The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12
should be boiled-in large kettle out Of door
and mixed with corn meal,
CABBAGE PLANTS

should be boiled-in large kettle out Of door
and mixed with corn meal,
CABBAGE PLANTS.
Short and stocky cabbage plants are best
but II you have none except long-leReed,
spindling plants, they may do we'll enough /
planted deep and covered up to the heart. Go
over the patch every morning, for week afteI
planting; to hunt mp and despatch the grubs,
Replace the destroyed plants promptly.
FOR THE FARMERS. ~
Good fences make orderly, bad ones breachy
stock.
Keep the best animals on the farm, NO matte,
what some Spectator may offer for them.
Manure 10 the Foundation of success in farm.
ing; heavy manuring, heavy crops; light uanur.
ing, light crops.
The hog that stands up square and strong up
ON his feet should be chosen for breeder In
preference to equity, week-kneed animal.
The number OF tenant farmers in the United
States has increased Is per cent within the las,
dve years, raising the number to million and 4
quartet.
The amount of British capital invested in
1oint-ttock cattle companies In this country il
?2o, 900, but the prospects Of the business
An experiment made few years ago in Cali
fornta IN planting English walnuts has proved
highly successful and there is promise Of 4
When chickens have diarrhea good remedy
| IL boiled milk thickened with oatmeal while
boiling. Let it remain until nearly cold, but It
should be fed warm. pinch Of red pepper
willimprove it.
Lay in supply Of potting soil, sand. moss, pc t
and Whatever else may be needed during the
winter. Alight, dry cellar makes an admirable
''potting shed" for the window garden, and
the needed articles can be stored here.
II any plants are infested by Fplant-lice,
sprinkle with tobacco water, il they cannot be
fumigated with tobacco smoke.
Do not neglect the plants set out of doors
Tor the summer, give needed watering and do
plants need shade, they should not receive the
drip Of trees. Camellias and other plants with
thick leaves need more shade than the others,
1t 10 AZ necessary that calf should be halter
broken as that colt should be. The time ia
do both 70 when the animals are young. A COW
that will lead easily is much less troublesome to
manage under any circumstances. ring in
the nose Of young bull will facilitate learning
to lead, and the lesson once learned will nevel
be forgotten.
No pruning at all is safer than putting . saw
and Ak into the hands Of an ignoramus. 1t re.
quires skill and knowledge Of varieties, and
their peculiarites, to prune apple and pear trees
properly. What would be proper pruning fol
one variety would be ruinous to others,
Shelter from sudden storms in summer and
shade In pastures cannot be overestimated by the
dairyman and herdsman. Large, open sheds
should be erected in pastures devoid of trees anl
In these should be tanks Of water.
The practical value of farm horse should mo-
be judged by the work he is able to perform in
day or q week, but by the amount he can do al
the year round. 1t the ''every-day horse" tha
IL worth the most money on farm,
A remedy for the maggot which infests tn,
roots Of cabbage is said to 6e to make hole with
d bile close to the stalk, pour in ten drops o.
bisulphide of carbon, and quickly close the hole
This agent is largely usedi in France as q rem
edy for the phylloxera or devastating root-lous<
Of grape-vines.
The loss from the cattle-plague in Russia with
In period Of five years, from 1876 to 1880, is es
timated at no less than ,208, 500 head of horned
cattle; but even these figures, based upon ofiicia
information, are considered far below the rea
numbers.
Awriter in the New York Tribune says: ''Farm
ers In feeding horses give nearly twice as muct
hay a. city people do, and yet city horses are IL
the best condition for the road" Yes, but tn.
farmer does not feed merely for looks. Thu
farmer wants weight and work.