The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26
Farm Notes.

Seeds OF garden flowers should only be
saved from plants yielding the best forms
and colors.
Verbenas flower the best when the plants
take root At the joints. They NAV now be
assisted to do this by pegging down the
branches.
In choosing quarters for house plants,
bear in mind the need of ample light.
The more light there Is, the more rapid
their growth, and the more numerous the
flowers.
Ii Is said that the flavor of beets, turnips
or cabbages In milk can be overcome by
dissolvipg half a teaspoonful Of saltpetre
In q teacnp Of water and pouring it into
the chnrn with the cream at churning time.
Cabbage may be fed at night after milking
without flavoring the milk.
Decomposition commences in milk, If al
lowed to retain its natural heat, soon after
being drawn from the COW. Because the
nights are cool it does not obviate the ne
cessty Of cooling the milk that is 40 be
delivered to the factory next morning. 1t
should also be we'll aired, since contact
weth air removes the animal oder.
II lambs are weaned and separated from
the sheep some time during this month"; the
latter will come to the barn in much better
condition than they would have had the
lambs been permitted to suck. The sheep
should either be MIXED or the lambs per.
mitted to suck once day for several days,
to prevent suffering and possibly perma.
nent injury to their udders.
1t is said that an application of ice water
is sure remedy for the cabbage worm.
Many country farmers, however, have no
ice houses, hence the r.medy to them is a
very inconvenient one. Let such as cam OF
nat nof rU atrn al tok1
spoonful Of saltpetre to one gallon of wa
ter. There is something about saltpetre
that seems to be very distasteful to all kinds
of bugs and worms.
This advice about soil for pot plants 10
given from successful experience in the
American garden; "Some plants, like the
fuschias, prefer leaf mould and will do bet
ter In it than In anything else I have ever
tried; but grow fine plants In exactly the
same soil that give my geranlums and
other plants Of that character. II is my
practice to mix turfy loan, which procure
from under old sods in pastures, garden
mould, and manure which get In corners
Of the barnyArd, well together, aud add
sand as consider 1t advisable, usually 10
the proportion of one-third loan, one-third
soil, and the other third made up Of the
manure and sand. For stroDg-rooted plants
l add less sand than for them having small
roots. In all cases add sand enough to
keep the soil from becoming heavy.
RAW Eaas.-Many experienced breed
ers testify TO the beneficial effects OF raw
eggs In the case of scours with young
stock. They may be Administered plain,
but II any trouble is found in getting the
animal 10 eat them, they can be broken up
10 milk that has been boiled. One egg
makes a good dose This remedy has a
great advantage of being harmless and
wholesome, and endorsed by practical
breeders Of long experience. As the time
is at hand when young stock will have to
supplement the maternal nourishment With
other, or to he weaned altogether, it is well
to be prepared with come simple remedy
to be used on the first appearance of any
disturbance Of the bowels.-National Lire
Stock Journal.