The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-09-03
AGRICULTURAL.
Hints for the work of. the Month.

AGRICULTURAL.
Hints for the Work of the Month.
Kitchen and Market Garden.
ONIoNs.-Gather and store in dry, cool
place.
MARrYN1As.-Gatherf for pickles while very
tender.
WEEDs.-Do not put them in the compost
burn them.
Melons should be turned occasionally as
they rlpen better. Remove the very latest
ones as they set.
SPINAcH.-Spinach for next spring is to be
sown this month, in drills Is inches apart.
First thoroughly manure.
BEETs-Continue to hoe the late grown
crop, until the tops are too large. Some
thinning of the late sowiDgs may be done for
greens.
SWEET PoTAToEs.-The largest may be
removed from the rows for use, and the rest
left to grow. Do not allow the vines to root
at the joints.
When crop is removed, clean off the
ground and dispose of any refuse and weeds.
1t no other use Is to be made of it, occupy it
with fiat turnips.
Cabbages and caulifowers are benefited
by frequent hoeing, and a dressing of guano
or other concentrated manure Is often ap-
piled with advantage.
TURNIPs-Hoe and thin the larger until
prevented by growth of tops. The strap-leaf
sown before the middle of the month will
usually make crop.
CUcUMBERs-Gather for pickles every sec
ond day. Let none ripen save those needed
for seed, and they should be of the earliest,
otherwise the vines die.
worms. Make into catsup when fruit is
abundant. Gather green fruit for pickles
before frost comes and spoils them.
CoRN-Drv quantity for winter use-lt
never comes amiss Save the best and earli-
est ears for seed. Cut up and cure the stalks
for winter fodder as soon as the crop is off.
Clean the ground.
CELERY.-Keep clear of weeds. If some is
wanted for early use, straighten up the
leaves and draw the earth to them with the
hands, But around New York this opera
ton is not performed until next month, as
the plants will now make their most rapid
growth in the cool nights and warm days.
Orchard and Nursery.
PEACHES for shipping, should be gathered
when mature but before they begin to soft
en-. A single over-ripe peach will render an
otherwise choice crate quite unstable. Step
ladders should be used.
APPLEs.-It does not pay to market in
ferior specimens; but in this season of
fair and sound, than in years of abundance.
Assert and pack with unusual care.
PEARS should always be ripened off the
tree, and must be sent to market before they
soften. Half barrels are handled with ease
and safety, and this is favorite package. 1t
should be lined with white paper, and packed
from the bottom. In no case should the
firm ha chok rom
pickers are IN use for reaching the speci-
mems which grow upon high and unhandy
branches.
Budding is an important work at present,
the most of the immense stock of peach
trees are budded this month, as are the pear
or ounce, and the cherry on the Mahaleb.
The precise time depends upon the cOndi
ton OF the stock. The ties should be cut as
soon as the buds become firmly set, or have
'taken," which will be known by their
remaining plump and green and falling
away of the leaf-stalk.
CIDER.-Whlle the best cider Is made from
late ripening fruit and in cool weather, the
inferior apples and winfalls may be made
profitable by making them into cider for
vinegar. Even those who have cider
house, furnished with mill and press
worked by power, find it profitable to keep
q hand mill and press, for the purpose OF
working up wIndfalls and inferior early
fruit before the cider making season, on a
large scale, begins.
DRYING FRUIT.-The primitive way of
drying apples, peaches, etc exposed to the
sun and air, also exposes 1t to insects Ex-
cellent dryers are now to be had, and at a
cost which the increased value of the dried
fruit will meet in a single season. These
dry with artificial heat rapidly, turning out
handsome light-colored product In dry
ing in the old way for home use, protect the
fruit from insects by netting, and provide
tn dry hvf he hQa of ha
stove in rainy day.
The Farm.
lBy Permission of American Agriculturist.
TURNIps The cultivation of turnips and
rutaba. as consists of keeping free from weeds
and thinning out to a proper distance. One
good root at every nine inches is far better
than two or three poor ones in that space.
To have good sound roots of any Kind, sufh-
Gent room must be given.
FERTILIZER FOR WHEAT-Every years ex-
perience proves the value of superphosphate
of lime as a special fertilizer for wheat. An
experienced wheat grover informs us that
he has used 500 pounds ~ the acre, and that
the crop this year has paid handsomely for
the outlay. Where q smaller quantity was
used the yield was unsatisfactor. -
PoTAroEs EARLY potatoes should he dug
without delay. few rains will start the
ripe tubers into new growth, to their injury
Late potatoes should be thoroughly cleared
of beetles, before it is too late to prevent
the Larvae from retiring to the ground fol
maturing. 1t is the last brood of insect.
which stocks the ground for the next sea
son.
BUcKwHEAT.-This crop, being easily in
jured, should be cat after the first light frost
Low grounds should be cleared first; upoI
high grounds the crop will not be touched
by light frosts, and here il may be left later
The grain shells so easily that it should b,
harvested early in the morning, when mois
with dew. After lying e few days to cure /
should be raked up when it is moist.
SxUr AND RUsT.-These troublesome dis
cases OF wheat and rye may be prevented b.
picking the seed The pickle may be mad