The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-01
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Planting Mt the Right Time.

certain kinds of trees should be trans
planted OF crops put in is very difi1cult
point to determine, except from actual
local experience. Not only must the
time be varied with every degree OF lati-
tude, but the seasons also vary. necessi-
tating a corresponding variation from
year to year in the same locality. Soils
also differ in composition and texture,
and some become dry and warm in spring
much sooner after the frost has left them
than others, which circumstance must
be taken into account in fixing time to
use them for any particular kind OF crop.
Of course every farmer and gardener
ought to be the best judge in regard to
the right time for planting on his own
land but there are, nevertheless, certain
general rules applicable to all climates,
which the novice is very likely to disre-
gard, owing to want of experience; and
thus he often fails when he would other
wise have succeeded. If we take two OF
our most common and widely-cultivated
garden vegetables, peas and beans, we
will find a great difference in their SEN
sitiveness to cold. The pea will with
stand a considerable amount of freezing,
and even the growth of the vine in spring
is seldom injured by light frosts; while
the bean is so sensitive that it soon de-
cays if placed in contact with wet, cold
soil. and the leaves will not Withstand
the least chill, or even cold winds. Peas,
therefore, may be put into the ground as
soon as the frost is out, but the planting
of beans should be delayed until warm,
growing weather has actually COM
menced.
Among the seeds which it is safe to put
in early and before the earth has become
warm, we may name peas, radlshes,
beets, cabbages, lettuce. onions (both
seeds and sets), rs well as leeks and gar
lies. Tomato seed may be sown early,
but the plants will not grow until warm
weather Among the more tender sorts
which early planting will not hasten,
the various kinds ofsquashes, melons and
corn are the best known. The seeds of
all these soon decay if placed in cold,
moist or wet soil. Potatoes may go in
early, because the tubers are generally
placed so deep that slight freezing of
the surface will not reach them, and If
the young growth should be cut off, new
shoots soon spring up from the main stem
or the tubers below. With all the diff
ferent kinds of meadow, pasture and lawn
grasses. early sowing is far preferable to
late. because they are naturally hardy
and grow in cool weather, and the young
plants will be making roots even when
there is but a slight growth of leaves.
But with the annual grasses, millets, sorg-
huns and the like. the case is quite diff
ferent. as they are all tender plants, ma
tiyes of hot climates, and their seeds soon
rot in cold, wet soil; the slightest frosts
will kill the young plants, so that what
| would be termed late sowing should al
| ways be practiced with these tender an
| nuals-that is, after all danger of frost is
past and the ground has become warm
| Irv Tho ri,
or East India millet is even more sensi-
| tive TO cold than the sorghums or COM
| mon species and varieties of millet. The
| pearl millet is by far the most productive
| forage plant we possess, but does not
| thrive in cool soil OF grow rapidly ex-
cept during the hottest weather.
| Early planting of all hardy trees and
shrubs is always preferable to late, no
matter whether they be deciduous or
evergreen kinds, for the simple reason
that the earth in spring is generally
warmer and of n more even temperature
| than the air, and this excltes the roots
into growth, which may proceed for some
considerable time before the weather is
warm enough to cause the buds to swell
| and new shoots to push out; consequent
ly when the leaves call upon the roots for
a supply of sap, they are in condition
to respond, and the life of the plant is
thereby insured. Having tested both
early and late planting of evergreens and
deciduous trees, we are fully convinced
that the former is to be preferred in al
soil which becomes dry enough to be
handled readily soon after the frost leave:
it in spring; and if it remains wet anC
lumpy for any considerable time after
ward, it is not suitable for trees, an(
should be put in good condition before
used for this purpose
1t is we'll to make haste in getting tht
crops in early, but there is such a thing
rs overriding the matter by putting il
seeds before the land is in proper condi
ton for their reception, or the weather i
warm enough to insure growth; and i
would often be better to plow and har
'. row the land twice before sowing small
seed or planting it with corn, even if
: little time be lost, than 70 SOW on Ian,
full of Jumps or soaked with water
Ne,o York Sun.
Household Hints.
To REMOVE OIL Spots FROM MAT
TINGS, COUNTERPANES, ETC,-Wet wit
i alcohol, rub with hard soap, then was
with cold water.
! WAL. PAPER.-In selecting paper fo
house use, avoid all green's as far as pos
sible, for this color invariably contain
more or less poisonous matter, and wi
9 inevitably poison to some extent all VIII
a use it.
A HANDY ARTICLE.-To make feathC
. brushes to use in greasing pans, c
O brushing egg over tarts or pastry, bo
: the wing feathers of turkey or chicken
q for about ten Ii inutes, then rinse thel
d in tepid water, dry and tie up in bunche'
D MOTHS IN CARPETs.-A good way
! kill them is to take a coarse towel, an
# wiring it out in clean water. Spread
out smoothly on the carpet then iron
dry with good hot iron, repeating Il
+ operation on all suspected places, an
,. those least used 1t is not necessary
n press hard, heat and steam being Il
II agents, and they do the work effectual
l. on the worms and their eggs.
" MOLDINEss.--Is occasioned by ii
/, growth of minute Vegetation. Ink, past
d leather and seeds most frequently suff
n by it. A Glove will preserve ink; al
s. essential oil answers equally we
/ Leather may be kept free from mold J
IA the same substances. Thus, Russi;
s. leather, which is perfumed with the t
rs of birch, never becomes moldy. A fe
70 drops of any essential oil will keep boo
r entirely free from it. For harness,
ne of turpentine is recommended,
I'd CEMENTING METAL TO GLAss.-Ta
ly two parts of finely powdered lithars
as and one part of fine white lead, mix il
It. mediately, and work up with boiled Ii
de seed oil and lac-copal to a stiff doug
T. one part of copal and three of oil, a