Evening journal., 1903-04-04

sion, nade by shaving a pound of hard
soap and dissolying in gallon of boil
ing water. Remove from the fire. and
add a gallon of kerosene, agitating or
for fifteen minutes with the
sprayer Hntil a creamy substance Is
formed. phen add Is or 20 gallons of
cold water. Kerosene win not mix
with water, but will form an emulsion
with soap and water.
Notes About the Farm.
There are several borers Of the apple
tree-the fat-headed, which bores un-
der the bark and sometimes In the
wood: the round-headed. which bores
into the tree, remaining in the laryal
state three YEARS; and the twig borer,
which enters Just above the bud. Dig
out the borers with sharp knife, or
probe into the bores for them with a
sharp-pointed wire ScrAb the trees
and apply early in Juns and July whale
oil soap Cor soapsuds), with litth car
bolic acid added. Burn all twigs att
tackled. The soapsuds keeps the moths
off. The digging out Of the round
headed and fat-headed bcrers must be
done effectively. The borers are about
ain indh long. sharp wire kills them
| in the tubes made by them.
AS is well-known, onion seed germi-
mates slowly. and weeds, and grass get
the start of the young plants 1t has
been found that by sowing the seeds III
hotbed and starting the onions before
spring they may be transplanted early,
the same as is done with ordinary
sets" they cam then be cultivated and
Hhe weeds and grass kept down. Those
who have tried the method claim that
1t requires less labor than to thin out
the surplus plants when the seed is
sown on the open ground. while the
crop also comes earlier. For a small
patch, "onion sets" Of the previous year
hshould be preferred.
1 Any sort OF a milk tester is better
than none at all. Take as many glass
tumlblers of equal size as you have
cows, and fiji each to the lbrim witt
milk from one OF the cows. Let thes,
stand for II hours, and you will sc
a very fair idea of the cream or but
reproducing capacity of your severa
cows. This is not equal to a BabcOcl
tester, NOT a churn, but the butter viii
soon follow
? It may surprise the inexperienoe
( that although the COWS can be put o.
D pasture after GRASS appears, the suppl
of mix is then usually reduced. Thi
+ Is frequently the case when amy kin
OF change of the food is made, but NOR
q especially very early in the spring, a
4 the grass is then more largely compose
: lof water than at any other season {
the year. ard consequently is also MOI
r Laxative than when it approaches ms
turity. 10 Onset these conditions civ
e the COWS full supply of ground graf
e mixed with cut hay at night, and d
: not keep them ON the pasture, but
y short while each day at the IbegiRnin
e | Always give a fullmeal of grain and ha
Al at night, and also an allegiance Of grai
II in the morning, brian, middliBg
d ground oats and cornmeal being an e.
D eellent mixture.
N n the wheat looks weak broadca
se 100 pounds of nitrate soda per acre oy
& it, and change in it's appearance wi
n be noticed in few days after the fir
9. rain comes from time of sowing. III
d wheat plants will become green al
s. make rapid growth. The cost of Il
Is fertilizer viii be about $3.50, but it w
s. increase the yield of grain and stra
ID moge than to repay for its use.
m Those who grow asparagus by lev
ne culture object to the work Of cUttii
s the shoots. The proper way ia to h
a lup the rows about 80 inches high,
"A as not 10 be compelled to bend the bo
es low in cutting. If the shoots are c
NJ, just as they are appearing through L
IT. ground they will be tender from {
he lends to the butts.
nd 1t is not always that the entire or
ne Of peaches or plums is destroyed I
nt cause Of a sudden change to cold weat
he er. While a large number of bu
Vi may be destroyed, yet enough mag ]
If main to pay profit, as it is well kno'
n that during those years when crops d
re short the prices are much better. Lig
of crops do not exhaust the trees and la
lit so much as do crops from overlad
he trees. hence the cost Of production m
r. be lessened, and the profits great
re when the trees ara not overloaded.