Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-07-24
FARM NOTES.

It is best to water plants In the even
ing. Make few holes around the plant
SO as to allow the water to run down to
the roots.
When you make drain from the ma
nure heap to make way for the escape OF
the liquids you are allowing the riches
Of the farm to flow away.
Ducks usually bring higher price in
market than hens. At this season young
ducks, weighing from eight to ten pounds
per pair, are preferred.
The following are said TO be the symp-
toms Of hog cholera: Dropping ears, low
hanging head, diarrhea, vomiting, rapid
breath and an aversion to light.
Biackberries should be thoroughly
worked and kept clean after the fruit has
been picked, so as to encourage the new
canes in growth as much as possible.
In using Paris green on potatoes and
other plants keep the poultry confined,
as the Paris green is poisonous to fowls,
the smallest quantity often proving fatal
1t is conceded that the best remedy
for grape rot is solution Of one pound
of copperas to two gallons Of water;
sprinkle profusely on the ground around
the vines.
If seed corn is to be tarred to keep it
from being eaten by birds or insects it
should be first soaked so that the grains
have enough moisture inside to sprout
them.
Wheat cut before the berry hardens,
say at the time when it is passing from
the dough state, will make better -four
and more of it then wheat hardened to
the last degree of ripeness.
Fences cost on most farms each year
moro than taxes, and they are becoming
more and more costly as material gets
scarce. The true policy is to take up
inferior fences 80 far as practicable.
Where there is no shade in the pas
ture or barnyards q few poles SO arranged
as brush or piece Of muslin, stretched,
will be found of great service as pro-
lection against extreme heat.
Stake up the tomato plants, and do
not allow the vines to fall on the ground.
The light and air should be allowed to
enter between the bows freely, and care
full watch should be kept for the large
green worm.
Do not leave too many squash vines
on one hill, as the squash is q rank
grower, and too many of them will not
thrive unless the soil upon which they
are sown is very fertile, the vines being
gross feeders.
June is good time for layering snow
balls. Bend branch from q shrub,
break it partly in two, and fssten the
bend securely to the ground with bent
wire; bring the earth well over il, and
water occasionally. It seldom fails to
root.
It is not good policy to dry hay to
brittleness before drawing it from the
for that causes waste in hand.
ling and reduces quality. Grass is well
cured when it will rattle slightly in the
and then is the time to store it.
While straw is not the best fodder, it
serves q very useful purpose in the econ
omy of the farm when fed to cattle in
with grain, and in seaaons
when fodder is scarce it may go long
way to relieve the demand for hay.
Use plenty of superphosphate and IN
beached wood ashes on the tomatoes,
peppers, lima beans, egg-plants and
melons, as they do not begin to grow
until the weather becomes warm, and
should be forced as much as possible,
sometimes watering being necessary.
Bee gloves that have become dirty or
with propolis can be easily
cleaned by soaking few days in strong
lye made from potash or wood ashes, or
BY soaking in water saturated with quick
lime. The propolis comes of without
after such soaking.
In the time of drought, when the sup
ply Of hay is greatly shortened, cattle
nay become ohesp in the fall, owing to
he increased cost of keeping them over
winter. It il advisable, under such cir
to sell early in order to get
he best prices before they begin to de-
line.
A correspondent of the Rssral Home
ays the striped bug finds its food by
he sense Of smell and anything which
viii disguise the odor Of the plants, viii,
applied in season, serve as protection.
He applies gypsum by sitting it over the
,lants before sunrise.
Do not allow the young peach trees to
,ear fruit until after the third year, and
hey will be benefited. Many growers
,egin to force the trees too early and
Illow them to fruit as soon as the trees
vill bear, but it is best to be patient and
get the tree in vigorous condition the
Inst two or three years.
KANSAS CHURCHES.