Connecticut western news., 1886-09-15
If you receive trees or plants shipped

If you receive trees or plants shipped from distance, it is well to place the roots in water for from 12 to 24 hours before planting out.
 The feeding of any kind of breed- ing stock is calculated to impair fertility and that species of thriftiness which prompts to activity and the full working powers of all the vital organs.
 Fruit that cannot be sold may be dried, evaporated, made into cider for vinegar or jelly. In this manufactured form it can be kept as long as necessary and sold when fair price can be secured.
 The Rural Ne,o Yorker notes that where the ground is covered to depth sufficient to keep out frost, with some rich manure, aspara gus can be cut earlier than when it has to wait for the frost to thaw out of the ground.
 In buying pigs for breeding stock the best is the cheapest, though it cost a little more money. The reason why breeders justify themselves in saving runts is because some men are thought less enough to buy them at low price. Use the scales on the farm in order to more accurately keep an account of all sales and purchases, as we'll as the amount of food allowed. Every meal should be weighed, and the gain or loss of fcsl carefully observed.
 A contemporary says: "Dip soft wood posts, such as willow and poplar, into coal tar. and the wood is made to last il the ground equal to the best seasoned oak" Any person can satisfy himself O. he falacy of this by trying the expert. ment.
 Straw may be rendered more valuab,. by being cut in short lengths and mixed with chopped hay and grain. It will greatly assist in increasing the amount o1 coarse material, if so fed, and the prac' tice is much more economical than that of using it for bedding entirely. In order to guard against flies the stable should be thoroughly cleaned often. A sprinkling of the floors with g mixture of teaspoonful of carbolic acid and two gallons of water will disinfec, the stall, while the manure heap may also receive an application with advan- tage.
 Among the new and less known points on insecticides are the following: Mi1 pyrethrum with four or five parts of flour Gas lime water for the cabbage worm il made by rubbing the inside of casl with spoonful of gas lime and filling the cask with water. Burning straw ove, the strawberry plants for the tarnisl plant bug has proved quite successful The effectiveness of pyrethrum is in creased by the addition of alcohol.
 One kind of clover plant is as nearl, worthless as any weed that grows. Thi is the common sweet clover, whicf grows thriftily by the roadside on th' poorest land. It is great pity, for i starts early and grows luxuriantly. Ever when young and tender, cows will no cat it, nor will any other stock that W, know of. It is fair bee pasture, but no better than white clover or many othe plants good for other purposes.
 Never use coarse litter, as it pays t. cut it with d cutter, and the animals wil enjoy it better, while its fine quality will render it more capable of absorbing tn liquids. All bedding should be used a much for it's absorbent qualities as fo bedding purposes, and the labor of pass ing it through the cutter will more tha be repaid when it comes to the time tha the manure is to be hauled, as it vii then be fine and easier to handle.
 Apple trees are often starved in other ways than by neglect to manure. Tn apple borer leads to starvation oftene than poor soil. The supply of food i cut off by every move the oorer makes Get the borer out somehow, even If b, wire and jack-knife. If not soon don, they will quickly get themselves out, and after they have left be sure to keep then out. Paper put on in May and thel tarred with tar gas or printers ink will keep them out. One paper will last thre' years.