Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1885-06-11
For FARMERS.


A Maine teamster says: al ca
start the most obstinate horse by tai
ing him out Of the shafts and laadin
him around in circle until he
giddy."
It is very good thing TO use dii
infectants, but unless general habit
Of cleanliness are practiced they wi
be found of little value. The exclu
sion Of fresh air from dwellings is ofte
the cause which leads to disease an
death.
It il said that the cottonwood trees
from which the downy substance file
in the spring. are very valuable a
health preservers. They absorb ma
laria and other impurities Of the air
and are consequently q protectior
from chills and fever.
Horses will get more rest out o
their Sundays BY their being allowed
the freedom OF field, or lot, than by
being kept tied up in the stables.
Sheep are naturally more nice Ia
their feeding than cattle; but, if the
pasture is rough and the early grasses
have been allowed to seed, sheep will
then pick out the fine bottom grasses.
If you do not overstock, it 10 rather
an economy than otherwise to Craze
sheep and cattle together, and need
not prevent the cattle fattening.
A correspondent Of the Tropical
Agricultural gives the following meth
cd for the destruction of ants. "Take
white china plate and spread thin
covering OF common lard oyer it.
Place it on the shelf or other place
infested by the troublesome insects.
You will be pleased with the result.
Stirring up every morning is all that
is needed to set the trap again"
Peach prospects, are sensibly sum-
med up BY the Peninsula Advertiser
As follows: Peach buds are yet all
alive and the set Of buds in many To-
calities is unusually good. A twig
two inches long, picked at random
from tree near town, had ten live
buds. The trees are blooming in the
lower part Of the peninsula and will
soon be in full bloom in this section.
People are feeling quite confident Of
having crop next summer.
It seems strange that gypsum, or
land plaster. is too little used. The
cheapest Of all mineral fertilizers, and
the one best adapted to clover, it's
use rarely extends far beyond the To-
calities where it is dug and ground.
There its cheapness insures it's large
use by neiRhboring farmers, who find
it very profitable. Probably farmers
at distance could do as we'll with
it. and they should at least give it
repeated trials to learn 10 what crops
it is best adapted.
A correspondent OF The Husband
man says: | will give your readers
my remedy for keeping mice and
weevil beetles out Of my granary !:
Hang up few strips Of tarred paper
in the granary, and the vermin will
not stay. twill also clear mice from
the garnet OF the house. Scatter a
few pieces Of paper about the garrett,
and one need not lie awake nights on
account Of the racing Of mice and rats
for they will not stay where tarred
paper perfumes the air. Tack itup,
and hang few strips inside the hem
house, and lice will not stay long
even there.
The Guernsey COW is not az "high-
toned" just now, as the Jersey but
she is remarkably good COW for all
that. An English farmer Of expert
ence says that he has kept that breed
for the past fifteen years, as well as
Jerseys, ,Ayrshires and Short horns,
and that the Grernseys have proved
quite superior In the dairy. Several
of them have made over twenty
pounds Of butter per week, and when
dried of, they fatten easily aud rap
idly. Another farmer, Of over Fifty
years experience with Channel cattle,
finds the Guersneys are superior to
the Jerseysiu giving rich color to
their butter, and that one Of the for
mer, especially in winter, is worth
two Of the latter.
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