Useful to Know.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 871, 9 November 1888, Page 19

Useful to Know.

In England ensilage is fed to sheep with good results. It is claimed for tho Qrloff trotters of Russia that they are the greatest roadsterß in Europe. Leaves and branches return in the soil the same kinds of plant food that the trees take away.

If both horaes are bad in one and the same point, it is a thousand to oue that the progeny will ba worse than either. Among tho many remarkable things that have been sent from thi3 county to the Fair was a sample of red-top clover grown by D. C. Maddux, in Linn’s Valley. It stood exactly four feet high, and the seed was sown but last spring.—Kern County Echo.

A. P. Meeke of Occidental three years ago was annoyed by the codlin moth. After trying several remedies without relief, he planted at the roots of his apple trees tansy seed. This has completely eradicated the insect, and the orchard is free from its ravages.—Santa Rosa Democrat.

The union between scion and stock takes place by the inner bark, and not by tho cut surface of the wood ; consequently tho skill of the grafter is exercised to bring the inner bark of the scion iu close contact with the inner bark of stock. Southern California horticulturists are much troubled by the depredations of birds among their orchards. An exchange says that pans of water placed in orchards aud berry patches will keep birds from eating tho fruit. An English naturalist claims that the reason birds eat cherries and strawberries is because, in the blazing heat, they get dreadfully thirsty. If the birds can easily get at water they soon leave off taking tho fruit. The remedy is a simple one and worth trying. —Los Angeles Times. The following is a simple French tost for telling whether eggs are fresh or not: Dis solve two ounces of salt in a pint of water. When a fresh.laid egg is placed in this solution it will descend to the bottom of tho vessel, while one which has been laid the day previously will not quite reach tho bottom. If the egg be three days old it will float in the liquid; and if more than three days old it will float on the surface, projecting above the latter more and more as it happens to bo lighter with increased ago.