Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Farm and Garden.


 Uncut finger nails may make kicking cows.
 A Jersey and Ayrshire cross is unexcelled for family cow
 Pork out of young, rapidly grown pigs pays the best.
 Whitewash the hens nests inside and out, | adding little carbolic acid to the wash.
 With all the ado over improved breeds, the | Short Horn remains the favorite dairy COW of English farmers
 Some men drive their help so constantly | as to keep them ill hstdfsd all ths time. It d8tib work well.
 Dent threw the heh feed deWH iHts dirt | aHd filth; place It sri feeding boards q feet | 8f more square sfia fitaHiea with lstA around tte edge
 settie tests made at ths New Jersey EsBef. ilHeHt station sh8W thab gFseR f8dasF=e6FH dried II shocks possesses every advantage ter q fodder as same when preserved iR sitss,
 RiaW for wheat early and the chances of q good crop are mHeh better than if the piaW= ing be done just before sowing. This is be- cause wheat succeeds better on land that has settled well by the tims the roots strike out. Eastwood Honey.-The honey of basswood blossoms is of superior quality and flavor. II is afforded very freely in the average sea- son and rarely fails. Some of the largest yields of honey ever reported in given time were from basswood Twenty-Five pounds and upwards have been gathered by single swarms in one day. The gathering contin- ues from the same tree for about ten days. In hilly sections where different attitudes cause variation in the Towering the bass wood season often extends from two to three weeks. The basswood being a fine shade and ornamental tree, we'll as of great val ue for honey, it should be very commonly planted.
 Raising Calves for the Dairy.-Inferior calves should go to the butcher. An expert can usually tell promising calf at glance, for there are many points that go to show this. In rearing the animal never permit it to run into fat, for once there is tendency fixed in this way, the cows value for milk and butter will be lessened Feeding calves freely on skinned milk as soon as they di gest it offers the advantage that this food is free from fat forming substance Skinned milk also increases the capacity of the paunch so that when the calf is grown up it can consume and digest more food, and hence give more milk A great milker must be great feeder, requiring capacity to hold and digest much food. Early breeding is desirable, as it tends to keep the heifer from running into fat and promotes milking qual- ities. In an animal that has come along l well the age of fifteen months is not too young for breeding. In their second breed ing it is well to keep them back several months in order to fix 8 nature for long milking. l4l not already we'll charged with lime this 1 is very beneficial for it's fertilizing and me chanical effects. Heavy land it makes light CT and light land gains in adhesiveness of its particles by it's use. It condenses the vola- l tile gases of the air to the benefit of crops, and converts insoluble ingredients of the soil into plant food. It may be applied di- | rectly to the earth when in an air-slacked l. state spreading it thickly over the surface | from cart. The bettereway, however, is to l add to it compost when fresh, as here it | will decompose or iberate the alkalies con- | tained in the earth of the heap and render it i very powerful as manure. A thick coating ! of earth over the whole will arrest and re- tain much of the gas that would otherwise escape.
 l ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Transplant after rain.
 1 Wax over tree wounds.
 The budding season opens.
 l For slugs use air -slacked lime. Celery is healthy food; plant plenty.
 Plant patch of early sweet corn now for l late.
 Not particle of grape juice enters into much of the Paris s'wine."
 Currants should be pruned for admitting air into the interior of the bushes.
 Coal ashes sifted through fine sieve on squash vines will stop the striped bugs work | It is also effective against the beetle if simi- l nips.
 Sugar when cooked with fruit renders it | hard and indigestible. In canning, or in otherwise using fruit, it should be cooked alone, adding the sugar only when it is put upon the table.
 Young Trees in Summer-The future worth of tree depends largely on it's well doing the first year after setting out. Of ] this time the summer season is a critical one; if well summered the tree will be likely to winter well. Both the root and the top may easily be helped to withstand the intense and trying heat of summer. If mulch is applied over the roots it will cause the retention of moisture in the soil in moderate and very beneficial degree. The trunks of young trees frequently suffer from sun-scald, owing to the inactivity of the sap at a time when there is but little growth going on. This may be prevented, much to each trees benefit, by winding the trunks with coarse canvas or twisted rope of hay. The labor of such treatment is slight while it will tell for all future time on the good o1 the trees.
 | FLOWERS AND THE LAWN
 Water camellias daily.
 l If dry water the shade trees
 Sow candytuft for fall bloom
 Keep pot primroses under shaded glass.
 Train vines for distributing the foliage ant
 flowers uniformly over the trellises
 1 Don't burn rubbish near to the trees; th
 fire will brown the foliage and may do ever
 worse injury
 i. Gut gladiolus spikes as they show thei first flowers; the buds will all open out il s water, while new spikes will spring from tn :. l plants if the bulbs were strong. @ A pole clothed with climbers is a hand h some object on the lawn The pole shoul @ be strong one-not less than four inche through; twelve feet is good length flo height above ground. The Aristolochia, 0