Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-08-24
Farm Notes.
(To be continued.)

Fleas become nests on some locations.
An excellent mode Of exterminatl them
is to use the well known Kerosene emui-
sion. adding to every gallon of the emul-
sion a gill of crude carbolic acid and 10
gallons of water applying with sprayer.
Add the acid at the tine Of mixing the
soap and kerosene. It is also an excellent
wash for lice on cattle apply the mix
ture on buildings AID around with
sprayer.
Land that has been seeded 10 crimson
clover and the crop turned under has
been found to contain twice as much
humus, moisture and nitrogen as Una.
which had no clover. This demohstrates
that it paws TO grow crimson clover as
manurial crop. Leaving out the gain Of
nitrogen entirely, the large amount OF
extra moisture retained by the clover
Land is an important gain when consider
ing the next crop to be grown on tho
land.
Good vinegar is usually a scarce artf-
Gle. There is at all times a full supply on
the market, but not the best cider vinegar
Farmers who use wlndiall appies' VI
those that are decayed, make mistake;
The best vinegar can only DE mace VI
sound apples, and where such crops can
not be sold at fair prices they should lie
converted into choice vinegar. II frult
growers would make a specially of good
vinegar and seek buyers therefore they
will not fl nd it difficult to secure an extra
price for q suferior article.
To keen butter cool in summer some
BODY saws: In the middle Of your cellar
floor dig a hole or vault Il iect deeP
and 5 IL feet square. Wall IL up WIN
brick laid in lime mortar and cement and
floor it with soft brick Lay frame of
good hard wood in mortar upon the top of
this vault. Hinge to the frame trapdoor
of plank two inches thick, making II mt
smoothly over the top. Then after the
cream is separated and cooled put IT down
in the vault to ripen. Butter may be
kept there in the agreeable coolness also
Butter makers, as we'll as cheese manu-
facturers are interested IN the measure,
for every pound of milk turned lhto
cheese leaves the market In that much
better shape for butter, and aside from
norsonal interests, we are all desirous oil
seeing dairy products more largely con
sumcd because of their wholesomeness,
paIatability and low cost for nutriment
furnished.
An authority saws that to make an in
JeIible marking ink for sheep use Shell
lac two ounces; boray, two ounces, Wa'er |,
~ ounces; gum arabic, two ounces ana
Iamp black. Boil the borax and sheiiac In
wafer until they are dissolved ana wlth-
draw from the Hfc. w men 'ht h"F
become cold add water to make - ounces
and lamp black enough to bring the
preparation to a suitable consistency.
When it is to be used with stencil II
must be made thicker than when ~ Is ap
plied with a brush. This formula gives Il
black ink: for red ink substitute vene-
tian red for lamp black.
When the green corn is cut Tor cattle
opcn a row between the burrows and plant
more corn. The late corn may never ma
ture, but it will assist in providing green
food later in the season. 1t requires nut
little labor to plant corn in drills ard the
cost of late forage is small compared with
its advantages:
The day has passed whe.. farmers can
afford to dig potatoes with the hoe. Pc
tato digcers, which bring the tubers to
the surface and screen them from the
dirt, are used, which lessons the labor, as
we'll as chcapening the cost OF the crop.
Horses that are moderately work
every r}ay should have good appctlt, 5
and their digestion should he good. some
horses seldom have grass or green food.
| In such cases the food should be varied as
! much as possible, ard linsecd meal should
| be usrd T., prevent constipation.