Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-09-10
FARM AND GARDEN.


more sure TO stick 10 the nest
The Canadian Bee Keeper says hive
which has held foul brood may be dis
infected by invertng it over fire until
it is scorched inside.
Sprinkling eggs at or near the time
OF Matching does not weaken the shell,
but softens the membrane lining the
shell, thereby enabling the chick in
side to more easily break out of its
prison house.
Tennessee pays %, 900 00) to support
its dogs and $50, 900, 600 to educate its
children. Three dollars for dogs to
one for the children of the State. We
suppose it is in about the same ratio in
Arkansas; and may be little more so.
Arkansas Meteor.
An experienced horticulturist thus
describes his mode of planting fruit
trees He makes holes eighteen inches
deep and three feet in diameter, fills in
four inches of strong, short horse man
ure, then two or three inches of street
dirt, sets the trees and fills in with
earth.
The best gravel for road-making has
no stones larger than hens egg, and
is free from dirt, and has no more sand
among it than will barely fill the inter-
sticcs between the pebbles. Clean
gravel free from dirt and stones will
pack uniformly, make smooth road.
and last indefinitely
There is growing tendency in
France to give horses old rather than
new hay. The former is believed to
affect the skin and irritate the diges-
tive tubes. Too much hay certainly
produces indigestion, and in the coun-
try hay almost exclusively forms the
rations of the horse.
One thousand pounds of dry corn
cobs viii burn down to four and half
pounds of ash. and of this two and a
half pounds will be pure potash. The
fact that COWS often like corncobs may
be due to the potash they contain, and
which may serve to correct disordcred
digestion
The country Gentleman says that as
the peach crop has. in certain sections,
been again destroyed. it is good time
to prune the trees. especially where the
limbs are beginning to push to need
less length. The trees may be greatly
improved. without the fear of pruning
away a part of the crop.
The rule about feeding hens varies
with the breed. The Asiatic varieties
nre easily over-fed, especially with
corn. grow fat lay but few eggs, and
work off their fat only by sitting.
Leghorns and other nonstters can
scarcely be fed too much if given slow
ly, and so the hens are compelled TO
scratch for it.
For erect growing trees the head
should be formed at about three feet
from the ground; but spreading trees
should have the head five feet high.
A tree with low head is less likely to
be broken down by the wind. and the
branches will then be able to keep off
the scorching rays of the sun from the
trunks.
Mr. j. :. Woodward holds that no
man has Il moral, nor should be per-
mittcd Il legal right, to allow bis
orchard TO become nursery for can
ker worms and codling moths, to the
continuance of the species and the de-
struction of his neighbors' fruit. He
should be compelled to destroy the in
sccts or TO cut down the trees
A New Hampshire farmer has mark
ed success with blueberrics by trans
planting them from their native locali-
ties by cutting sods and setting in sod
/ ground. They do not succeed in cult
waited ground, but in an old worn out
pasture the transplanted sods will
spread, and when established give
twenty-five to fifty barrels of berries of
per acre.
Professor Cook says the following
mixture VIII not only vanquish the
apple tree louise, but keep off the
borers rs we'll Ii is to heat to the
boiling point one quart of soft soap in
iwo gallons of water, and while still
hot thoroughly stir into the mixture
one pint of crude carbolc acid He
thinks the best way to apply it is to
rub it on thoroughly with heavy
cloth, using the hands also during the
operation.
In Massachusetts, by better agricul-
/ tural methods the corn crop has been
so increased and improved that with
The present value of slower. they can
raise corn cheaper than it can BE- pur-
chased from the West. and at the
same time improve the fertility of
their lands for other purposes. Corn
fodder is now fed largely in the place
Of hay, the product of the grass lands