Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-02-26
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
The money expended on roads, IL
properly applied, will save -sr and de-
ur.ciation Of wagons. A.sny good
horses are annually killed or fOundered
by bad roads. y road cannot be made
too good for travel
ALFALFA will grow in Penna-, and
in New Jersey. IL is better feeding
crop than red clover, can be cut often,
and. once established, remains for
years, IS deep rjOts protecting il
against drought
KFRosESE applications to the skin
OF animals, as remedies for lice and skin
ailments. Is too severe. One gill Of
Kerosene added to a quart Of cotton
,eeI ell IS Letter
THE theory that when trees are graf
tel on whole roots they will lie harder
than when grated on. the young stock
Is aimed to be erroneous and u delu-
sim.
WHILE II IS not desirable to SOW
seeds iu the ground until all danger Of
cold weather has passed, yet the favor
abe season permits OF the preparation
Of the ground for garden, plowing for
corn, and performing ether work usually
done ia the spring. Advantage should
how be taken Of such opportunities.
ONE Of the best locations for a gar
dan is 10 turn under clover sOdi now
apply thirty bushels OF air-slacked lime
per acre (Or proportionatelyl and the n
-Ftf.. f.f a IN
ground must he well narrowed ami
made fine before planting the seed,
However.
y NOVEL method of striking TO e
-utt ugs is said 10 be much In use with
EurOpcOu growers. y ten-inch cut
ting IS bent Iu the form Of bow and
both ends inserted in o the rth. SO
that only rart Of the centre with the
bud Is above tile ground. This arrau-
cement stops the evaporation from the
top end. while the lower end is forming
-oUts.
WE know farmer who bought
stockcrs last fall at Sl2j per cwt. Now
with e price OF fat hogs at $3.50 per
gwt, he feels that he will not realize p
cents per bushels for his corn. THIS
lot of hogs have Eal no shelter or fred
ing door. This man Las numerous fol-
lowers as company aud sympJthizers in
his line Of Investment and feed NJ.
ASSOCIATIONS formed for selling the
fruit Of certain sections shOu q aim 10
extend the markets instead of shipping
tie bulk Of tie p.oduce 10 the Ia ge
citirs only. There are a great many
smaller cities and towns that are never
FULLY supplied with choice fruit. and
there Is often a demand which il is
difficult to supply except by direc' ship
ueut % the points instead OF through
nther channels.
THOSE who make speciality Of grow |
ing early potatoes claim that It is better I
90 hIud-pjck the beetles when they first |
appear. instead Of dustiug the young |
leaves with plaster and paris green, "A /
process which should lie deferred until /
the necessity ar ses for 50 doing. BY /
going over the plants daily. the beetles .
WI not lave an opportunity Of laying /
many eggs.
THE rot and mIldew in grapes can lie
kept n check by the use OF the Bordeaux
mixture, as las been demonstrated dur
Iug the last season. The application
must lie made Is soon as The buds swell
To make the mixture sake four pounds /
o. lime With sufficient boiling water for
the purpose, and when cold slowly add /
Is Irriug the whilel twenty-five gallons
u cold water in which SIX pounds of /
81 phlue Of copper (bluestonel has been
previously iii solved.
IT is suggested that laws lie enacted
70 compcl farmers and fruit-growers To
spray tLeir trees with Insecticides in /
order To prevent fruit diseas 5. The
bVe-keepeis, however, are organized 10 I
resist the hight oT frut-gt over to
spray hi, trees, evJ n IL he so des res, as
the poison DESTROYS { Q b. es, They /
claim that the farmer has no right 10
pltre poison where it will damage the
's,Cc.>' of oilers, and That b, o. II.
producing stock"
ALL 'erti,lzerS for vines should lie /
spread around tie base over "A wide sur
face. As a rule the vine that makes |
rapid growth ut the y AM spreads /
over a large surfIce makes large roo |
growth alSn. Ii the te tilIZer is spread /
close TO tie stem the small rootlets do 1
not have am opportunity to appropriate |
It, As Z. e roots rea, n out they will |
secure all the nutrition that Is within |
their reach.
COOKED food, when allowed to be |
come cold, Will sour If not used within |
a day or two. some claim tIat such |
10 ,d IS better for EOgS. but oth, r. are IF |
the impre- sion tina it leads TO disea,e. |
II the food LEFT over IS To be fed, II will |
be better 70 heat it again, adding a tab |
l,spOOniul ], of bica Donate Of soda 10 |
four gallons Of the slop. The soda W n |
ueutra.Ize the dci 2, and the heating Will
destroy fermentation.
Color OF FARM BUILDINGS In |
discussing this subject u writer argues |
that neutral tint is far preferable. To |
positive color, as white, red or bright |
yellow. lie thinks white Is sptci tlIy |
object enable ON several accounts. Il |
Is too ElJrlug, AMI not in harmony with |
trees aud surrounding natural culurs |
Land d-CJpe gardeners always discourage !
tie u e of white. 4 quiet drab or I
gray, matches best with the surround /
Iugs of buildings. White does not |
hold it, purity long. Pure white lead IS /