Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-26
FARM NOTES,


Tree planting is Systematically fos-
tered in China.
1t is claimed that flaxsoed will kill
lice or any animal to which 1t Is fed.
Tobacco leaves placed in the bottom
Of tho nest Of setting hen will Keep
away lice.
Smoking plum trees with sulphur Is
recommended as n preventive OF the
ravagcs OF the curcuio.
The standard weight Of milk, both in
this country and Europe Is eight and
fivc-cighths pounds pcr gallon.
Stove wood is only worth about half
| as much Ia tho vicinity Of tho largo
towns OF New England us it was fifteen
, wears ago.
IL is claimed by many breeders of
Jersey and Guernsey cattle that par
| TALLY skinned milk from COWS OF these
| breeds is really better for calves than
the whole milk
Turpcntnc. coal oil and vinegar,
equal parts, well shaken together. and
rubbed on tho eggs Of the botly on
horses legs, II is claimed, will kill
them after about threo applications.
Oil-cakc and co.ton-sced are availa-
| bic adnncts to other feeds when in
telligcntly used. The large exports OF
these commodities show that the use
OF them In this country is not so large
as it ought to be.
A Massachusetts, man thinks that rs
a rule farmers use too little seed in SOW
ing down to grass. His formula is half
bushel Of timothy, a bushel Of redtop
and twelve to fifteen pounds Of clover
to the acre.
1t is said wheat cut in the dough will
make better and moro -four than if al
lowed to become dead ripe before cut
ting. Anyhow, 1t is best not TO allow
it to become so ripe Is to sholl out and
waste in the cutting.
Feed tho young chicks often il yon
would keep them growing rapidly, but
| do not feed more at u time than they
will eat up clean in few minutes. A
little bone-dust mixed with the feed
will give vigor and strength.
An Ohio farmer says he killed every
potato beetle in . field "alive with
Them" by sprinkling once with a
mixture made in proportion OF five
pounds Of "slacked lime and copper
as and twenty gallons Of water. BE
sides 1t benefits the plants"
The Governor Of Kanss. says Of tree
planting in his state that thirty years
ago the settlers found the land treeless,
and nov they hSve more than 2O,OOO,-
OOO Of fruit trees and more than 2JO,-
UU acres VI forest trees, all planted.
He says, moreover, that during that
period the amount of annual rainfall
has increased, and ascriOcs this fact to
the increased area Of forests.
The Rurdl New Yorker says that
whito hcllebore Is just Us certain to kill
tho gooseberry and currant worm rs
Psris-g green IL to kill the potato beetle.
Within the past ten days We have ap-
piled 1t in this way rs being the most
effective and ut the same time economic
col: OGs heaping tablespoonful Is
mixed In two f alcohol which suflices
tor pail II water. The watsr u then
sprayed upon the busheA
Commissioner Colmsn, Of the De-
partment Of Agriculture, has under
taken tho work Of collecting all the
facts pertaining to the dairy industry
Of the country. particularly those ro-
,pecting the manufacture Of articles
designed a. substitutes for pure butter.
lie hopes to place before Congress and
the country a complete statement oi
the factory product. Of cheese and but
ter, also OF their adulterated limitations.
Ono Of the difficulties In growing
gooseberrics In this country Is mildew.
4 grower Of experience has found that
salt hay. spread over the whole surface
Of the ground to the depth Of three In
chc., Is & preventive. Common, coarse
hay, soaked in brine, will probably an
swcr as well. Its benefit Is SAID to be
On account Of tho mannor In which the
salt absorbs moisture from the stmos-
pherc, the mu!cning and the keeping oI
the bushes 1T an even temperature.