Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-12
FARM NOTES.
IAILIELOMER .

Caulihower seeds should be sown In
/ hot beds early in February. Transfer
/ the young plants TO q cold frame as soon
/ as they are large enough. They should
/ be ready for planting in the open air by
the first OF April, but must be protected
ut night II there comes cold snap.
THE CABBAGE GRUB.
/ The Fruit Recorder says Save your
Cabbages from grubs by winding little
| strip Of paper loosely around the stem
/ from roots To leaves when set out. We
/ set large number OF cabbages last year,
/ and not one that We wound the paper
around did We lose by grubs. To de.
stroy cabbage worms sprinkle them with
hot water"
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER
Owners Of small gardens who do not
keep hen poultry shut up in the spring
are much troubled by having their new
| " planted hills OF melons, cucumbers,
&c, scratched up, as hens are always at
tracted by fresh, moist earth. Ii a few
small stones and Jumps 0f dirt are put
| On the hill they will not be troubled.
On most land il would he no trouble to
fiud the stones for this purpose, and
| single motion of the hoe would suffice.
now To TRANSPLANT TREES.
As soon as your trees are received cut
| off all unbroken roots and all roots pre-
viously cut should be recut just
| above where they were formerly To
ireshen them. The branches should he
cut back hall their length. All bruised
parts. whether in roots or branches,
should be cut oil. The hole Tor the tree
should be larger and deeper than the
roots require, and the tree should be
planted two inches deeper than when in
the nursery. Put the surface soil at the
roots and the bottom soil on the sur
face. 1t is u good idea to dip the roots
in thin mud just before planting.
The land should be thoroughly plough
ed eight or ten inches deep, or sub-soiled
and cross ploughed. and then finely pull
vered. DO not plant any small grain or
aiaga IN an orchard under any Circum-
stances. Plant appe, pear, plum, prune
and apricot on your herviest and richest
soil. Orange, lemon, lime, peach, cherry
and nectarine trees will do the best IN
sandy or grayeliy soil.
RAISING POTATOES
Potatoes are planted and cultivated
at the Amherst Agricultural College as
follows: The drills, made with a
double mOldbOard plough, are three
an hall feet apart, and III them the
potatoes are dropped about ten inches
apart. the manure being applied either
broadcast or in the drill. The seed is
covered with ridgcr. As the young
4 q f.ll q harrAua1 ttlt
a light harrow, which completely kills
the small weeds without injurlng the
tops much. A little later they are cul-
tivated. Then double mOldboard
plough throws the dirt up to the plants
in most thorough manner when prop
crly handled This Is iollOwcdby a Cui-
tivatOr Ia level the land a little. The
large weeds are pulled 10y hand, no hoe
Ing by hand being done except IN very
weedy localities. After trying ploughs,
diggrrs DC, it has been demonstrated
that the best and cheapest way To dig
the potatoes is with "A fork 10y hand, u
good man being able 10 harvest twenty
five bushels per day 10y this means.
SCOT IN THE GARDEN
Those who have SCOT, either OF wood
or bituminOus coal, should carefully
save it for use III the garden. 1t is
valuable Tor the ammonia 1t contains,
aud also to: its power oi rcabSorhlng
ammonia II is simply charcoal lcar-
bon in an extremely divided state, but
from the CreOsOtc it contains Is uselul IN
DESTROYING insects, and is ut the same
time valuable as a fertilizer Tor all gar
den crops. Ii must not bc mixed with
lime, else it's ammonia would be diSSi-
pateI, but ii the soil is dry and hungry
a little salt may he used with 1t. SCOT
stecpcd in water aud allowed to stand
and settle for day or two Is also most
excellent fertilizer for house plants, pos
scssing precisely the same qualities that
the parings Of horses huOis do. For
flowers out OF doors it is especially vdiu-
able, since 1t may be easily applied and
tends To increase the Vlvldness OF the
bloom, aud mixed with salt 1t isa most
excellent fertilizer Tor asparagus, onions,
cabbage &c, in connection with com
post, in the proportion OF one quart OF
salt 10 SIX quarts OF SCOT. For two
bushels of compost this quantity makes
heavy dressing for each square rod To
be- worked in next the surface oi the
soil. -Prdiri, Fdrmcr.