Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-24
nm AND HOUSEHOLD
rarm aud Garden Notes.

~.
APlas ,b other material, is good for
fifty Win ~"
- - farmers claim that burning wheat
May ,he quickest and surest way Of
sa a. ri Of the joint worm.
80 i to grow reach and plum trees
oSd care should be taken to select
from 80, 80, hardy and healthy varieties.
F from mature hens are much bet.
y, hatching purposes than those
ie -. oanger ones, as larger proper
rom them are likely to prove fertile.
W. s,rc remedy for scaly legs in fowls
No. sac mans sweet oil, one part pow
80 sulphur. Oil the legs with this,
ae,pj q used in season no other cure will
be needed
Maine fruit grower says he kills
u. Tree borers By examining the trees
spPh haze twice year and thrusting a
into any holes discovered. Ii tho
W., ~" 4 in the hole il is killed.
The bones that accumulate on the
t.rm after The fall butchering should be
ssafnIly saved. An easy way for farm
30 rcduce them is to put them in the
.,oye and spread their ashes. This loses
,be ammonia, but II at least saves the
phosphate
plants NAV be watcred at any hour Of
she day. except when the sun is shining
- inc not. or has just left it; for the
.,,,b Gets hot when the sun shines on it,
IA men IL cold water is poured on it.
4 will cool off too rapidly. The best
time for watering flowers in summer Is
sbe evening, and in winter noon is best.
Rain or brook water is always preferable
10 the we'll water.
Carbolic acid is recommended as pre-
ventye of hog cholera. 1t should be
oiyen three times II day in feed. each
dose for hundred pound animal being
ten drops, and for larger or smaller ones
A proportionatc quantity. 1t can be
given either in liquid or ground food.
Connecticut farmers in the vicinity of
infected districts should give it trial.
Good clover hay makes an excellent
feed for hogs during the winter season,
when used in conjunction with other
food and reduces the cost of keeping.
Many farmers who keep horses can make
il profitable to keep few breeding sows
10 work over the horse manure. These
should farrow early in the spring, when
pigs arc in good demand and prices high.
The best land for farm purposes has
an eastern or southeastern exposure. It
is protected from the worst winds which
sweep the surface from fall till spring,
and TINS for ages has received a greater
proportion of the forest leaves whose
decay adds to its depths and fertility.
Wheat on eastern side hills is less likely
to be winter.killcd, as the protecting
covering Of snow is not blown off.
"Let drop OF fresh milk fall, says
Professor ). A. Heath, Unto glass of
pure water. IL the milk promptly dis
scminates itself through the water, the
COW that yielded that milk is not with
calf; but il it sinks to the bottom of the
glass as it falls upon the water, and pro-
dnces but little of milky cloud, she is.
The specific gravity aid visibility of al
luminous milk being heavier than water
thus retains the drop of milk and causes
il TO sink. :
One Of the best plans we have seen.
says The agricultural World, in huslxing,
Is to have boxes holding bushel each
placed at proper distances in the field to
throw the corn into as it is husked. The
boxes are lifted into the wagon, and
from that into the crib to empty, thus
saving twice handling and needless shell.
lng. Beside if rain comes, the ears of
corn are not covered with mud, as thoy
must be If the corn Is thrown on tho
ground when husked.
Results Of numerous experiments seem
70 indicate that better crops Of corn can
% raised where manure Is spread upon
s"aru land in the fall. and the sward not
efOEen until the grass gets a good start
7 N. spring. or just long enough before
painting TO allow the soil to become
warm, than upon the same soil where the
manure is spread and plowed in immedi-
Mely. In the former cases the corn is
much less liable to be injured by cut
worms as they feed upon the grass until
= .ae corn attains sufficient size to resist
their ravsges.