The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-03
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HOUSE AND FARM NOTES.


Agriculturist, that everything should go
to market as coon as it is ready to ship.
A man may be dirty while about dirty
work, but no longer. The dirty work
done, he must return to cleanliness. Try
washing the whole body and dressing
in clean, dry clothes, and see how much
you will be rested and invigorated.
Give the stables thorough cleaning
out. Not only shovel and scrspe them
out, but wash them and whitewash them.
Fumigation with sulphur will be a most
excellent thing. Then when the stables
are thoroughly cleansed, throw open the
doors and windows SO as to give free
circulation to the air and admission of
light.
Men who can do nothing else can feed
and milk COWS and haul the milk to the
railroad station; but as railroads multi
ply, these producers Of milk also multi
ply, until now we hear of starvation
prices for milk. With butter making in
addition to producing the raw material,
the dairyman becomes manufacturer;
the possibilities are all open to him of
reaching the highest standards and reap
ing the largest profits.
Mr.. I. X. Felch tells the readers of
Our Country Home that one of the chief
causes of chickens dying in the shell be-
tween the tenth and nineteenth day of
incubation is the lack of sulphur in the
eggs, which are laid in winter and before
the hens have the freedom of the open
yards.
The grass trade of Chicago during 1886
amounted to 68000,000 bushels.
Now is the time to thin the needless
growth and foliage of grapes and rasp-
berries.
The season in the dairy districts of
New York is two or three weeks earlier
than usual.
SaUeet Potato Culture.-From the lat
ter part of May to July 4, the rooted
sweet potato sprouts should be trans
planted to the field or garden. Break
the land thoroughly, but not unneces-
sarily deep; low, level and damp lands
will not do; high, dry, mellow or loamy
soils are BEST and the fresher the better.
Lay off rows three and half to four feet
apart, and in the Sc burrows apply 200 to
400 pounds of ammoniated superpos-
phate containing potash, per acre. II
homemade manure is used, be sure that
it is old and thoroughly decomposed, and
If possible mix some ashes and acid
phosphate with it. Cover this furrow by
running on each side OF it with a one
horse turn pillow, thus making narrow
ridge, on which plant the slips eighteen
inches apart; keep clean of weeds and
grass until the vines begin to run freely,
then hill up and lay by. It is well not to
permit the vines to take root between the
rows, as this will diminish the crop.
Loosen up the vines occasionally. A fork
hoe is good for the purpose. Just before
or soon after the frost in the fall dig the
potatoes and store away in dry, warm
place for winter. american Agricult-
artist
] Stir the Soil-Many make the mistake
after having planted their fields or gar
dens OF taking very poor care of the grow
ing crop. The crops that should be hoed
or weeded frequently, or both, are often
SO neglected that poor results are OBJ
tanned at harvest time. So during dry
spell, instead of stirring the soil often,
such persons leave it unstirred. Some
crops are more benefited than others by
frequent STRINGS; but there is no doubt
that all, or certainly all that can be SO
treated, would do very much better for
increased attention. In some cases it is
we'll to run the cultiyator or horse-hoe, if
nothing more can be done. We have OBJ.
served that the best crops are secured
where great attention is given to keeping
the ground we'll stirred about the grow
ing plants. Congregationalist
Sef-dcting ScarecroaU.- keep crows
from pulling corn take small steel trap,
three eggs and three pieces of board
about eight inches wide and fifteen
inches long. Place two of the boards on
edge against the corn6eld fence and
cover with the other one; making hens
nest in the back end of the box thus
formed, and put one egg IN the nest. Set
the trap in the opening in front and
cover it with dried grass. Place one egg
on the ground near by and the third egg
on the top of the fence. All of the eggs
must be so arranged that when the crow
takes the one on the fence he can see the
one on the ground, and when he takes the
latter he can see the one in the nest. You
will be almost certain to catch the first
crow that flies over; but for a season or
| two you cannot catch another one within
half mile of that spot. When entrapped
the crow will make great cutlery, bring
ing hundreds of crows to the spot. For
a whole season after they will give that
field wide berth as dangerous ground"
-Nea0 York Tribune.
Pumpkins Among Corn. = The old
practice of growing pumpkins among
corn has been growing unpopular for
some years with farmers who desire to
give their corn thorough cultivation. 1t
is, in short, deemed better to grow the
pumpkins by themselves. A difference
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