The Columbus journal., 1896-10-07

less expense than 1t can be preserved
In any other form.
| 3. The silo preserves absolutely all
but the roots Of the corn.
4. Silage can be made in sunshine or
In rain. Unlike hay. it is independent
Of the weather.
5. When corn is ready for the silo
there is but little farm work pressing.
6. Corn is worth more to the dairy as
stlage than In any other form.
Z. At least one-third more corn per
acre may be fed on silage than on dried
cornstalks or fodder.
8. Corn Is fed more conveniently as
sflage than in any other form.
8. Silage is of most value when fed
in combination with other food richer
in protein. It is not q complete food.
10. Owing to its succulence and bulk
iness, silage is the best known substi-
tute for green grass, and is therefore
especially valuable as q winter food.
Tobacco Dust A. N Inssctieids.
Mr.. T. Greiner, one. of Americas lead
ing authorities. says: For some years
have been using and recommending
tobacco dust as an all-round insect de-
stroyer. use It in the greenhouse for
lice (aphis), in the open ground for the
cucumber bettle, plant lice, and for
worms of all kinds. and sometimes In
the hen-house for lice. etc. It is surely
one Of the swiftest Of all insecticides
We can apply, almost or fully equal to
buhach. II sifted or scattered over cur
rant bushes the currant worms will curl
up and die, and the bushes will be free
from the pest within an hour or less,
and fall from them for some time. II
blown into the heart of cabbage plants
1t means the end of the green worn.
Applied in the same way to the nests
Of the caterpillars (and the trees all
around Us at this time are-full of them)
especially in the morning or evening,
when the worms are all at home, 1t will
clear them out for good in less than an
hour. In short, hardly know what
worm or other soft-bodied insect the
contact with tobacco dust would not
speedily kill. believe It will even
put an end to the potato bug. 1t is dis
tasteful to many hard shell beetles also,
as may be seen by the fact that with
heavy applications we can drive away
the cucumber beetle (and perhaps the
squash bug). The flea beetle, unfortu-
nately. is not 30 easily conquered. even
II 1t does not like tobacco smell. Surely,
tobacco dust must be considered q most |
excellent insecticide, and as 1t is not ex- |
pensive Tin some cases, perhaps, the |
sweepings Of cigar factories. ETC., will
do and can be had for the hauling). I |
think every soil tiller should keep It |
on hand. I have usually applied tobac-
co dust with the bare hands, scattering
It rather freely over the bushes and !
plants, and around cucumbers, melon
and squash vines, even an inch deep on
the ground. The stun is worth nearly |
the full price asked for 1t ($3 per barrel,
or sol as fertilizer, and I have not felt
the necessity Of using 1t in particular
ly economical manner. For cabbage
and caterpillar nests, however, hand
bellows Of some kind are almost neces-
sary. a. We want to blow the dust well
amongst the leaves and the webs. The
ordinary cheap hand bellows, ~ Of.
fered for sale BY seedsmen and hard
ware stores. will do very well for cab
bage.
People win not pay 1s cents for 10
cent butter.
A bad temper in the owner will beget