The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-09-12
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THE GRAPE CROP. ta9si
From report read to the Cincinna
ii Horticultural Society we learn thal
the grape yield In that vicinity this
year will be varied. Some vineyards
are almost total failures, while others
will not be more than two thirds. 10
three fourths of crop. Each grower
has bis own opinions of the. cause, but
they generally differ. 1t is now gen.
orally CONCEDED that the Old Chillico-
the is the best variety-it having rotted
less than any other kind. Much prun-
ing is REGARDED as injurious and manur.
ing is also thought to have bad eff
feet. osig EIsa ea.a
OLD FRUIT TREES REMOVED.
Where trees have become old, and
the fruit depreciates both in quality
and quantity, they may be made TO
again bear fruit plenteously and vigor-
ously by pursuing the rules laid down
i'm the following: -
Scrape off all the rough outer bark
from the trees, then coat them with
soft soap, cut out about one third Of
all the poorest branches, and shorten
the head of the tree one-third by cut
ting back the principal limbs, pairing
the wounds and covering them with
shellac solutions. then dig trench
around each tree, three feet from the
same, four feet wide and 90 inches
deep, the solI being carted away; then
fill in with good, soil from the pasture
or elsewhere, and add two bushels Of
refuse scorie from blacksmith's forge,
two of well broken charcoal, and two
pounds of puIvefIzed potash, and. mix
well with the soil, frequently spading
it. The effect will show itself the next
season, and the fruit will increase more
and more each year for some years to
come. So says an agricultural ex-
change. 1t may be worth trying.
KEEPING SWEET POTATOES,
A corr, )ondent of the Rural World
gives a method which he considers
good for keeping sweet potatoes, he
having gained the information from
observations made while purchasing
seed potatoes Of a practical farmer
Dig a cellar or hole in the ground
directly under the floor of the room oc-
cupied by the. family, the only opening
being near the stove place by a trap
door: the cellar should be. small, say
six feet wide, uigbt or ten feet long,
and six or sohigh, or large enough TO
hold 400 to 500 bushels of potatoes
when flled.up, The walls of this eel.
Ter are many" feet inside the walls of
the house, and of course out Of reach
Of. frost, or wet from drainage The
walls are built up tight and sung to
the upper floor all around, and plaster
ed; the floor is of earth only; the pota-
toes ore poured in here, and remain
till wanted in spring. Sweet potatoes
put up this manner will be sounder and
plumper, and of the 800 or 400 bushels
thus put up not more than three or foar
bushels will rot.
CURES FOR WORM IN HORSES.
Powdered poplar bark, two ounces;
powdered sulphur, four ounces, table
salt, three ounces; worm seed, one
ounce; carbonate of soda, three ounces.
Mix, divide the mass into IL parts, and
mix one with the food every night
This will not only remove the worms,
but also tone up the digestive organs SO
that the parasites cannot for time
generate.
TOMATO CATsUP.
Take six pounds of tomatoes and
sprinkle with salt; let them remain a
day or two, then boil and press through
a coarse sieve, or calender. Put into
the livuor half a pint 0fvinegar, cloves,
peper, gipSer and cidnamon; boil them
one-third away; bottle tight. 1t should
be shook before being used.
Your BABIES Nor MY BABIES :
Some thirty-five years ago, there re-