Farm Notes

PotatoKR pan bo kopt f rom rotting by dusting thom with lime, DSÍPg :üo;it 0110 buahol fi lime to forty bjiehels of Tbxius is no auimal fcbat will better ! ]'.:v llir coat of K')(''l 0x10 keep t'ian a d;ury cow in fnll milk. Standard applo trees should bo plantod tliirty foct apart each 'Hay, though in poor soils twenty-iive feet may be l'UOllgll. Work not a rod of land moro tban you can work well. It is ea.sier and far more ])rofitable to rcap sixty bushels from one acre tban flfty fi-om two. Manure and proper cultivation will enable you to do it. Do not work butter too mncb nor too fast. Work slowly, and until all the snit is tlioi-oughly and evenly absorbed, otlierwise ÜU'. butter will not be of uniform color. Working it too fast will destroy the groin. To make a cheap pork barrel, buy a coal-oil barrel; knock one head in; take a blinch of ld hay, set fire to it, and throw it in the barrel ; let it burn until the staves begin to burn; put it out by turning the barrel upside down ; scrape the coals off, and you haveagood, sweet barrel. Thekk is no better time than the present for draining wet ground. Swatöps are now dry; work is not pressing ; every foot of land a farmer owns should be made profitable, and, if the season is permitted to pass and this work is neglected, a year must elapse before the opportunity returns. AyTER many experiments, a certain ana speedy remedy for burdocks has been discovered in kerosene oil. A ! small quautity poured into the heart of the plants, directly after cutting, leaves no trace of their existence save a smal] hole in the earth whero they stood. Hefincd or crude oil will accomplish the purpose equally well. TiiEuseof chloride of potassium is recommended in Germany as a means of increasing the growth of wool on sheep. Some Germán chemists have made pxperiments with the article proving that the growth of wool is proj moted by its use. It is administered in the proportion of one jiart of chloride to nine parts of salt. It not only increases the production of wool, but im! provcs the quality, and promotes the general health of the animal, we are tpld; but the proper quantities to 8Oministcr are not stated. If the horse is shy and hard to catch, take finely-grated horse-castor, oils of rliodium and oummin; keep them in separate bottles, well corked ; put some oí the oil of cummin on your hand and p.pproaeh the liorse on the windy side. He will thcn move toward you. As soon as you can rèach him rnb some of the cummin on his nose, give him a liêttë of the castor on anything he likes, and get a few drops of the oil of rhodium on his tongue. After this you can make him do nearly everything you want. Treat him kindly, feed well, handle gently, and your victory is certain.- Turf Field, and Farm. A Virginias writés in praise of corn not only as the best food for laboring men, but for domestic animáis of all kinds. He states that the usual ration for a negro laborer, for a week, is one and a half pecks of cara, three pounds of bacon and a little molasses. They thrive on it, and are hoalthy and strong. I Southern horses and mulês, as a rule, have only corn for grain, but they live longer and do more work than Northern horses that feed on oats. In that part of the country dogs are fed almost exclusively on corn meal, and they not ínfreqúently eat corn in the ear, while wandering cnrs devour it on the stalk. Even cats eat corn meal stirred up with water, as is done in the case of chicken feed. Düeing the winter niice are sometimes troublepome gnests in the apiary, especially if the hives are surrounded by straw in wnich they can harbor. The best pr'-ventive is to have hives so tight that they can gain no admittance. For the sake of ventilation it is not well, howevei)to have the entranceclosed'airtight, therefore, fasten a piece .of wire gauze over the entrance of the hives that may be in the cellar, or that may be burièd in the ground ; this will exclude micc and admit air; and over the entrance of hives that are covered with boxes fasten a piece of tin about a quarter of an inch above the bottom board, so that the bees can just pass under the, edge of it, while the niice are excluded.- Rural NeiC Yorlcr.