Newspapers / Fisherman & Farmer (Edenton, … / Sept. 21, 1888, edition 1 / Page 3
Part of Fisherman & Farmer (Edenton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
TAim AND GARDEN. Growing Clover. The growing of clover is equal to deep plowing, because its long roots penetrate deeply in search of food for the sterns and leaves, which, if plowed into the land will undergo decomposi tion and leave, near the surface, ele ments taken from the subsoil. Its leaves take carbonic acid largely from the atmosphere, and the olowing in of this crop augments the carbon of the soil very materially, which changes its color and gives it a greater capacity to absorb solar heat and to retain manures and ammonia, whether resulting from their decomposition or absorbed from the atmosphere. American Agriculturist. Remedy for 3Ian?e. Zrange is not a disease in the common sense of the term, but is caused either by a vegetable parasite or by an insect which grows in the skin. There are two kind?, but both are treated alike. The treatment is as follows: The skin is first washed with warm water and carbolic soap to soften it and open the pores in which the parasites are im bedded: it helps to rub the skin with a corn cob or something rough to break up the vesicles and remove the crusts The parts are then dried and rubbed thoroughly with an ointment made as follows: Four parts of lard, one part of sulphur, and one part of kerosene; a few drops of creosote are added, about twenty drops to an ounce of th-j mixture. This should be well worked into the skin with a hard brush, and the applica tion should be repeated weekly for three or four weeks, so as to destroy any new growth from eggs or spores. " This disease is contagious, and the stables where a mangy animal has been kept should be well white-washed with lime. Prairie Farmer. Durability of Timber. Timber varies exceedingly in its power of resisting decay, and the more resinous the wood is the 3ooner it decays under ground. Thus, pine and hemlock posts will rot off in two years if made of green timber, but will last four years if the timber is seasoned, "and will resist decay for eight or ten years if well saturated with hot lime and tamped with coarse broken stone when set. Seasoned locust and chestnut posts thus treated with lime and tamped with stone have re mained sound for thirty or forty 3rears, but if the timber is green when set the posts have rotted oil in half this period. 1 he frequently-appearing statement that posts set in the ground top end down ward are more durable than if set the other way has also been disproved by tests, as might be reasonably expected. As the matter of the durability of fence posts is important to farmers and it is well proved that locust is the most dur able of all timber for that purpose, and chestnut is next to it the planting of groves of these trees for this use should not be neglected. 13y and by it will be easy to collect the seeds, and this should be done in season. Ncto York Times. Weed Killing. It is true that weeds still keep grow ing, and must be destroyed that they may not ripen seed to till the ground, to the detriment of future crops. It is not the labor to keep them down now that it was while crops were smaller and did not shade the ground. To go through a field and pull up the larger weeds which in some way escaped destruction at the last hoeing, or with a hoe to cut up tho;e that are starting in certain spots, is not like the labor ol giving the field a thorough hoeing. Then those which fringe the borders of the fields should I e mown down, and the spots from which the early crops have been taken should be plowed or gone over with the cultivator, even though no other crop is to be put in this fall. Better the land should lie fallow than to be growing a crop of foul seeds to infest the neighbor ing soil. Then there are weeds and bushes in the pastures and along the roadsides to be mown down. Let them lie where they fall until dry enough to burn, and then apply the match, so that the fire I may assist in destroying the sprouts that ; may start from the roots. With the first ! growth cut down, and the second burned down, the third, if there shall be one, may be so feeble and tender as to be destroyed by the winter. Those weeds which are sufficiently mature to ripen their seeds should also be destroyed by fire if it can be done. If not they should, be subjected to the gentle heat of the compost heap.; American Cul'ivatr. Poultry as Wheat Producers. It has been claimed that one-fourth of the pro .'it in poultry is in the manure they produce. From the eperince of a wheat grower in Ohio, it would appear that the whole expense of keeping his poultry was paid by the droppings taken from the poultry house. This is the way it was done: In the fall, after he hns his corn in the shock, he goes to the fie d and gets a number of loads of nice, fine, dry dirt; this is placed under cover; once each week the hen house is cleaned out and and the droppings covered with some of th:s dry dirt, in bulk about half as much as the droppings. This absorbs the moisture and retains the ammonia. Two or three times during the summer the pile is shoveled ove, to have it thor oughly mixed and dried. The whole is then sifted to remove feathers, straw or anything else that would clog a grain drill. When he sows his wheat he has a phosphate attachment to his drill and uses a barrel of this heme made fertilizer to the a re. The result is an extra live or ten bushels of wheat to the acre. This, he says, pays for the keep of his fowls, s-o all the income from the Hock is profit except the cost of caring for them. If poultry can be made to increase the fertility of our farms to such an extent, what branch of farming pays better? This is not the experiment of a single year, but has been carried on for a number of years. Results equal to these obtained by the use of commercial fer tilizers upon meadows have been secured by the use of this home made wheat fer tilizer. We have used it sown broadcast in early spring. Farm Full and Stock-man. Practical Hints on Raisins Calves. The important point in raising calves is to give them a good start, for which purpose nothing equals milk as it is taken from the cow. Though some peo ple practice separating tne calf from the cow the day after it is dropped, it is gen erally preferred to let it run with the cow for four or Ave days, taking all the milk it will. At least this period should elapse after a calf is dropped before the milk will Le fit for use as human food. After separating the calf from the cow new milk should be liLerally fed for two weeks, and if this can be continued even longer it is advisable. No substi tute for new milk should be given under two weeks. After that, however, more economical food may be compounded, if desired, and the calf will still thrive. If skim-milk can now be afforded, the calf will thrive on liberal feeding. Willard says that if whey and oat meal be properly prepared it can be made to serve as a very good substitute for milk. The whey should be dipped off when sweet from the vat, then bring to the boiling point and turn it upon the oil-meal. Let the mixture stand till night, then feed. In the morning whey sweet from the vat may be fed. At the commencement a little less than a pint of oil-meal per day will be sufficient for four calves. This may be gradually in creased till each calf has a daily ration of half a pint. At first it is better not to feed calves all the whey they will drink at a time. A large feed of whey cloys the appetite and deranges the health. A half pail of whey at first is enough for a feed, which may be increased to three fourths of a pail and a pail as the calf increases in age. Tvri meals a day, if the calf runs in a good pasture,is sufficient. Calves fed in this way ought not to be weaned until they can get a good bite of after feed from the early cut meadows. It is important to keep them in a growing, thrifty condition with no check. When weaned earlier their growth is often checked by reason of short, dry or innutritious feed in pas tures. When whey is not to be had for feed ing young calves the following is some times used : Take three quarts of linseed meal and four quarts of bean meal and mix with thirty quarts of boiling water, when it is left to digest for twenty four hours and is then poured into a boiler on the fire having thirty-one quarts of boiling water. It is here boiled for half an hour, being stirred with a perforated paddle to prevent lumps and produce perfect incorporation. It is then set aside to cool and is given blood warm. When first used it is mixed with milk in small quantity. The milk is gradually decreased till they get the mucilage only. Indian meal may be used in place of bean meal. Buckwheat meal rooked into porridge and added to whey is reported to have been used with good results. hasten the maturity of the young animal j It is considered a desirable point to by good feeding and care so that it will come into milk at two years, as such heifers make better milkers than those that come in at three years, besides the profit of milk for an extra season. York World. jeio Farm and Garden Notes. Wilted food is not good for cattle. Reject a horse that is light below the knees. You can't make good butter out of stale cream. A cross cow in a herd will worry the others and lessen the milk flow. All animals should be trained by kind ness to love, not fear their owners. Do not be afraid of taking too much pains in the manufacture of any dairy product. Removing crop after crop from the land without returning something in its place destroys the fertility. Don't throw the tops from the potato field into the pig pen if there has been any Paris green used on the crop. A recommended cure for garget is to bathe the udder in water as hot as the hand can well bear; rub until dry and apply vaseline. Manure thrown out of a stable window and allowed to accumulate against the barn eats oil paint and hastens decay of siding and of sill. Go through the fields, pulling up the Lirer weeds and cuttinjr down with a hoe those newly starting. Every such stroke now makes the work easier next year. The greater the decomposition of milk ! the more will the cream be affected, and 1 as a consequence the more difficult will it be to obtain a nice quality of butter ! from it. j Some use kerosene oil to rid the hi. e j of an S This will kill them, but should ; be used very sparingly, as the bees dis like it greatly, and it would probably kill them as well if used carelessly, i A horse that is used to running away 1 should be put in the hands of a good ' driver, be provided "with a strong strap I around the neck, and a stout rope halter, j and should never be left standing with ; out being securely fastened. ! After the sweet corn has been thor- oughly picked, there is nothing better i than the stalks or fodder for keeping up j the production of milch cows. Cut for j each day's feeding the day before and ; let it lie and wilt for twenty-four hours, j Caulilloweis and such vegetables ' lf et out toward nicrht or on a : day when the sua does not shine, and , well soakea witn water. iuis gies: i them a chance to com up through the night and they will not wilt so badlj next day. Packing the soil by rolling after sow ing seed is not beneficial. On the con trary the land is injured in dry weather, as a crust forms over the seed and the surface dries, thus checking the growth of the youn:: plants. Thorough harrow ing after the sowing packs the soil suffi ciently. In a wet time the sheep, especially the fine wooled, should be c!o;ely examined to see if they have any maggots in their wool, hatched from the egjs of the blow fly. These maggots can be killed by shearing off the wool and washing the skin with tobacco juice or carbolic acid diluted ten times. Old hens may be, and should be fat tened so as to be quite tender by proper feeding now. They should by put in a yard by themselves and fed four times a day on coarse oatmeal boiled in milk so as to make a thick stiff mush, and fed when nearly cold. As much as will be eaten clean should be given. Every weed that g.ows near a plant takes from the soil the elements for its support, and struggles for existence with the plants for that purpose. In the dry sea son weeds will appropriate the moisture that may be required for the desirable plants. The best mode of withstanding the effects of drought, therefore, is clean cultivation, whereby the grass and weeds are prevented from injuring the crop plants. Everyone who knows how to make good butter also knows that the age of the cream has very much to do with the butter's quality. This word age, how ever, that writers are so fond of using, is in fact a relative term. Cream may or may not be old, according to its age. If kept warm and dry, that is, ia shallow vessels, and allowed to be influenced by a dry, warm atmosphere, then a very lit tle age will make it old. If, on the con trary, it 'has been kept sweet and cold from the time it left the cow, the mere matter of age does not cut such an im portant figure. NEWS AND NOTES FOR AV03IEN. There are about twice as many women as men in Yucatan. The celebrated Princess de Motternich is her husband's niece. Twenty-four women- have graduated as lawyers in Michigan this year. There are thirteen women physicians now practicing medicine in Paris. Parasol handles of gray cornelian are now considered especially elegrant. Mrs. Stowe continues to receive $1500 a year royalties on "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Mrs. Rogers, a Texas cattle queen, rides a hor.-e as well as any cowboy in her employ- Wool toilets of russet red, combined with cream color, are favoied by French ladies. Emily Faithful describes the "shabby genteel" idea that work is degrading for won.en, Miss Adelaide Thompson, of Philadel phia, is sixty years old and worth $3, 000,000. Soft English nainsook, without dress- g: is the preferred material for simple wniie guvns. Miss Harriet E. Cushman has been ap pointed professor of Greek at Fargo Col lege, Dakota. Mrs. Ira McLane has taken a contract to run twenty-three Montana mail'ioutes for four years. The first art club in Texas has been established at San Antonio. It is officered entirely by ladies. The long dust cloak of mohair, or pongee, is now invariably worn with the traveling costume. A new "fad" in Paris, the English papers tell us, is the wearing of gloves that do not match. Some very elegant promenade cos tumes are made of fine French mohair combined with silk. Miss Ilariiet P. llaine, seventy years of age, is a clerk in the Treasury Depart ment at Washington. Dark indigo blue is a color now used very effectively to trim costumes of suede colored pongee. Edna Dean Proctor, the authoress, has given a drinking fountain to Henniker, X. II., her native town. The King's Daughters of Atlanta, Ga., have just opened a hospital there to be under their exclusive charge. statistics show that France employs over oOUO women in her civil service, telephone and telegraph o iices. Clear white is now prefeired in cot tons to the creamy tint that has been in vogue lor several seasons past, j The old fashioned lawns are again i fashionable, and are seen in all the new shades pink, mauve, blue, green anu dove. Lad:cs who are in mourning trim their plain white gowns with hem-stitching and many clusters of fine hand-run tucks. Mrs. Ingalls, the wife of the Senator from Kansas, is a woman of about forty five, but is remtrkably young-looking and active. Independent waists of et or lace, which may be worn with various skirts, are par ticularly comfortable just now, and also very pretty. Pundita Ramabai has already secured about $50,000 towaid the fund she is raising to establish a school in India for Hindoo widows. Miss Cora E, Shober has been elected Superintendent of Keadle County, Da kota, receiving twice as many votes as the male c mdidate. Some of the newest gros grain and f??! sols, in navy blue, Go! elin and terra cotta, are made to show the white selvage of the silk as a border. THE VILLAGE Under a spreading chestnut trc : The village blacksmith stands, And in a brimming basin he Would wash his brawny hands ; But something else than water clean His sooty palm demands. Week in, week out, from morn till ' n?ght. He might have rubbed, I trow, Had I riot given him a cake Of Ivory Soap, when, lo ! Full soon those honest hands of his Were spotless as the snow. A WORD OF WARNING. Thrr rro manv white snans. each renresented to be " iust as cod as the 1 Ivory ' ; they ARE "CT, !;jt like nil counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for " Ivory " Soap and insist upon getting it. CcnvHht t0'"".. hv rrvt'' Gambia. (0,000 AGENTS WANTED to the: life of CfifiP essb a i u ma ue ub h w . ... Gen. Lete IFaifare.ths eminent Author, Statesman, Diplomat, and JjifeAnmg frnd of Gjn. IlarrUwn la writing ths only awhorized Biography. "A man lirinfi more compete' ' Ex-Go. Porter, of Bdi..U,'! ' read Ben llur and want Ben Hw.rrin by sun author. Selling trnwientety. My wuxxt frl.UU. Uroatess Mney .HaUIn book yet. Ontflts oOcts. UUIIKAltO lilt OX., t'i.l Chestnut St.. rh.il. H??iS L IE REP lavaaavaavaama-i i a a nviaMnniii ai 'To introduce it into A MILLION FAMILIES mo offer the LADIES' Aim , PRACTICAL HOUSEKEEPER From NOW to JAN'Y, 1889 Four months balance of this year, OK XBCXIFT 09 ONLY CENTS - 3 Stamps. m " - . y sj . if, i. I.;.' Rrsikfatt and Dinner Parties Home Cooking, Dainties and Desserts. Teas, Sup pers, Luncheons and Keceptions. u explicitly- all the little details women want to know. Tells how to entertain guests, how to serve refreshments, what to have and how to make it. Everything new and original, practi cal and well tested by experts. Accompanying the recipes will be remarks upon pretty table ad- Ijuncts, methods ot serving ana waiting, gar nishing, table manners ana etiquette. Children's Page Illustrated Stories. Flawers and House Plants finely illus trated articles, edited by Ebbk E. Rixfoid, with. "Answers to Correspondents." Mother's Corner A pace devoted to the nf infanta and vnunir children. Interesting letters from subscribers giving views and meth-1 ods of management. Original articles from thel best writers. Illustrated articles on usmes sna Home-made Toys. Amusements for Sick Children. Illustrated. Kindergarten. Il lustrated articles by An.ha W. Barnard. rilP rC P11RI fSHAn CO. . Philadelnh a. II vwoi.w. - -- ' 1 JONES PAYSthe FREIGHT ft Tod Wagon Hcales ) Irsn LcTtri. i-el feesriogi. Brass Tara Beam and Brio Box tor ; Irerr size HcaJe. for fr prx Us ssectinn lfr pPr ar4 rrc JONES or IINBHAMTII. BI.NGI1AMTON. N. T ASTHMA cured) German Antiima Care Eereraiitoifrjve 1 w i Ufnaail Anumaiare ciciuiuun.- mediate relief m the worst caeaEsur! ocnuoxv able sleep; effects cores wivere svl otiier faJ. A trial convince lA mo skeptical. Price 5c. ad 81.00,oIDrrvvi'rb-maiL Sample FK EL. forgtaror. Pr. rVhCH.1 rt m a . i-arsiiiiii AXLE GREASE Sold Everywhere. Cleveland. O.. Homoeopathic Hrital Coile?. Session ori.-ani7ft in 149: 1) rraiuat-. lor rata. lcrue aadrvM WiUiam T. Mill-r. M. D..cajiyricr8t. TPVA 1 r tin 5.00O.O0O acres bsi agricul- LAAO LAliU tura! and rrazfnjr land forle. jLCdress,GDL.E Y & POHTliil,Dalls,Tex. mm mmmi lamia J s - a IST TS T II E WORLD HT Het the Oesuine. BLACKSMITH. And when the soap escaped his grasp. With wonder he did note That on the water's surface dark The cleansing bar did float, As swims upon a turbid lake A pearl white fairy boat. " Thanks, thanks," said he, " my worthy friend, For this which thou hast brought ; No village blacksmith should forget The facts this Ivory Soap has taught; For hands like mine it is the best That can be found or bought." supply FIFTY MILLIONS people with By tne autnor or BEftl HUR. Tie Best Waterflroof Coat. The FISH BEASD ELTCTLKK Is warranted waterproof, aad will krap you dry In the hardest storm. The Dew POMMEL PT.ICKIR Is a perfect r.iiloc coat, and eoTers tho entire paddlr. Pware ol Imitations. None itenuln wftout tit "Flab Brand" trade-mark. Illuafraterl Catalogue free. A. J. Tower. HcatoD, Mass. ii u whim ucBJ.i'w-y . .. X . . m- ACIDITY. .Dr. Schenck's Marulratc Pills stop fermentation and start sweet digestion. AGUE. Both Liver rid Stomach are? congested. Dr. Schenck's Mandrake Tills reduce all congested conditions. BILIOUSNESS. Liver not purifying ' the blood, het it to work by using Dr. Schenck's Mandrake Tills. BLOOD-POISON. Stomach anl Liver at fault, clean them and Mart healthy action -with Dr. Schenck's Mandrake I'ills. CHI LLS. No chills without congestion. All congestions yield to Dr. Schenck's " Mandrake Tills. CONGE ST O N .Vessels of Liver or Stomach gorged. Unload them by use of Dr. Schenck's Mandrake PilLs. COSTIVE NESS. Bad digestion tell ingon the bowels. Correct all by using Dr. Schenck's Mandrake Tills. DYSPE PSI A. Stomach congested and intiamed. Cleanse and treat with Dr. Schenck's I -'..mlrake Tills and Seaweed Tonic. ERUPTIONS. Boils, carbuncles, &c, show impure blood. Cleanse and purify with Dr. Schenck's Mandrake Tills. For Sale by all Dmgslsts. Price 25 cts. pr box; 8 boxiD for C5 cts.; or eMit by mail, ptg fr, TO receipt of pric. Pr. J. II. Schenck A aHm, I'hiia. LUJltS WHtKt ALL LLOt tAiLa. TtAfitCouffh SrruD. Taetes orood. Use in time. roia ny orugni. Jure t I believe Piso's C for Consumption saved my life. A. H. Dowell, Editor Enquirer, Eden ton, N. C, April 23, 17. The best Cough Medi cine is Piso's Cure for Consumption. Children take it without objection. By all druggists. 25c. m a U ll fl I J I CUiiES WHERE ALL Hit rAlUS. Best Cowo Syrup, lisih gooa. Use In tim. hold ry amyiniM. S5 l.in-Anot uu.I'-r tLe h--r--" t-t. Vn!" Vt la. as a UvstkoBdMkrome7worm;;rroalk tf1 PISO I 5. . r-"V ha IT) LmA
Fisherman & Farmer (Edenton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 21, 1888, edition 1
3
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75