The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-05-12
ON THE FARM.



The borer is usually destroyed in May
Ii the miller or moth has just depoS-
tied the eggs that produce the borer,
wash made of one gallon OF soft soap,
four pounds of sulphur, and one quart OF
crude carbolic acid, tEickened with fresh
air Stacked lime, applied to the trees,
will destroy the young horer, but later
Oh the borers must be dug out OF the
trees with a knife or a wire inssated into
the bore, which kills them in the trees.
The wash should be applied six inches
below and six inches above tho ground,
and it will prevent attack. No solution
will kill the borer after it enters the tree
and has made progress.
Prices and quality are wealth. Michi-
gan produced 5000, 900 pounds Of butter
more than Wisconsin, yet the latter
State received 81 600, eco more for her
product than did Michigan. II was the
labor and extra care given that made the
difference. Gilt edged butter comes
from no particular breed, bat from the
work bestowed upon it from the pail TO
the market.
The vines ia France nov have another
enemy, and it may be brought here. It
is galley worm, Or myriopod (BiaDui!us
guttulatus) which has been observed to
invade the bud il numbers, ranging from
five to ten on bud, forming balls OF tho
size of small pea.
Ensilage is an important crop, and
shcnid not ho overlooked. An acre of
land will produce three times as much
ensilage as of hay. 1t matters not what
the relative feeding value may be, as The
farmer who grows J. crop OF ensiiage
will be able to provide his cows next
winter with Il sacculeat ration as a
change from the dry food, aud will also
retain the full how OF milk from his
cows.
Increased production has something
to do with tue prices OF wool as witt
everything else. la 1860 the total WOO
crop of the world was $50, 600 900 pounds
and in 1890 It was 1000. 000, 900 pounds,
| or more than double. The American
crop has increased 300 per cent siuc:
1890.
Do not cease planting peas, but as sooG
| as the first early plants are above ground
| plant for the second crop and follow witt
others. Peas can be had in abundance
| throughout the season with but little
labor compared with their value on Tho
| farmers table.
| Ii is useless TO grow onions, no matter
how rich the soil may be, if the rows are
not kept perfectly clean. Weeds anC
| grass will destroy an onion bed in shcr
order, as onions prefer the land undis
turbed by other plants, hence the grount
must be kept loose and tfno.
| When planting corn it should be tht
| object to secure not only the same yiels
per acre as last year, but something
more. 1t will cost 10 more to ggG Al
extra 10 bushels per acre than it will tn,
regular crop, if Judgment is given tn
cultivation OF the lard. Grass ant
weeds are the agents winch reduce th
yield.
4 slight raking or narrowing givei
the land early in the season will be NOR
effectual in destroying weeds and gras
than ten times the labor that may b.
given after tho weeds are established
Labor is an item OF expense, anu shoult
be used economically by applying it a
the right time and the right place. |
every farmer would consider labor a
something which should be used caution
Iy and with judgment, according to it
value, better system OF cultivation
would be the result.
Too many farmers fail TO have thei
manure we'll decomposed or 'rotted.
The manure cannot be serviceable unit
it is completely decompused, aud til
process of decomposition must tax
place in toe field if it has not cccurre
ia the manure heap, In the field decOn
position is slow, but III the heap it
rapid. 1t will pay to decompose III
materials i'll the heap, as they will the
be fine and in better condition &c
spreading, while the hauling will /
essier and the manure handled to bette
advantage.