Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-07
TIE FARM.
REASONABLE HINTS FOR 1T.

TIE FARM.
sEAsONABLE HINTS FOR 1T.
Advice from the Germantown Telegraph.
Crops in England again promise an m
different yield. The drought up 10 the
early part of June, and cold easterly winds,
seriously affected the cereal crops. Inc
comparative poor harvest OF last year,
added to the depressing effects OF the
present prospect, has caused many farms
to be vacated by tenants, about seventy
per cent of whom, it il estimated, are In
arrears for rent. The indications are that
prices in England, and an increased quan-
this country, which we can readily spare.
In certain California peach.drying es-
tablishments, the work Of peeling the
peaches has been much simplified by the
following process: A crate filled with
fruit is dropped into a vat containing hot
lye, and there shaken. 1t is then re-
moved to q tank of pure cold water and
the lye is washed away. The skins of the
fruit by this process become SO separated
from the pulp that they are drawn off
with one motion of the hand. This saves
much time, labor and expense. The new
process causes the fruit to dry more read
ily, and very slight loss in weight re-
suits.
When canteloupes become the siz e of
fist place under each one piece of slate,
to be obtained were u building is slated,
or at the yard Of the slater, Or piece Of
shingle will answer. This keeps the melon
from contact with the ground and will
prevent the ground from extracting the
flavor from any portion Of it, as is gener-
ally the case with watermelOns and cante-
loupes which VIC buy in the markets, as
wc all know. For private domestic use,
the little trouble which this protection
gives is repaid hundred fold
in the excellence of the flavor of tho fruit,
and we think causes them to mature ear
lier.
Our gardens generally do not contain as
good variety of herbs as they should, for
even the use of the family. This would
seem strange when they are SO convenient
for the culinary department., and are 50
easily raised from the slip, but it must be
from this years growth. 1t is not too
late yet if attended to without delay. To
propagate in this way most of the herbs or
seeds may be sown with good results.
Formerly all the old, we'll established gar
dens of farmers, contained full supply Of
all the various kinds, which were carefully
dried ia the shade. by which they retained
their entire virtue until the next crop was
ready for use.
Pruning Hedges.
Evergreens as 4 rule are very sensitive
20 cold, cutting winds. Even the hard
encd leaves that have been exposed to all
the viciSsitudes of the weather often get in
iured by wintry winds and this is more
likely to be the case with those which are
tender, Is those inside, suddenly exposed
to the weather by cutting away the out
side, must be. No good hedgist cuts
away everSreens till the winter is over. and
all danger of cold winds is gone. This
disposes of dedge pruning SO far as evei-
green's are concerned but in tho case of
deciduous hedges, which need a renOvating
pruning, it is not only allowable but
sound practice. In this vicinity We have
many of these deciduOus things used As
ornamental hedges. We have beech,
thorn, Usage orange, honey locust, pyrus
iapOnica and some other things of this
character. Sometimes they are neglected,
rs our friends evergreen hedge appears
to be, and to renovate them they are
often cut near the ground so as to induce
them to throw out large lot of new
sprouts, which the next year can be
trimmed into shape. This sort of trim
ming can be done at this season, and it is
the only kind of hedge pruning that is 1T
all seasonablc. IIereabOuts we leave the
first evergreen pruning, hedges or other
wise, till mid April, and the second as
late as the beginning of November.
Cheap Manure.
Germantown Telegraph.
When one goes to buy farm his first
concern is about cheap land Next he con-
siders how he eau get cheap labor, and
with these he is generally satisfied. Indeed,
with many the price per acre is the main
consideration. Ii u hundred and fifty dol
lars, say, be the ruling price per acre, and
he can buy for Il hundred, it is chance il
the bargain is not at once made.
1t is not often that cheap manure is
thought of, and yet VIC think it is of rs
much Importance as all others. We have
indeed heard it put it as a truism by
farmers about Philadelphia-and put in Il
way as if assured Of no cOntradiction-that
no man could afford to pay more than $50
per acre and thrive. 1t is looked on rs
wholly 4 matter of the price of land but
there can be no doubt that one can better
afford to pay $500 where manure is
abundant and cheap, than $3.50 where
it is not to be had at any price.
There are men about all large cities who
either farm or garden land worth several
thousands of dollars an acre. They do
not perhaps buy land at this figure and
farm it but their rent and perhaps taxes
would represent the interest of this great
sum. It is often said it is because they
arc near to market. They grow heavy ar
ticles that are costly to transport long dis
tanceS, and the saving is here. There is
some force in this; but little in compar-
ison with the facility they enjoy in cheap
manure. The country farmer has no idea
which they can take off three or four crops
OF different articles year.
We know many a country farmer who
cOngratulates himself whenever there is a
prospect of anything occurring near him
that may increase the value of his land.
This is all very we'll in its way. Yet we
think many miss it by allowing calcula-
tiOns of such increase to enter into their
heads to too great an extent. 1t keeps
them from making improvements which
might bear heavier crops, and which would
bring in money more quickly and abund
antly than any future increase in land. 1t
tends to reduce agriculture TO q real-estate
speculation, rather than TO continue it as
one great business of life. 1t would as a
general thing he of far moro profit for
some business that tended to give the
neighbor chance at cheap manure to start
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