FARMING ITEMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 29, 22 December 1883, Page 7

FARMING ITEMS.

An English fnrmei static tli n ho preserve } IJS 'i.uu^i'rom weevil 1 ? by v.-r.ippmtf th- in in sfiong white p.iper pieviou* to putting tin m in oiiieo itf»j^~>. it v* a iact \\ lii d ihmh'V ami k»'epo'-s <>( pnuUiN aio com ei^-mt with r tii.it the occ<M<>nal u-e of unions mixed with the fund »>, a soiVgusud to holt'i, wbne they an- fed to p*Mi in oiue or twice a werk. ]r is not a cttr. -all, alter disease has once. b 'gun, but th>- pre\e,ntne of the fiist approach^. Fowls, will readily paitake of onions it they arc sliced and imxetl with othi i food. «iml a Mn.ill u'rrtion oi pepper i^ addef). if -csiled with tho <»tl)ci food they w ill be found to answer a niudi Wetter purpose. — Ameiican Papei . Potatoes >ire often greatly injured for table use by needless exposure in digging. It .should he kept iti mind thut a potato it> an underground .stem. It has the bark (skin) of other stems, but in a modified state. When a potato grows so near to the surface that a part of it is exposed to the light, that poition assumes the green color and general clvirncter3 of the oidinary bt< ms. it ii well known that the btems 01 vines of the potato contain a narcotic principle, which is poisonous and has foituiiritely a mo.st unpleasant tas-te. When a tub<>» is exposed long enough after di^^iujj; it becomes green, and uith an unple.ihant flavor that unfits it foi food. Even before the green is manifest, potatoes often develop this flavor which we have heard described as Vut-throut.' Whtn potatoes are dug, they should be allowed to dry a little before they are stored for the winter To accomplish this they do not need direct Miii->hiue. Tiie;) *huiiid be thrown out in shall. >\v heap.s und slightly covered with vine.s and w< cd*. These will keep off the bim but wiJj not prevent tho air from re.iehirt.i; and <ii^ mg their surfaces. Thoho who bu) potatoes at city stores and ni.uUels, oite.n lind thorn with a very bad flavor, due t" o\po->uio to the light. It i» best t<j di# the potatoes in dry weather, and whether they ,i>e to be pitted 01 iscoicd in a celler, !<<'ep them screened from (sunlight as much as possible.