The National tribune., 1884-07-17

and rarely cultivated. They grow more rapid.
ly in warm than cold climate as they do
not increase while alternating in mud-their
habit In Winter. 1t is held that carp crown in
running water have more slender bodies sharu-
er backs and tougher flesh. In ponds thew
become sluggish, stout, tender and delicate
Carp viii thrive on the Aquatic plants roots
and vegetable matter they find in thu water:
and, as vegetable feeders, have an advantages
over nearly every other fish. They may b
fed with cabbage and lettuce leaves crumbs Of
bread, boiled corn and potatoes, etc, and viii
take on flesh like chester white hog. Prof
Baird says there is no ditch, or pond or mud
dy, boggy spot capable of being converted into
pond OF more or less size that viii not answer
for the fsh.-Ths issue
SILK CULTURE.
In a late number of The Issue Che a0rscnf-
tural department Of which il under the editor
ship of C. Richards Dodge, an accomplished
writer, famed entomologist and iadicioas
editor) we find the following note on silk cul-
ture. The trouble with any such business in
this country is that it don't pay on . small
scale; people won't take the trouble to 20 into
new thing for small return and it ron't Pay
to invest much capital in so transient an enter
prise In Europe silk is not produced on 100
acre silk farms, but by the peasantry, a little
In every village, women, children and old men
performing the work during the six or aiahs
weeks that the worms and eocoons require at
tention, and selling their little silk produes
when the season IS over. 1t is these countless
Titles. accumulated from nearly every village
and hamlet in the land. that make the xreas
total of Europe's silk supply. That is the way
SILK must be grown in this country TO become
national industry"
NoTELETs.
-Humiliating as the confession Is, unless
some remedy Is found for the biack-knos.
plum culture IS doomed The German pruna
which, when first introduced here, was Thoughts
TO be proof against the disease now succumbs
with the rest
The raising OF the sugar beet requires n
manuring that would make our farmers ewes
stand out crop OF 10 tons per acre ia con-
sldered by the French and German chemists 70
require, in addition to the retarn Of all tbs
leaves, the following quantities Of the fertiliz-
ing substances: 1874 pounds Of nitrogen; So
pounds of phosph0ric acid 563 pounds Of pot
ash, worth, at cost here, $1I7. In addition 70
this each acre requires about IA days Of horss
labor, and As days OF human labor
--One very effective way of reducing the doc
tors bills IS to keep the cellars clear OF decay
ing vegetables and improve the drainage
There Is no economy of land in planting
trees too close together. More trees can, oR
course, be crowded on the land by close plant
ing, but the yield of fruit VIII be Iess than the
quantity that may be procured from trees that
stand far apart and have plenty Of room for
growth and Spreading OF The roots for feed
do not let manure accumulate in the stalls.
Horses have the same scasibilisies to repugnans
and unhealthful thiags that men have
"A COW is a milk producing machine. In
order that she may produce the most and thu
best milk she should be supplied with fresh.
cool water. and an anlple supply OF the best and
most appetizing food.