The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-15

Farm and Garden. t-
Prniss Grapes--Prune grapes imme
dia;ely, and cuttings of a foot, OIL fftear
inches, with two or three buds, if packed
in sand and put in warmish place, as
in sunny cellar window, will calious
and be ready to strike root in the open
ground in spring. In winter pruning
have regard to the strength of the plant
A long, oipted sort that makes wood
freely, like the Concord, can carry more
top, and needs that the ground be
filed with manure, and no tree roots
interfere with its growth. No grape
vine can well compete with tree roots,
unless it be allowed to Chamber over, the
tree and partially smother il. Then. il
the tree is not too high, the vine has a
good time. Wines Of the more delicate
sort, like the Delaware, have no courage
for high climbing, and struggle for their
lives with trees. Aneglected and stunt.
ed Delaware had best be pruned very
short-perhaps quite to the ground-to
force fresh start of vigorous wood. A
barrow load Of horse manure will not
hurt such a vine now, if the ground be
poor and infested with the roots Of other
plants. A trench should be dug to cut
OFT such pirating roots. as soon as the
ground is open. One Hartford Prolific
vine, if allowed 10 occupy the entire
earth space for two or three rods south
OF a house, will afford a great deal of
trellis shade and supply the family with
grapes. Naples and elms should be
kept at five or six rods distance, except
they are slaall ones. A cottager can't
we'll grow cordwood and grapes too.
Pruning grapes is something like driv.
ing q horse. You need to feel the pres.
sure Of the life under your hand to curb
and direct it probably. Dead wood is
of no use. Neither is weak wood worth
saving. Cut back to promising bud,
nourish and care for the root and top
another season, and you may have
vine strong enough to draw quite load
of fruit from the soil and air.
To Prevent Soc from Eating her Pos
1t is the opinion Of some excellent
breeders that the cause of SOW eating
her offspring is oostiveness, and thai
proper food is the preventive and cure.
The proper food in winter is roots of
some kind-sugar beets, carrots, pars.
nips, rnangel wnrzel, turnips, or pota-
toes. Give little charcoal occasionally,
with sulphur once or twice a week. if
you have no roots. Don't feed heating
food, such as corn meal. II will make
her costlve, feverish and cross, and she
will attack and destroy her pigs when
in the frenzy this induces.
Measles in Swine.-Feed them sulphur
once or twice a week in their slops--a
tablespoonful to each animal. II will
generally prove preventive, provided
the pigs are kept clean and warm, as
they ought always to be.
Cranberries on Pine Lands.-A grower
gives the following experience in the
journal Of Agriculture: Three or four
years ago transplanted cranberry vim es
from my meadow to one of my gardens,
which is pine land. They have grown |
we'll, and are now loaded with fruit. III
had compromised with them, that il
they would come and live With me on
my land ] would bring them their ma
live soil, so that they would not suffer
BY emigration. dug channels two feet
vide, twenty inches deep, and three feet
apart. ! removed the gravel and filed
the channels with muck from the place
whence they were taken. / took ND
The plants in small clusters, and set
hem deep in their natural element.
They appeared to be perfectly content.
ID with their new locality. They now
occupy one square rod Of ground, and
ire beginning to enlarge their borders.
keep this patch clear of weeds. The
expense Of this cranberry square rod
vas about two days labor of one man
md one days labor of one horse. The
prospect now is that the cranberries
vill yearly pay the expenses Of their
lew settlement. Muck and expert.
nents we'll directed will prove sue
essful. n-
Beans for Sock Fsed.-A Canadian
armer says, although white beans are
4 no value for fattening stock, yet they
re the best things that can be fed to
Dung animals, as they contain the
ecessary materials for making bone
nd muscle. For young colt, one pint
I beans and oats crushed together will
g found much better than oats alone.
neighbor of mine, few years ago,
I'd his store ewes with a regular allow
nee OF beans and peas crushed, during
ne winter, and, as consequence, the
ext spring never lost lamb. They
ere SO strong that they were on their
'et and tried to suck almost as soon as
ley were dropped.
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