Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-04-11

the third was planted in drills and tnt
| fourth in hills. When the corn was
about six inches high the drilled plants
were thinned out leaving the stalks a:
nearly as possible ten inches apart in
/ the rows; the plats in hills were like.
wise thinned out, leaving the same
number of stalks in every plat through.
out the experiment. In cultivating the
plats care was taken to give each the
same treatment, and beyond thinning,
hOeing once AID cgltivating twice, nc
special treatment was given the plats
The corn was husked November IL, and
the weighings showed for the drilled
plats yield of seventy-one bushels per
acre; for the plats in hills sixty-two and
half bushels per acre-an advantage
in favor of the method of planting in
drills of eight and half bushels per
acre. BY the "bushel" of corn men,
toned in these experiments it is to be
understood in every case seventy-twO
pounds of ears.
DIsBUDDING FRUIT TREEs.-The sea-
son for disbudding fruit trees is fast ap-
preaching. The importance of the
operation is generally acknowledged,
pends the production of clean, healthy
wood and the best of fruit. Take, for
instance, a single branch of the peach
tree, when it first starts in the spring
if in a healthy, fruit-bearing condition,
it will throw out many shoots and a
great number of blossoms, and if the
whole of these were left, it is probable
two or three of the leading shoots would
draw all the nourishment to themselves
and become rank and over-luxuriant,
whilst the remainder would be weak
aud worthless. In like manner the
fruit would be small, ill-flavored and 5
great portion abortive. Hence the pru-
ming called disbudding by which we
mean the removing of every shoot that
is not required, and the stopping of new
shoots that apparently are not wanted
TO give form and health to the tree, by
rubbing out buds which, if left, would
grow The same should be done with
the fruit blossoms; so many of them
should be rubbed away as to leave the
remaining ones TO gather full blood and
form good fruit. All varieties of fruit
trees require annually this system of
pruning, and the time to do it is when
they are in full bloom.
MosT of our plants are Injured by too
much heat. For general collection of
house plants 1t is not best to allow the
thermometer to be above seventy, and
if they could be kept in a room where
the thermometer would usually not
range above sixty-five il would be much
better. In the night time fifty is high
enough. Give a little fresh air every
fine day and all the sunlight attainable
An effort should be made to give mois-
ture to the atmosphere, for our own
good, as well as for the health of the
plants. This can be done in various ways
by evaporating water, but when plants
are in separate apartment, like little
greenhouse, it can be done more con-
veniently and effectually, although this
separate apartment be only a bay win
dow, with glass doors, separating it from
the living room. In this, water can be
used freely, by sprinkling, etc., and a
moist atmosphere preserved. The tenn
perature, with this arrangement. can be
lower than would be comfortable in the
living-rOom. and the plants are saved
from dust and many evils which we
manage to endure and live, but which
generally prove too much for the plants.
Horticultural Journal.
To PREVENT fowls from flying, cut the
primary or flight feathers in one wing
only. but do not disturb the secondaries
or wing cOverts. This method will not
mar or disfigure the bird in the least,
and by so doing many high-fying birds
can be kept enclosed by an ordinary
picket fence. When this method is fol-
lowed the fowls must be provided with
low roosting places or ground nests.
Strangers and anything that causes sud-
den fright should be Kept out of the
yards, as the birds are crippled from
dying and in good degree rendered
helpless. Their efforts to escape are
futile and only result in their beating
themselves against their prison walls,
and an exhaustion of strength to no
avail. Ii they are well fed, kept quiet,
with plenty of drink, gravel and greens,
they will do quite as well as when at
large, if their enclosures are roomy.
CUTTING WooD FOR THE SUMNER
SToCK.-Let not our farmer friends for
get that the winter,is passing rapidly
by, and the summer, with its depleted
woodpile, will soon be here. This is
the season to lay in a stock of fuel for
the rest of the year. Seasoned wood is
much cheaper than green wood; and
unless our friends are of an extravagant
turn they will heed our warning while
still the chance remains.
ROTATION OF CRoPs.-Plants, like
animals, differ much in their habits,
and the different sorts of food on which
they subsist, The broad-leaved clovers,
turnips, and mangolds abstract from
the air large portion of their growth,
while the narrow-leaved grains and
grasses partake more largely of mineral
food, which they draw from the soil.
This fact will explain the great advan-
tage OF rotation in crops.