Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14

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H. hoes arc ayerse to you it is difhcul'
70 succeed with them. There are per,
sons who cannot 60 near them wi'nou'
being attacked.
Exneriences teaches that the earlier IN
an animals age full feeding is resorteu
N the better il is, both for its vigorous
health and rapid growth. Thus WI
the best returns be secured. whether tne
animal is intended for early sale or rais
ing.
Honey or sugar should always be given
to the bees on the inside of the hive 70
nreyent robbing. A good feeder is MADE
by taking a shallow dish and placing
within it plenty of little floats Of wood
TO prevent the bees from being drowned
in the liquid.
In setting posts farmer states tina,
where great solidity is required gravel
and small stones should be thrown In the
hole after the posts are in position. ana
lime and sand mortar poured in on the
stones, which protects the posts as well
as keeps them firm.
Paint costs little, but agricultural i'm
elements are expensive. by coating the
one with the other every season great
saving is made, for agricultural nipple
ments may be used many years Longer
than is usual by the judicious and timely
application Of paint.
Potato growers should go over the 6el
with common harrow, running length
wise of the rows, just before the plant
push their noses through, and thus dc
stroy all the weeds; afterward cultivat
fat through the season, using only th
common cultivator.
A dairyman near Nashville states tina
one of his Jersey cows gives milk SO ricl
that it is nearly all cream, and that if tn
cream is allowed to stand twelve hour
the butter can be produced by workin.
the cream with knife Phenomenal, i
true.
Make good use of the smoothing har
row in the corn and other cultivated
fields. No tool in use will kill so many
weeds as this. if used at the right time.
It will keep down the weeds and keep
the surface mellow, the two prime ne
cessities in the culture Of any crop.
One-half the difficulties in making good
butter is in the care of the milk and not
IN the mode or churning. From the time
The milk is drawn from the COW until the
cream is ready to be used, the strictest
care should be exercised In keeping it
clean and free from exposure to odors.
Horses hard at work need water fire.
luently. If handful of oatmeal is
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two swallows given two or three
times between morning and noon, or
noon and night, it will stimulate them to
renewed exertions and keep them fresh
all day. This sort of Emulation has no
bad after effects, as docs that which men
often take in the harvest fell. The work
Of harvesting with self binders is now as
severe Tor teams as eating grain was in
the old times for men when done by hand
labor, and it is time when grain feed
for horses has been mostly used up. With
the labor thus thrown on the teams they
need proportionate good care.
Where land is sour this effect is always
caused by stagnant water, the getting
rid of which is the only cure. 1t is i'm
, possible to put on lime in quantity suf
ficient to sweeten the soil where waite
and decaying vegetable matter are con
stantly creating fresh acidity. Will
good cultivation lime or potash MAY
make such soil productive for a single
season, though opening the soil to admit
air, and thus dry it, will do much more
to sweeten it than any alkaline fertilizers
that can b. applied. In most cases soul
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from now until winter will be productive
for any crop that can now be planted on
it. This fertility is, however, only ar
aggravation, as it shows how much bettel
uses the land might be put to if drained
so that it could be worked early in the
season.
! p. M. Augur advises for mature bear
ing cherry trees liberal dressing of somt
special complete manure every year
Young trees should have only moderate
shallow culture, with good mulch, the
culture to be omitted as soon as the trees
are established. He protects the trunks
of young trees with strips of old cloth
tied from the head to the base the first
two seasons. When attacked by aphis
the trees should be sprayed with kero-
sene emulsion. If blank, gummy spots
appear on either trunk or branches, it il
advised to apply to the affected parts I
bandaged poultice composed Olive part.
of fresh COW manure and one part of iloul
OF sulphur, thoroughly mixed. As a pre-
ventive to disease, Mr.. Augur washc,
trunk and main branches of his trees in
spring with the following mixture: A
pail of common white or lime wash, one
pint OF soft soap and one pound of sui.
phur.
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