Agricultural & q.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1233, 18 November 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

Agricultural & q.

i'- Bink Glaahia andthe Olebme are said to bB good bee plants,. ■■'■,.. v.jvH .■. ■- i i The Iron growers jn>Los Angeles are again icomplaining of ihe. inijury .done by bees.': t r-'\ Fat hens.rarely lay.: If hens-begin to fatten '■rap'idlyithey will soonistop laying, nil '•>: •"A'.smill;amount of leached'wood; ashes given to ; 6wine; will have s, great effect both up. on tne:healih;and the fattening, •• ;,, <; •vTheifarmershouldilook to.the breeding of good stock;ii ; lt cost's little more to feed and rare a colt;than one worth '. ;;." • ■; A spoon'fulof Paris green in a.pail of water will kill canker worms,: .ilt should not.be sprinkled over plants of which the leaves are lea Mi' ,:,(.■■ M '..Mi ■:'■.:. !;.:|V ,-..Kv.- :]■■■ Charred Corn is uceUentJ.W feed hens in ' order id'increase! their egg.la'ying, capacity. Itiis not desirable, as their 'general food, but a little every day; will'be found beneficial, ;;;. :: Gharooalisnota fertilizer...lt is of great value as a disinfectant-andr.deodorizer; ; and acts.as a storehouse of ammonia arid moistil'c, giving .them out as needed by plants, Its mechanical action is to lighten the soil, and ■it tends to putUy it, , 7 „>.' ., i ■. .-,' :A new method, of .raising .slips, and one is as follows! Place a layer of oats under a layer of sand, and keep both saturated with .water constantly, . Then rplace the slips,' cut from shor, jointed; stalks, in the sand, andkeep in uniform heat, that [there.iß a scarcity ,of beef cattle in Nevada and .adjoining counties, and that there will be scarcely enough to supply the demand this fall and winter, , ijveiy daymen on.horseback visit the different farmers, in. this part;of. the cquntry,-and buy .up everything that is purchasable, and ; lhat can be converted into meat. This has'nut occurred before lor;years, ~; .. .Very raariy ,people desjre hornless cattle, of the Country Gentleman says: '«When the calf is old enough' fo'i ; the horn to start, a.vcry small protuberance is felt upori: the bones of the head., Take a knife and cut a small crosjs over this little horn, and lilt out trie incipient horn,.press the edges/of the wound together and put an adhesive strap over it, and there is no more trouble; anii you.have hornless cattle." '■,."..