Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-11
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Keep the horse collars clean. Corn is not bone-forming feed. Don't burn old straw; turn it into manure. araes lases sshree-fourths in weight by dry | ing. | Kill the potato bugs; each female lays one thousand eggs. l Buclwheat often pays well, besides serving ! to loosen the soil Swing churns connot be beaten on any &C., count, and they easily kept clean.
 5. A steamer for cooking food will pay for itself in two seasons on any stock farm. 1 Pigs squealing for food should not be heard ! if profit or good meat are desired. Cheaply- fed pig meat boils away in the pot and lacks quality.
 I through the soil run over the patch with 8 ! smoothing harrow, and you'll save much ! work with the weeds later. If hens must be confined at this season, be sure of four things: that they have clean quarters, good shade, plenty of dry feed and ' as much sand and gravel as they can use. ! Those who raise early lambs for market ] ought to know that this can be done much more proftably by the help of a good root patch than without. How this is to come in is by furnishing roots for feeding freely to ! the ewes next spring, to promote an abun-
 
 Mangel wurtzels, because of their excellent l keeping qualities, are the best for the pur- pose. Bee Veils.-Worn by the aparian, one of ! these insures coolness of movement about | the hives, which is always desirable. A veil I to protect the face may be made of few cents worth of material. Take coarse net ting three feet by one and one-hals feet made in the form of a bottomless bag. A wide hem should be turned in at the top and bot 411 # { elastic is to be drawn for fitting around the l hat. The hat should have broad brim to l keep the veil away from the face. The low ! CT part of the netting is to be tucked under ! the coat or other outer garment at the neck. | Instead of netting finely woven wire may be ' used. It is a little more expensive, but it has the advantage that'in windy weather it cannot possibly blow against the face. [ Have Compost Heap.-On many farms | carelessness in the matter of manure saving ! is allowed to prevail during the summer sea- son above all others. The COWS are kept in | yard at nights and the droppings allowed to be wasted in large measure, through the rains washing them away. The horse manure | is thrown out in heap of such shape that ! it suffers greatly by active heating Other | manures are no better provided for. Com post heaps should be formed for aiding the keeping of both solid and liquid manures, l besides other fertilizing materials, during I summer Quite coarse materials, such ! road d-scrapings, muck, coal ashes, turf, leaves, ! weeds, potato tops and such unpromising
 materials may be used for the body of the ! heap along with manure. It should be built up squarely with the material disposed in
 layers. Always have a basin-like depression ! in the top at all stages. When the pile is ! upwards of foot high it should daily re- 1 eeive enough house slops or other liquids to ! cause some fermentation to take place. If ! there is pool of liquid manure anywhere af- I ter rain the contents should be freely con- ! tributed. The manure from the stables and | pens and droppings in yards and lanes should l daily find their way to the heap. After sev- | eral months the pile may be worked over to l aid further decomposition, one being | started at the same time for receiving the l daily accumulatons. By wheat-sowing time there will be 6 large lot of 6rst-class fertili 1 zing matter to put on the land, provided this ! work is rightly undertaken and kept up. ORCHARD AND GARDEN ! Tie up grape canes.
 Bonedust suits turnips. Now the peppers start off. ! Sow parsley for winter use.
 For slugs on the leaves sprinkle with lime.
 Jar down the plum curculio into sheets and burn.
 If the entrants throw up many suckers re- ! move some.
 Destroy caterpillara' nests in the morning ! while the occupants are at home.
 When asparagus shoots show a specially \
 season. or there will be poor crop next year ! and later.
 Marketing Crate-A convenient one for
 holding hushel, stheaping measure" may
 be made as follows: For the ends use inch
 boards, out 121a inches square, The sides | and bottom may be made of half-inch stuff t3I inches wide and twenty inches long,
 using three of these strips to each. Crates
 of this shape are very convenient for pack
 ing into wagon box.
 Early Varieties for Home Market.-Those | who live near towns and large cities will find
 early apples and pears more profitable than l late ones. This is because growers at dis
 tance usually grow only late fruit, about the
 shipping and selling of which, at points ! however far away, thero is no risk When | nearness to market creates this sort of com
 petition it should be avoided by growing ! early sorts. | FLOWERS AND THE LAWN.
 Sow cinerarias.
 ! Thin the annuals
 ! Mulch the rhododendrons.
 Zinnias like rich soil and sun. Use the lawn clippings for mulching
 Hydrangeas can hardly be watered toe
 much.
 ! The cochineal insect feeds on the opuntia | cactus.
 I Double dahlias are stiff fowess; while the l single ones are not.
 ! Sudden changes of temperature Is what plants don't stand we'll
 Europeans excel us both in window and
 other gardening about the home. ! Naming flowers after their colors don't al- ways hold out we'll. The chrysanthemum for
 one was so called because of the golden
 blooms of the original sort. Now there are
 white lowered sorts, besiGea some of msny ! other colors,
 Managing Bu1bs.-The leaves of the har- dy bulbs should be allowed to remain until
 they turn yellow when they may be re- ' nuad 1o yfoar,n foVa1 afSa HN~rr
 ering and up to maturity they require all
 their leaves to aid in developing the bulbs
 that will flower next year.
 Carnations Bedded Out Young plants
 designed for winter lowering should be kept
 perfectly clean of weeds and the soil ire quent1y stirred during the summer. Old plants thas put out for Towering suo-
 ceed better for being kept heavily mulched
 during hot weather than if the ground is
 cultivated. Mulehing tends to promote
 coolness at the roots, which is very i'm.
 portant thing if handsome flowers and plen- ty of them are wanted.