The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20
FARM NOTES.

\ the pasture on hot nights.
As soon as the raspberries and black
berries are gathered cut away the old
| canes.
Prof Tracy says that if cucumbers are
! planted in drills, the loss from bugs will
! not be felt.
The ends of Lima bean vines should
be pinched off when they reach the top
of the poles.
As soon as the ears have been taken
| from the sweet corn cut up the stalks
/ and cure for the cow to eat in winter.
Beets, carrots, parsnips and other
! root crops shonld be hoed or cultivated
until the growth of the leaves prevents.
Harness gals, sores of all kinds, by
bites, ETC., we find are best treated
with carbolic soap (sheep dip used as a
salve.
Melons often set more fruit than will
ripen. Cut off the surplus. Melons
ripen more evenly if turned over every
few days.
| If any vegetables are sent to market,
wash, trim and bunch neatly they will
bring a much better price than if sent
loose and in poor order.
1t seems very strange indeed that so
many people still persist in using the
old-fashioned dash churn, when there
are 90 many improved kinds
Onions, as soon as the tops fall over
should be harvested. Pull and allow
them to cure for few days in the sun,
and store in cool, dry place. --.
Cucumbers for pickles should be
watched every day, and all those of a
suitable size be gathered. Cut away all
that have grown too large, unless
wanted for seed.
Fine specimens of fruit 30 exhibit at
fairs may be obtained by severe thin
ming, giving one specimen all the nour-
ishment that would have gone to half
dozen or more.
The fruits of egg-plants are so heavy
that they will rest upon the ground and
decay wisp oe straw, or a shingIe or
other board, placed under the fruit will
prevent this.
Celery plants may yet be set out in
well manured bed, or on ground man
ured for an earlier crop. Mark out
rows three feet apart and set the plants
six inches apart in the rows.
A man owning farm bas no business
working out, for his work at home is of
mere value to him than the pay which
he will receive for his work and if he
works out, his own work must be
neglected.
Gates:areifar cheaper, ALT hings con-
sidered, than bars. In the busy season
much valuable time is lost in taking
down and putting up bars, to say moth
ing of patien e exhausted by the opera
tion, especially if one is in a hurry.
Early potatoes, when dug, should not
be exposed to the sun it may be well
to try exposing those intended for seed
for few days, until they become thor
oughly greened, and store carefully un-
til planting time, being careful not to
break the sprouts in handling them.
Insects must not now be neglected.
Tack strips of old carpet OF other coarse
fabric around the trunk of apple trees :
remove every week or ten DAYS and
crush the ''apple worm - larva of the
codling moth, that has taken shelter
under them. Pick up all windfalls. or
allow swine to do it.
TurUins will q o-ol
the first week in August; even Sweedes
do well on light, rich land, and the
small roots, as big as a pint cup, are
more marketable than bigger ones
After the rains soften the sWard we
may plow for wheat, and in some sec
tions the practice of early seeding to
grass, without the Intervention of a
grain clop, is successfully followed.
Young horses frequently recover
quickly from ringbone, while old ones
are sometimes treated without effect.
The proper course consists of rest and
cooling applications until the in
dammation is subdued then apply a
blister, such as 20 grains each of corro-
sive sublimate and camphor, 10 drops of
hydrochlor!c acid and l ounce of tur-
pentine watch the blister and wash off
when the effect is sufficient.
GuanO water, says the RuraL Mem
Yorker. is hated by mealy bugs. red
spiders, and by thrips, when applied to
house plants. The plants assume an
increased thrift, and the insects chose
other localities. The old proportion of
a tablespoonful of guano to gallon of
water is applied in the following way.
Iut IN the guano, stir well and leave
the liquid day or two to settle then
pour OIL the liquid, leaving carefully
the sediment. 1t will be safe to add as
much more water.
Early blowing is a great advantage to
land intended for winter grain, espec-
ially if weedy or somewhat stiff re-
peated working mellows the soil, makes
sure OF good catch of grass seed and
defends against winter killing. In case
the season is dry-and it generally is
over great part of the country-no
more favorable time can be selected for
digging drains with view to improv-
ing swamps. If the actual reclaimipq
cannot now be pushed, the land NAV
easily be dried, so that it can be grubbed
and further ditched during the autumn
and winter.
Early apples of SNOWY kinds should be
carefully selected and sent to market in
neat packages. Half barrels, lined