The morning news., 1897-08-30
Brief Notes.

To destroy the insects and fungus on
the bark of trees apply common white
wash, in which little sulphur is mixed
a cupful 10 the bucket. A little SCOT add
ed will give it dark color. The bordeaux
mixture of copper sulphate and quicklime
will answer just the same purpose.
For cheap. pretty almost evergreen
hedge, nothing excels the California pri-
vet. Ii is entirely hardy near the 4Oth
parallel, though not entirely so in the
lake regions; but the common one, Vul-
gare is said TO stand these more northern
latitudes very well.
A pinch of common salt upon cabbage
heads. after the worms begin 10 work
will often destroy them. Another good
remedy is the free use of coal ashes In the
same way two or three times "A week II
is equally effective when applied to other
plants.
Peach trees should have the ends OF
long shoots shortened in. that bushy spec
linens may result. A bushy tree yields
more fruit than an unpruned one, and
nicely shaped trees are more pleasing OBJ
jects 10 look upon.
No seed requires better prepared soil
than that of the turnip. Failure is usu-
ally due either to a loose seed bed or 20
the fact of a sowing before a rain Let
the ground always be firm and damp.
Sow German Glover Now.-sow German
clover as soon as the land can be got
ready for it, and continue sowing during
this and the two following months as oc-
cason offers. This crop Is OF such inestim-
able value to the southern farmer that he
cannot well SOW too much. As a winter
and spring pasture, as green fodder crop
in the early spring. as a hay and as
renovatOr of the soil, il is unsurpassed.
Sow Y to Is pounds TO the acre and cover
by light narrowing, and, If the land is dTy,
roll.
Cure for Pig Eating sow.-As soon as
the pigs arrive take them away, and with
three iron barrel hoops fasten the SOW 10
the floor Place one of the hoops just back
Of the fore legs. another just In front of
the hind legs and the third over the neck.
Pad the hoops with bran sack or some
old bits Of cloth. Place a strap muzzle over
the nose. secure IL 10 the first hoop, then
turn in the pigs From twenty-four 10
thirty-sx hours confinement will tame the
most obstinate and depraved sow.--E A.
Wood, New York
japan Farming.-Japan Is one vast gar
den. and as you look over the fields you
can imagine they are covered with toy
farms where the children are playing with
the laws Of nature and raising samples OF
different kinds Of vegetables ana grains.
Everything Is on "A diminutive scale and
the work is az fire and accurate az that
applied TO a Cloisonno vase. What would
an Illinois or Iowa farmer think OF plant
Ing his corn. wheat oats and barley in
punches. and then. when IL Is three or four
inches high transplanting every spear Of
IL in rows about as FAR apart az you can
stretch your fingers. A japanese farmor
weeds his wheat fields Just as "a Conuecu-
cut farmer weeds his onion bed aud cuitl-
Yates his potatoea and barley with as
much care al a. Long Island farmer be-
slows upon his asparagus or mushrooms
or bis nowers.-EX.
Forage From Sorghum The American
Cuitivator says. while no kind OF grain
az feed can supersede corn ln choHpucsH
and value sorghum o. t formidable rival
60 DO for fodder especially when puf up Boo
t1e FllO. lt stands drouth better which lr
likely 40 make it popular iu fhe aria por.
lions Of ihe west. where corn often fails
Tho sorghum has COO tough a. stalk t0 feed
when green, buf whom rut Hnd nuf in the
fIl0 there is enough fermentation 10 F0ft-
ru fhr stalks ao that tlry can bn eaton.
Tho HWsffne.f nf fIr H9fEhum furnishes
rtfD9rArDpur nHtumfni lurf af does fhe
starch 0f corn rfalu. fnd In rFfn mofe
rfHfHhlH form Whffffff rHnf nurfr b.
alfdr in thf south iHt Hqfkmsu Who af-