The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-07-05
that this method of treatment is not

practlcaDte.
Application to the animals of sub
stances to keep the flies off is the best
treatment for the horn fly. OF the
many substances used for this purpose,
two parts of crude cotton seed oil mixed
with one part of pine tar we consider
the best, cheapest and the most easily
applied. 1t should be applied to the an
lmals at milking time with large paint
brush. the cost being but three-fourths
OF cent per COW. It the crude cotton
seed oil cannot be readily obtained, fish
OIL or any other cheap oil may be used
in its stead.
TO PRESERVE EGGS.
Please give me method to preserve
eggs. "A. L. T., Woodlawn.
The following from az exchange will
give you an excellent method of pre-
serving eggs, with the causes that lead
to eggs spelling.
The egg she'll is perforated by a myriad
of small pores. which can only be per-
ceived by the aid of a microscope. Their
effect is evident because it is by them
that day by day the albumen evaporates
and gives place to air. When the egg
is completely full, fluid passes con-
stantly towards the pores. and it is the
principal agent of corruption; this cor
ruption is manifested more rapidly in
warm than in cold weather. An egg
absolutely fresh is absolutely and pro.
verbally full, but in the stale eggs there
is proportionally empty place caused
by the loss of albumen by evaporation.
II the tongue is applied to the end of a
fresh egg, 1t is felt to be completely
cool; II applied to stale egg, it is found
to be warm, because the albumen of the
new egg. being in contact with the
she'll, absorbs the heat of the tongue
more rapidly than the air contained in
the she'll of the stale egg. By inter
cepting the air and preventing it from
penetrating the she'll, so as not to kill
the germ and prevent its Matching, the
egg can be preserved longer than in any
other way. There have been obtained.
says French writer, chickens Matched
from eggs kept for two years in varnish
(glaze.) This, he states, may be thus
prepared: Dissolve some gumlac in a
sufficient quantity of alcohol to make a
slight glaze; put in each egg, and when
all the eggs are completely dry, pack
them in bran, wool or sawdust, taking
care to place the large end upwards,
and preventing them from damage or
rolling about. When the eggs are
wanted. carefully remove the glaze with
some alcohol, and they will be found in
the same state as when they were en-
veloped, that is to say, good to eat or to
hatch. This method is said to be the
best and the most sure that has vet been
tried.
LATE POTATOES.
Please give me what you consider q
good method of raising late potatoes.
| j. N. g., Jonesboro.
In previous reports from this depart
ment, you will find this subject dealt
with at length. These reports we send
! you, and add the following suggestions
from report of the North Carolina Elk.
! pertinent station:
"While, in this climate, killing is oil
great advantage with the early crop
we are satisfied that fiat culture is es.
sential with the late one, and fiat cul
ture can only be we'll done with deeply
planted potatoes. The result of nv ex
perience, then, may be summed up il
the following recommendations for the
late crop:
"The general practice is to use the
culls, or small potatoes which are not
tit for shipping, for planting the second
crop. Some claim that this practice
leads to degeneration and soon compels
| a renewal from northern seed: while
others claim that the culls are as GOOD
as any. Our own experiments in this
! line have not been continued long enough
for me to give an opinion. Ny practice
is to take potatoes of the early crop and
spread them in shade of tree, or otbe,
out door screen, until they are well
greened by the light. They are then
bedded in single layer, as sweet pota
toes are bedded, but, of course. no ma
nure or hot bed is used, and covered
with about two inches of sandy soil
Here they remain until August. Anv
time after the first week in August ur
to the goth of the month, will do well
in this latitude for planting the crop
We then use for planting only those
that have started to sprout, and ALWAYS
plant them whole. Many failures il
getting stand arc due to cutting the
potatoes at this season.
"But the most important matter is the
preparation of the ground and the mode
of planting. 1 prefer for the late crons
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