The Newtown bee., 1880-12-08
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Setting Out Fru,. Trees.

for the reason that the health, future growth. development and bearing qual- ity of the tree depend largely upon the manner in which it is set out. We al- ways find some certain trees in our or :. chards that bear remarkably fine crops of fruit, producing more profit than any other farm crop from an area of the same extent. They are of the same varieties as others growing near by and the soil is very much the same. The cause for this is in the way the trees were set, includ- ing the preparation of ground.
 We will mention some of the require ments in setting out young fruit trees that are necessary to insure good suc- cess.
 The soil must be drained either natur- ally or otherwise, for no fruit tree can grow and produce good fruit where water is permitted to settle and remain for long time among the roots.
 The soil should be brought into good condition before the trees are set, for no time in the life of a tree is a good soil well prepared so important as when it is newly set, after being wrenched from it's original footing with roots mangled and exposed. In taking up the trees as large proportion of roots should be retained as practicable, for, in proportion to the roots, the tor must be cut back. All ways proportion these to the quantity of roots, giving advantage to the latter if either, for remember that the branch growth is limited solely in the extent of the roots. If too large proportion of top is left on for the capacity of the roots the evaporations will not be kept up from the roots ands the tree will die. This is frequently the cause of failure.
 Therefore prune close aud give tn roots good advantage.
 Snf n trn at hn anil It Ju a Q before it had been transplanted, which may be found by the appearance ot the bark.
 Another important element to success in tree planting is in selecting small trees A small tree will bear trans p lanting much better than a large one, for the proportion of root is greater, and as there is less old wood to nourish new growth will be produced the quicker.
 In cutting back leave only such limbs as are needed to make the main division of the tree, remem bering that you are giving direction to the future tree. In selecting trees choose only the best, those that are small. straight and sound, not having received injuries from bud ding. When the young tree is ready for its place, straighten out its roots and cover them with fine soil. Pack the soil firmly about the roots, being careful not to bruise them. This is an import ant part of the planting. It Is hardly possible to press the soil too much, and unless it is pressed firmly over and about the roots the tree will suffer from drouth. For this reason we prefer settin trees in the fall, for by the coming spring the soil will have been firmly settled about the roots by the many heavy rains pre- valent during the intervening seasons.
 All trees except those set in sheltered locality should be carefully staked to keep them in good shape, and those ex- posed to injuries from stock should be well protected.
 Storing Turnips.
 Of all the roots perhaps the turnip is the most impatient of heat. It starts to grow on the slightest provocation. In a cellar of not over forty degrees, one may 6nG it growing freely, after an in- carceration of but few weeks. It is growth which is the great enemy of preservation, and it is heat which ex- cites growth. There is a natural heat in roots when put in heap-.a little heat from one root and a little more from another soon makes a pretty high degree; but in the open field this is car ried of by the open air about the pile. Hence, under cover of near protection, bhis uukuItl ilt'kJ IS nOL CslTTlSu OIL accumu ates, the roots sprout, and thus give eff m ore heat, and i5 all soon becomes a regular turnip stew. The turnip, indeed, does not mind little frost. If they were put in small lots in stalls, where the frost could get at them, and covered with straw to prevent rapid thawing, they would keep better than if covered with earth, which rather serves, as we have seen, to collect the lat a4f q Hf,il l. to keep turnips, that will of course de- pend on each persons eonveniences. But 1T each one keeps in view the fact that beat is more likely to injure than cold-and a very low figure at that-he will readily find out when he looks about what is the best way for him to preserve them,- GeynnGnt0aOB TeLfgrGpb
 Household Hints.
 There is no remedy so effectual for the prevention of moths as the seed of the bitter apple. II these are placed among articles which are liable to this great evil they will never make their destruc- tive approaches.
 To take the woody taste out of n wooden pail, fill the pail with boiling hot water; let it remain until cold, then empty 1t and dissolve some soda in luke warm water, adding little lime to 1t, and wash the inside well with the solu tion after that scald with hot water and rinse well.
 Flour is like butter it absorbs smells readily. 1t should not be kept in place where there are onions, fish, vegetables, deceyipg or other odorous substance nor Tn damp room or cellar. Keep 1t in cool, dry, airy room, where not ex- posed to freezing temperature, nor to one above seventy degrees, and always silt before using.
 In pairing potatoes or apples, we are apt to cut our thumbs, more or less, not deeply enough to render the place sore, and dish-washing, sewing, etc., are un- comfortable for several days afterward. Filming a little strip of muslin around the thumb when beginning the pairing, will cost nothing and entirely protect the thumb.
 Health Hints.
 Oil of cinnamon dropped on warts three or four times day will cause their disappearance, however hard, large or dense they may be. The ap- plication gives no pain.
 We have known extreme cases of headache cured in half an hour by talk ing a teaspoonful of finely powdered charcoal in half tumbler of water. It IS an innocent yet powerful alkali.
 To cure felons take common rock salt, dry it in an lovep, then pound it fine and mix with spirits of turpentine in equal parts; put it on a rag, wrap it around the part affected as it gets dry put on more, and in twenty four hours the felon is killed.
 To allay crawling of the flesh or nervousness put teaspoonful of hi- carbonate of extraordinary cooking soda--in one quart of water. Bathe the entire person.
 
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