Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-05-27
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
AGRICULTURALNC AND HINTS
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
dov TO Make Farm Work Easier aud
Home Brighter.

Gov TO Make Farm Work Easier aud
Home Brighter.
When a man says there is no use In
planting shubbery in the school house
yard, because the boys will destroy it,
some parents need spanking more than
their boys need it.
The powdered hellebore used for
destroying the currant worm is less
virulent poison than Paris green. In
the small amounts needed to effect
clearing of these pests there Is less dan
ger from careless handling than there
Is from any mineral poison.
No effective method Of fighting rose
bugs has been found except hand-pick-
ing. Arsenical poisons, kerosene emul-
sions, pyrethrum powder, and all the
usual insecticides have proved power
less against this sturdy pest, which de-
fies everything except actual capture by
hand.
1t requires good, practical judgment
TO forecast probable work to be done
and adapt it TO the help that is en-
ployed to do it. Trying to do too
much is the besetting sin of Ameri-
can farmers. They have been led into
this through the cheapness of land, and
of late years by the increase of labor
saving machinery.
Land that has grown much Glove,
seed Is not good for a strawberry
patch. II ia good for almost any
other farm crop for which clover is
either harmless or a valuable manure.
But among strawberries clover is one
of the worst of weeds, and for this
reason ii Is not best to SOW gypsum or
land plaster on the strawberry patch
lest it cause too great an intrusion of
clover.
A college-bred man of twenty-eight,
falling in health from Office work, pur
chased a farm of sixty acres at North
port, Long Island. The second year
he tried few acres in vegetables and
small fruits, which he found sale for
in the village Of NOrthport at most sat
isfactOry prices. | was on his farm i'll
the summer of 1888, and l must say
that for man who had got his knowl
edge almost wholly from books, his
venture looked as If It would be COM
plete success.
Mr.. Peter Henderson tolls of an as
paragus grower near Atlanta whose
crop gave for three successive years a
net profit Of 81 800 per acre; and as
instancing departures from old meth
ods, cites the case of farmer residing
near Rochester, "who half a dozen
years ago, timidly made the attempt of
growing half acre of his fifty-acre
farm in vegetables for village mar
ket- His venture was so satisfactory
that he gradually increased his area,
so that he now uses thirty of his fifty
acres mostly for the Rochester market.
The net profit from the cabbage garden
last year was $4,000, or little over
$500 per acre, and 1t was not a very
good year for cabbages at that"
A few months ago big ensilage
Ohio, to talk over the best way to
make and preserve tbs fodder and
compare notes on silo building. The
wooden silO in some of its forms, was
Soted the favorits. The evidence
seemed conclusive that the wooden silo
Fas nearest frost proof, kept its con-
rents in the best state Of preservation
and if properly built and painted,
(when built by it,elf) with some good
#ood preventative, it would last for
years. The silo, with lathed and plas-
tered interior, was also largely en-
dorsed, while those who had the double
boarded silos painted were good
enough. Not man voted for stone or
concrete silos, although several who
had such were present.
The committee appointed at the last
annual meeting Of the Ayrshire Breed
ers' Association, in Maine recommend
the adoption of set of rules to govern
COW tests at all fairs, dairy shows and
experiment stations, that the awards
may be given to the breeds or single
animals which show their superiority
as profitable dairy cows. These rules
In brief are, that all cows entered for
hial shall be securely locked up, shall
be fed, watered, MIXED, ETC., uniform
ly, under the charge of a superinten-
dent, the COW to be charged with all
food consumed. y statement of the
cows previous condition and treat
ment must be made under oath. The
cows must be MIXED regularly, and
samples of each milking must be
analyzed, and only the dry fat be cal
culated. The COW or herd giving the
greatest quantity of marketable pro-
ducts, at least cost, to be awarded the
prizes.
J Tne caterpilkrs, which are making
their tents earlier this year than usual,
owing 70 the warm spring weather,
should be looked after at once. The
simplest and perhaps, on the whole,
the best way of getting rid Of them Ia
20 brush oR the nests from the trees as
fast a. thsy appear, with long han
died, conical-shaped brush. Early
morning OF evening is the time when
he entire family may be found at
home, so that Is the best time to de-
stroy the nest. The codling worm,
which infests fruit trees throughout
The land, should be looked after at
once. There are many ways of get
ting rid of the pests, but none is be-
leyed to be better than spraying the
trees frequently with solution of
Paris green. OF the fly species, the
Country Gentleman says the horse-fiy
Is the most cruel and bloodthirsty of
the entire family. 1t ia armed with a
most formidable weapon, which con-
sists 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 ap-
pearance in June, and may often be
seen in the vicinity of small streams of
water. He is said to subsist in part
nnOn an airy diet and tn pase bia 6fa