Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-06-15
FARM AND GARDEN.

comfortably accommodated; otherwise
they prove an expense rather than
profitable.
In spraying apple trees with Paris
green the proportion of pure green
should be moderate sized spoonful in
about three gallons of water.
The Breeders Journal" advises
farmers to look out for their hogs when
they begin TO cough. This cough is a
signal for many a fatal disease.
Grain raising and pasturing may be
made mutually profitable for time
without a rotation of crops, but the
time Is certain to come when the grain
farming needs to be alternated with
grass.
When young lamb becomes weak
and debilitated, after nearly ready for
weaving, it may be strengthened by
giving it feed twice day on oatmeal
cruel and warmed milk.
Use plenty of grass seeds, in order to
make an allowance for that which will
be destroyed or eaten by birds or in
sects. A light narrowing will always
prove beneficial upon newly seeded
grass lands.
For leaf-producing vegetables, such
as cabbage, celery, lettuce, nothing
suits like soapsuds or the draining of
barnyard. Many OF these hints are
of course for amateurs who love superb
or products. They are scarcely appli-
cable on large farm.
The farmer who has poor, rickety
superannuated implements and takes
no care of what he does own, works
harder, tasks his horses more severely
and accomplishes about half as much
as his wiser neighbor.
Squash and sweet potato vines hav-
ing rootlets that grow out from the
under sides of the joints, which anchor
them and prevent the wind from dis
lodging them, should be lifted very
carefully when growing, as the root
lets not only hold the plants in place
but assist in procuring nourishment,
and any damage done in handling re-
tards the vines.
The compound of two-thirds wheat
bran to one-third meal, wet with skim
milk and fed in the morning warm,
has good egg producing effect. This
is far better than clear meal. The
bran does not tend to fat, and the milk
is even better than meat in the pro-
duction of eggs. Fowls may eat too
much meat for health, but of milk they
may drink all they wish.
Successful culture of apples must
provide good food tor the trees. We
never saw the soil too rich for apples
Kitchen ashes in which the table re-
fuse is thrown is an excellant top dress
ing for apples. We like top-dressing
better than any other system of manur-
ing apple trees Even nice ditch
scrapings are good to top-dress with
where nothing else offers.
The question often occurs what to
do with pot plants in the Summer?
The great majority Of plants do much
better when taken wholly out of the
path and set in the ground. Those
which come up with matted roots do
well, but if the plant be of kind
which has but a few wiry roots they
wither so much when lifted in the
Fall that it is better to keep them
wholly in pots.
Professor II. E. Alvord believed
that the milk itself was more suscepti-
BILE to the influence of the air than to
the breathing of the COW. He would
draw the milk in the open air and
thus have it thoroughly oxygenated.
When the COWS are MIXED in the
same air in which they stand, the
milk will be bad, but if MIXED in
fresh air the trouble will be obviated.
When bees are rearing brood rap
idly they leave the hive on quiet, cool
days in search of drink, and if they
fill up on very cold water will become
chilled and fail to reach the hive. If
hot water is frequently poured into
drinking vessels it will save the life of
many bee. After trying various ar
ticles as floats in drinking vessels, l
have noticed that bees prefer cut straw
for this purpose to any other.
Selecting Heifer Calves-A good
Judge of dairy stock will select from
heifer calves those likely to prove good
for milk and butter. The art of select
ing can scarcely be explained on paper,
but little experience will soon show
the novice the qualities required. The
head should not be over large, the
neck thin rather than thick, and the
skin possessing a soft feel that can only
be Judged by an expert. Look to the
escutcheon and milk veins. These are
as good indications of character as the
pedigree.
The hog is the only animal kept on
the farm without some provision for
regular supply of pure water. And
when this isconsidered it seems strange
that there is not more disease among
hogs than there is. A drink of clear
water has the effect to cleanse the sys-
TEN of many impurities and pass them
off in the secretions, and if hog is
deprived of water entirely, or limited
to what he can extract from the Stops,
which are already saturated with filth,
and obliged to wallow in filth and sleep
in dust, how can his system be healthy
or his flesh fit food? The comfort of
the animal should not be overlooked,
and no animal is comfortable that is
suffering with thirst, land sour milk and
greasy dish water and salt slops are not
drink