Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-11-10

ing time, and tie them In bundles
of 25, or of convenient size, and
bury, the lower end up, in some
dry place. We say lower end up,
because it is desirable to keep
the upper bud dormant,and allow
the lower part of the cutting to
be more forward.
STRAWBERRIES.
Established beds should be
covered as soon as the ground
freezes. 1t is a mistake to cover
too soon. Use whatever is avail
able-straw, bog or salt hay, corn
stalks, etc. Do not use sawdust;
through a serviceable winter pro-
lection, it is a nuisance in the
spring, as it soils the berries.
KEEPING SWEET POTATOES.
/ have found that rotten wood,
finely pulverized, is the best
thing yet. Collect the rotten
wood in the summer OF. early fall /;
get it perfectly dry; grind or
pound it fine, pack your sweet
potatoes in it in boxes or barrels
and keep them in warm room or
in the cellar close up to the floor
Of the house, and you need have
no fear but that your potatoes
will be as good in the spring as
when you packed them away
Cor. Country Gent.
CABBAGEs.
After trying various plans for
wintering cabbages, we think
that followed by our market gar
deners is the best. The cabbages,
after freezing weather has set in
and before the ground is so frozen
that they are difficult to pull, are
taken up and inverted, and three
or four inches of earth thrown
over the heads. If many are to
be treated the earth is plowed to
them, but with small crops the
spade will do the work. Plants
sown for the purpose are to be
kept in cold frames. Set them
down to the leaves and do not put
the glass on until cold weather.
The object to be attained is to
keep the plant dormant and quiet,
but still alive.
CROSSING DIFFERENT BREEDS OF
SWINE,
Joseph Harris, in the Ameri-
can AgricwlturiSt, speaking of
the correct and incorrect method
Of crossing breeds of swine, says
that a western farmer crossed a
thorough bred Essex SOW with
a Chester White, and had a
very uneven and every way un-
desirable litter of pigs. 81 do
not know what else he could ex-
pect. He says he will for the
future confine himself to the
thorough bred Essex, and will
not cross these breeds again.
Had he crossed the other way,
he would have had a different re-
suit. This mania for crossing
without a distinct object, is sheer
folly. One of my neighbors had
a large, coarse, Chester county
Essex, and had a splendid litter of
pigs. A young sow from this
litter was again crossed with a
thorough bred Essex, and now
has litter of three-quarter
bloods that are perfect beau
ties.'"
CORN CoBs AS FERTILIZERS.
A correspondent of the South
ern CulticGt0r speaks in strong
terms of the value of corn cobs
as a renovator of soil. He talks
as follows: "Since 1868, | have
been useing them, more or less,
as a fertilizer on my corn patches /;
and by comparing the corn in
these with corn where the cob
was not used as a fertilizer, pro-
nounce it a most excellent, cheap
and cleanly fertilizer, and one
easily applied. My method is to
run two furrows, throwing out
both ways the distance you wish
the rows, with the turn -plow;
put down three cobs to every
hill of corn-say three cobs to
three feet: cultivate in the
usual way. l will say to plant
ers, try it-save all your cobs as
carefully as you preserve your
corn; use them on your corn
ground as far as they will go,and
buy fertilizers for the balence,
and | feel perfectly satisfied that
you will be not only pleased
with the experiment, but will
find it decidedly economical and
remunerative."
SEE TO THE ORCHARD.
The Western Rural gives
timely advice respecting the
proper drainage of orchards. 1t
says: .sThe failure of orchards is |
sometimes to be attributed to the
pressure Of water about the roots,
below the surface, and some