Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-08-06
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California produced 1000, 900 oranges
last year.
-Virginia tomatoes have more taste
than Bermuda ones.
The New England hay crop is much
above the average this year.
Nearly all tropical fruits can be sue
cessfully cultivated in Florida.
Every tree is subject to disease,
said a speaker in fruit-growers' CONVEX
ton.
-"What ailment can you find on an
oaks- asked the chairman. Acorn!
was the triumphant reply.
The average of all crops this year
will probably vastly exceed ina. % any
nreyious wear in the United States,
An Illinois father Furnishes his re-
fractory sons by making them hoe corn
at night, each one carrying lantern.
A Bay City (NIich) butcher recently
exhibited two Durham cattle In the
streets of that city which weighed 4,ooo
pounds ,.s
A large number of hogs have died
recently in the Hadley neighborhooo,
Warren County, KY, from eating the
Canada thistle.
Mr.. McMurry, of New York, lost a
Sc. 500 horse at New Rochelle, from pal
pitation of the heart, brought on by over
training.
-Soiling enables the agriculturist to
keep more stock in proportion TO the eA-
tent of his farm, and the number may,
with the best management, amount 10
one head per acre.
To the agriculturist and horticultur-
list knowledge of botany Will give
more pleasure than any other science
II is with plants he deals, and the better
he understands them the better he can
manage them and the more happiness ne
can derive from their cultivation.
Too often are leaves gathered into
niles and burned in the front OF gentle
mems places, when, if they would trans
fer them to the stable for bedding, they
would make them more acceptable 10
the stock than straw or any coarse nay
litter. besides the manure made by thelr
use is worth one-eighth more than mat
from straw or hay litter.
If we wish for eggs we must take
good care of the hens Change the food
frequently; in winter give them warm,
pure water twice day, pound up oyster
or clam shells and give lean meat, though
fat will do. Cheek meat can be had at
the butchers for five cents per pound. III
hens are cared for in the manner de-
scribed the common breed are as good
as any.
1t must not be forgotten that soils
undergo exhaustion by continued crop
ping, and it is important that the tlller
of the soil should maintain its fertility.
1t is not necessary to define precisely the
chemical or mechanical condition OF the
soil nor to define what exhaustion
means or to explain how it was brought
about; it is enough to know that crop
ping exhausts the land and that 1T ceases
TO give a full return unless means be
taken to restore fertility; and the fertile
quality must be maintained by what is
called cultivation - digging, manurlng,
subsoiling, draining, when necessary,
and keeping the land clean.
Every fruit tree should be examined
early in the season for the boring pesls.
Examine the tree near the ground. III
borer is at work spots may be seen In
the bark where the pest is forcing the
litter out through small hole. In some
trees where there are borers you VIII see
a rough BLOCKING slit or crack In the Dark
about an inch and quarter long, Win
the borings or sawdust protruding ms
sawdust is a sure sign OF DESTRUCTION
within There are generally tour grups
in each place. They must be dug out, at
whatever sacrifice of bark and patience,
or the tree is ruined. Cut into the tree
about an inch above the wound ana
carry the knife downward, removing a
strip of bark to the bottom OF the scar