Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-22

Farm And Garden Notes.
Great credit is given 10 peacocls By an
Ohio farmer al exterminators Of potato
beetles.
Sheep poisoned by eating laurel can be
saved BY giving each q gill of strong
green tea. One farmer saved the lives
Of hundreds of animals with this rem
edy.
Mr.. Allen, of Illinois, tests COW that
he thinks Of buying by milking her
quickly and clean, and at once straning
an ordinary tumbIerful Of the milk. He
Ways any COW that will not produce three.
fourths Of an inch Of cream on that much
milk should at once be rejected
The hog pen should be always literally
bedded with straw, not only where the
pigs sleep but the yard outside, where
they run. Unless this yard IS well bed
ded much OF the liquid manure will be
lost As fall rains come on fresh sup
plies Of straw will be needed almost
daily.
Members of the EImira Farmers club
have found saltpetre dissolved in water
pretty sure remedy for cabbage worms
A tablespoonful in twelve quarts Of
water has proved efiicacious. No harm
follows It's use, and the weak solution
imparts no taste to cabbage heads when
cooked.
Every preparation should be completed
for making and saving the largest amount
OF manure possible during the coming
winter. First provide tight she'd or
cellar for the manure. If exposed to the
weather its most valuable constituents
are washed out and lost. It is the worst
economy to permit this.
The improved processes for making
-four has lessened the value Of bran for
feeding purposes In the old times much
of the gluten, the richest part OF the
grain, went rs stock feed. Bran now Is
TOO largely composed of the husk Of the
grain; If the miller has left any gluten
in it he is not up to his business.
Some farmers fird it an advantage to
plant corn on their clover sod with ma
nure, and then follow with potatoes the
following spring. The potatoes are less
likely to lie scabby than when planted
directly on q clover lea, but in dry sea-
son arc more likely to be injured by
drought Where it is intended to plant
potatoes after corn, the land should be
fall plowed and rye-sown for turning
under 10 the spring.
Clover seed continues cheap, but it
cannot SO continue many years, as the
area where it can be grown is being cir
cumscribed by insects. Even at low
price It is q paying crop, for it is well
understood that the land after clover
seed crop has been taken off is richer
than after any other GRIP. In its final
growth before seeding the clover plant
seeds its roots down into the subsoil
deeper than at any previous stage Of its
growth.
To remove moss from lawns scratch
over the whole surface where there is
moss with sharp steel rake, loosening
the soil, and then SOW lawn-grass seed,
and sift over it thin covering of fine
soil. Apply 9 moderate dressing of
guano. Or if the soil happens to be such
as superphosphate benefits, give it
moderate application. Finely pulver-
lied old manure, evenly spread, will help.
Kentucky blue grass or June grass Is the
best for lawns.
There is great advantage in having
hay cutter in the barn. By its use straw
and other coarse fodder can be so mixed
with meal that stock will eat all readily.
md thus the capacity Of the farm to keep
took and make manure may % largely
increased The stubs Of coarse corn
stalks will not be eaten unless steamed.
but il il worth while TO cut them ID. If
only for the advantage Of having fine
manure 70 be evenly spread during the
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