Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-29
FARM NOTES.

The early killed is the easily killed
wsed, and tbs weed that robs the crop
the least.
If you are careful to keep the burrows
straight you will do fae ter and the better
ploug hing.
diversity of crops distributes work,
receipts and expenses more evenly
through the year and through the years
The novice, who keeps a few bees, may
prevent increase by doubling up swarms,
as they issue, thus Strengthening the
weak, and increasing the honey crop.
Here is good cure for q bee sting:
Take equal parts of soda anG vinegar
end rub it on the place stung while the
stuff is fomenting. 1t will give RELIEF
Immediately.
In no other way can farmer SO radi
cally do the work of Nature to his advan-
tage as by using lyle; for underdrainage
both lengthens the seasons and deepens
the soil.
The annual honey product of America
is about 100000, 900 pounds, and its value
is nearly $15 000 600. The annual wax
product is about 100000 pounds and it's
value more than 500 600.
Poultry, if given half chance, can be
made to pay during this month by the
production of eggs. Cleanliness, variety
of food, busting boxes, gravel and lime
some form are essential.
Young cattle which have been wintered
at the straw stack are quite apt to be
lousy. This should be seen TO, and prop
or measures used to clean out the para
sites. Applications of lard and kerosene
oil will do very well.
Cows which are expected to come in
soon should have plenty of fodde., bran
roots aud such food but none of heat
Jag character. They should not be al
lowed to run on icy places, as a slip may
produce serious consequences.
Fresh earth i'll the hennery for scratch
ing and busting is indispensable. 1t will
cleanse the feathers and skin of impuri-
ties, effete matter and lice. 1t should not
be overlooked; fresh once every three
days ia sutfi cient.
The smaller the field the more fence re
quired and the more land taken from
cultivation. The more oblong the field,
the more fence required 20 inclose q
gwen area; conversely, the nearer
so uare is the field the less fence is re-
CURED.
If young trees, in spite of all the pro-
lection that has been given them through
the winter, have been barkeG by rabbits
Or mice repair the damages as soon as
discovered. Where the injury is slight
mere earthing up with a mound of soil
that will not dry out will often suffice.
| If the wound is very extended, new tree
| Is the best remedy. If trees are still to
| be planted, order them at once, and when
fhas we'd hE al than
| their roots with soil in a trench from
which they may be planted at leisure.
| Peach orchardists find this a critical
| time, as an unusually severe frost when
| the buds are we'll developed brings de-
| struction to the crop in whole or part.
| We have called TO our peach growers at
] tention the method of the European vine
/ yardists, in keeping off the frosts by
making z smoke in their vineyards.
| Preparations are made beforehand -
materials for a fire and damp straw or
| other litter with which to make a smudge.
Frosts do rot come long before daylight
and the watchers give timely warning that
the protecting cloud of smoke may be
| spread. Ii any of the American peach
| growers have tried this method, We nope
| they will report the suts.-American
Agricnlturist.
The merry chinch bag is subject to e
fatal epidemic about which ne interes
ing facts are given by G. p. Gillette of
| the Iowa Agricultural College experiment
station. After referring to the compare
lively recent date at which it became
known that chInch bugs were subject to
disease. Mr.. Gillette refers briefly to Dr.
Shimner's observations on an epidemic
i'll 1861 which carried off the bugs so
| completely that it was impossible to fiud
specimens for his collection the year fol-
lowing. Then came the observations of
Prof. Forbes on a similar epidemic in
Illinois in 1888. This was truly a CON
tagious disease, and is conducted from
bug to bug by microscopic germs, as
small pox or yellow fever is conducted
from man to man. These bugs are proba-
bly, the only reports on chinch bug dis
eases before the present season.