Evening journal., 1903-12-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST
TO FARMERS

To FARMERS
Bees may be kept with advantage or
every farm II one or two hives are 81
lowed. Bees assist in fertinzing tat
blossoms OF some plants and perfoG,
valuable service If no bees are kes
in the neighborhood il is possible tbs
failure Of fruits may be due to tha
cause. and a is a matter that deserve
consideration by formers. Bees eivl
a large profit. and though a beginrc
must learn something OF them to sue
coed. get the rhodes of nirangemcli
arr rot difhcult 10 understand.
Farmers would do well TO spend son,e
OF their leisure hours this wintcr s.
considering whether they cannot add
something TO .the. variety OF their crops
either for -sa4e or home trse. which vii
be profitable to them without adding
much to their labor or cares.
Runaway horses are unknown in RUS
sia. No one drives there without hav-
Ing q thin cord with "a running noosi
around the neck Of the animal Whes
the animal bolts the cord is pulled and
the horse stops as s0nn as il feels IN,
pressure on the windpipe.
The roots Of currants ruu near th'
surface, and therefore shallow cultiva.
tion is advisable. Now is a favorable
time for pruning currant bushes. If 81
has not been done before. A large
part OF the old wood may usually bl
Trimmed away TO advantage There i
mo better time than in winter to appls
manure around fhc currunt bushes an,
thcrc is little danger of applying tos
much.
OF all taxes for which The farmer re.
ceives the least benefit that which
imposes upon himself is tho heaviest D.
the fences. Fences mean the inves
ment Of capital which can be apple
IN some other direction: fences must
constantly repaired and are costly. ~
only fences which should exist on
farm are those necessary to keen O.
stock I'm bounds. Fence In the stor
instead Of the farm.
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Rocks and Wyandoites are the bree.
OF poultry which thrive in confineme
compared with others, but an bree
give the best results when on q range
The non-sitting breeds are the Leg
horns Minorcas. Andalusians. Blaci
Spanish. Hamburgs. Houdans. /
Fleches. Crevecours. Red Caps and Pol
ish. An non-sitters lay eggs with whit
shells. while eggs from the sittin
breeds are more or less dark
The ewes should prove themselve
useful IN a few weeks more by brinr
ing their lambs and providing plcn
OF milk. Every lamb dropped early W
be worth more than a full-grown shef
because 1t win bring a good sum
market later. and FOR that reason
viii psly 60 carefully examine the ew
and lambs daily. Not only should a.
ewes have nourishing food. but the
must be kept warm ana dry.
Crepe vines usually need very iittio
manure other than mineral. and tha
chiefly potash. In European conntrie
Il is the habit of vineyards to burn tn
prunings every year and apply ia
ashes. No other fertilizer IS used. /
fact, stable manures are objected tc
as they make theivines. epow rank. an.
the fruit win lack the flavor that be
longs to fruits whose vines are onl,
manured with the ashes. Much of III
excellence Of French wines Is possib
Que TO this sparing use of stable mar
ure
Many female moths have only rudi
mentary wings. and pupate in IN,
ground: they have 90 climb The tree
10 lay their eggs For THIS reason sev
cral OF our destructive moths can D.
kept off the fruit trees by "a slight ap
plication Of tar and grease The cank
er worm and tussock moth are case
in point.
Much OF the winter killing OF Glove
is due TO the fact that the fields ar
TOO closely cropped by live stock late 81
the fall and there Is no top left TO pro
tect the roots. II left to grow afte
covering the ground there would b
less cause FOR complaint.
For destroying root lice on peac
trees. when transplanhng dip the tree
in a dccoction OF tobacco-one poun
OF tobacco 10 two gallons Of water
boiled down 10 one-half. II this car
is taken the trees viii be comparativei
safe for a few years unless an infectr
'orcherd is near. DO not set youn
peach tree whore an old one has bee
as the root lice live a long time in n
soil.
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