The record-union., 1894-09-11

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poor land, however. this addition is not
enough. A dressing of nitrate of soda
applied to the heads that are back kward
VIII make them salable, and this nearly
always pays the extra expense.
WOOD ASHES.
Fruit crops are generally benefited by
ashes as either wheat, vegetables or any
OF the other garden crops. 1t is well
known that potash increases the woody
growth oil nearly all fruit trees, while
rich barnyard manure tends to increase
the fruit growth. The wood growth,
however, cannot be allowed to suffer at
the expense of the trees vitality. With
out new wood growth each year the pros
poets OF crops of fruit would be greatly
reduced. The wood ashes supply the
potash III the right shape and quantity
and they should be spaded and hoed into
the soil thoroughly. Applied early in
the, season TO fruit trees whose foliage is
yellow aud half dead, a great change in
the color and quantity viii be noticed
before fall.
THE SCALE INSECT.
A correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun
recommends bichloride of mercury in a
solution and applied with a sponge as a
remedy Tor the scale insect which has Tor
several years been injuring his pear trees.
he tried various Insecticides but without
effect, until advised by DR.. Blessing Of
Baltimore TO try this. He says that he
has exterminated the scale without injury
to the trees. The bichloride OF mercury
is poison, and needs TO be handled care
fully. This will not matter if 1t is found
generally effective in destroying the scale
insect hlch for years has troubled Cali
tornia orchardists, and has only been re-
Gently introduced into the Atlantic Coast
States.
LINE FOR POULTRY HOUSES.
II lime is used freely in the poultry
house by busting it over every portion, it
VIII not only prevent disease, but also
keep lice away. Never mind about its
llberating ammonia from the droppings.
as that Is a small matter compared with
the benefits derived. The droppings,
however, should be cleaned out often.
Take air-slaked lime and force it every
where, using Paris green duster. 1t is
the best and sureSt preventive of gapes
that Is known, and 1t is seldom that roup
appears where lime is used literally. Ii
preferred, pint OF crude carbolic acid
may be Intimately mixed with every half
bushel OF lime after it is slake, and it will
be found an excellent disintectant.
FARMHoUsEs.
On every farm there is a great advan-
tage IN having house and farm buildings
as nearly as possible in the center of the
farm. There is much loss OF valuable
than quarter OF a mile has 10 be trav-
ersed morning, noon and night in going
to and from work. The German farmers
live IN villages and some of them work
land that is mile or more from their
homes. 1t puts them at every serious
disadvantage. We have known farmers
who bought farms lying some distance
apart and tried to work them both, but
they quickly had to give up one or the
otner, as the waste of time was too great.
THE SILKwoRM.
1t is said that no insect but the silk
worm Will eat the leaves of the mulberry
tree. In seasons when the grasshopper
or the army worm abounds every other
tree and plant may be stripped of is foli-
age by the devourers, but the mulberry
Will escape to the last. Kansas Iocusts
will eat everything else first and, when
all the rest is gone, with wry mouths
Will then tackle the mulberry leaves. 1t
seems to be the one food specially de-
signed by nature for the support of the
sllkWorm.
FARM NOTES.
The apple trade with Great Britain has
assumed great proportions, amounting to
100000 bushels within the past twelve
years.
Small fruits, such as straw berries and
raspberries, require frequent and clean
cultivation to produce the best results.
and plenty of water.
The pig that has been on clover in sum-
mer and the hog that has roots and clover
hay in the winter, says a writer, make
larger profits than the grain eating pig
and hog.
1t requires, says an exchange, 800 To-
comotives annually, and 1,000 ocean craft
10 move the surplus cattle, cotton, lum-
Der, sugar, sorghum, oil, grain. hay, fruit
and other staples grown in Texas.
The National Dalqynla3e says great care
is needed in keeping dairy salt. 1t alb
serbs and retains odors as readily as the
milk or cream, and should always be
kept in place free from all bad odors. -
If farming, carried on as it is to-day, in
the slipshod way, with the little interest
we take liz it, and the little time that is
devoted 10 1t, il it will take care of its
men, women and children, as it does do.
day after day. year after year, it is not for
US to state that the farm business is a
failure.
Mr.. Rosenbaum of Grand avenue has a
eucalyptus which be thinks is the largest
in the State. He calls it the Centennial
tree" because he planted the seed of it
July 4, lo16-eighteen years ago. 1t is
now fifteen feet in circumference, and he
judges it 10 be 100 feet high, though he has
not measured it.-Pasadena Star.
If you are supplying fresh eggs" to
customers and happen TO find new nest
in the straw pile or elsewhere, do not put
the contents with the eggs YOU sell,
Keep them for home use, and you can
TRY" them when breaking. People that
buy fresh egg OF private parties do not
expect to have to try" them before using
that Is why they pay the extra price -
1t has been demonstrated by practical
experiments that a hundred pounds of
sand will absorb twenty-five pounds of
water; 100 pounds of loam, forty pounds;
100 pounds of clay loan, fifty pounds;
100 pounds of clay, 20 pounds. This, says
writer, explains why some soils always
appear drier than others, why some soils
Will stand drought so much longer than
others. and why, after a shower, some
soils become thick paste, while others
are only comparatively damp.
Not many people know that the early
fall is the best time to apply stable ma
nure to fruit trees. 1t gets then the full
benefit OF fall rains TO wash its soluble
parts into the soil. 1t starts the growth
early IN the spring when thus aDDlied
while if applied in winter or early spring
though it may have rain enough to wash
the manure into the soil, it is apt in sum
mer TO make too luXuriant growth.
which Will not ripen well for winter. and
in the pear is liable to be followed bv
blight.
Discard all hens that show tendency
to lay on rat. and retain those which un-
der proper feeding convert the food into
eggs instead Of fat. If part of the flock
promises 10 convert the food into fat in
stead of eggs, the profit the layers might
give is eaten up by the others No fowl
should be retained that does not in some
manner add TO the profit of the flock. Ii
care be observed in selecting layers for
breeding purposes every year, in a short
time the entire flock will consist OF
nothing but layers.