Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
FARM NOTES

FARM NOTES
Encourage tOada In your hot-bed and
garden. They viii destroy more their
weight In insect pests.
Dust melon vines with Paris green or
( London purple to keep OF the bug. Dust
with one part Of the powder to twenty
/ five parts of -four.
/ Sweet melons are a favorite Mexican
dainty, They are the shape, color and
/ size Of the melons Of commerce, but are
/ sweeter than the banana.
Watch for the currant worm, and as
soon as the leaves appear ragged apply
/ white hellebore-a tablespoonful to the
} pail Of water-by means Of a syringe.
/ Repeat In about week.
A well-lmown hortcultUrist, Ia rela-
ton to trapping certain moths, advises
| as follows: Take shallow pans or sau-
GERS and place some strong apple vine
| gar In them and fasten among the
/ branches Of the trees. The OdOr Of the
vinegar attracts the moths and they are
caught and drowned at the same time. 4"
The trees can be protected from field
mice by banking the trees up loot or
so with soil, and bOrers and rabbits can
be kept away by wrapping the trunks
for a foot above this with tarred paper
The best ground for a peach orchard
is a light, sandy soil that has been
planted several years with general crops.
Do not plant on ground rich enough to
produce OniOnss peas, spinach or lettuce,
for the trees viii be liable to make a late
autumnal growth, and. produce unuPe
wood that VIII be Winter-hlled
Profitable Bookkeeping greatly depends
upon a gathering up of the fragments,
that nothing be lost. Fragments of time
can be used in caring for bees, fragments
of lumber IN making hives and frames,
fragments of comb for wax, and every
drop of honey is useful, even though
mixed with dirt, 1t can be fed to needy
colonies.
The hogs should have undisputed
sway in the orchard during the fruit
season, and they viii eat up all the fallen
and wOrmy apples, and hunt out many
of the grubs, etc, which are injurious to
the trees. In this way they destroy
many of the enemies Of sound fruit and
sound trees, and in other ways greatly
benefit the orchard.
was at all times accessible to callers
Though fond Of company, he was rarely
seen in society" The empty chatter Of
drawing rooms had no attractions for
him. With a few cOngenial spirits, how
ever, he knew how to exchange the small
talk Of the hour and play the agreeable
host.
Tv- ov,. oe Az, -r-7rs,5- F-Ss,,7- r avn,
told a story which has not appeared in
print yet, I believe. It is, I think, char
acteristic Of him, and shows that he was
not entirely deficient In humor A con
idence men, thinking no doubt that the
bulky form Of the justice would make
him an easy PseY to his Wiles, stepped
up to him in the Metropolitan bank one
day while Mr. Davis was dep0siting a
large amount OF money in bills. 1t was
an attempt at the old trick of dropping a
bill, drawing the Yictim's attention to it,
In the hope of diverting his watchfullness
from the bigger pile Of notes about to be
deposited by him, and make away them
at the 9ppOrtune moment. The scamp
dropped his So note on the floor, nUdged
the justice IN the side with his elbow,
and whispered: you've dropped some
thing" "Au right" quietly remarked
Mr.. Davis, who knew a thing or two
about the gentry to which his ohicious
friend belonged 'Tu take care Of it,
With that he planted his ponderous foot
and whole weight on the note while he
banded in his deposit. That done, he
leisurely asked the confidence man to
pick the note up for him. The latter
could not but grant the request. 1t was
with a twinkle Of his eye that it disappear
ed in Judge Davis pocket, to find its
way on the following day into the treas
ury Of some charitable institution.