The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-01
WORK Tor the Farm, Barn ana
stock Yard.

All the animals of the farm should be glad
10 sec their owner, and in fact every other
person who has to 10 with them. Arpn should
be recognized as their best friend. Colts
and steers particularly, should be petted and
handled constantly. Treated thus. thew will
never need breaking. If horses by pinch;np
ca pretending to pitch their fanks keeping
himself out of the way Of kicks and bloes no
wonder they become vicious. The same how
IN passing through the cattle yard will crack
the cattle yer the bacl. with a fork handle
II they are caught standing in the driest mart
OF the yard when he wants to pass. The re.
suit Is always the same--a yard ofwild cows
ana ugly steers to be afterward "broken" bv
iear and a goad Feed roots to all classes of
stock, particularly to those which NAV be
breeding, and by this means counteract the
tendency to constipation
CRANBEnRiBs ON UPLANDs--Threo wars
since, in one of my botanical excursions, I
uisc''efs~ sae lily cranberry vine with
.Wo oE .Afte gceea c.al9 erries hanging there
or '.tte laeaiiry was . side hill, entirely free
'i'H etanoing water, The soil was friabIe, but
1911 IRON bang rich. This was the only
AncYa -speciiaa en- m town, and was delight
ed with my prize, which carried home in
triumph
vi course was laughed at in no small
measure .as ny enthusiasm on such small
matter told the family mot to despise the
day Of small things"
The next summer-I found that the vine
was spreading, and had not suffered from,
the trosts of winter. The next fall gather.
ed cupfull of very fine. colorsd and large
berries trem my pet bed and q a year from
that time, enough for our Thanksgiving din
ner. This year two quarts rewarded me for
my faith, in the first little vine. Q
The bed is Of little value for any other pur-
pose, and has never received any care, and
is full Of grass, Still it is fast spreading, and
doubt not will prove to be fine cranberry
bed. Although occupying a bleak place in .
cold climate in the most northern portion O
the State, the vines have never suffered from
the frost.
Let those laugh that win"
Nails IN FRuIr TREEs.-A gentleman saw
that while on visit to a neighbor, his al
tention was called to large peach orchard
every tree Of which was totally destroyed b
the ravages of worm, with the exception Q
tree, ana these were the most flourishing an,
thrifty peach trees he ever saw. The onl,
cause Of their superiority known to the host
was an experiment made in consequence O
observing that those parts of the worm-eatei
timber into which nails had been driven wsr
generally sound. When the trees were abou
a year old he drove = tenpenny nail through
the body as near the ground as possihla :
While the yieldedto the ravages ofthe worm
three OF these trees, selected at random, tres
ted In thus manner, had always been health,
furnishing him with the greatest profusio
Of the most lucious fruit.
1t is supposed the salt Of iron afforded b
the nails, is offensive to the worms, while
isharmless, perhaps even beneficial, to Il
tree. A chemical writer on the subject, say
The oxidation of the rusting of the. iron, /
the sap, evolves ammonia, which, as the Sc
RISES VIII OF course impregnate every pa
tleie OF foliage, and prooye too severe dol
Tor the delicate palate Of insects" es ',-
CHEAP FIELD FENcK.-A good aud suf
Gent field fence can be made with fftes
inches in width of boards; or sfty rods sffen
to the thousand feet of boards. Set the pos
and nail the first board nine inches from Il
ground; and then mako the spaces Eve, al
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