Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-19

tivated Hoe around them and keep the soil
loose
Don't pull your lettuce up, but cut them
off, as they will shoot up new sprouts and
give a continued supply.
Lima beans should be fastened to the |
poles with strings as soon as they begin To
run. They will then grow more rapidly
and permit of working the hills.
1t il waste of time to attempt to pre-
serve eggs unless they are known TO be
strictly fresh An egg that is over few
days old will not keep if packed in warm
wether.
Butter can be made cheaper now than
at any other season. Lesslabor isrequired
in caring for the cows, and the best yields
of milk and butter are when the cows are
on grass.
1t is CLAIMED that one pound of hnseed
meal is equal to ten pounds of hay. Beng
a cooked food it is easily digested, is safs
to use, and cheap compared with its value
as food.
Rake around the rose bushes and dahlias
and stir the ground. Dahliahs should be
well grown by this time. A shovelful OF
manure around the dahlias should be ap-
Piled if the plants are backward and ofslow
growth.
During very warm weather the pigs will
suffer if they have no fresh water and
shade. Some breeds of hogs. such as the
Yorkshire, have very teuder skins, and it
will benefit them to give them a good
washing occasionally.
Rose-bugs are destroying the roses this
season, and it is almost impossible to pre-
vent their ravages. The roses may be par
TALLY saved, however, by an application of
Persian insect powder. 1t should be used
as often as may be required.
If your apple trees are overloaded it will
pay to shake off portion of the young
fruit If hand picking of the extra fruit
is necessary it should be done. A crop of
apples of first quality will bring higher
price than larger crop of inferior ones.
If the grass is very rank around the house
the lawn mower should beused. BY keep
ing the grass short there will be fewer
snakes and other small reptiles harboring
therein. If the lawn mower will not cut it
use grass scythe first aud then apply the
lawn mower
If trees are devoid of fruit this season
they may bear better next year. A tree
does not usually bear full crop every sea-
sou. Keep out the grass and weeds and
apply twenty or thirty bushels of unleach-
ed wood ashes per acre to the orchard, and
result will be that a large crop will
be obtained when the trees bear again. If
the leaves fall off prematurely examine the
trees for insects
A liberal application of mixture of
equal portions of air -slaked lime and wood
ashes will often cause the ground to pro-
duce grass when other methods have fail
ed. 1t is difficult to secure stand of
grass under trees, as the trees take all the
nourishment OF the soil from the grass.
Lime and ashes will prove beneficial to
shade trees also, and as such fertilizers are
cheap they should be used more extensive
ly.
Mistakes in cultivation are made in not
doing the work at the proper time, which
increases the labor, and causes the work
to be repeated sooner than is necessary.
The best time to use the cultivator for the
purpose of destroying grass is when the
heat of the sun is high. If done before a
rain occurs some of the grass will. take root
and make new growth. Very young grass
may be cleaned out after a rain, but where
the growth is heavy the work can be
made more effective if done in dry
weather.
HINTS ON SHOEING.
Do not let horses shoes remain over
three to six weeks, dependent on the
amount of use and the toughness and growth
of the hoois. Each time after taking off
the shoes, if the road permits let him 90