The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-19
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.



where horse power cannot be used, are
very effective implements, and if they
are employed in time, and during hot
day, they etrectually kill young weeds,
without expensive hand work. There
is no weed that grows which cannot be
exterminated by constant cultivation.
After peas have become plenty, the
asparagus plants should be allowed to
grow up, and it will DO well to fork in a
dressing OF well rottel manure. Pull
out the weeds during the summer.
Plant bush beans for succession, md
Limas may be planted, with fair pros.
pect OF n crop, especially If the vines are
cut of ut the height Of six or seven
feet.
Plant bcets every two weeks until
July, and when large enough thin, and
uss the Trimmings for greens. The early
paintings should now be large enough to
pull.
Gather and market the early cabbage,
and prepare tho ground for celery OF
other late crops. Set ont plants for the
late crop. Destroy tho cut worm and
cabbage worm, which are so injurious to
these plants.
The young celery plants in tho seed
bed should be thinned and kept clear Of
weeds, and when large enough, trans.
planted previous to the final setting.
Plant corn every two weeks ut least,
until July, and crop may be had, If M
carly sort is planted, even as lnte as the
middle OF the month. Any surplus may
be easily dried for winter use.
Sow cucumbers for late crop and for
picking, taking care to SOW the seed
thickly, 80 that enough plants may be
left after tho bugs have destroyed all
they require; covers Of netting are often
used to preserve the plants from the at.
tacks of'the insects, but it is not practi.
cable to protect large patch. Ashes
or plaster sprinkled on the leaves when
wet, will help TO keep them of.
Set out egg plants in rich warm soil,
and hoe often liquid manure is bene.
fetal.
Plant melons Mt once il not done, and
give M abundance OF manure, taking
the same precautions as recommended
for cucumhers.
Weed onions and thin when necessary.
Near a good market they generally sell
best If punched and marketed before
they are ripe.
Weed aud hoe parsnips until the
leaves get large enough to cover the
ground. ..
Peas generally mildew when planted
late. II any arc put in now, SOW at least
six inches deep, in rich soil, and stake
rs soon as they appear above ground.
Clear oil the ground where the early
sorts have been gathered, for cabbnges
or celery.
Radishes may be Gown in q shady
spot.
Keep tho flower stalks OF rhubarl
cut, and do not gather too late, rs this
will exhaust the plants.
Hoe and weed satisfy and scorzonera
often; when any plants run up to flower,
rs they often do, they should be pulled
out.
Clear OF the old beds of spinach, and
plant with cabbage or other late grow
ing crops. During the summer SOW the
New Zealand spinach, which withstands
the drought and grows rapidly, furnish.
ing All abundance during the hot sea.
SOD.
Treat squashes same as cucumbers
and melons.
Set out sweet potatoes ut once in well
manured ridges, and us soon rs the vines
show signs Of roofing ut the joints,
move them.
II tomatoes are not set yet, do it al
once, and provide some support, so that
the fruit will not touch the ground, even
though it is only hay or brush.
Sow rutabaga turnips. II insects up.
pear, which they seldom do ut this sea.
son, dust lime, ashes, or even road
dust upon the young plants when the
leaves hro Observation-Disclosures.
Smut In Wheat.
The simplest and surest plan to pre-,
vent smut in wheat, snys tho Western
Farm Journal, is to make q solution by
using one pound Of blue vitriol-sui.
plato OF coppcr-to every gulIon OF
water. Make q sufficient quantity SO il
may stand above the wheat. Stir the
whole to allow the light material to rise.
Skim, and ut the end OF m hour spread
the wheat on dry floor aud sprinkle
with quicklime, previously SO slaked
with chamber lye as to leave tho lime III
power So continue until you have nil
the wheat treated. III this state 1t may
be heAped and remain several days be.
fore sowing, if tue heap be occasionally
turned. If the wheat remains damp, il
must be still further dried before SOW.
ing, il it is 10 be drilled, SO it will pass
easily from the drill. Many farmers use
brine. In this case tho solution should
not DO stronger than pound OF salt ia
gallon OF water. Proceed rs before
directed aud dry with lime. Some per.
Sons claim good success by sprinkling
the wheat with solution OF five pounds
OF blue vitriol to six gallons OF water,
using this quantity for twenty bushels
OF wheat, turning tho same until every
grain is moistened md sowing without
further trouble. Tho way we have in.
dicated is the surcst and in the end the
cheapest, since tho liquid can DO used
over and over again until exhausted.
A Child of Shadows.