Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-10-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
Spirits of Turpentine Will De.
strOy ROup Germs.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FARMER.
A Plan of Keeping Onions Through
Winter-Advice About Milk
ing-Farm Notes.

Never waste time in wintering weak
colonies.
The grub is often the cause OF the
lower plants turning yellow.
Keeping the orchard well trimmed
will add to the appearance of the farm.
Tobacco is valuable insecticide
against greenhouse pest, used dry, as
smoke or in the form of decoction.
Where the hives are troubled with
ants little pine tar on board, placed
next the hive, will keep them away.
Cuttings OF grapes and currants taken
close to the old wood will be more GER
tain to root than if from long pieces cut
up.
This season seems to be favorable
one for some OF the less common kinds
OF insects, and they have occurred in
increased numbers.
Burn the straw or other material from
the nests once a week, and replace it
with fresh. This practice will aid greatly
in keeping down lice.
Many swarms and large yields OF
honey will not be obtained during the
same season. The one will be developed
at the expense OF the other.
To secure the greatest quantity OF pure
white combs remove the sections as soon
as filled, and replace empty ones with
starters of comb foundation.
Do as much plowing this autumn as
possible. II will save time in getting
crops in next spring, and will prevent
many weeds maturing in stubble fields.
Late growth produces tender wood,
which cannot Withstand low tempera-
ture; therefore, cease cultivating orchard
trees in time for them to thoroughly
ripen.
If discarded apples are removed from
the orchard and fed to pigs or other stock
or the animals allowed to pick them up
in the orchard, many injurious insects
will be destroyed.
Do not allow weeds to mature seed on
the land where potatoes were grown.
They will seed the ground thoroughly for
another year with foxtail, purslan, pig
weeds, ETC., if allowed to grow.
Examine focks of sheep, and if ticks
are still found on them, destroy by dip
ping in tobacco decoction or in some of
the prepared dips before they are con-
fined in barns and sheds again.
In pruning young seedlings after the
introduced bud has started growth do
not cut away too much of it at time, or
too heavy flow OF sap sent to the young
shoot may kill the introduced bud.
One OF the best ways of renewing an
old currant bush is to cut out all the old
growth and the greater portion of the
new and dig thoroughly around the roots
and apply good dressing of manure.
wINTERING ONIONS.
l will repeat my plan of keeping
onions through winter in as few words
as possible, as some OF your readers may
have forgotten it, or perhaps not have
noticed it, saws writer in Ohio Farmer.
We select piece of dry ground and dig
a trench from four to six feet wide, and
long enough to hold all that We have to
put in it. We put them about six
inches deep in the pit. They are put
upon the ground, but about two inches
OF straw over them, and then few
inches of earth on the straw. We wish
them to get frozen as soon as possible
after they are put into the pit. After
we are certain that they are all frozen,
we haul some manure and cover them,
perhaps foot deeper than at first.
There are two reasons for this. One is
that if they are allowed to thaw during
the winter, they will almost certainly
rot and the entire lot be lost. Upon the
other hand, If they get frozen too hard,
they will either rot when they thaw out
or else be dead and worthless for sets. In
the spring, after the frost is all out OF
them, we take them out of the pit and
put them back upon the shelves again,
as they were during the fall before.
There they remain until they are needed
to set out. have tried various plans
OF preserving onion sets through winter,
but none OF them have proved as salts
factory as the above. In fact, we con-
slider it just about perfect.
TURPESTINE FOR RoUP.
western Rural says: Experiments
made show that germs OF roup are de-
stroyed when brought in contact with
spirits OF turpentine. Turpentine, how
ever, is severe dose to give, even if eff
iectual, and If too much is given, It may
do damage of itself. To properly pre-
pare 1t mix one part spirits OF turpen-
glycerine in a sewina raob;ma o;l pc, con- o'
and alwavs sbota wam io hofo,o VI, - inm'
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