The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-01-16
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Orchard and Garden Notes.

their experience. If one is in a new
country, where information of this kind
cannot be obtaiGed, the next best is the
opinion OF o. nurseryman of good reputa-
tion.
For family use, the orchard should
contain varieties from the earliest to the
latest, the greater number of trees being
of good keeping kinds.
For market fruit, the selection will
depend upon whether the market is near
at hand or the fruit is to be shipped to
a distance. One near town will find
showy early apples, which do not keep
long or transport well. more profitable
than later kinds.
Protect young trees from large ami
mails by care of fences and gates.
Trap or shoot rabbits; smearing the
trunks with blood or raw meat of any
kind will keep them of.
If cions have not oeen cut, do it now
in mild spell; label and store in saw
dust, moss or sand, and keep in a cool
place.
Make channels to carry off surface
water wherever needed.
Cart out manure to the orchard,
If there is any one respect in which
farmers-take the country throueh-do
not live up to their privileges, it is in
the matter of small fruits. The table
OF the city mechanic is better supplied
with these fruits than that of many q
wealthy farmer. We hope to see the
time when every farmers family shall
have their fill of fruits. from the begin
ming of strawberries to the end Of grapes.
The succession in small fruits is:
Strawberries, raspberries, ourrants,
gooseberries Casually sold green), black
berries and grapes. OF course, there is
some tapping, the late varieties of one
kind coming in with the early sorts of
the next. Those who have had no e1-
perience In these are at loss how to
begin. If one has the money to invest,
plantations may be made this spring;
but many, whose means are restricted,
would like to make a beginning; such
may purchase few plants of each
variety, and propagate them to obtain a
supply for a planting. This will, OF
course, take time and cause the loss Of
q year with strawberries, and of two or
three years with the shrubs. .
Whatever of pruning has been omitted
should be completed on mild days.
Coarse manure may be applied around
currants and gooseberries; the soluble
portions will find their way into the soil,
leaving the rest as q mulch in hot
weather.
The plow and spade, wherever the soil
is not too wet, may be kept at work in
mild weather, and thus facilitate the
spring operations.
Implements should be overhau(ed and
put in order and the stock replenished.
Extra plow-points, cultivator teeth, and
duplicates Of parts likely to be broken,
save many half days work.
Overhaul the. stock of seeds. If in
doubt as to the vitality OF any, there is
time to test them by sowing in pot or
box of earth in warm room.
Provide supply of pea brush and
bean poles.
Make markers of various widths, and
dibbles.
"A wefi-mado wooden reel for the gar
den Line is better than the weak iron ones
sold at the stores. 5ssssss
Labels or marking stakes should be
provided; have these so laxgs That they
cannot be hoed up witheat some treubies
-Aaae,iean Aysiculturist.
So vFruit Tres q Bsrsrs. @A
let not eur readers forget that much
of the weakening Of our fruit trees is
owing to absolute STARVATION, csnsed by
the workings of stem -borers. The sup
ply Of sap upwards is cut off by every
hole which they make, and is Just. so
much putinst be way of the tres getting
all the food it reeds. It is Of no use to
manure trees, and keep our! eysoa all
other cultural details, if these rascals
are permitted to continue their depre-
dations. This is one of the best sea-
sons of the year to look after and de-
stroy them. The egg laid during the
summer has now developed to consid-
erable " worm," and it is working It's
way down between the bark and wood
or even into the wood, so as TO get
comfortable quarters for the winter.
Their presence can be readily aseer.
tanned by noting little fresh looking
matter like saw-dust near the tres at
the surface of the ground, which the
larva eject in their boring course. To
destroy them get trowel and dig away
a little from the stem, go as to find
exactly the opening of the channel made.
by the insect, and. then thrust down a
piece OF stiff wire upon it, which will
generally end its days. ~ -
To many this looks like considera-
BILE job; but smart hand can get
through with several hundred trees a
q day in this search, as the fresh dust
affords an unerring clue to the direct
whereabouts of the marauder. .-Rural
World.
Health Hints.
A writer in the Farm Journal cures
dyspepsia by swallow or two of vine
gar after each meal.
The best drink for renewing the pow
er of endurance that We have tried is
simply hop tea three or four days old,
strained and put away with little
sugar.-Ex. s-. ...
Three cures for sore throat are recon
mended by New York paper, as fol-
lows: ~ Gargle the throat with solu-
ton of salt and water. (2) Gargle
throat with chloride of potash and
water. 90 Keep small lump of gum
camphor in the mouth and swallow the
saliva; do the same with chlorate of
potash.
There is no simpler or better remedy
for frost bites than the following: Ex-