Middletown transcript., 1908-06-06

crate on nils wet with 6aitp6ter water.
A tablespoonful Of salt peter Dissolved in
two gallons of water will make sufficient
| ly strong dose. Put about pint of this
solution around each hill, close to the
stems.
Rotations of garden crops is the best
method of keeping vegetables in health
and freedom from parasites.
Many people believe that the toad will
eat that humble creature, the squash bug.
Professor Weed of New Hampshire, has
found that the odor given off this bug
will actually kill the toad if confined
in small space. The pungent fumes
threw the toad into sort of stupor
similar to the effect produced by chloro-
form. When very hungry the toad will
eat few ofthe bugs, but evidently does
not relish the diet.
Water and air are as important as actual
foods to the root Of plant. We cultivate
the surface soil, keeping it fine as possible
in order to keep the soil moisture where
the roots can reach it, and the greatest
value is derived from peaty soil, or a
leaf mold is due to the ease with which
water and air can penetrate. Water pass
ing down between the soil particles helps
to aerate them, fresh air following in the
wake. 1t is for this result that We like to
underdrain some soils.
Soils poorly drained, and SO long hold
ing staghant water, often in this way dam
age and finally destroy roots thus causing
the plants to perish. Plants suffer for
want Of oxygen when the air cannot get
to the roots.
In1S54 tomatoes first came into general
use in this country.
For summer squashes few hills OF the
bush patty-pans or scalloped sorts, will
give good supply of fruits. which are
useful for frying like egg plant, or
boiled in the Southern style.
Sweet pea fields in Canada were kept
comparatively free from lice by spraying
with solution prepared by soaking to 10
pounds of tobacco leaves and dissolving
two pounds of whale oil soap in one
barrel of water.
When COWS are kept in the stable con-
tinuously, as in stormy weather, it should
be cleaned often enough to keep as free as
possible from manurial odors.
About one-ffth of the first laying of
eggs by the codding moth is on the fruit.
the rest being on the leaves and branches,
The young larvae that matches from the
egg is able to feed on the foliage to some
extent and may come to maturity with
out entering the fruit, although it rarely
does sos About 80 per cent. of first brood
finds its way into the apples at the calyx,
while the rest eat other points, principally
at the stem. Only about % per cent.
of the second brood enters at the calyx,
the other, eating in where the apples
touch each other, or leaf at the stem
end. The average life of the adult in
sect or moth is about four days.
Following is recommended cure for
mango in hogs: Creosote, l 1-2 ounces;
lard, pounds. Mix we'll and apply to
the affected parts of the body. Or sui
phur, 1-2 pound; lard, 2 pounds. Mix
and apply as suggested above. Turpen-
tine and sulphur at the rate of 10 parts of
the former to one Of the latter is another
effective remedy.
Good mich COWS do not generally carry
large amount of flesh 1t is impossible
to produce milk and flesh at the same
time. But they need good feed just the
same.
Secretary Wilson says that here
after eggs sold as "fresh" or ''strictly
fresh"must be exactly what they are rep
presented to be. Storage eggs must be
sold as such, or under the pure food law
the dealers is liable to fine of $500 or
six months imprisonment, or both.
Thousands of people do not know how a
strictly fresh'' egg tastes-this will give
them chance to find out.
A good liniment for all kinds of SWELL
ing on dairy COWS, also on all other farm
animals. is made by mixing equal parts
of turpentine, sweet oil and spirits of
camphor. Apply literally and frequently
to the swollen parts. !
The following mixture is recommended
for wounds of any kind on trees: Melt
rosin and warm a little crude petroleum
in separate vessels, pouring into third
three parts of rosin to one of petroleum.
This seals the wound very effectively un-
til grown over. 1t is said to not run in
warm weather nor crack in cold, and
cuts covered with it will not fail to heal
satisfactorily. 1t is much cheaper than
paint. IF limb is broken it should be
cut back smoothly to its parent trunk or
branch, and the cut should be- covered
with this preparation. 1t is also good to
apply to the wounds of the barks or
trunks of trees by rodents.
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