The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-10-04
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FARM NOTES.

LeeH o J,SlIam
son Scrlbner Formerly of Girard Col
!ege) at tho Experiment station at.
Knoxville, Tennessee. .sThe disease
first appears in numerous small PIN,
pies, each surrounded by a slight de-
preston, IN advanced stages the PIN.
pies and depressed borders occupy lie
come much shrunken. The skin is
broken over the point OF the pimples,
giving them u grayish color. Tho po-
tatoes gradually become reduced in
size, dried out OF shape, and finally are
very dry and lard. The cause Of the
disease was shown by microscopic ex-
animation to be tliread-worms or nema-
todes, Which were present in great
numbers, tho largest Of them being
about one-iiftieth OF an inch in length.
Nothing Is known Of the history Of this
parasitic potato-eel, SO that no remedial.
treatment a be suggested. Many OF
these parasitic ilelnatotes pass u period
OF their existence in the ground, SO that
1t IS probable that they were introduced
into tho University farm from infected
seed-fOr an infected tuler would he GER
tain to carry the worms to the new
crop, thus perpetuating the disease.
.CROws.-A. New England farmer
who found that the crows we're pulling
up his corn carried bundle newspapers
to tile field, opened and spread them
over the ground, putting q stone in the
middle Of each, and allowing the wind
TO sway them, making at times quite a
disturbances III the field. He found it
4 perfect protection. Another farmer
says that years ago lie made an,agree-
ment with the crows that If they would
not pull his corn lie would feed them.
So lie scattered " couple of quarts
about the field and the crows picked it
up, and while doing so picked up many
worms.
ASHES FOR observation-disclosures
having vineyards will be interested in
this item: President Phillips, of the
West Michigan horticultural Society.
says that for vineyards, al things con-
sislered, he regards unleaclled ashes, as
the best fertilizer known. A ton of
hardwood ashes contains 320'pounds Of
potash, worth SIG, and 1876 pounds Of
phosphoric acid (insolublo) worth So 5.
Omitting all other ash constituents,
Which have some value of themselves,
the POTASH and phosplloric acid Of q ton
or such ashes are worth $21.25, or sew
eral times rs much as a ton Of fresh
horse manure. Grape growers would
do well to note this.
OF INTEREST TO FARMERs.-It Is
stated in the 6arden ana Forest that
the green cabbage worm is discouraged
by the following treatment: Two
quarts OF coal tar are put into an open
vessel, which is set in tile bottom of a
barrel and the barrel is filled with
water. In forty-eight hours the water
IS impregnated with the odor Of the tar
although the tar is not dissolved in it.
The water is then sprinkled abundant
~ on the cabbage and the odor pene-
tratcs every portion of the head, killing
and driving away the worms. AS tile
water ~eyaporates no stain nor odor re-
mains on the cabbage. The same
quantity of coal tar can be made to i'm
pregnate several successive barrels of
water.
IFA GALE is at all dainty about it's
food do not keep 1t for q COW. No pedi-
gree can offset the disadvantage Of poor
appetite and poor digestion. Giving
the calf as great variety Of food as
possible is the best plan we know o. to
lpate AZ q htnlty HAter. Tic greater
li!0 variety tbe Mlore food can 10 eaten,
nhG 5lis,ijt continued, means increased
aiscStiNe lpWeis, on Whictt in any ani-
MA! nASn iiot eNcept4o, .utire useiuj-
iissS pl3i5t depano
the crane Is q Warn.country fruit,
and Sltou|N be set out WSpYe IL may be
exposed 10 The suninn tho day long.
litapes generally do quite wei! on TIE
castctiy or westerly SIDE 81 biildiDg,
but & s~ontherly exposure Is heltei. Tie
soil should be dry and warm, whether
1t be sand, gravel or clay. While, like
all other plants, the vine takes its food
in solution, it will flourish In a drier
soil than any other plant, and it will
never succeed where there is not good
drainage.
TIE best curculio preventive is to
plant Chickasaw plums through the Or
chard. Tho curculio lays its eggs in
the Chickasaw before other plums come
IN. The Cbickasaw plum trees become
practically, none Of their eggs eyer
hatch in the Chickasaw plum, not ono
in 5000, and those that do hatch never
grow to Il full grub, or reach the state
of u beetle.
a CORRESPONDENT Of the american
CNlticator IS inclined to think that there
Is too much liberty Of shooting in this
country. The bitter prejudice against
the game laws, which came in with tile
first settlers, still exists here, and tile
average American citizen would con
ceive it a hardship indeed II, with gun
in hand, he could not roam where lie
listeth and blaze away at anything wild
at his own sweet will.
AN ardent admirer Of the Holstein.
Friesians contends that experiments b,
Rlloda and others in Europe and
America have shown that the Holland
breed can produce milk ut much less
cost than other breeds kept in same
stable and on like food, and that
they not only vie successfully with tho
pure butter breeds, both i'll quality AMI
quantity, but they are probably bred
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