winter rye should be sown to pillow
under in the spring. Rye is better than
wheat for this purpose as it will grow
at lower temperatures, is harder In win
ter and makes large growth early for
blowing under.
While a farmer should endeavor to be
as accommodating as possible. there are
some things he should absolutely refuse
to lend. The first cost of small tools.
hoes, forks and the like is such trifie
that no farmer worthy the name will
think of borrowing. In the small use
for scythes that is required under our
present system Of farming, few farmers
will care to keep more than one or two.
Yet every farm should have at least one.
beside good grub for cutting weeds.
These are tools that If once loaned are
apt not to be returned, or if sent home
1t will be In such condition that they
will be of no further use to anybody.
Where wheat is long grown on the
same land 1t will require careful hand
wedding to prevent the spread of red
root. One unsupported cause of its in
crease is its growth in clover fields i'm the
years succeeding the wheat crop: in fact.
this is the chief trouble, as In the wheat
the practice usually is to pull the red
root out by hand, which is seldom or
never done In clover fields. If there are
many of any kind of weeds in clover the
better way is to plow under before the
weeds go to seed. This is much better
than carrying the weed seeds in the hav
to the barn. to be thence distributed
over the farm.
To wean a calf as soon as it can crack
corn and eat grass is to wcan it earlier
than nature intended and earlier than If
Is profitable to wean it. The same rule
applies to the litter of pigs. Abundance
Of milk at calving and narrowing time
can only be secured BY anticipating the
drain and keeping the flesh Of the dam
up to reasonably high standard during
the winter and feeding literally during
the flow. The parent animal that starts
In with full fow. because of being in !
condition to make this possible. can.
without undue trouble. have the f1ow
kept up to the maximum. but if she
starts In a low condition. with an udder
meagrely filled, she viii not be likely to
rise to high standard Of milk produc-
ton during any portion of the season.
The late Mr.. Parish @. Furman cave
this good advice in regard to the i'm
norfance of sfablino cattle 81 ,,:<.I,x ar