The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-06-05
for the fartner.
HINTS FoR THE SEASON.

A mixture Of soft soap and tobacco wafer.
made Of the consistency Of paint, aud washed
over the bodies OF trees with brush, viii. In
great measure, prevent insects from deposting
their eggs beneath the bark.
Crafts should be carefully looked over at this
season; all the natural binds rubbed OF; the
banding Of the graft le0sened aud rctied; and If
two or more binds are growing, and ono apPears
weakly. rub il of, and let the strong bud shoot
have all the food.
Keep the hoe going, unless when the Soils wet.
The increase in crops will repay the additional
labor. Sow successions If lettuce and spinach.
Remove with sharp knife all flower stalks from
rhubarb; letting them remain injurcs the plant.
Set out tomatoes, egg plants and peppers.
Look well to your garden. Take every oppor-
tunity to remove weeds. Thin ont whenever
plants are too close to each other. Much II often
lost by making two plants grow in . space large
enough for one only. Look over seed beds, and il
there are any failures, resOw immediately. The
rains Of last week will have started nearly all the
seeds put in previously.
Sow beans. Linas may be protected for . few
weeks. 1t sa good plan to start them under
glass 1t may be done easily by cutting good
thick ssd; reverse il, and plant the beans. A
number Of such sods may lie pnt in frame, and
when the weather Is warm enough they may be
removed tn the open ground, q sufficient number
of plants being in each to make bill; or they
may be cut carefully apart, and one bean plant
set to each stake. The plants will not he check
by being thus removed. The same method will
be found successful with many other things.
Cabbage plants should be set out now. The
best time is just before rain. The shorter time
the plants are out of the ground the better. Be
sure and manure yOur ground well. Cabbage will
grow best on the richest land. Canlihowers
should have rich soil, well msnuretl. Liquid man.
urc is very beneficial to these plants Care should
be taken not to check in transplanting. A dry
soil 10 not favorable for them but it must he we'll
drained. They should bc kept growing till the
heads form. The London gardeners consider
fresh manure superior todecompOsed forcabbages
and cauliflowers.
Dwarf trees, when planted in ground not very
rich, and when not perfectly cared for. correct
ly pruned, have tendency to excessive fruiting.
This should be checked at once, by two met h"ls
first, nick off a large proportion of the fruit |:
next, give abundance IF liquid mannros, or dig in
well-rntted manure, and frequently dig or hue the
ground around the tree Dwarf trees permitted
to Overbear will die out in about five years.
More trees are DESTROYED yearly than saved by
injudicious watering. Many persons pour pailfnl
after pailful of cold water around the roots of
newly planted trees during the early part Of the
season; their object being to assist the tree, by
supplying the moisture, TO force out its buds and
leaves to vigorous growth. The result is more
often to create disease and rapid decay in the
root, to drown the yOnng hbres, and, by keeping
the ground wet and cold, produce death. Better
hoe arsnnd the tree every other night, just at
| shutdown, and let the watering alone. Tho for
msr practice will destroy the tree-the latter
will save it.
In many places in the southern portion of our
state the finer varieties of the cherry will not
succeed, the trees dying after being few years
planted. II, in all snch localities, the trunk was
protected by O covering Of boards the sunny
side, there would be less trouble in growing such
trees. 1t often happens that cherry tree. plant
ed on the north side of wall or house, will grow
and bear abundantly, when all others in the vi.
cinity are diseased and dying. As n general
thing we grow Our fruit trees too fall eCherries
especially, should have their branches low enough
ia. entirely shade the trunk; for they are not
grown for the value of their timber, but the rich
ness and amount Of their fruit. If the branches
were allowed to issue from the trunk at one or
two feet from the ground, there would be less
trouble with the gum. Try it, all you who have
Young trees that you expect to thrive and bear
delicious 6uit.-Ohio Farmer.