The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-22
STRAWBERRY PLANTS.

practical experience.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS.
It is not advisable to set straw
berry plants later than the
first week in September; but you
will find plenty of dealers in
plants to tell you that they may be
set as late as October; but it is
your money they want, and length
en- out the season of delivery. A
dealer in strawberry plants says,
'swhen set in October, one third eff
a crop will be produced the next
season" He ought to have said,
''the plants will be but slightly
rooted, many will be thrown out by
the frosts of winter; and the crop
Of fruit the first season will be
worth but little or nothing" When
not set as early as I state they
should be. wait till spring in all
cases.
PRoPAGATTNG BLAcKcAP RAsPBERRIEs
All the black cap varieties of
raspberrles are propagated by
buryiug the tips of the cane in
August, or early in September,
but in August is best. dig a little
hole with the corner of the hoe,
about two inches deep, place the
end of a cane in 1t, cover it, put
your foot upon it to press the earth
firmly upon it, and the work is
done. In the spring they will be
ready to take up, finely rooted,
leaving two or three inches of the
wood to each. Plantations of 9TH
er varieties that are propagated by
suckers can be made either in the
fall or spring; but the only advan-
tage in fall setting is, that the work
is done at season when you are
less hurried with work than you
are in the spring; but, as said
before, the spring of the year is
best for setting small nursery
stock, as it is liable to be heaved
up by the frost in many soils, and
much injured Or killed.
KILLING CABBAGE WORMS.
The following remedy for the
cabbage worm is probably as rep
resented: "The fluid 1 have used
for killing worms, and with much
effect, saved my cabbages, is sim
ply rain water heated to $50 de-
grees, with small handful of salt
to every gallon Of water, and ap-
piled with a sprinkling pot, after
shutdown, in hot, fair weather, and
at any hour of the day when cool
and cloudy. Pour on while you
can count twelve, rapidly, then
stop, and if the worms in sight are
not all killed and swept down spell
nell out of the cabbage repeat
the application. Wash out the
cabbage often, with water slightly
sailed heated to. only 40 degrees.
But 40 degrees IS the lowest tenn
perature at which water will kill
worms, and also the highest de-
gree that can be safely used, and
that only IS above described. Cab
bages will bear dash of water at
l34 degrees, and even higher, but
not a continuous stream"
PASTURE LANDS.
| When pasture lands are put in
good condition, on being seeded
to grass, they will continue to af-
ford good pasture for very long
time. An English writer, describ,
} ing q pasture in England that pro-
duced excellent grass says: "This
pasture has been in grass, without
any blowing, since 1632-two hun.
dred years, and perhaps longer
and had not run down, but was so
rich that the grass grew yery
heavy. Many nettles also grew
among the grass, and to cause
their destruction / moved aud
made hay in alternate years, cut
ting three tons of hay per acre and
moving the first week in June:
+ and this alternate moving and
grazing did not injure the set OF
grass. but improved it, although
, no returns were made in measure.
: excepting by wintering part OF
our flock of breeding ewes upon
it."