Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-09-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

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Tar ought not to be used In marking
sheep. 1t dries into hard lump, which
must be cut of by hand before the wool
is manufactured.
Tuberculosis Is now admitted to be
communicated through milk, and so is
milk sickness. Other species of bacillus
have been detected in milk under the
microscope.
Honey of different grades should be
kept separate. An inferior article put
in with the best will set lower price on
the whole. At the close of each season
of bloom grade the whole product.
Public water.troughs, it is claimed are
places at which infectious diseases are
spread; hence the water should always
be flowing in them instead of turning 1t
on only when wanted.
Deep tillage of heavy lands is one Of
the surest safeguards against drought,
tor it continues provision for storing
moisture in the place where it is most
readily available for the support Of
plants.
:. 1t Is said that the milk Of the COW Is
the richest and most nutritious OF all lac
teal secretions, containing 30 per cent.
more of solid constituents. such as but
ter, eheesy matter, sugar, etc., than that
from the cows.
Bees do not work US well i'm hive ex-
posed to the sun. In midday, when very
hot, all work on the inside, such as
comb. building and storing honey-has
to he suspended. Sometimes combs
melt down, and the brood dies in the
heat of the sun.
A good animal should be = heavy
feeder. 1t has often been considered an
advantage that all animal eat hut little,
but just the opposite should be desired.
1t takes liberal supply Of food and a
good appetite to derive the greatest
amount Of product.
REMEDIES FOR THE APPLE WORM.-As
q large share Of the fruit, with the worm
still within it, falls to the ground, the
picking up of these windfall and feed
ing or otherwise destroying them, or al
lowing them to be gathered by swine,
will naturally suggest itself as an eff
cient method. Manufacturers of vine
gar find 1t profitable to pick up and
press all windfalls; they yield ajuice
which will make vinegar. The fact that
mature worms search for crevices In the
bark of the trunk, in which to spin and
undergo their transformations, has sug-
gested providing them with artificial
shelter for this purpose. Pieces of old
carpet, or other wooden fabric, about
five inches wide, and long enough to go
around the trunk and lay, are fastened
with atout tack. These bands should
be applied the last week in June and
examined the first week i'm July, and
every ten days thereafter. Any worms
on cocoons that may be found under
them can be killed by running the bands
through clothes wringer, or by crush
ing them otherwise.
Within few years the Western or
chardists have treated the apple-worm
upon the principle Of "nipping in the
bud" AS soon as the young fruit is set,
the tree is sprayed with mixture or
sprinkling engine, in the hope that a
drop of the poisoned water will lodge in
the eyes of the young apples. The newly
Matched ap2le-worm, in eating its way
iuto the interior Of the young apple,
will be so effectively poisoned that it
must give up its task. Should the small
amount of Paris green remain upon the
fruit it would be too minute to be
harmful, but the subsequent rains thor
oughly wash it away, so that there can
be not the least danger in using the poi
sou in this manner. The chief remedies
used in England are barries, to prevent
the worms from ascending the trees to
spin. Heavy paper is fastened around
the trunks and smeared with tar; this
and other means are employed as pre-
atives.-American Ag,icuhuist.
How TO GREASE AN AxLE.-A paper
devoted to coach making industry tells
how to grease an axle. A well-made
wheel will endure constant wear from
ten to twenty five years, if care is taken
10 use the right kind and amount of
grease; but if this matter is not attend
ed 10 it will be used up I'm five or six
years. Lard should never be used on a
wagon, for it will penetrate the hub,
and work Its way out around the lemons
of the spokes, thus spelling the wheel.
1allow is the best lubricator for wooden
axle trees, and castor oil for iron hubs,
but many Of the patent axle grsases are
also excellent, and have the merit of
being cheaper and more convenient to
handle. Just grease enough should be
applied to the spindle Of wagon to give
1t slight coating. This is better than
more, for the surplus put on will work
out at the ends, and be forced by the
shoulder bands and nut washer into the
hub around the outside Of the boxes
TO oil an iron axle-tree first wipe the
spindle clean with cloth wet with
spirits of turpehtine, and then apply a
few drops of castor oil near the shoulder
and end. One teaspoonful is sufficien
for the whole.
81 would like to know very much, re-
marked Nose Schaumberg to Gilhooly,