The Newtown bee., 1879-03-11
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Note. for rhe Orchard md Garden.

| the ground can be worked, aS It IS de. sirable to get all possible growth before the drought of summer comes on. l Peach seeds that have been kept in boxes of earth, or mixed with earth in heaps, should be planted in nursery rows, three or four feet apart. The stones are to be separated from the soil by means of coarse sieve or riddle, and only those that have cracked the shells are planted about three inches | apart in rows, and covered two or three inches deep. If the halves of the shell fall away, all the better the seed is to be planted the same. Crack the stones I not loosened by light blow upon the edge.
 BUDDED STooKs. = Those nursery trees that were budded last summer, will need attention when the buds be- gin to swell, and it is known that the in- serted buds have "taken." All above the bud is to be removed, that this bud may have the whole nourishment SUD- | piled by the root. Remove the stock with one cut of sharp knife, leaving l about half an inch above the bud. Secure cions if 1t has not been done | before. Cions when inserted, should | always be dormant, and if not already cut, do it at once before the buds wake l up.
 Planting trees is job that should not be hurried. It is not fair treatment of tree to put it into hole with clods of wet, half frozen earth around it's roots. If trees are received before the ground is ready, heel them in and let them wait. Select dry place where the soil is light, open trench, and lay in the trees in slanting pesition-at at angle of forty-five degrees. one after another, carefully covering the roots and lower part of the stem of each with soil. See that each tree is properly labeled, or if there are a number of 8 kind, place stake to mark them in such a manner that there will be no doubt about their names when they are taken out. Care now. will save much trouble in future. When properly heeled in the trees are safe for a month or more.
 Late frosts are often destructive, es- specially to peach trees at the South. We advise those who fear frosts on the well advanced buds or blossoms to try the method found effective in the vine yards on the Rhine-i. c., to envelope the trees in cloud of smoke. Every one has observed that frost is rarely de- posted in cloudy night; in fact, what ever prevents radiation, and the cooling of the tree below certain point pre- vents frost. A thin paper or fabric will protect very tender plants, and even a cloud of smoke will do the same In the vineyards referred to, when frost is feared, fires are built and then damp straw or other litter-whatever will make dense smudge-is thrown upon them. As frost rarely occurs except on still nights, the smoke will not blow away. Moreover, it is found that the mischiefis usually done within an hour or two of sunrise, and that it is not necessary to start the fires until then.
 This method so effective in vineyards should be equally so in peach orchards,
 and we hope it will have fair trial this season.
 GRAPES. The distance apart will de. pend upon the method of training; il on regular trellis, eight feet will an. swer for most varieties. But vines car
 be set anywhere and everywhere = against fences, sheds, the barn, the
 house; wherever there is room in the ground for the roots and space to train
 them, s.put vines. If but one vine, plant
 "Concord." Delaware" D" Creveling,
 Wilder," "Barry" and Eumelan'
 are all good, and generally succeed
 New and excellent kinds are offered bJ
 dealers. s.-American Agric@lturist \ Health Hints.
 Il NOSE BLEED.-If the use of colo
 water will not stop the bleeding, place
 powdered alum in the nose and leave i
 there until the wounded vein is healed
 CoRNs s.-The bark of the willow tree
 burnt to ashes, applied to the parts
 will remove all corns or excrescences or any part of the body.
 SORES AND ULCERS. The juice of eel
 cry, mixed with honey of roses and bar
 ley water, may be used as gargle by
 those who suffer with sores and ulcers in the throat and mouth.
 PoIsoNs. Many poisons which hay, been Intentionally or accidentally swal lowed, may be rendered almost instant ly harmless by simply swallowing twt gills of sweet oil. An individual with 1 , very strong constitution should talk nearly twice the quantity. The oil vii
 neutralize every form of vegetable, ani mai or mineral poison.
 ], COMMON CUTs.- case of a common cut bind the lips of the wound togethe
 with rag, and put on nothing else. Il
 it is large, lay narrow strips of sticking
 plaster obliquely across the wound. h l some cases it is needful to draw 1 l needle and thread through the Lips o the wound and tie the two sides to- } gether.
 Mind Yonr Own Business. T Nothing but ultimate ruin stares that
 farmer in the face who does not pay , personal attention to the minute detailI ], of his farm. There are thousand small leaks about the management o ; an ordinary farm that. if not closely attended to, will surely bring the mo } hard working farmer to ruin and bank ruptcy. A large portion of the farmer' can attribute their present condition tt ! no other cause than 8 lack of close at tention to the small details of the farm r Close supervision of the machinery < xS-,1. .4<>.,lr o,,S3 f1,<,;v fad a y,lano fr