Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-09-11
EarH Garner i Aitfhru,
GATHERINGS.


Keep gnud lookout among the hee-hives,
and 6e. sure that there la honey enough si0r-
sd for winter feed.
IA they riuen, save seed of all choice Alnds
of yeaefahes. being careful 10 select from the
aartiest and best Kinds for Cne purpose.
Mnnthly rnses now hegin 10 shuw their
hrauty and, if in anud snil and location,
they viii not fail to afGrd fnwers until iruSt
Games.
In order To have he largest and best specs
mems al nil kinds Of fruit, II il necessary 10
thin II ont, 70 some extent where the crop is
ample The smallest and pourest fruits
should be removed.
9urfFca tillage alone will not pruduGe the
best results IN grnwth. especially IN a dry
SsAaou |; and, whether rarnp Of dry, that in~
oIprnent which will best puveriZe he soil IL
what the farmer and gardner most need
The farmers OF Long Island ara suffering
this season rom ne putai0 rnt. The lossss
rom fisease last year are renewed ms sea
4nn en- much arger scale. In some places
ftids embracing MANY acres ara wholly blast
ed. The MERCER variety appears IA ue the
most affected.
,Tellias are aways acrrptahe, and great
ornament to he table. Quincas crab apples
and Fall pippins, make the very hgsr. Cur
rant eily 4h0uiG De made when ma fruit TrSi
ripens. After straining the Iuica, hnli genriy
half an hour before adcing Tie sugar, afier
which It deeds little mnre. CGui 4 small
quantity IN a 4 ail before taking ~, &c ssa
fit thIckans.
Togrdw the walnut, gather the nuts n the
Fail, soun after they drop. Dig off three 1r
four inGnes Of earth gn we'll drained grouhd,
spread shs nuts one IT .wo inches ies N
the bed thus praparad AMI cnver over with
two or tilrea inches of earth, sawdust, Or
anything that VII preserve the 1atlra! nnIs-
tura. Plant two OF three inches deep, Is
soon ls The ground lE N gnud order N spring
where tho trees are 10 stand permanently, IA
they 10 10 bear tIanspianrng, like most
trees.
The benefit derived fiam frequent stirring
1fss the surface sGI in dry weather, especially
4 II De of a compact nature, Il Ier'vet trnm
t!la admission Of containing nGIEtlre.-
Many cuIuvatGr think hat all Jhat e rpGulr-
of them Is 70 keep the weeds from growing
amung their plants, and IIev never slir ne
snl except for rnis purpose bur cur best chi
uVatnrs have learned rhaC frequent moving
Of The s0u very beneficial ID al CROPS ss-
peGiaiY IN time If ir1uta.
This q The time when vaeda ripgn, if eft
&c themselves. ! tag's work now, If prus
perry iirectef, may save a week work nexr
seasnH Clear auC me weeds from the -nr1
and potato ielda therefore. cnsr what IL viii,
ant ir viii save expense IN he end Of al
sIovenjY PRACTICES, By tar TOO common among
rs that OF etnng he weeds overlap the pG~
ra1nss and ripen, and shed rheir seeds en- the
and Is he worst. You ma" mark the gr1nr
anu tho bad farmer by it Ia certainly as N
any other way
Atfer hag'ng Gnmes period Of comparative
leisure IN most arms There is a me for a
little draining, !i-ching cuctIng bushes and
other smilar impr vsmenf4. Many swamp
ar vec meadow nav now be rakan IN hand
and hruughr into cuIslvatjon, and a loG Of ma
terIal for uhe cGmpus5 heap, or cnw-yarf
rhruwn cut, ard be put IN he way at pra-
parEfIun fIr use v lh-fry far mr. viii fall
~ DrHVIde the proper ma ter'a! tlr adding 20
the fertility Of hIs land. Il muck is perfect y
d. led IL will 1oid ahnut niue~tenrhs Of its
own wei ht N FGn.d manure.
The most i.up0r'a ant work iur 4uglaC q the
preparation of The y und for fail seeding
Summer iaIinws are 10 be wariIad and 4,uh
aie grounds pinw-d he AFTER should be
tHrned over A. soon a. pGssihle after being
cieared Of gram. Tine = wanted lor weeds
70 STAR before he iaal working 1racadln-
the sowing, ind II - aetfgI % eC the .oIl re-
caiVe The gnGd eif,cfs of he air, sun and ran,
and Become ighr lad pnvrrzed befhrs The
ctsf.l - s'A ~ = ieasb TIE 1tlffBie
saoald be well narrowed er gang pIowad early
20 art the weeds.
rE has been frequently asserted that proper
Iy Under framed sab-o,led Ianda never suffer
from d-aurh. VI DO cannot name many farrn-
srs lose their crops from drau III al east cncp
n Ten Years. and 5ri! have never experiment
Ell 20 know whether they can anderGran and
sahso,l Their and Glr one renth the value Of
their crops Gr whether such 4uhsciling and
Gnferi raining viii .ava them from frqQth en-
tireIE And hose who Goubt rhis fIct should
they not make the experiment., or vsit the
farms Of those VIII have, TO know Of Il
truth
Tt "a thought, by the mast Of farmers, that
the Gully way to have gued meadow IS To
piow np, Hld seed down every three 0r fGgr
yearS +, but this IS a mistaken idea. as mead
ows if the soil Is not Gf very Sight Ioam,