The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-05-04
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

boOn ana allow the weeds TO gain pos
,eaeaOn Of the soil. Cultivate early and
>ftcn should be the rule for corn.
KEEPING GRAPES. A lady has dis
Covered that grapes packed in graduated
rmgar will keep fresh longer than when
,acked in sawdust, and as the sugar is
lot injured, expense will not prove an
objection.
ONIONS An old gardener says in the
Detroit IribuHc, with regard TO cult
waiting onions, that If care is taken to
draw away the earth gradually from the
bulbs until they are quite uncovered,
and only the fbrous roots are III the
earth, you will never have scullions, but
very large, sound onions.
GRAPES VINES. -Trellises for vines can
be made or repaired cheaper and moro
conveniently now than in spring. Lo-
Gust is the most durable wood; red ches-
nut and chestnut rank next. Where To-
Gust is scarce pieces three feet long may
be sunk two and half feet in the ground
and uprights Of pine or other timber
nailed to them.
SALT PoR LASD. Salt should not be
applied to such lands as border on the
sea or are in any way affected by the
spray Of the ocean. Coarse salt should
be mixed with the compost heap and
not applied directly to the plants. As.
paragus, naturally native Of the sea
shore, will require large quantities Of
salt. This should only be applied, how
ever, when the shoots are growing. At
any other time it will inlure the roots.
Used on the beds about the end Of MAY
it will help to kill weeds and grasses.
STRAWBERRIES IN THE CRY. The fol.
lowing novel suggestion is from the
Fruit RccOrdcr, and is one that might
be carried out with little trouble aud ex-
pense: "How many oil our city readers
might have fresh, fragrant strawberries
and other dainties, with but little care
or trouble But, say some, the rain
water would be filled with dirt No, not
II properly gown-tAat IS, by setting the
pots or boxes holding the plants in pans
or boxes that are water tight Fifty
plants Of Strawberries would give fam
lily OF four TO five persons a nice dish
daily for two weeks. Fifty pots Of an
nuals like petunias, balsams, etc, would
well repay all trouble. Try it, readers
ORCHARD NOTES. 1t is commonly the
case that the orchard is cropped year
after year until the diminished Yield
shows that something must be done. The
proper way il TO give moderate manur-
ing annually; stable manure put on in
the fall and plowed III, or III small or
chards fOrked in, may DO alternated with
ashes or lime on other years. Clover to
be pastured by hogs and Hftcrward
plOwed under, is one Of the best fcrtiliz-
ers. Trees Of forced growth are more
tender than others and so suffer more
from sudden changes Of climate. For
this reason too high cultivation is IA bad
as not enough Heading back and root
pruning are the best methods Of rcstor-
ing barren trees. Wood ashes is the best
fertilizer for trees, vines and bushes.
Pruno apple-trccs 50 as to give them n
low, wcll-balanccd top. one such tree
is worth several tall, irregular trees.
Peach orchards shonldhuye dry, fertile
soil on Northern or Western slope.
LATE EVERGREEN Cons A trust
worthy writer in the HIrm Ncw IOrkcr
plants ms evergreen sweet corn III the
following why: The soil IS sandy gravel,
naturally warm, and OF moderate icrtll-
ity; III fact, not rich enough to produce
satisfactory crops without manure, which
] did not have III sufficient supply to feel
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