Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-04-29
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Planting at the Right Time.

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 a time to
use them for any particular kind Of crop.
IOf 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 great difference in their SEN
| sitiveness to cold. The pea will with
stand 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-
Gays 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, radishes,
beets, cabbages, lettuce, onions (both
seeds and sets), as 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 60 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 slight growth of leaves.
But with the annual grasses, millets, sorg-
huns and the like, the case is quite diff
| ferent, rs they are all tender plants, na
tives of hot climates, and their seeds soon
rot in cold, wet soil: the slightest frosts
will kill the young plants, so that whaB
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
and comparatively dry. The new pearl
| or East India millet is even more sensi-
tive to cold than the sorghuns 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 or 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 more even temperature
than the air, and this exc1tes 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
q 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 all
| soil which becomes dry enough to be
| handled readily soon after the frost leaves
it in spring; and if it remains wet and
| lumpy for any considerable time after
ward it is not suitable for trees, and
should be put in good condition before
used for this purpose.
| ic rr-all %o M bacfa II, eraTFir,u- : M
crops in early, but there is such thing
as OVERRIDING the matter by putting in
seeds before the land is in proper condi-
tion for their reception, or the weather is
warm enough to insure growth; and it
would often be better to ploW and har-
row the land twice before sowing small
seed OF planting it with corn, even if a
| little time be lost, than to sow on land
| full of Jumps or soaked with water
| NeaO York San.
Household Hints.
To REMOVE OIL SPOTs FROM MAT
TINGs, CoUNTERPANEs, ETC,-Wet with
alcohol, rub with hard soap, then wash
| with cold water.
| WALL PAPER.-In selecting paper for
house use, avoid all green's as far as pos
| sible, for this color invariably contains
more or less poisonous matter, and will
inevitably poison to some extent all who
use it.
A HANDY ARTICLE.-To make feather
brushes to use in greasing pans, or
brushing egg over tarts or pastry, boil
the wing feathers of a turkey or chickens
for about ten Ii inutes, then rinse them
in tepid water, dry and tie up in punches.
MOTHS IN CARPETs.-A good way to
kill them is to take a coarse towel, and
wiring it out in clean water. Spread it
out smoothly on the carpet, then iron it
dry with a good hot iron, repeating the
operation. on all suspected places, and
those least used 1t is not necessary to
press hard, heat and steam being the
agents, and they do the work effectually
on the worms and their eggs.
MOLDNESs. Is occasioned by the
growth of minute Vegetation. Ink, paste
leather and seeds most frequently suffer
by it. A Glove will preserve ink; any
essential oil answers equally we'll
Leather may be kept free from mold by
| the same substances. Thus. Russian
leather, which is perfumed with the tai
4 of birch, never becomes moldy. A few
drops of any essential oil viii keep books
entirely free from it. pFor harness, oil
of turpentine is recommended,
| CEMENTING METAL TO GIAss.-Take
two parts Of finely powdered litharge
and one part of fine white lead, mix i'm
adiatolxr nd x.-o1.ly ~, b0s1aJ L.,