Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-06-28
1rHE CITIZEN
Farm and Garden.
THE SEASON FOR INSECT PESTS.

at once The simplest and perhaps, onthe
whole, the best way of getting rid OF them
is to brush off the nests from the trees as
fast as they appear, with long-handled,
conical- shaped brush. Early morning or
evening is the time when the entire family
NAV be found at home, so that is the best
time to destroy the nest.
The codling worm, which intests frult
trees throughout the land, should be look
ed after at once There are many ways oil
getting rid of the pests, but none is bellev-
cd to be better than spraying the tress fire.
quently with a solution of Paris green
of the fly species, the Country Gentle
man says the horse-fy is the most cruel
and bloodthirsty of the entire family. He
ia armed with most formidable weapon,
which consists of four lancets, SO sharp
and strong that they will penetrate leather.
When not in use they are nicely folded
away in sucker. He makes his appear
ance in June, and may often be seen IN the
vicinity of small streams of water. He Is
said to subsist in part upon an airy diet,
and to pass..his life harmlessly. Not so the
female, for she is armed with six lancets,
with which she bleeds both cattle and
horses, and even human beings. She lays
her eggs in moist places, and, after they
are hatched into footless maggots, they
make all necessary journeys by stretching
and closing the segments of their bodies
their heads being supplied by two hooks,
by which they get their food. In process
of time this maggot goes down into moist
earth, where it reposes for some weeks,
after which it bursts the pupa case, and
comes forth a larg black fly, armed and
equipped like its predecessors.
Finely sifted coal ashes are excellent for
providing dust baths for poultry.
Sharpen up the implements and get every
thing in readiness for the wheat harvest.
When the flies are very numerous IN
the stable it indicates that it requires
cleaning.
Keep the soil around your pear trees
clean the first year, and give an application
of wood ashes occasionally.
Warm water will not answer for the
cows on a warm day. Shade is also
for stock in the summer
season.
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even in the summer Do not turn the hen
and her brood out until the sun is well
up
Hens will become lousy now ifnot provid-
ID with dust baths and the hen-houses kept
clean. Lice propagate very rapidly in
warm weather.
Keep the soil around the cabbage plants
frequently stirred and they will grow
faster. Weeds and grass must not be al
owed among cabbages.
Sell the young geese in preference to the
I'D ones. Old geese make the best breed
,rs, are more careful with their young
nd give larger supply of feathers when
Tucked.
A solution of gill of carbolic acid in
ucket of water, sprinkled over the floors
nd yards of pig-pens will assist in prevent
ng bad odors and lessen the number of
lies.
Water the young celery plants with a
olution of pound of saltpetre in twenty
.allons of water. Thin them out if too
hick, and use only the strong and stocky
'lants.
1t is not too late to set out more sweet
'otato plants. AS the ground is still damp
hey will get a good start and grow rapid
Y. They love plenty of sunshine and
The black berry is persistent weed and
nuisance if allowed to secure stand on
piece of ground where it is not wanted.
very piece of root that is cut off makes a
cw plant
Keep the burdocks down. They delight |
J plenty of food, and plant of burjock
Till rob the soil for yards around its base.
Is fast as they show their shoots above
round they should be chopped off.
Because the grass can be procured by the
ows now is no reason for omitting any |
ortion of the food at the barn. The COW |
J producer, and the better she is fed the
arger her yield Of milk and butter.
4 A dead limb on tree should never be |
liowed to remain. The sooner the limbs |
nd branches that show signs of decay are
ut off the better. The tree will thrive |
etter, and the new wood on the otherpor-
ions of the tree make more growth
Now that it has been demonstrated, con-
rary to what was at first believed, that |
Acking is q complete protection against
rape rot, the blue vitriol mixture, recon-
,endcd by the U. s. Department of Agri-
ulture, should have fair trial this season.
Tot that it would be advisable to omit the
acking, but before putting on the sacks
here should be one or two applications of
10 mixture. Circular No. Q: Treatment
Black Rot" containing full directions,
an be had by addressing postal catd to
Ion. Jeremiah n. Rusk, Secretary of
.sriculture, Washington, d. c.
ROTATION OF CROPS.
No system of farming is said to be com
lete that does not include grass as one OF
10 crops in rotation. Green grass makes
lore beef, more mix, more wool, and
rcater growth of young stock than any
ther food that is allowed, in proportion to
ost, as it is most plentiful at season of
le year when the demand of the animals
'r supplying warmth and repair of waste
at its lowest degree, and also because
10 animals harvest it themselves by graz
lg. 1t is the grazing of the grass by the
nimals that reduces the cost, compared |
'ith grain or hay, that adds to its value,
nd for this reason the farmer can afford to |
row grass for his stock alone. But grass
erforms another function. 1t adds to the
srtihty of the soil. A crop of clover sends
s roots deep down into the subsoil and |