Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-08
AGRICULT u R AL
BLUEGRASS .

FLUEGhASS.
Waldo r. Brown, in the Couptrv
Gentleman. thus sums up the merits OF
blue grass:
" First-It improves with age, and
never needs re seeding; a pasture fifty
years old 10 in perfection. Second-it
will do to pasture full month earlier
than clover, and about as much later in
the fall, thus greatly frightening the
grazing season. In favorable seasons
have pastured eight consecutive months
on 1t. Third-It makes the best of " in
ter pastures, and when allowed to grow
up for this purpose, the cattle will
thrive on 1t whenever 1t Is not covered
with snow. Fourth-It is not injured
BY tramping a. are other grasses, as it
forms very dense sward. Fifth-It ia
fattening, and not washy in its earliest
stsges Of growth, and bullock will
fatten on it faster than on corn. Sixth
1t grows on rolling lands and thin
soils, and Is not injured by shade, and
20 produces profitable crops in timber
plantations, and on steep hillsidee slop-
ing to the south, where any other grass.
es would be killed out by the freezing
and thawing of winter. Seventh
Drouth never kills II, no matter how
the drouth of summer; 1t starts into
vigorous growth again With the first
rain, aud soon clothes the fields with
verture. All other grasses and farm
crops fail at times, but blue. grass never.
In all localities where 1t hourishes, 1t
should find place on every farm, and
on broken lands, II three fourths OF the
farm was seeded down to y, it would be
found profitable.
THE HEN DOCTOR.
An experienced correspondent claims
that mixture made of equal parts OF
red pepper, alum, resin and sulphur
will cure chicken cholera. Feed a ia
blespoonful Of this mixture In three
pints of scalded meal daily, and the
chicken will get we'll speedily. Car.
bolic pc WIDER Is an economical sub.
stance for the destruction Of fowl YER
min a little goes q great way. 1t
should be scattered freely over the
ground beneath the roosts, in the lay.
ing nests or wherever the fowls con.
gregate, as we'll as occasionally rubbed
or sifted into their body feathering.
Lice cannot live whore this purifying
disin fectant is present.
Take about As much flour of sulphur
AS your hand can grasp and sprinkle
1t amongst the materials Of the nest of
. sitting hen, and upon the eggs,so that
her under parts will come In contact
with .. the sulphur. Also scatter it
among her feathers 80 that it will pene-
trate to the skin in every part of the
body, and you will find that the chick
ems will not lie infested with lice when
you take them from the nest. The ap.
nliCQfion In haat vpodn az nj Go
with your lantern at night and you
will find the hen will bristle up her
feathers when you alarm her q little.
and then you will find the sulphur
may be distributed down to the very
roots.
Summer Is when these parasites null
tiply. and rs "a stitch In time saves
nine" 1t would be we'll to examine
your fowls now. Look under their
VINCE abont the head and neck, below
the vent and at the root of the tail for
them; II any are found, dust thoroughly
with insect powder. Examine the
roosting places, remove the roost and
look on the underside Of them when
they come in contact with the house or
resting places, and II any small red
mites are to be seen, thoroughly clean
the entire house, white wash with hot
limo and carbolic acid, rubbing or
brushing 1t into every nook and crevice
Of the chicken house where 10 10 posi-
BILE for them to find hiding place.
Examine your sitting hens. Often
hens are compelled 10 leave their nests
for NO other cause than lice, and many
a poor hen has been simply murdered
by these marauders while performing
her maternal duty.