River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-16
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

The depredat;ons of insects on farm
ers' crops, saws the WeSter.s Rur4l, are
compelling farmers TO learn good
deal Of entomology 1t is much less
common than it was a few years ago TO
kill a worm or bug merely because il
looks ugly. Some Of our best insect
friends are neither pretty in looks nor
III disposition. 1t is in the fall that
their predatory character benefits Us,
for their energies are'thcn devoted to
destroying our worst enemies.
On the subject Of sulphur to remedy
the rot in potatoes. correspondent Of
the Elmira On. Y. } HltsbuHdlaq21 says:
"A Vermont farmer rolled his potatO-
cuts in fine flour of sulphur, at plant
ing; and. again, he busted the shoots
as they appeared above the ground
and neither rot, worm nor insect touch
ed them. though all around him pota-
toes were badly damaged. lie added
that he never saw finer or smoother
tubers.
At the New York Agricultural Ey-
pertinent Station il has been found that
one part Of paris green mixed with 200
parts Of ground limestone proved en-
tirely successful against the Larvae OF
the potato-beetle Great care is, how
ever, required TO secure q thorough adj
mixture Of the two substances where
so small proportion Of the poison is
used In this dilution paris green
seems to lose its danger 10 the human
family, as we can scarcely imagine in
furious results coming from its use to
the careful man.
The editor of a daily journal says
''tbe art Of butter making will never
reach perfection until we stop putting
salt in the butter. it is deprayed
taste that requires salt taste III but
ter. The most critical judges in the
old country never think of allowing
salt to come near the butter, and after
getting accustomed 10 it there is all the
difference between the two that there is
between salt and fresh fish. flesh or
other dried or prepared food. The
true epicure could eat : pound Of UNI
sailed butter at a sitting. j. viii be
money III the dairyman pocket when
salt is abandoned IN lhe dairy.
The symptoms Of collie. one Of the
most fatal diseases 10 horse. are read
liz detected The horse invariably
scrapes with his fore feet. kicks ,t the
stomach and shifts about, turns around,
smells the floor, lies down, rolls, re-
naming for a time Oh his back and
breathes heavily throughout. At re-
cent meeting Of tho London Farmers
CLUB, a relief aud sure cure was pre-
scented by gentleman who has been
all his life among horses. " men The
horse shows the symptoms Of an attack
If collie, apply AZ once a horse cloth or
wooden rug. wruny out ri boiling water,
to the stomach and 70 the sides and
cover with another couple If cloths 70
retain the heat As they cool renew
the cloths IS often rs ueelfQ.. 4 large
bran pouItice. as ho; Is can be borne,
is equally effective and retains The heat
longer.
Prof Cook. at he late Michigan Con-
vention Of Bee-keepers, spoke IN This
wise on the topic Of lhe New Bees u
have had no experience with the Cy-
prlau bees. but I tHiu6 more aud more
of the syrian ! find no trouble to ham
die them. and take my large class Of
students, new To the business. right in
TO the ap:arr These thirty or forty
students daily manipulate the bees, do
ing everything that the bee-keeper
ever needs 10 do, and rarely ever get
stung. ] find that the comb honey Of
the Syrians is excellent, that the bees
20 readily into the sections We did
not get all our sections SO that they
could be Grated without~the use Of the
separators; but / am not sure that il
was more our fault than the fault
Of the bees. They are very prolific,
breeding even when there is 10 nectar
TO gather. and they often gather when
other bees are idle.