Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-07-21
FARM AND GARDEN.

and potatoes.
| The laying OF soft-shelled eggs
sometimes results from overlooking,
and sometimes lack of lime or shell
material.
The people of Hampshire SINCE the
oristles of their pigs instead of scald-
ling them, and in this lies the secret oil
the excellence of the Hampshire hams.
A remedy for the maggot which in.
tests cabbage is to make hole with q
dibble close to the stalk, insert ten
drops of bi-sulphate of carbon and
quickly close the hole.
Foot rot in sheep, distemper in
horses and cattle, cough in pigs, and a
score of other ailments, arise from
filthy barnyards in the spring. Pre-
vention is better than cure in these
cases.
The value of your horses three or
four years hence will depend greatly
upon the class of stations you have
bred to. The few dollars extra that
the service fee of good horse will
cost will bear good interest If properly
placed.
Professor E. N. Shelton considers
thirty loads of manure applied to one
acre about equal to forty spread over
twice as much surface, and bases the
idea on reasons similar to those EN-
ployed in proving large crops more
profitable than small ones.
See that the cows have dry place
to lie on. Their udders should not be
imbedded in and encrusted with filth.
If they are in the latter state, wash
them with warm water and wipe dry
with dry cloths. Then no dirt can
drip into the milk pail.
In the reports of several dairy farms
of Denmark in the vicinity of Copen-
hagen, it is stated that the yield of
each COW is regularly weighed and the
excellent average of 900 gallons per
cow is quite general. When a COW
falls below 750 gallons per annum she
is led off at once to the butcher.
The United States takes the lead in
the manufacture of agricultural imple-
ments and beats the world in labor
saving creations, which enables our
farmers to produce more per man than
elsewhere can be developed A num-
Der of thriving cities have been built
up almost exclusively by the makers
of farming implements, and these are
marketed in every civilized country of
the globe.
Melon seeds should not be planted
until the weather has become warm
and settled. Do not stint the quantity
of seed: place from sixteen to twenty
/ In hill, and when the plants come up
remove all but four of the most prom
Using. Watch the young plants as
soon as they begin to make their ap-
pearance, and if they appear troubled
by any insects dust them freely with
SCOT, ashes or tobacco dust when wet
with dew.
The cultivation of olives is one of
the undeveloped industries of Califor.
MIA There are but four orchards of
any extent in the State, but an excel
lent quality of oil is produced. Though
the olive tree does not bear till it is
from seven to ten years, the fact that
when it does begin TO bear it continues
for centuries and makes its cultivation
highly profitable from the time of
/ fruiting. Trees are in bearing to-day
in Syria which were planted before the
Christian era.
An Ohio farmer writes 10 the Coun-
/ try Gentleman that last year he raised
300, 900 cabbages, and kept the flea
hant1n xuo " at tho root nf n q; Jn1
lar. His method is to pour gallon of
spirits of turpentine into barrel of
land plaster, and when the plaster is
dampened all through, as it will be in
a few days, spread it broadcast over
the field. 1t is better than lime or
ashes, and may be applied when the
plants not wet with rain or dew. 1t is
also said that the mixture will keep
for several years without losing its
strength.
An old horscman has this to say
about the use of blinds on horses:-
Casually the use of blinds causes the
very evil it is intended to remedy
shying. The horse SHES because he
sees something imperfectly, or cannot
see at all an object which makes
noise, the nature of which he does not
understand. If he has not blinds to
interfere with his sight he will shy
less often. If you could not see on
eisher side, only straight ahead, you
would be tar more timid. If you have
a horse addicted to shying remove the
blinds and be kind to him for a few
days, until he has gained confidence
in himself and in you. This will
effect radical cure.
The prscticabllity of providing at
small expense reservoirs sufficient for
storing immense quantities of water is
shown by recent enterprise in Ne
vada By the construction of dam
across narrow canyon in Elko
County reservoir two thousand acres
in extent has been made, which when
filled to q depth OF but thirteen feet
contains $500, 10000 gallons of
water. Twenty eight miles of irrigat-
ing bitches have been made, and
enough water stored to supply 90, 600
acres with all that can possibly be
utilized. This serves to show that
there are an abundance of localities
where the construction of storage res
ervoirs is perfectly feasible at small
outlay, and that in this lies, in large
measure, the final solution of the water
difficulty.
Mathew Crawford of Ohio gives the
following method of making lawn:
After the ground is prepared as it
should be for sowing the seed or for
seeding, find the number of yards to
be cnyernd then nrnuidn ono sixfnnrih