Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-10-25
GATED bv ME-. RArEHAM.


ing very cold weather, and that shelter
for farm stock in winter is a saving of
food: for the same reason that men re-
quire most food when exposed to cold
weather.
WINTER VEGETABLES should now be
taken care of. Squashes need to be
gathered before touched with frost and
handled carefully, to avoid bruising;
then stored in chamber or on kitchen
shelf, where they will keep dry and se-
cure from frost. They do not keep well
In the damp atmosphere of cellar.
Beets and carrots for winter use
. sHd6lag ps pack kea Ola Bex=ss barrel
with little sand or sandy earth among
them to prevent drying by exposure to
the air. Those to be kept for spring
.4had hssfer BE- bpfisa pAt ,pf. doors like
,klvotAtSss. 0Pa4slifps shotilds be left In the
ground over winter. or until the ground
thaws after hard freezing, as this inn
proves them. 4
bod Nbbagesf sfe ieaaiest keptfhy bnfying
head downward in a trench say a foot
deep, then covering lightly with straw
or leaves and foot of earth on top.
Many pe-sons hast year failed to put on
suffcient covering, 91for the severe win
ter, and lostltheir cabbage. -
Many potatoes also were destroyed by
the past winter from lack of sufficient
GstFsw and earth on the piles out of
doors.
Turnips will grow yet for some time,
or until severe freezing weather-then
e tIeT SHOULD be Sold orstoyedJin a pitsor
cellar-but only few, If any turnips,
onions or cabbages should ever be kept
aoh q CELLAR s9asrI . dwelling hbnse, as
they are sure to emit unpleasant odor.
Celery should now be banked up
with earth to blanch the stems, and left
= ooagrow for another month or till there
is danger OF the ground freezing. We
viii speak Of the modes Of keeping 1t
sfg for winter In week or two. az
II afs7THE LATE ROSE PowER.-We hear
=. diverse accounts from these, but most of
the reports are quite fatrering, where
IS the soil and other circumstances were
= ! I favorable for q crop. t.ss
a'i4 2Our thanks are due to Hon. F. Watts.
Commissioner of Agriculture, for the
.'asSfatisfieGof IA gfieaIatrez I complied from
the census Of 1S70-a large and useful
: yoln5ne. ~ Also Tor nonthlyy Reports
Or the Agricultural Department as pub
lisned.
4sslsssGRALNs FOR THE GRANGEss isa the
. = = title of new work, advertised In aff-
other column, and copy of which has
been sent to as by the Publisher. It ia
an attempt to set forth in sprightiy
and Somewhat Whuf66lous style the
growers of the western farmers, and
the aims of the anti-monopolists. Most
y Of tts siFptersqye sensible end htstruc-
tive; but other portions are not written
in style that we think the ''Grangcs',
will generally approve; and the argu-
Rents in favor of free trade do not re-
ceive the general assent of the friends
OF the Farmers Movement.
9f II. G. TRYoN of Willoughby, our Far
mer Representative elect, obtained the
premium at the Northern Ohio Fair for
the best two bushels of white corn. Al
30 for display of live brook trout..isal
.sixss Mr.. g.. F. CALLENDER of Painesville
obtained premium for his young Al
derney bull, and Mr.. J. A. Brayton iof
this place for his heifer of same breed.
The number Of GrapgesiA Ohio at
histin1ef Is not far short Of 200; in Indi-
ana nearly 500; In Illinois about 700
Missouri 900; Iowa nearly 1000.
iOT.AYfNd DowN q GRApEvINEs. .-ssWould
you advise me to lay down my hardy
grapcvines for win:er-is it worth the
trouble 2" In answer we. would say il
they are net hoo old, and YOU can conve-
nientiy lay them on the surface of the
ground and give them slight covering,
tt may be worth many times the trouble.
Something depends on the climate. "A
vifl6yardist told us that If fSpreceeding q
very hard winter he had spent one
week of labor In simply laying down
his vines, it would have saved him over
thotisantl dollars, ,as all the exposed
ones were SO badly injured that they
bore but little. But still he never lays
them down, as this was the only winter
that did harm, his grounds being on the
hofdereOf a. deep lake. In other colder
places, without the protection of open
water, 1t might be of great in portance
to protect the vines regularly. Every
one must use his dissertation. Sometimes
vines are Injured instead of benefited, by
covering; as for example when the buds
are soft, the soil has rOtted them. The
harm is increased .if tlei earth covering
is left on too late in spring. In such
cases it is better merely to lay down the
vines without any covering; or, what is
still better, if on small scale, to cover
with evergreen branches.-Coantry
Gent. 9A ULAI
MANURINd TREEs.-"Shall manure
ny fruit trees or npt2 Men who claim
to know give exactly opposite advice
some saying that manure will do more
cannot have Ehe1 e1afge fruit without it
what say you?' AS circumstances differ
exceedingly, the treatment must differ.
To give absolute rules without refer
ence to controlling causes, is quackery
How arssyqgr Itrees Veye Are they
slow and feebie IN growth, or are they
over-luxuriant? Do you ask, how to
anime the growth. If the annuBl
want 40 sii1ais .irss 4 z ta1ese shoots are are
only three or four inches long. they
want ,eitheE mant,re, u Or what ais better,
clean, mellow cultivation another year
II manure is used, spread 1t broadcast
this fall and turn under next spring
.--Cosmtsy Aent.i4s II sseif
SPRING FLOWERS.
There h scarcely nsti:ing more beau.
tifal In spring than bed Of Hyacinths
and tulips we'll irftermixed. The Hya-
cinths 60 out of flower just as the Tulips
come In. Inithe spring Gladiolus fand
Tnberoses canbe placed between these
or Y desirable, soma Towering bedding
plants, and In this way the gaiety and
Interest can be preserved from spcinx te
fall. Crown Tmperials are capital things
for the centre of small beds, and the reg.
zt3laTxbeddipg p1aptss can grpw grossnd
them. Narciss1ses Keep thefr foliage
too long after towering, as does the
iSnow-drop. These can hardly be made
available where regular bedding is de
sirable for Summer. They are best ir
odd patches by themselves. Crocus doe
well anywhere. 1t may even be set il
WI ssa taTn xFss as mosiss VIZ fass taks
place. But it would not be admitted
Into our best kept lawhs,f The vast tribt
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