The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-11-12
farm aud Harden Notes.

fufm unl tafuen NOleS,
Mr.. Peter Henderson, of New York
State, states in the G1ydcHer'S NonthlY
that he has discovered that mulching
roses in pots to force flowers for the hol
days, in January last. with common
moss mixed with a good portion OF bone
dust, say one part bone dust to thirty of
moss, has n wonderful effect in bringing
forth early roses. In two weeks after
the mulch was first applied a change was
clearly to be seen. and bv the end Of May
the plants had attained from four to six
frrt in height, "and though they had
b!oomcd proluscly during n period Of
nearly siN months, were in the most per
feet health and vi"or MI other plants
ON which the mulch had been tried
showed marked benefits
We should be thankful for some rcli-
able ininformation about the pink water
lily, which it is claimed will grow no.
where else than in the ncighborhood Of
Cape Cod. Cannot some of our Boston
contemporaries tell us something about it?
We have heard great deal about their
'cXclusiyencss' but we don't believe it.
In England black walnut is in large
demand, and AGENTS of English manufac
turcrs have lately been visiting Iowa.
Indiana and Missouri for the puposc of
buying all they could obtain About
twenty five years ago this wood was so
little appreciated in the Western States
that it was cut up with common woods
into posts and rails for fencinmpurposcS.
and much was thus used. There is but
little danger however, of the supply be
coming exhausted. There are vast forests
OF it in some of the Southern States.
Some horses possess an immense
amount of endurance. No doubt many
of the ills which horScfesh is heir TO are
more frequently produced by over-fpod-
ing than from an iusuilicicncy of food
An evidence of long continued service
are pair of horses cwncd hy joseph
Fen>termacher, Of Topton. Bcrks couu-
ty. Pa, which have been used in ore
teams for eighteen years and are still
scrviceabc
An immense quantity of tomatoes and
other vegetables has been canned in New
Jersey this season. At Campbells cam
ing establishment, Camden, as many as
300, 600 cans of tomatoes tand peas were
thus put up during the past three months.
Two hundred hands were employed TO
do the work. The demand for these
goods is largely from the South.
The crops from Canada are reported
this year to be satisfactory. While the
yield of wheat is not so heavy rs last
year, other crops, particularly barley,
oats, hay, roots and fruits were heavy.
The potato crop of Prince Edward Is
land gives n generous return, and alto
gether the farmers of the Dominion are
better suited pccuniarily than they were
a year or two ago.
The hop crop of New York turns out
to be very superior one, enough not
only TO supply all over our consumption,
but to have several thousand bales to
spare. This is good news. Some years
the crop is almost an entire failure, en-
failing great loss on the cultivators.
Cooperstown seems to be about the
headquarters of the crop in New York.
The ''Pacific Rural Life" SAYS thor
oughbred stock in considerable numbers
has been sent to Asia, the Sandwich Is
lands and Mexico from California.
Shorthorns and Jerseys are favorte
breeds in that State. In raising horses
muck progress is now being made and
many superior animals have been had
there within few years.
No family in China is said to be too
poor to keep poultry About every shan
ty struts pert cock and few hungry
hens, which lead precarious existence,
and never become diseased from food
During winter they get barely enough
food to sustain life
The late arrival of two American
steamers at Rcycl. Russia. created de-
cided sensation in that country. Owing
to the high road charges grain is said to
be imported from this country cheaper
than it can be shipped from some of The
agricultural districts of Russia 10 the
seaboard.
Owing to the heavy apple crop the
shipments Of foreign ports this season
promise to far exceed those of any form
er year. The other day steamer took
from Boston 1868 barrels, one of the
largest cargoes OF the kind ever shipped
from American port.