Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-04
FARM AND GARDEN.
TIMELY ADVICE FROM GEKMAN n TOWN
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Fodder Corn May be SowE Yet.
Ii done at once, plot of corn sowll
broadcast for fall-fceding green may still
To sown, and will, if the frost should not
make an early and unwelcOmc visit, come
in opportuncly when other green food may
be short. But even if there should be an
abundance Of second crop pastures, the
corn can be cut and dried for winter use,
and all farmers know how greedily the
cattle will consume it if carefully protected
against moist weather. and is free from
mould. There is nothing like being pre-
pared for emergencies, and every thought
full farmer never loses sight of this fact
and fails to take advantage of it.
Garden Crops Yet to Grow.
Shrewd gardeners are ever On the alert
to get all they can out of the small plot of
ground at their disposal. Some will get
three crops Of certain kinds from the same
land, but two are very common with
many. For instance, the early peas can
be sown for a fall crop, and very welcome
they are. Beans, the early and snap va
rieties, may be yet planted. Lettuce can
be sOwn in drills to head spinach for win
ter use the Golden Globe, tho China and
red turnip-rOoted radish for winter use :;
the turnip, Of course, which We have al
ready spoken Of more ut length ; cabbage,
if planted 1T once may yet head SO with
ruta-baga. But they must all have the
best attention-in fact, extra attention.
if fair crops arc expected. If We consider
for a moment We shall see how nicely ex.
ira crops Of these things will como in at a
period when they are not usually enjoyed,
or can be put away for winter.
Two Good Pears.
The Giffard pear We regard rs tho most
desirable variety among the early pears :;
and though We regret that it is not much
grown, it ought to be found upon every
farm and in every garden. 1t is shaped
like the Tyson, but does not get as much
Of red check i'll ripening, and for that
reason is not very attractive variety in
the market. 1t is Il rampant grower. IN
carly and constant bearer aud Of excellent
quality. We are very sure that when once
introduced nobody will be without it. We
have had it in our fruit-list for number
of years, and We shall have for gratuitous
distribution next spring a large number of
gratis, to which all will be welcome if
called for.
The Tyson pear comes into bearing
almost as tardily Us the Early Catharine,
but is not regular or productive in its
yield. 1t is, however, a superb fruit and
none should he without it. In our city
market VIC believe that any quantity, how
ever large, would so off in a flash. We
shall also have any number of gratis of
the Tyson to distribute in the spring. As
a drawback, the Tyson is very slow i'm
coming into bearing, frequently requiring
fifteen years, which is rather long in our
short lives to wait, unless there is plenty
OF room to spare which will not be miss
cd. We have several trees and parts of
trees now in bearing, and get from them
yearly very fair crop. A single dwarf
Tyson has borne freely, except two years,
from tho second year Of its planting and |
without being able to state to certainty,
we think that if the dwarfs be planted they |
will come into bearing in two or three
years, and three or four trees will be am
pie for a family.
Care About Things.
We have On many occasions in going |
over the Outbuildings upon some farms |
noticed great deal of carelessness in |
guarding against man-traps which might |
prove very dangerous to life and limb, if |
of the existence and remem-
brancc Of them were not at all times borne |
in mind or Of the cOntrivances wllerc |
cattle may be hurt. Passing through a |
friends farm buildings some timo ago, we |
came on a ciStern for catching water from
the roof, the lid of which opened in a fro
quently travelled path. On our expressing
surprise, ,Our friend wondered at the alarm.
" For," said he, 1" all about us arc trained |
to such careful habits there really is no
danger. No one would ever think Of leav-
ing the trap door open." This reasoning |
seems correct, and yet the newspapers |
sre filled with accidents which occur in |
cases where call hands, are supposed to |
exercise the greatest care. Some one
comes in with loaded gun and does not |
draw the charge. He knows how careful
everybody is in handling firearms, and yet |
numbers of people die every year simply
through fOrgetfulneSs on the part OF sOmc |
playful fool that the article may possibly
be loaded. A man carries the common
dangerous matches that ignite with
against anything loose in his
pocket, and goes through his stables and
over his haymows aud straw stacks. He
is quite sure that his careful habits will
never lot him drop one SO that something
may tread or fall on it or a mouse nibble
t and a fire ensue. But some day the
whole thing goes up" and there is no
md of wonder how such thing could be
1t is indeed singular that accidents and
Osses arc usually the luck of those who
re tho most careful. We knew q man
,ncc who carried money loose in his vest
rocket, as many do their matches. No
nc could be moro particular than he in
every time that none fell on the.
round or blew away. He regarded loss
S impossible, and he continued to think
o until one day when about to give up his
Dom at hotel, after visiting country
air, his wife found a ten. dollar bill lying
n tho floor! Carefulness is very we'll.
tudy it by all means. But in all our ar
angements security should rest rather on
npossibility than on watchfulness. The
IAN who sleeps with one eye open to guard