Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-06
Aaillaster f,1teuigencer.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9. 1881
Farmer and Gardener.
Curranrs and Go0sel,errIes.

Setting out Curranrs and Gooseberries.
Germantown Telegraph.
Both the currant and the gooseberry do
better to grow from cuttings than from
the roots. The wood of last yeai : growth
must be taken, cut it into pieces from
eight to ten inches in length, and insert
about half the length in the usual pre-
pared garden soil, press the ground firmly
with the foot. mulch, and there will be no
danger Of not growing. Set them where
they are desired TO remain permanently.
If a small tree and not bush is preferred,
cut out all the eyes entering the ground.
II a bush let the eyes remain. We prefer
the bush fOc two reasons, the first is, more
is obtained the second, it is longer lived.
In fac: the bush will live half century,
only requiring thinning out of the wood
once in while. AS to currants we prefer
decidedly the old Dutch Red. 1t is not
quite So large as some others, but it bears
rs abundantiy and IS less acid and Of bet
ter quality. or gooscbcrries, we prefer
the Downing. 1t is of good quality, an
excellent bearer and has never mildewed
upon our premises.
Che Culture OF Corn.
The name corn in England is applied to
all grains, as VIC think it should be and
our Indian cora is there called maize, a
name used only with respect to this grain,
and hence leads to no confusion. In its
cultivation no crop is better understood
bS our farmers as a rule. and yet none SO
well known formerly varied SO much in
the modes Of cultivation. Forty years
aro-anii it is sometimes done nOw-the
ground was plowcd, then narrowed two
or three times, then cross plowed, and
then the rows struck out in the direction
of the first riowing. Now. generally, this
mode is abandoned, and there is only one
plowing before the rows are marked out,
and the seed is dropped by planter.
which separates the grains in the hill
much more uniformly than when dropped
by hand Three stalks arc the limit for a
hill, but it very frequently is reduced to
two. The distance between the hills and
the rows ranges from three to three and
a-half feet, the yield bciug about the same,
though il depends, like every other crop,
upon the extent OF tho manuring and cul-
tivation.
Or lat year; the drill system has been
adopted bs ag:n,l many farmers, but it
does not seem to increase in favor rather
the reverse II is not disputed that lit
tie additional yield NAV &c obtained from
the system ; bat i; is ut an increase cost OF
hand Ii Dor, 80 tina: in the end there is nc
gain. if any, worth mentioning. Where
the extent OF the crop is small it probably
possesses some advantage. but VIC DO not
think otherwise.
Latteijy the crop has been planted
earlier than formcrly-Say the last week
i'm Ayril--fur the reason that i'll case OF
failure 10 con,c up from rotting by cold
we: soil. there will be plenty of time fOl
rcpiam:ing. But This will scarcely stand,
nastnnc!i if planting is delayed from the
9TH t. The 18th cc May, the ground viii
have become warm and the excessive
moisture disappeared. BESIDES the 18th
of May is none too late for putting in thu
crop. In fact, VIC regard it as better THAI
ar earlier date.