Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1889 — AGRICULTURAL. [ARTICLE]

AGRICULTURAL.

T* movi warts on horse*, Mka » gitoe of concentrated lye m large hh * Walnut, put it Into a bottle with Star enongh to dissolve it and apply fflli a feather. Illinois correspondent states that Nperience has taught him that cattle wlfl thrive better on good, bright flax straw than on oat or wheat straw, and be never knew cattle to be injured from anting it. In selecting potato seed two thtngi should be kept in mind; first, plant only Such seed as may be expected to produce smooth, fair-sized potatoes; set* end, plant only when the seed is in full Vigor.— A. W. Cheever. ~ Basswood trees are urged for planting by the roadside, as they-eerve th# doable purpose of attractive shade and abundant forage for bees. They also make excellent timber whenever it becomes desirable to fell them. Onb of the best disinfectants, say* the Poultry Bulletm, is Candy’s fluid, which is made by putting one ounce of potass, permanganate in a pint of cold water. For use, one ounce of this fluid ■honld be added to half apint of water. The cause of club-root in cabbage is claimed by a German experimenter, Woronin, to be a parasitic vegetable, which lives and feeds on Hie healthy tissue of different cruciferous plants. All weeds of that order (producing pods, like turnips, mustard, radish, etc.) should be eradicated while land is being rested preparatory to a renewal of cabbage-growing. The Indiana Farmer says the Ben Davis apple is so poorly flavored that even the coddlingwnotli generally passes it by for some better variety, and the •onsequence is that but few of these apples are wormy, and, being of high •olor and handsome shape, they are a very popular- apple at the city fruit stands, where they outsell other kinds about two to one on the average. Trefoil is said to be extensively Used in England for alternate husbandly, but it is reported not suitable foi permanent pasture mixtures, except it very small quantities. A writer state* that thfa plant is well deserving of cultivation on light, dry and high, elevated inferior soils, and on such will yield a greater bulk of herbage than any of the cultivated clovers. It is highly nutritious, and eaten with avidity by cattle, From the great depths to which it# roots penetrate, it is not liable to be injured l>y drought, and is thereby enabled to retain its verdure after the grassei and other plants are burnt up, a fad worthy of notice by Western farmer*.

JttOAST beef, or fowl, will be much nicer if they are kept covered while roasting; it keeps them moist; uncover jut tame enough to let them brown.