Mower County transcript., 1890-07-09
sun,p1NG CRATE poR HOGS.

jack-plane. The crate is put together
with wire nails. For the sides and tops
use 11x4 in. x4feet, II pieces, and equal
ly divide the space. The bottom is in
one piece inch thick, 1s inches wide
and feet long, less inoh. Front end
contains ono piece 11x10x1s inches, and
two ]Sx4x1S inches. each. The roar or
door end has two pieces ]1x2Hx1s
inches for inside cross strips top and
bottom, and two outside top and
bottom strips kx4x1s inches, with two
upright strips hx214x2s inches for each
side OF the movable door, and to which
are fastened the side strips. The door
is }1xsx2S inches, and is held firmly to
place by a wire nail driven partially in
at top end. The corner posts in front
end are 1x2x2S inches, and on the inside
of them is fastened board AxSx1S
inches, WI hich forms with the. outside
board feed space of 2 inches in width
in front end of crate. The board on the
inside comes within an inch Of the bot
tom, whore q trough Is made by tacking
in piece of board }Sx4x18 inches, at .
slant Of about the same degree as shown
by one side of the letter v. When
ready to ship place crate in the wagon
and back up to the driveway door In
the hog-house, which is on a level with
the wagon bed, and you can load or
crate the hogs with ease; then put feed
in the box at end of crate, and it will
drop down as it is eaten from the
trough, thus affording plenty OF food for
the hog until the end of his journey.
Water can be given in the trough at in
tervals by those having the animal in
charge. In this crate: bedded with
straw, the hog reaches its destination
O. K.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Kerosene Emulsion on Greenhouse Plants,
The aphis can be kept down by
fumigation, or thu application Of
sulpho- tobacco soap, and the red spider
can be con trolled or routed, especially
in the greenhouse, where water can be
used in any desired quantity, by the
persistent use of it all over the plants,
and the places where it breeds. But the
mealy-bug and the scale succumb to
neither of these applications. l have
used fir-tree oil with good success, says
writer in the American Agriculturist,
but it is somewhat expensive, and often
difficult to obtain. Having used kero-
sene emulsion in the garden where it
proved valuable as an insecticide, it
occurred to me that If it was useful
there it might also be in the green
house. 1t was applied to oleanders, ivies,
lemons, and other plants infested with
scale, and to hoyas and other plants on
which the mealy-bug had taken up its
habitation, and with most satisfactory
results. Itrid the plants Of the insects
fought against and did not injure them
in the least. I have since applied it
to tender plants like the begonia, and,
if care is taken, it never Injuries them,
but, if more kerosene is used, some
damage will result to delicate foliage.
The formula used is: Slightly sour
milk, one-third; kerosene, two-thirds.
Put in pail and agitate rapidly, until
the two liquids unite and form white
butter. If you have a greenhouse
syringe, use it to churn the liquids, and
the ''butter'' will ''come' in a short
time. Use one part of this emulsion to
fourteen parts water. The water and
emulsion will mix with little stirring,
and can be syringed over the plants.