HINTS FOR FARMERS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2141, 5 January 1881, Page 4

HINTS FOR FARMERS.

Mr W. A. Crouch, of Lowan, informs the " Border Watoh " that a simple and efficacious remedy for tho slug nuisance may be obtained by sprinkling red gum sawdust ovor the parts effected by tho pest. He has, from his own experience, found that stringy bark sawdust is equally efficacious in destroying grubs. Lang exposure to wet and mud frequently produces cracks and other troubles in horses foot. The prevention is (says tho " American Agriculturist ") in keeping the feet clean by frequent washing and wiping dry with a coarse cloth. A little crude petroleum applied to the feet before the horses are taken from the stable will help greatly in preventing thorn from becoming oracked. If the feet are already in bad Bhape they should be bandaged, and the horse kopt where it is dry. Cleanli. uess is tho moßt effective prevention of troubles with the horses feet. An American farmer says :—When bones can be ground of course they are made rapidly available as plant food, but at a distance of four mileß they may gradually be mado useful thus :—Break up the bones as much as you can, and mix tham with geed r.ctivo horse manure, two-thirds manure and one-third bones. Tho pile should then be covered with three or four inches of earth. It will heat, and when the heat has subsided the bones will bo found very much softer. Shovel it over, throw out the big bones, and all thit will break up, hammer again and compost them still furthor. Make a freah pile of bones and manure, and thrown in the hard cases of the former heap. Thus the bones will gradually yield to tho ameliorating and persuasive influence of the compost heap. The outside layer of earth will prevent loss of ammonia during the fermentation of tho heap.