The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-06-20
Farm. ard Garden.

NJEOM1NG NURAPES--4fl iDc btr 1
trict grape vines are kept low and as near
to the soil - possible, SO that the heat
Of the sun may be reflected back upon
them from the ground, and the ripenins
is thus carried on through the night by
the heat radiated from the earth
Ny CURE FOR CABBAGE PEsTs. To /
prevent the worm on cabbage, also the /
black flea, | use the common samrtweed, /
by some called pepperweed, known to all |
farmers, growing in barn yards and en-
road sides. This take green, dry it and 1
reduce to powder and silt over the plants. |
believe if the weed was boiled in water
and the solution spriBked on the cabbage |
it would answer the same purpose.
A Berlin Gardner claims that he effec-
tually checked the ravages Of caterpillars
last year by the simple expedient Of sift-
ing ashes over his vegetables when they
were wet with dew. Perhaps he borrow
ed the plan from England, for it is an
old one, and is often adopted successfully
in preventing the turnip beetle devouring
the young crops of the Brassica family
when just appearing above The ground
London Journal of Horticulture.
A deep, rich, loamy soil, rather moist
but not undraned, is ccngenlal to the
ounce. We have seen it recommended
to 5andage the lower six or eight inches
of the trunk with cloth, letting the ban
dage extend down into the ground some
two or three inches. This covering pre-
vents the tree from throwing out roots too
near and Just above the surface We do
know EXP erimentally what kind of fertil-
zer is best, but would recommend the
| trial of small quantity of super-phos-
| phate and muriate of potash mixed, to
| be scattered around each tree.
The benefits conferred by the applica
| ton of science to the useful arts has
never been more strikinglY illustrated
than in the light which has been thrown
| upon the operations OF the farm by the
| investigations of modern chemistry. The
| exact information which has been obtain
| ed as the result of these researches, forms
| the corner stone of successful agriculture;
and while on the one hand the routine of
farm life has been much lightened and
| svstematized, so on the other, vastly i'm
proved modes Of culture and products of
| greater value have been realized.
Many farmers will make the expert
ment the coming season with sweet corn,
growing it in such manner as to produce
ears as well as green fodder, and to be
used in the feeding of farm stock the
coming summer and fall The large,
free growing varieties are the best for
this purpose, and should be planted at
intervals during the season, in order that
continuous supply may be had. Every
one who keeps Il COW should SOW corn to
| I Il L Il. i, al &c
August, when the pasture supplies little
else but dry heritage, which is not CON
ductive to ii large flow of milk. Chicago
Tribune.
The California Farmer gives the fol-
| loving mixture as Il good one for the
purpose Indicated cit is composed of
| two quarts of oats, one of bran and half
| pint of flax. seed. The oats are first
| placed in the stable bucket, over which
is placed the iinseed; add boiling water,
then the bran, covering the mixture with
an old rug, and allowing it thus to rest
for five hours then stir the mass well up.
| The bran absorbs while retaining the
vapor, and the !inseed binds the oats and
| bran together; greater quantity OF
| fiaxseed would make the preparation too
oily and less relished.
Having fairly disposed of plants which
/ set traps for and catch insects, which
close when the unwary fly alights on
them; which will quickly distinguish be
| tween a piece of fresh beef and piece
of chalk, Mr.. Darwin, in late copy of
| Nature, calls attention to the discovery
by Herr Fritz Muller Of more than a
dozen grasses and one sspecies of gera-
/ ,,.Ho soalo
| possess these peculiarities. They are
| furnished with aWns which twisting by
! the action upon their cells of IN alternate
moist and dry atmosphere, when lying
upon the ground, their hygroscropic tor
sion causes the seeds to penetrate into
the soil. In one of the most singular
specimens, belonging to the genius
Aristida, the seeds have three tailed
awns, five or six inches long, which, pro-
| jeoting in three directions more or less at
| right angles with the seed, serve to hold
| it in an upright position, with It's lower
end resting on the ground in the most
favorable manner for boring into the
earth.
Often in a fine orchard, we find one or
more trees leaning over so far as to de-
| stroy the beauty of the whole orchard. 1t
is also much more difficult to cultivate
around leaning tree. This may easily
be remedied while the trees are young,
by partially digging up and replanting
the trees. The roots will usually be
found smallest on the side from which
the tree leans and therefore these roots
should be loosened from the earth, the
tree set in a perpendicular position, and
carefully fastened by stakes or guys, and
the earth replaced around the roots. 1t
| would be we'll to add some rich compost
to promote their growth. If 90 is very
probable, the top of the tree has become
one-sided. it should be pruned so as to
restore the balance. In this we have
"righted up" pear trees SIX inches
through the stem; but the best way is to
look after the young trees and not permit
them to depart from the way of upright
| ness.--Journal of Horticulture.