Connecticut western news., 1879-02-12
FARM AND GARDEN.

tural 0 onfereuce i6 " as stated thrt fruit is exro 'd to the fumes of sulphur be- fore dryi ,g Q render it perfectly white. One gentleman never breaks the soil without manuring. When manure is heated, he runs cold water and spreads gypsum upon it. Good farmers stated that they found no difficulty in obtain ing plenty of manure. Apple pomace was mentioned as having but little value as fertilizer. 1t was thought that the acid injures the soil. The yellows in the pc ch was discussed. It is contagi | ous; affected trees should be destroyed. The first evidence of the disease is the | appearance of small yellow shoots :; the fruit is discolored and ripeus in advance of its season. Trees kept growing wig orou'ly arc least affected. P. Barry said he knew of trees giving every ap- pearance of having the yellows, yet they did not lave tue disease. Salt is good to spread oyer man ire to prevent heat Ting.
 70 Ertermiaate Woodchucks, put two ounces of rock powder in an old bottle insert yard of fuse !; fill up the
 bottle with damp soil, tamping it tightly
 with stick drive home the cork put
 the bottle into the mouth of the hole,
 with the end of the fuse sticking out fill
 up the hole and all outlets, tramping
 the soil tightly; touch match to the
 fuse, and iu nine cases out of ten MT.
 Chuck's house will prove to be his grave. l-L I Van Wuck, Dutchess Co.,, ~. r.
 Seeding CzoUer aoith Spring Grain(
 -" Many farmers have an idea that
 clover should be sown only upon fall
 sown wheat or rye. have seen equally
 good catches when sown with oats,
 spring wheat or barley. When intend
 ing to seed with spring grain less
 quantity of the grain should be sown,
 and if the ground is mellow SOW the
 clover and go over with Thomas or
 brush harrow after drilling. If in D
 buckwheat-growing section SOW the
 clover on previous to the last narrowing,
 and as the buckwheat will afford the
 young clover good shade from the
 heat of the sun its growth will be rapid and satisfactory. ."-L. D. Shook, Bur-
 rington, ~. '.
 Potato Culture. the past twenty
 years my practice has been to plant the
 largest of the small ones, cutting two
 eyes on piece and putting three pieces in hill, and, as ev"ry eye will not come
 I intend to have three or four stalks to { hill. If you get twelve or fourteen stalks to hill you will surely have
 small potatoes, for there is just as mucl impropriety in overseeding potatoes Q, corn. When seeded light the vines grov strong and erect, admit the sun and nj to the ground, thus tending to proven p disease and blight. When overseedet l he vines grow slender, are liable to bgea' f down, retain the moisture of the ground F ulildew and prematurely decay. I be ? lieve the only advantage derived iron ? planting large p otatoes is the extr s amount of starch secreted, and that, ol P the other hand, is more than made III f by the gain in seed and the slight COS
 of the small ones. "--Noah ". Hardy l Neso Hampshire.
 F Beet Sugar.-Prof. Engelhard, o e Syracuse,N. Y., gave the Vermont Dairy 8 mems Association some information b about sugar beets. He said the cultiva l, tion of sugar-beets in several of tn
 United States has been attempted, an,
 the results prove that they can b
 proitably raised for sugar-making pur poses. To be successfulin in raising thes |" beets good seed, thorough cultivation and proper supply of fertilizers ar ? needed. These beets should weigl k about one and a half pounds each t S possess the largest amount of sugar :. Good beets should possess about twelv ,. per cent. of crystalzable sugar. Amel a low, deep, sandy loam, or barley soil, i !. best for this root. The land must b ]. thoroughly underdraiued. Sulphate o e ammonia is valuable fertilizer. Potasl ? is natural ingredient of the manure il
 some form, and nitric acid or nitric c
 ammonia Is also necessary. The cost c
 production is considerable, and woul Il Il not render the raising profitable, excer D for sugar-making purposes, as muc l, more can be raised of Lane's Improve Is Sugar beet, or some other root crop! d The pulp left after the sugar is e1 'ss tracted makes very valuable feedin g material:
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