Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-01
FARM and HOUSEHOLD.
Agricultural Hotss.

Agricultural Notes.
The Christian Union, which finds
space for occasional Consideration f
rural affairs, prints q brief plea for the
toad, an excellent help against insect
enemies. III u M.
al dakota farmer, in 1881, planted q
single grain Of wheat in one ofhis oat
fields. From it grew twenty -two stalks,
each bearing full head. These yield
ed $50 grains, 76o Of which were plant
ed the next year, producing one-fifth OF
a bushel of splendid wheat. This was
planted last Spring, yielding seventeen
bushels, making LOCO pounds Of wheat
from one grain in three years.
A correspondent Of the Kansas Farm
er says that the following ship-dip re-
ceipt has been used quite successfully !:
( Oae pound OF sulphur to one-half
!, pound Of lime, and one gallon Of water !;
boil one hour; when ready to use, add
J. three gallons Of water to one OF the
LIQUID, then dip hot. The cost OF this
dip is 2 cents per head. .,3..5s
Il A good way to use corn drills for SOW
ing corn for fodder is to remove the
brush or iron regulator, as the case may
be, and use the largest plates, or the
plates having the largest holes, and
then drill in the corn three feet apart.
With double-row planters that drop
four feet apart, the machine may be run
half way between the first drills, thus
planting drills two feet apart A cab
bage pillow will serve to cultivate be-
tween the rows and keep down the
weeds. The Black Sweet Corn or
Stowell's Evergreen, is excellent to
plant for this purpose. @:j ..4tg5
A correspondent Of the Husbandman
says that sulphur is preventative OF
potato rot, and this is confirmed by the
experience Of @ Vermont farmer, who
rolled his cut potatoes in fine sulphur
at planting and busted the plants as
they appeared above the ground. Meth
or rot, worm nor insect touched them,
though potatoes ON neighboring farms
we're badly damaged. His potatoes were
excellent and the crop yielded well.
There is no doubt that sulphur will as
sist materially in preventing fungus
growth in other plants as we'll as po5a-
toes, and it would be we'll if farmers
gavesit trial for such purposes the
coming season. .sr =
The first thing many persons 90 in
purchasing plot of ground and build
Ing residence thereon is to stock the
lawn with SO large a number OF trees
and so much shrnbbery, which, while
small, look very pretty but in the course
of wears increase in size to such an ex-
tent as to. turn the beautiful lawn into a
forest, screening the dwelling from pub
lie view, destroying the symmetry OF the
trees, and running the grass; besides; ii
there are any hedges near, they will
soon become irregular in form and rag
ged in appearance and frequently die.
But in addition tothis, as a general rule,
we plant too many ornamental trees upon
our premises, and too few fruit trees.
Some Of the latter are as comedy IN form
and Yield as fine shade as the former. -
Germantown Telegraph. ILL., E#G
eff potatoes show signs of decay, dust
them with Stacked lime" This item
Is going the rounds Of the press, and as
lime seems a powerful application for
such a juicy tuber, we would like to
know what they mean by "air:- Stacked
The term is often used promiscuously.
Proper air-slacked lime that was Stacked
by the slow process Of absorbing mois-
ture from the air may have lost some Of
its properties so as to be safe to apply
to potatoes, but simple dry Stacked
lime, rapidly prepared, with just water
enough to slack it and leave it dry, may
be more powerful.