Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-31
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Farm and Live Stock Notes.

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Change the pasture.
Veutilate the stables we'll.
A fat dog isn't worth having.
The richer the soil, the less seed needed.
Fowls are the best cleaners in the bar
ley field.
Scalding the milk will usually cure
scours in calves.
Dirt has much to do with the heavy
feeces in merinoes. We have heard OF
one thirty pound fleece" that yielded but
six pounds of secured wool.
For burn on man or beast apply soft
soap tc take out the fire; if severe one,
afterward coat the surface with lInseed oil
on which sprinkle some -four. These SIM
pie remedies are very effective.
| At this season vermin will increase rap
| idly in the hen-house unless precautions
are taken. The droppings should be gath
cred daily. Fumigaiion by igniting -four
OF sulphur in vessel containing live Goals,
will kill all vermin, if repeated few
times, at intervals of several days.
| Soil Sickness This is q term applied
when clover, beets. and some other plants
tail, although it is known that the soil is
not deficient in fertility. 1t has been dis
covered that insect parasites working on
the roots are the cause. These parasites
are not deep in the earth, and complete
remedy against them is known to be. the
burning Of any E4ht material placed over
the surface.
| Canada Thistles. These tormentors
spread. by seeding bat not SO rapidly as
macy suppose, owing to the fact that
many OF the plants produce sterile flowers.
Their progress when once they get hold
in any place is mostly through root extern
sion. The plants which yield sterile and
fertile heads respectively may be easily
distinguished. The former have bushy
topped seed heads the top extending above
and over the sides of the invoucre. the
latter show but little of the colored top.
and what there is is pyramidal in shape.
An eye should be kept for patches that
yield fertile seed. and none Of these be al
lowed to seed even though some others
might happen to mature. Aside from
preventing seeding the course of treatment
to expel the plants, must be against the
roots. Indifference against the real char
acter of this rapidly spreading weed will
never do; unless persistently fought, a
spot one rod square this year will cover a
ten acre field in ten years time. The foe
is the more dangerous because extending
under the ground out of sight.
Sowing Winter Wheat.-Early seeding
does not make the harvest any earlier,
while to SOW as late as the 25th of Sep
TENDER. for range of country embracing
the latitude of Pennsylvania may prevent
damage from the Hessian fly. The later
the seeding is done, providing only enough
roots can develop to firmly retain the
plant. and enough tops to thinly cover the
ground during winter, the better. In late
sown wheat. the root is proportionately
larger as compared with the top than the
early sown. In deciding on the time for
sowing any given piece OF wheat, one must
consider fertility. on poor or badly pre-
pared soil the seed should 90 in several
weeks earlier than where the soil is rich
with we'll prepared seed bed. As to the
best quantity OF seed per acre no definite
rule can be prescribed For this. much
depends upon the condition. nature and
exposure of the land, the quantity of the
seed and size of the kernel, capacity of
the variety for tllering and other factors.
| Were all the conditions favorable there
we're no need of more than three pecks to
the acre. This being rarely the case.
however, more seed is usually required.
In general it may be said that there is
more danger of sowing too much seed
than too little. On soil that is inclined to
wetness there is greater liability of
winter-kiling where the plants stand
thickly than otherwise. Covering wheat
with thin coat of straw at the approach
of winter, has been attended with such
favorable results that the course is one
worthy of further trial. The straw serves
not only to thoroughly protect the plants
through the winter, but as mulch, pre-
vents drying out in the summer, to most
favorable extent.