Farm & Garden.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3614, 27 January 1906, Page 4

Farm & Garden.

THE OX WARBLE FLY.

Best ud Most Efficient Way to Gel Bid of the Pent I* to Destroy the Maggot.

The warble or swelling on the back of cattle is caused by the larva of a fly which attaches its eggs to the hair on the legs, flanks and neck of the 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 the most con-

venient shelter, such as a piece of board, log, etc, and here transforms into the fly or adult stage. There is a difference of opinion as to how the grub gets under the skin. Some entomologists claim that the egg is taken into the stomach by the animals licking themselves, hatch there, adhering to the vmlls, then the 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 are the same. The best way to get rid of the pest is ta kill the maggot. This may be done by squeezing them out. Place the thumbs near the base of the swelling and press firmly until the grub is forced out. To prevent the attacks of the fly, in summer, a mixture of four ounoea flowers of sulphur, one gill of spirits of tar with a quart of train oil rubbed along the spine, loinis 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 farm* depends almost completely upon the owner.— Orange Judd Fanner.

EARLY CULTIVATION

It Moans Mnoh Hard Work, But It Is Work That Pays for Itsolf Moro Than Twice Ovsir. With, all cultivated crops it Is the early cultivation that is the moat 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 l tilth until the plants get well started’to growing it is much easier to maintain a good growth. One decided advantage in having 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 p. commenced in good' season in the gari-- den a sharp steel rake or pronghoe, and, in the field, a good smoothing harrow will be found 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 e good tilth, ■ With all crops the cost, of cultivating ia quite an item, and when the condition of the soil will admit using them <r . in no way can the weedte be killed out so effectually and the soil be sc thoroughly fined as when these implements are used. Then the cultivator can be used, tak- , ing pains to work as close to the plants r i as possible. There is no advantage in i working the soil deep. Thoroughly star the surface, and a better growth can he secured than by stirring deep, while r shallow cultivation is easier on man and team. Under ordinary condition® one good harrowing and three good cultivations should be given within the first six weeks of plant growth. Once the plan ts got well started to growing, it is comparatively easy to keep them growing. —St. Leuis Republic.

FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Situate your buildings on an eminence, and never in a hollow. The men who lets his work drive him, il he can help it, is a slave. v Have the courage to thin your fruit. You will lose nothing, but will gain, i Do you know where things needed in spring work are? It will save you time . to And out now. A smoking manure pile means loss of i ammonia. Open up the pile, or better ' cart it to the land. Don't 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 toad before you try to improve it, ; Sometimes one of the worst things is to I build a road up in the center. Xa tests with Irish potatoes, deep planting with level culture yielded 254 . pushcls per acre, and 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 strawberries, but if it gets into the * ground it may aour and be injurious.— Western Plowman.

ttzvt TYPE OF RHINOCEROS.

Small Ue*d« of the Specie*. White tp Color. Lately Discovered is Darkest Africa,

There are albinos In nearly every species of created things—white negroes, white elephants, white mice and white deer—but up to a recent date no one had ever seen a whit* 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. Tha Revue Scientifiquo prints an account of a recent meeting with a small herd of these animals in Natal. Fortunate- I ly, they are strictly protected by law, and, fortunately also, the party that met the animals included the governor of the colony, otherwise the species i might have been now more nearly extinct than ever before, for hunters ar# not very scrupulous in such matters. They (the rhinoceri) were moving at a slow pace toward a jungle and easily allowed the observers to approach, The party came within 50 yards of the huge quadrupeds, which were cropping the grass on the plain. The rhinoceri apparently were not at all disturbed. The horsemen dismounted and approached yet nearer, stopping about 20 yards from the herd. During a minute or two the animals ■seemed to pay no attention whatever to the human beings who were watch ing them and kept on browsing. Soon they began to sniff the air, as if they had discovered something disquieting or disagreeable, yet, curiously enough, they seemed not to see the visitors, although the latter were not hidden. After a short time, during which they showed a sort of vague jmeoccupation, they withdrew, first walking and finally trotting. Doubtless it is very seldom that these animals may be seen I for so long at such short range. | The herd was composed of four adults (one a powerful male) and of one animal about three-quarters grown. The same day a herd of three other rhinoceri were seen, one male, one female and a young one. Thus eight individuals were seen, and probably lluse comprise all tliul is left if the species in the region, except, ••erhaps. one or two animals. It is slimatrd that there n ay be ten alto- • [.her. It I t He vecl that there are Iso a few in the Übombo chain, but his is doubi fol. The white rhinoceri •re as stricMy protected as possible, 't is absolutely forbidden to hunt them n penalty of a fine of $250 to SSOO or imprisonment, and the governor him•elf cannot give permission to kill them. T his is very wise, for even if there remain as many as 25 white rhinoceri in the world there are certainly no more. And it is rather late to take‘up the work of preserving this interesting species.

GOT THE DESIRED BABY FOOD. 7«tiicr »( a Starving Yanagiter lhawa He la Somethin? of A SlftOßUlt, “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 intermediary age when Sts natural food •was insufficient, and still it was too youna 1 for beefsteak and potatoes, savs the Chicago Inter Ocean.

‘■'Hie child must have some baby food,” said the mother. “\es,” sa.d the father, "he could have it if I were rich. It would cost $3 a week at least to supply him with baby food, and I get only $lO a week.”

“Rut you are not going to lei him starve?” she returned. “No, I will manage to get it,” he said. • “If you will press my suit, dear, I 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 starring 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 a year. To a clerk he said; “I called to see about baby foods. Our child is in need of some auxiliary nourishment, but I 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 varioua 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 beat agrees with the child." “Certainly," said the clerk, and a package containing samples of seven kinds of baby food was forthcoming. The quantity was sufficient to last a month. When the supply is exhausted h« will go to another drug store and tell the clerk what the cook tout the second girl. jpiir ike Poor Rloh. 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 millionaire* 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 $ 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 a» that they’ve no more home instinct than milk-cans.’’ — Youth’s Companion.