The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-07-02
rAcrs FOR FARaIKRs.

It's Gained Tor naxSeed tnat II WILL
kill lice on any animal led upon it.
A kernel Of wheat on Michigan farm
last season producsd III vigorous and
healthy stalks.
ChcunbeIs, turnips and cabbages are
good crops for succeeding those planted
early in the season.
The Keller pear Is conEidered better
adapted to the South than to other sec
tons. Though an attractive pear in ap-
pearance, it il inferior in quality to the
Bartlett.
Mr.. Seth Green thinks profit can be
derived from marshy lands by raising
frogs He claims that they would destroy
many insects, while in some markets the
frogs are salable at good prices.
I A few loads Of sand spread on a Etif
clay soil, if q garden, will very materially
benefit thecrops intended for the loca.
ton, as we'll "a lessening the labor Of
cultivation during the growing season.
During this season q frequent watering
ofspeciai plants may be done to advan.
tage. a tablespoonful Of ammonia to a
gallon of water Will be found an excellent
invigorator for seRiving weak and IN
thrifty plants.
A strawberry grower says some straw
berry plants ara naturally barren, and
should be pulled out and treated as weeds.
He goes over the patch when the plants
are in blossom and pulls up any plants
that have not biossomed.
To keep flies from the stable, suspend
cotton waste, pieces Of tow, sponge, or
any other absorbent material, and keep IL
moist with common carnolic acid, which
il. very cheap by the gallon, and the oder
is very wholesome.
An Ohio farmer claims that Paris green
for destroying potato beetles ID unneces--
sary, as he has completely cleared his field
with single application Of five pounds
each OF lime anu copperas dissolved In
twenty gallons Of water.
A Maine farmer had tree which gave
q very large crop Of very small apples.
He thinned the small branches from the
outside, taking more than half and thin
ming the fruit. The apples became larger
and gave as many bushels as before.
a Kansas tGckmaster SHARED GOO atine
lmerino sheep. truatipg the fine sunshiny
weather as the beginning Of summer. That
night came acoli rain, and in the morn
ing 2OJ sheep living and Ehiyefing, stood
among tho carcasses Of 400 that had per-
ishsd.
a good remedy for lice ON hogs ia 10
mix one bunce Of carbolic acid with pint
oflinseed oil, to make an emulsion OF it
nth aft sran and u-apH, xF.Ntar aud xx,aSk
the pigs With it, using scrubbing brush.
The pigs will enjoy it more than you will,
and it will do them good.
The difference in hardness in straw
berries, says E. B.. Underhill, depends
more upon the position Of their blossoms
than anything else. II the blossoms look
up they will be killed at S2e If they look
down they viii endure 2Se or less, accord.
ing to the shortness OF stems and over
tapping foliage.
A Massachusetts correspondent Is great
iy pleased with the willow.twig apples
thisspring. They came through the win.
ter in prime condition, with very little
rotting, firm and Of line flavor and texture.
A. 4. Whitney, Of Illinois, places II as
only second in the list Of profitable apples
with him.
An important part Of the farmers busi-
uess ID 70 make manure from ascheap
materials as possible. Everything that Is
capable Of being converted into manure
should be added to the heap, but the
manure should thoroughly decompose in
order 10 destroy the seeds otweeds and
other undesirable plants.