The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-01
Government Uses Whitewash.

! The United States government uses 8
whitewash, mainly on lighthouses. that is
/ brilliant and durable. At this season OF
the year considerable whitewash ought to
| be used on the farm. Poultry houses may
! be covered with 1t inside and out and it
may be used to advantage on fences.
| The recipe is as follows: Stake one-half
bushel of quicklime with boiling water,
/ covering 1t as soon as the water is APP
| piled. When slaked strain 1t and add a
| peck of salt, dissolved in warm water,
! three pounds of ground rice that has pre-
viously been boiled in boiling water to a
/. thin paste, half pound Of Spanish whit
| ing and one pound Of clean glue which
| has been dissolved in warm water. Mix
! well together and let stand for several
days. The wash should be applied hot.
using a brush or making It sufficiently
thin SO that it may be applied by a
spraying pump, although this will not be
| necessary unless the surface to be covered
is considerable. It will take some time
to prepare this wash, but it is so much
more durable than any other used for
out door application that 1t pays to
make it.
Economy in Orchard Planting.
In the effort to set an orchard as
cheaply as possible the mistake Is often
made of buying inferior trees At present
gratis in orchard rows for the purpose of
reducing the expense for the trees. This
plan Is to be discouraged for many rea-
sons. The root graft has Its best sue
cess when set in nursery rows and where
it will receive the cultivation during the
growing season which will 'develope a
strong and healthy tree. Such attention
it is not likely to get in the orchard row.
Again, root gratis frequently die when
g. nj orr
must take its place year later, thus
having trees Of different ages, a most I'M
desirable condition. Two-year-old trees
are generally considered preferable to
others aside from the fact that the use
of trees at that age brings one nearer the
fruiting period without expense thar by
setting younger trees. If the cost of two
year-old trees is too great then set one
year-old trees Of good growth and form,
but do not set inferior trees OF any age
nor root gratis for it will not pay.
Stomach Staggers In Horses.
Quite a common form of indigestion
among horses is stomach staggers, hay
ing the following symptoms: The ears
!droop forward, the eyes are dull, the ant
NAL sweats profusely under light labor
and seems to have little control over the
hind quarters at times. During portion
Of the time the appetite IS almost raven
Gus; at other times there seems to be
little appetite When the symptoms
named appear the corn should be cut out
Of the diet and the grain ration materially
reduced. Change the entire ration as
much as possible and keep the bowels In
good condition. Dissolve one ounce of
glauDer salts in the drinking water twice
daily or give as drench If the animal
will not drink. II the dazed or sleepy
symptoms continue give purge Of salts
and afterwards drachm doses Of iodide of
potash three time daily until the sleep
feeling passes off. The treatment indi-
Gated will effect a cure If properly given
Abandoned Farms as Fruit Farms.
In recent address before the Associa-
ton OF American Nurserymen Professor
Bailey Of Cornell agricultural college,
New York, spoke Of the value; of aban-
doned farms, which might be purchased at
a small price, for orchards. It is true
that abandoned farms cannot be found In
all states, but there Is scarcely a state in
the union where farms cannot be had at
low prices and these farms are well suited
to the growing of fruit trees. The farms
referred to by Professor Baily are mainly
located in New England, where the apple
thrives, but in other sections one may buy
land at low price and f1nd them profitable
when set to orchards Of some fruit which
will do well in the region. It goes without
saying. however, that success can be had
In such venture. only by possessing the
knowledge Of planting and caring for the
trees. II one understands tree culture
fairly well in all its branches, giving the
soil fertility, pruning, spraying. thinning
and the other things which go to make up
successful fruit growing, he can make
money by buying land low Iii price and
setting out orchards s5
Tho Yellow Neck Caterpillar.
The illustration shows one Of the most
destructive of the summer insect pests
which attacks both fruit and ornamental
trees. It Is known as the yellow neck
caterpillar and Is usually found in NUM-
bers along the branches Of trees feeding
on the foliage Until the limb is entirely
denuded when they mi CRATE to another