The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-03
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The white grub is whitish grub.
with six legs near the torepart OF tho
body. 1t feeds on the roots of roses
and eventually destroys the bushes.
Remove the earth around the roots
and kill the grub.
Tomato Marmalade Peel ripe
tomatoes, cut them in small pieces and
boil till well done; rub through
sieve and add one cup OF sugar Tor
each cup Of tomatoes; boil forty min
utes, then pour in small jars.
Make the hills for lima beans very
rich. Fine compost is the best ma
terial, but manure ia also excellent
The point is to use plenty Of it as the
pods fill out very slowly if there is a
deficiency OF available plant food in
the soil. ,I. eM.
Gardeners, as rule. are in favor
Of changing the seed of potatoes fire.
quentiy. Experience seems to have
proved the desirability Of this change.
and leaves little doubt but that planting
the same kind year after year on the
same soil tends to weaken the variety.
Ono of the most beautiful orna-
mental plants is the castor-oil bean
plant Its leaf is elegant, and Of a
deep green. the plant growing ter Or
fifteen feet high in a single season,
though it requires rich soil and a
large quantity of manure to be grown
to perfection.
"A good insect destroyer is said to
be liquid formed by boiling sixty.
three grains Of red American potash
and the same quantity each of flowers
of sulphur and soap, in one and three.
quarters pints OF water. Ifit requires
to be stronger the quantity of potash
and sulphur may be doubled. u
Chicken Balls. One cup OF finely
chopped chicken, two cups of cold
boiled potatoes, two cold onions, and
moisten with cold gravy so that it can
be nodded into balls in the hands
Roll in bolted meal and drop into a
skillet of hot fat until Drowned. A
wire basket or pail is the best, but
they can be dropped in like doughnuts.
A farmer must compound and use
the feed that he has at hand or is most
easily produced. A compound may be
made of bran, oats and rye, bran and
rye or bran and cornmeal, and these
compounds can often be made in such
a way as to cheaper the cost of feed
when all has to be bought on the
market. On the majority of farms
oats are grown only for the horses
and colts. The pigs should always be
thought OF as sharers in this important
muscle forming food.
In the garden. orchard, truck
patch and among the small fruits, one
of the most important items necessary
to secure the best results is thorough
cultivation, not only to keep down the
weeds, but also to loosen up and keel
the soil in good filth; and usually IL
proportion as this is given, the better
will be the results both as regards tn
quality and quantity. Each year tina
the weeds are kept from maturing
seed reduces the work ofkeeping cleal
the next Western Plowman.
The hay-rake may often be mad
to serve the purpose of tedder with
out injury to the leaves of the grass
The hay should be raked fairly green
left for few hours till wilted or near
, ly dry and then turned over with tn
\ rake, the operator holding to the leve
Mill the windrow has been inverted
IN extreme cases this operation ma
be repeated. Hay should be cured a
much az possible in the bunch; there
! fore it would appear to be better econ
omy to buy hay caps than tedders.