Show FARM AND GARDEN interesting I 1 terns items for the farmer and poultry raiser LOOK OUT FOB FOR SEED BLED CORN spraying tho lawn in the fall is ary the apple worm As G a large share odthe of the fruit with the worm still within it falls to the ground the picking up of these windfalls and feeding or otherwise destroying them or allowing them to be gathered by swine will naturi ally suggest it itself as an efficient method me thod manufacturers fac jurers of vinegar find it profitable to pick up and press all windfall wind falls they yield a ahe juice bic e which will make vinegar the fact c that mature worms search for crevices in the bark of the trunk in which to spin and under go their transformations has suggested providing them with artificial shelters for this purpose pieces kofold of old carpet or other woolen fabric I 1 about five inches wide and long enough to go around the tr trunk rik ana flap lap ara arc fastened with a stout tack these bands should be applied the last week in june and examined tho the first week iu in july and every ten days thereafter any worms or cocoons that may way li be found foun d under them can cab be killed kille d by running the bands through a clothes wringer or by crushing them otherwise withie a few 1 years the western have treated the apple worm upon the principle of nip ping in in the bud As soon as the young fruit is tree is sprayed with a mixture of paris green and W water ane one pound of the poi poison to to fifty gallons of water this h is is 11 thrown into the tree by means of of a spraying or sprinkling engine 0 in in the hope that a drop of the poisoned water will lodge in i the e ayea res of the young apples the newly hatched apple worm in eating its way into the interior of the young apple will be so effectively poisoned p oi so tied that it must give up u P it its t task s k should the small agiou ut of 01 paris green remain upon the fruit it would bo be tao minute to be harmful but the subsequent rains thoroughly wash it away so that there can ae be not tho the least danger in in u using ising I 1 the bohon in this manner the chief remedies used in england are barri ersi to prevent tho the worms from ascending the trees arees t to 0 a spin p in heavy heay is is fastened around ru j the trunks trucks and smeared with tar this and other means aro are employed as presentation tation HOW TO SUCCEED WITH FOWLS success with fowl kept excle for their e eggs is is gained only by coustaut con cone tant care for their cleanly nead and comfort they must have a variety of ufford food a good large run with opportunity to exercise or be forced to take exercise in scratching for their feeds feed as upon pon a floor covered with straw they may be kept safely in flocks of seventy to one hundred but the larger the flock the more danger there ia is from froin disease and from thieves the free use of crude carbolic acid is a great safeguard it may bo be applied in in sawdust or clay the dry material materi a L being molet ened by the carrolio car bolio acid thoroughly stirred into it the less of the carbolic acid that ia used the better provided every particle of sawdust or of dry clay has its quota quola the disinfectant thue thus prepared may be used in the nests in in the dusting ju box upon the floors under the roots etc it is fatal alike to pira parasites sites and to tendency to disease in moat most cases it cannot be depended upon in most cases it cannot ba depended upon in dirty houses for fermenting manure receiving fresh additions constantly will overpower almost any dhein s that could bo lie safely used by spading or plowing up a portion of the runs frequently fowls gain healthful exercise and fiti a few grubs and worms and with breeds of fowls which are area active by nature exercise means egge eggs ond and incidentally perfect I 1 health I 1 SEED conn CORN it is no exaggeration to say that millions ml liona of dollar are lost ayery year by planting seed corn that will not grow wo we tested a number of samples last ihring of bf corn of our own growing and from front some of the best beat fari farmer ue a in in the neighborhood and did not find one that was uniformly good some of the ears from the outside ot the crib would be good but those from the inside would be poor farmers would say 1 I know good seed born corn when I 1 see it i t and will warrant this to grow b but ut on I 1 testing besting it atmore more than half the k kernels would not germinate the trouble is not so much to immaturity as to the careless method of gathering and keeping the corn if the corn is thoroughly dry when ut in the crib and afterward kept ry the chances 1 are that it will I 1 pro prove ve good the grower growers of eed seea sweet corn earn the he 9 lato late varieties of which are difficult to cure properly ro perly build narrow racks on chice which the ear ears are spread out for several daje days or weeks there is ie a general impression that corn for should be left growing till it ib is thoroughly matured this is a mistake practically ti it t is far safer to cut corn r for or se aei eVery very early and let it rip ripen ea inthe shock than to run the risk of having it nipped by an early frost or of having the curing delayed by thea the horter shorter days and damp weather of the late season the first point is to get the corn thoroughly e ly dry before putting 9 in a the cri crib and nd then the crib should be very narrow narrow and with open slats at bottom and aides and a good god wide roof to keep off driving rains raine if all these conditions cannot be secured the only way we can be sure lure of good seed corn ie is to elect select the best ea ears r s an and d le leave a ve the husks attached to the buta buts and tie them up in traces tram and hang the traces in an a a airy barn or room for the win wira ter the few farmers who had such corn last spring could get their own price for it LAWNS the much talked of fall rains raina are prior to november not so copious that the lawn will be kept nicely green without spraying with the hose and as a green lawn ie is never more beautiful than when the fields are brown and the trees are losing their temp tation to continue spraying is great and is usually yielded to tan tl lawn is fresh and green only while white the grass gram is growing and tender and spraying avit if accomplishes what t is wished of aust keep the grass growing and ind tender long after nature would insist upon a rest nature i is s far wiser than he who makes use of the hose during september and october the natural vitality is expended and if its health demands a refit rest to growth past this season its vitality is drawn upon to such an extent that the winter must go hard with it and this thie ia increased by its tenderness when frost comes nature would have the gras grass partially dead and altogether toughened before frost but liberal spray ing keeps it growing and in as fit condition to meet frost as it would be in june jube spraying acts mostly upon the parts above ground most of the water is absorbed through the foliage itis it is true that the ground is wetted but only on the surface very little sinks into ground bence rence very little is absorbed through the roots while the top growth is stimulated the roots lan an guiab and the root formation is weaker to meet the winter than if no spraying at all were done itis it is often noticed that lawns liberally sprayed in the fall are sparse and feeble the next ye year araud and commonly it is said that they are drowned out this is true only in this that the water ats both roots and tops to io a say sad condition for winter it is of course but natural to wish your lawn green and fresh in fall especially if your our neighbors are not sparing in tle use of water but you would better allow them to surpass you now you will be ahead next year the spray may way well be used to keep the grass from suffering for water but not to stimulate it to an unnatural and prolonged growth if fall is is to bo be practised practiced it is all the more important that thit the grass rasp should go to rest at the natural natural time the applina tion tio nofa of a fertilizer at a time when the grass has already been stimulated ta t an unseasonable growth would only increase the injury As to manures for lawns nothing is bet ter for grass than stable manure provid edit is so thoroughly decomposed that all the seeds it may con tain are killed wood ashes which introduce no seeds of woods is the best application american agri eul hirist for september committing PoU camen and rioters Ei oter BELFAST aug sl the policemen recently arrested charged with murder for firing upon and as alleged killing a number of people during the late riots were brought up for es ex amin atlon today to day in the criminal court they all swore that they fired over the beads of the people judge alun roe granted the pollee ineas release ou bait ball with two sureties Buret les qualifying for in each case me six of the men inen who took part parts in the riots were to day lay committed for trial the magistrate announced eI that it was b hs P s intention to serve all rioters in th tile same way |