The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-24
SOME HINTS FOR JULY WORK.

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SOME HINTS FOR JULY WORK.
Swedish turnips may be sown this
month in drills thirty inches apart. A
plenty of seed should be sown to secure
an even stand Of plants-two pounds
per acre is not too much. The land
should be well MANFRED and thorough
" prepared; a fine filth is especially es-
scntial to success ON old ground. THIN
the plants when the second leaf appears
to at least twelve or fifteen inches apart,
Partial or total failure is In many cases
attributed to defective thinning.
Haying-Clover and timothy should
be cut when in full blossom; if allowed
to get ripe the quality of hay is not SO
good. BY beginning carly the work
need not be hurried. Use the mower
after the dew is off in the forenoon.
Cut only as much as can DO well cared
for. 1t is often remarked that the av-
GRACE quality of hay is not so good as
before the introduction Of the moving
machines, from tho temptation to cut
the grass faster it can be cured.
Ticks-Immediately after shearing.
the ticks leave the sheep for the longer
wool of the lambs. The lambs thus in
vested should be dipped in decoction
of Tobacco stems, which will destroy the
ticks. Several special dips are in the
market.
Buckwheat may be sown this month,
and may be made profitable crop, es-
pecially upon newly-cleaned ground,
where the mellowing effects Of the crop
are of importance. Ths Silver Hull
buckwheat is much better than the COM
mon variety, this yield being greater
and the flower from il is whittier and Of
finer quality than thu ordinary sort.
ORCHARDS AND NURSERY.
Orchards-With newly-planted trees
it will pay to give little time in ex-
aiming their condition. If they are
loose or leaning to one side, a minute
spent in pressing the soil about them
with the foot will often save them. A
mulching, if not already given to the
young trees, should be provided before
the long drought, Almost any sub
stance that will cover the soil and pro-
tect it from the sun will do.
Crafts set this spring should be look
cd to; and if the bud or buds grow too
vigorously, pinch back into shape in
fact, graft should be treated as If it
were young tree. Cut away all the
shoots that come upon the stock below
the graft, that the nourishment may 60
to the graft. See that the branches Of
the graft have plenty of room, and the
growth is not interfered with by sur
rounding branches.
Pruning-July is good time for
pruning. Large limbs may be cut away
now, covering all cuts with varnlsh,
paint or melted grating wax.
Thinning Fruit-The sooner this es-
sential to the production of the best
fruit is done the better. 1t is seldom
overdone aud too frequently neglected
entirely. Thinning increases the size
and improves the quality Of the
fruit, and with young trees, just start
ing into bearing, it is necessity.
Raspberries-Thc green shoots that
are growing now are the ones 10 bear
the next years fruit, the fruiting ones
this season dying after the berries have
ripcncd. When the growing shoots
reach four feet they should be pinched
of. Those not required for next year
arc to be treated Is weeds. The canes
arc to be cut away after fruiting.
Gnpe-vines one year old set out this
spring should grow one shoot; let it be
the strongest and best one put forth.
Older vines recently set should not be
allowed to bear this year. The young
growing shoots of old vines should be
tied up before they fall over or are bro
ken by the winds soft cotton twine or
bass bark are best for the purpose.
Strawbcrries-Am mulch of straw, cut
hay, or leaves, should be applied before
The fruit begins to ripen, that the bcr-
rics may be kept from the soil. The
picking and packing for market requires
much care and good judgment. All
,vcrripe berries should be excluded, a.
,nc such win be crushed and spoil the
whole basket. The treatment Of the
bed after fruiting depends on the meth
I'd Of cultivation. In any case the
mulch is to be removed and the soil
orked over. When the plants are kept
q hills. the runners are to be cut - fast
9 they appear in the alternate system
hey are allowed to take root between
he rows, and the old plants arc remov-
u l0tcT IN tuc ScuoOu. nuuuCto otuCA |
n small pots Of soil viii We ready to
liant out in August, and win give .
'ood crcp next year. Lay the earliest
nd strongest runners for this purpose.
KITCHEN AND MARKET GARDEN.
Beans-If the weather has been cold
nd backward, and injured the Limas.
ut in more at once. These and other
ole baans need attention to make them
4 take to the poles.
Bects and Carrots-Sow tho main ,
rop if not done already. Keep the !
'ecds out aud the soilloose. A success
ON Of tho Egyptian" to use while
Dung, shoould be sown, using thin !
ings for greens. 4
President Chadb0urne says II seems
ut . few days since he uscd to call Gen. !
nj Garfield up to recitc in Williams .
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