The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-14
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aired within three or four days. A
pound of carbon bisulphide is enough
to treat 100 bushels of grain, and the
last insect will be killed within &c
hours. Care should be taken not to
allow fire in any form to come near
the place where this material is be-
ing used, as the gas Is liable to ex-
plode.
BY the use OF ensilage one may
double the amount OF stock kept ON
the farm. Six acres of good ensll.
age corn will be enough for 40 head Of
stock. We cut ensllage and some
grain or straw, and swale hay will
answer for dry fodder, and the best
hay may be sold Cattle will leave
good hay for corn ensilage The
creamery manager was prejudiced
against ensilage and told me | must
stop. but instead fed twice as much
and there was no complaint Of the
quality of the milk Maine contribu-
tor in the American Cultivator.
The Mark Lane Express states that
the Cheshire, Shropshire and North
Wales farmers supply association,
which is one of the largest co-opera-
tive bodies OF farmers in the United
Kingdom, did business last year
amounting to e111,OOO, or more than
half a million dollars.
The latest frost protector is report
ed from France. Rosin and clay are
thoroughly mixed and pressed into
cakes with a wick at the center. OH
is poured over the cake and the wick
is lighted A thick black smoke is
produced which settles over vineyard
or orchard.
the rounds again. That Is the yarn
about boring a hole in a stump and
poking in saltpeter. Don't believe II.
This yarn has been salted down a
dozen times, but always finds print
ers ink TO give 1t lire.-Rural New
Yorker.
In planting trees a little fine ma
nure mixed in the soil is a benefit, but
II should not come in contact with
the roots.
Under the farm separator system
one creamery and one butter maker
could handle the entire output, thus
saving a large outlay in capital and
operating expenses. The danger Of
the new system lies in maintaining
the quality of our butter. The diff
Guilty can be overcome by delivering
the cream every day during the sum-
mer. By properly cooling the cream.
and thoroughly cleaning all utensils
used about the cream, ii can be de-
livered every other day in summer
In good condition, but we know by
experience that few will do this and
for safety we would prefer everyday
delivery.
The late blight and rot of potatoes
may be prevented by spraying fire.
quently with bordeaux mixture, made
OF four pounds blue vitriol and four
to i've pounds of lime to 80 gallons
Of water, beginning spraying imme-
diately and repeating the spray at 8
TO Today intervals till crop is ma
ture. The more frequent spraying Is
necessary later in the season. The
increase in 1906 from spraying as
above was 40 to 45 bushels market
able potatoes an acre upon the late
crop. For spraying may yet be re-
quired upon very late paintings DE.
lay in treatment Is unwise.
Common turnips are pulled as soon
often used as fall feed for sheep, pigs
young stock or steers, and in some
cases for cows. Hybrid turnips are
then consumed, although some Of
these may be stored. Carton Pioneer
being good variety for this pur-
pose. Rutabagas are usually stored
after mangels, but before serious
frost occurs. They must be store /
In root cellars or in pits, the former
being the more convenient The
roots should not be frozen in storage
and the cellar should be ventilated to
insure good keeping,
Our pasture has been kept free
from willows and other bush growth
by the use OF the moving machine,
says a contributor to the American
cultlvator II bushes are large, the
first cutting must be made by hand
and the bushes cut even with the
ground, so that the stumps will not
interfere with the machine. After
ward an annual moving with the
machine will Keep them down and the
pasture will gradually improve. The
machine will cut tender wood like
willows, one inch In diameter.
The best root crops are mangold
beets, but an acre of turnips will
sometimes yield 600 bushels. Both
roots are laxative foods, and when
fed with silage and hay furnish a
good substitute for summer feed. We
plant so that we can do most OF the
work with the horse eultiyator Five
TO six pounds of mangold seed AMI
three to four of turnips are plant
ed to the acre. Plants are thinned
to four inches apart in the row.--W.
d! Hurd, experiment station, orono
Me.