Farm & Garden.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3613, 25 January 1906, Page 4

Farm & Garden.

THE OX WAHLLE FLY. •‘ B«Ht and Most Efficient Way t <» <■•■£ Bid of the Pent Is to Destroy the Mr.KKOt.

Th« warble or swelling on the back of

cattle is caused by H - larva of a fly which attaches i;.-» tggs. to tnc hair on the legs, flanks and neck of tnc animal. These hatch and the larvae establish themselves under the skin, usually on either side of the backbone. Here they feed upon the animal juices until ready to pupate, causing the swelling or warble. When growth is completed the grub leaves the warble, drops to the ground, crawls under ike must con-

venieui shelter, such n: a p ; of board, ; log, etc, and her-; cr.m; ;: s into the ; fly or adult stage. The re is a difference of opinion as to l ow the grub gets under the skin. Pone entomologists claim that the egg is taken into the stomach by the animals licking* themselves, hatch there, adhering to the walls, then tha grubs gradually work their way toward* the surface, where they remain until fully grown. Others hold that the eggs hatch where they are laid and the young larvae bury themselves at once

under the skin. Whatever method is employed the results arc toe same. The best way tc get rid of the pest is to kill the maggot. This may be done by squeezing them out. Place the thumbs near the base of the swelling and press firmly until 1 the grub is forced out. To prevent the attacks of the fly in summer, a mixture of four ounces flowers of, sulphur, one gill of ■pints of tar with a quart of train oil rubbed along the spine, loins and ribs Is useful. Train oil can be used alone. As the fly does not move about from place to place freely, its eradication on individual farms depends almost completely upon the owner.— Orange Judd Fanner.

EARLY CULTIVATION.

It Mean* Much Hard Work, But It la Work That Pit)-* for Itnolf More Than Twice Over.

With all cultivated crops it is the early cultivation that is the most important. The weeds are easiest killed when they first make their appearance above ground, and if the weeds can be kept down and the soil in good' tilth until the plants get well started 1 to growing it is much easier to maintain a good growth. One decided advantage in haring the soil well prepared when the seed is planted is that it will be possible to begin the cultivation earlier.

In most cases when the cultivation is commenced in good season in the garden a sharp steel rake or pronghoe, and, in the field, a good smoothing harrow will be found 1 the best and most economical implements. Properly used, they will destroy the weeds that may have started' up and at the same time will fine the soil and keep it in a good tilth. With all crops the cost.*of cultivating is quite an item, and when the condition of the soil will admit using them In no way can the weeds be killed out so effectually and the soil be so thoroughly fined as when these implements are used.

Then the cultivator can be used, taking pains to work as close to the plants -s« possible. There is no advantage in working the soil deep. Thoroughly stir the surface, and a better growth can be ■©cured than by stirring deep, while ■hallow cultivation is easier on man •ndteam.

Under ordinary conditions one good harrowing and three good cultivations •hould be given within the first six weeks of plant growth. Once the plants get well started to growing, it is comparatively easy to keep them growing. —St. Louis Republic. FACTS FOR FARMERS. Situate your buildings on an eminence, and never in a hollow. The man who lets his work drive him, If he can help it, is a slave. Have the courage to thin your fruit. ' You will lose nothing, but will gain. Do you know where tilings needed in spring work are? It- will save you time to find out now r . A smoking manure pile means loss of ■mmoxiia. Open up the pile, or better cart it to the land. Donft cultivate any more land than you absolutely have to, which means better cultivation and less land. Make a study of what will be best for the road before you try to improve it. Sometimes one of the worst things is to build a road up in the center. t: In tests with Irish potatoes, deep planting with level culture yielded 254 pnshels per acre, ami shallow planting with hill culture gave a yield of 224 bushels. So long as sawdust remains on top of the ground it is all right as a mulch for

■trawberries,.but if it gets into the ground it may sour and be injurious.— WMtora Plowman.

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Small Herd* of t?»c SiieeJea, White iu Color, Vote ly Discovered In Darkest Africa. There are albinos in nearly every •pedes of created things—■white negroes, white eleph.;nls, white mire and white deer —but up to a recent date no one had ever seen a white rhinoceros. It is now reported that these are in existence in a recently explored portion of Africa. They are almost extinct and probably not more than a dozen or so are left. The Revue Scientifique prints an account of a recent meeting with a small herd of these animals in Natal. Fortunately, they are strictly protected by lav/, and, fortunately also, the party that inert the animals included the governor of the colony, otherwise the species might have been now more nearly extinct than ever before, for hunters are not very scrupulous in such matters. They (the rhinoceri) ware mating at a slow pace toward a jungle and easily allowed the observe rs to approach. The party came _ within 50 yards of the huge qua;;: up.dwhich were cropping the grass on the plain. The rhiciceri apparently were note; all dm! •rbod. Tiie horsemen dr mounted and approach'.d yet near. stopping about 20 yards from the hf During a minute or two the auisr.: seemed to pay no attention whatevto the human beings who wore wai- ’ ing litem and kept on browsing. Roc they began to sniff the air, as if they had discovered something d-. quieting or disagreeable, yet, curiously enouch, they seemed not to sec the tis.'tnr;-:, although the latter were not hidden. After a short lime, during wl h h they showed a sort of vague preoc< up alien, they withdrew, first walking r rd finally trotting. .Doubilers it i< '-cry seldom that these animals may be seen for so long at su**h -’hurt r;; i.r. e. The herd was ct mpmwd of four adults (one a powerful male) and of one animal a!'out- three-quarters grown. The same day a herd of three other rhinoceri were seen, not male, one female and -a young one. Thus eight individuals were seen, and probably these comprise all that is left of the specks in the region, except, perhaps, one or two animals. It is estimated that the re may lie ten a I to- ’/■:: h?r. It Is 1.-.-lieved that there are a].--*) a few in 11st* I Tic mho chain, but !h : -is d-nbtfuh The white rhinoceri , arc as strictly protected £< possible, ft is b ’ '■ un! sly for bid do n ie hunt them on ppr.e’i v of u fine •; ’■ to s.’oo or in: ■ n r ent. and the governor himself cnuiwt give permission to kill them. This is very wise, for even if there remain as many as 20 white ; rhinoceri in the world there are c«r----1 taialy no more. And i t is rather 1-ale-to | take up the work of preserving this j interesting species.

GOT THE DESIRED BABY FOOD-

Father of a Starving: Yoaiigiter Shown He In Somethin* of a Diylwnat,

"What shall we do for the baby?” was often asked in a certain West side household recently. And certainly the baby needed something. It was pale and puny and seemed halfstarved. The child was at the inter-nil-diary age when its nature.l food was- insufficient, and -still it was too young for beefsteak and potatoes, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. “The child must have some baby food,’’ said the mother. “Yes,” paid the father, “he could have it if .1 were rich. ft would cost a week at hast So supply him with 1 u’r.y food, and I get only $lO » week.”

“Put you are not going to let him starve?” she returned.

“No, I will manage to get it,” he said. “If you will press my suit, dear, T will try to get some food tomorrow.”

“What has the suit to do with it?” she asked.

“You will see,” he said.

So next day the father of the starving young one went down town. He wore his Sunday suit that had done service for two years. When he entered one of the big drug stores he looked to be worth at least $5,000 6 year. To a clerk he said: “I called to see about baby foods. Our child is in need of some auxiliary nourishment, but T do not know what to get for him. My wife says our cook told the second girl that you might probably furnish us with some samples of the various kinds of foods you carry in stock. If you can do that we will try them and then I can order a supply of the kind that best agrees with the child.” “Certainly,” said the clerk, and a package containing samples of aeven kinds of baby food was forthcoming. The quantity was sufficient to last a month. When the supply is exhausted he will go to another drug store and tell the clerk what the cook toid the second girl. Pity the Poor Kloh. Two ladies were discussing the spectacular existence of a very rich man. “Yes, my dear,” said one, “I knew him when he worked for Uncle Joe for three dollars a week. Of course that is the price fixed for all millionaires who have made their money, and it does make one tired, but this is literally true. And now he has a house in New York, another at Newport, a farm on Long Island, an estate in Lenox and cottages at Tuxedo and Aiken, besides a yacht and a private car that is the apotheosis of leather and gilding.” “Where is his home?” asked the other. “Home? He hasn’t any. When they get as rich as that they’ve no more home instinct than milk-cans.”— Youth’s Companion.