The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-04-15
LOCAL ArpArRs.


| il is grown places il within the reach Of the
least experienced, while most persons grow
I It, comparatively few produce il in its periee-
ton. To do this, additional care must be
exercised and more labor expended. To
grow them early and TO improve them in size,
4 form and flavor, attention must be given TO
4 the procurement of good seed, and some sys.
tenn OF training adopted to keep the fruit from
contact with the ground These being i'm
/ porlant considerations, the first step is to
4 secure good seed, to do this select the choie.
est specimens from the first fruit ripening and
save the seed from them. This Will have
tendency TO increase the earliness, to give
larger and better shape and more uniformity
OF SIZE. 10 the common tomato too great
results should not be expected Immediately,
but by continuing to select choice specimens,
each year, no doubt exists as to final improve
ment. About the 18th Of March, tthe time
| depending upon the season. the seed should
be sown in hot bed and careful attention
| given them. When the plants are from four
to ave inches high, transplant in another hot
bed or cold frame, the former being preferred,
for the reason that they require heat either
natural or artificial before they will advance
IN growth. The advantage gained by trans.
planting is, that you obtain shorter aud harder
plants. As soon in the Spring as the ground
Is IN condition to work, select plot of ground
/ (loam with clay subsoil with tendency to
moisture y best,l manure we'll, pillow deep
and thorough, aud cultivate at intervals Of ten
days up to the time your plants are to be set
in the open ground. This can be done more
effectual by aud with less trouble before rather
than after transplanting with the further ad.
vantage that these extra workings put the
land in the very best condition for the growth
Of the plants, the last working should imme-
diately precede the transplanting Prior to
setting your plants, procure poles seven or
eight feet long and sufficiently strong to sup
port the vine with its fruit, (say to q inches
in diameter at the large end, these just before
transplanting set firmly in the ground in rows
81 X feet, this done you are ready for trans
| planting, which in this locality should take
| place about the 10Th to the 10Th of May, the
plants at this time being strong and vigorous
/ if they have received proper attention. The
transplanting may be done by using garden
trowel, taking up each plant separately with
the soil attached and placing in holes prepar-
! ed at or near the base Of the poles, compact,
/ ing the soil around the plant with your hand,
leaving the surface about the plant coneave,
into which cavity pour about one quart of tepid
water and leave until next morning, when cover
and level with dry dirt; the transplanting should
be done in the evening. This plan is prefer.
able for the reasons that the plant is not
checked in its growth, nor the ground tram.
ped over when wet The plants having been
set, viii, as soon Us the weather becomes
warm, begin to grow, when the cultivation,
trimming and training commences. As the
plants grow, fasten to the poles, in an upright
position, using strings of any kind so that
they are strong enough to secure the vine
with its fruit to the poles, strips of old mus
lin answer the purpose. Very soon aterals
or side branches will start, these should be
cut or pinched off, combining the growth to
the single main stem, except W hen the ground
is very rich and the plants wider apart than
the distance named above, when two may be
allowed to grow. The trimming and training
must be continued through the season, being
careful not to interfere with the flower or
fruit-buds and the leaves which properly be.
long to the main plant. This system | adop.
ted some years ago, Il has given entire salts.
faction and has paid pecuniarily whenever |
have raised tomatoes for sale, they always
bringing higher price than those grown in
the ordinary way A number of my neigh.
bors are now growing them in this way, and
with their experience and mine feel safe in
recommending it for trial. To grow them
slightly earlier plant on thin, sandy and ele-
waited ground, southern exposure, and manure
in the hill. of the varieties the Trophy
stands first, although do not consider i
what it should be in oil respects. The chief
objection being its tendency to remain green
about the stem, this defect by care in selection
of seed and cultivation may be overcome,
and has already been partially accomplished
by the writer. A GRowER.
| HooD's MILLS ITENs.-In my last endea.
vored to show the inducements for migration
to our city. will now be more definite and
by way of explanation state that we, the free
and independent citizens of Hoods Mills,
give this early notice Of application TO our
next Legislature for incorporation. We are
the entrepot of Baltimore and Frederick,
bounded on the north by illimitable space,
east by the great highway leading from your
city to that reservoir Of Republican yir--steal.
ing, Washington; south by magnificent rocks
and our Jones Falls, and west-well we have
not, as yet, defined that boundary--we have
been debating whether we shall take into our
corporate limits the small village of Sykes
vile. We have within our immediate limits,
a blacksmith, wheelwright, shoemaker, an
academy, church, stores, mills, and every
other requisite for a city, except what Cooper
in his Vulcan Peak calls ''that curse to so.
ciety a printing office nevertheless, we, in
our imagination, see the office of the Hoods
Mills Democratic Adcocdte, No. 3, Main
near Court street. Among our citizens we
have Judge, surveyor, clergyman and peda.
gogue-the last rery important adjunct to
city. Our surveyor estimates the cost of
survey and change Of bed of our Jones Falls
Mt not more than S69, 900, which gives uniyer.
sal satisfaction. For mayor we have our es-
Na y H.. III
and purposes i'll the chair.
A few days since "Father Newson'' visited
our school. As usual he WAS received by ALL
large and small, with pleasure A few wears
past, the idea of the examiner was a terror to
the children-now it is their greatest pleasure
to see him in the school room. There must
be good reason for this, and my solution is,
the Professor addpts himself to children. II
we Of larger growth would only recollect that
children are quick, and scarcely ever wrong
IN their perceptions, we would be more care.
fui OF our habits, customs, and language in
their presence.
Our farmers are as busy as good weather
will permit, and if they can only continue a
few days without interruption, will have their
oats in the ground, and blowing for corn &C.
complished Allarenow busy in the garden,
and present appearances indicate that winter
mas gone 10 MS 'Dourn.
Double PIPE CREEK IrENs.-Since the
beautiful sunny days Of April have shone on
our village il has given life and animation to
number Of its citizens. Our village will
wonderfully loom up this spring and during
the summer in point Of enterprise. Mr.. I. |
+. Cover is at this time repairing what is
known as the Pulling Mill property, having |
been used as factory Of that kind by the
late Henry Waesehe, who, it will be remem.
bered, died some years since enroute to Cali. \
fornia, and il will be finished abort the first
OF May, and at that time Mr.. John Miller will |
open first class boarding house for the ac- |
commodation Of the travelling public. Mr.. |
kenner will commence in a few days the |
building OF new frame dwelling and store
room attached. Mr.. c. d. Warner will build
after harvest fine brick residence on the
old site, Of modern style. J. w. Weant will
also add some improvement to his property
during the summer.
Mr.; Jacob Angel while working in the bone
and plaster mill Of Mr.. F. Mering, at Bruce.
vile, was suddenly taken i'll and rendered
speechless with something like paralytic
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