Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-25
Eancaster frlteIIiQe1lcer.
THURSDAY EVENING, AUG. 26. 1888
FARM AND GARDEN.

FARM AND GARDEN.
TIMELY NOTES FOB HUSBANDMES.
Hints for the HTT:sso'd %sss and outdoor
Germantown Telegraph.
To much care cannot be taken ju using
paris green and other poisons in applying
them to plants, trees bushes, &C., in de-
stroying insects, frequent instances OF
death being the result of poisons getting
into cuts, bruises, sores, &c.
Lewis Clipman, Of Oxford, Chester
county, is reported to have raised this year
ninety-two bushels of Early Rose potatoes
on One-third of an acre of land. a number
of the tubers weighing within a fraction OF
q pound each.
Six medium sized tomatoes sliced, one
large onion, two slices Of bread cut into
small pieces. Cover the bottem of the pan
with pieces of the bread above this put a
layer of the potatoes and q few slices OF
onion, then again bread, tomatoes and
onion until all the material is used up
over all spread two tablespoonfuls of but
ter and dredge salt and pepper just be-
fore setting in an oven, add half a cupful
of boiling water bake in a brisk oven for
one hour. This is capital dish not wide
ly known.
The Poultry Monthly says that the Ply
mouth Rocks, as we'll as Leghorn, HOudans
and Hamburgs, do not suffer to any ap-
preciably extent when hatched late in the
season. For late breeding the Brahmas
and Cochins are preferred by the Monthly
when it is desired to raise them for mar
ket. When we'll cared for and literally
fed, these late Matched chicks grow won
derfully fast, acquire flesh rapidly, and in
six weeks reach remarkable size.
One of the most productive fruit Or
chards in New Jersey is owned by S. S.
Thompson, few miles from Pennsgrove.
It contains 700 vigorous apple trees, COM
prising 100 varieties selected with great
care. OF these trees, 500 are in full bear
ing this year, and a very heavy crop is an
ticipated. OF the 500 pear trees on this
farm, 800 are Bartlett. While the yield Of
the latter is moderate this year, the size
and quality of the fruit are above the aver
age.
Up to within thirty years Connecticut
was famous for its abundant yield Of su-
perior peaches but for many years the
trees failed to mature their fruit Now,
however, they are again bearing plenti.
fully, and good yield is assured this
year. Many years ago New Jersey was
celebrated for its peaches, but the trees
became diseased, and for twenty years
after but few peaches could be matured in
that state. Within the past two or three
years, however, the trees again present a
healthy appearance, and much choice
fruit is grown there. In Morris county
this year there is 4 heavy yield and the
fortunate growers are realizing large
profits from the sale Of the crop.
Tho Crop of Cornfodder East.
Our Western friends havo little idea of
the value which cOrnfoddcr has in the eyes
Of the Eastern man. lie simply estimates
how many bushels OF corn he has to the
acre, and then wonders how an Eastern
man with less yield than he has, poorer
land, and higher rent and taxes, can make
the corn crop pay. But the difference, be-
sides Of course proximity to market, is in
the value to him OF cornfcddcr. In many
places quite as much could be had for a
field of good cornfOdder as for the whole
yield uf corn. While the Western man
suffers his corn to remain uncut to the
very last moment, in order to get tho
fullest ripening to the fartlest end of the
car, the Eastern man cuts his before it is
dry, and as soOu as possible after danger
of moulding has passed, without regard
to whether he has obtained the last pound
of grain possible from the crop. Not only
does the fodder as we'll as the corn come
into calculation in the profit of an Eastern
corn crop, but the husks for cabinet-mak-
ers' purposes yield considerable revenue.
1t is very difficult to get at the exact
profits of this branch Of corn product. We
have heard farmers say that it was moro
profitable to feed the husks than to save
them for sale while others contend there
is greater advantage in disposing of them,
and we should say there was. These
things enable one to form some sort of
Judgment as to the value of corn husks.
OF course the distance from market will
have much to do with their value, as we'll
as the estimate tina. may be placed on
them for feeding purposes but it all goes
to show that there is something more than
the mere grain which to an Eastern man
gives value to the corn crop.
Shooless Horses.
The question of the non-usage Of shoes
for horses is being again, We notice, re-
vived in England; but we can see no new
argument advanced in it's behalf. The
statement aboat Xenophon marching his
"horses unshod from Cumaxa over the
Armenian Highlands to the walls of Trebi-
zond," is again ground over, without there
being any positive proof that such was the
fact. The argument goes further and says
that it would be better for horses to 20
unshod even over the rough and slippery
streets of London and then at once, re-
garding this as feasible, the writer figures
up how many millions of dollars would be
saved annually in consequence. Next
somebody referred to, where
this somebody allowed his horses to 60
unshOd for two years "without any
nature has provided in the hoof of the
horse all that is necessary under all circum-
stances and in every emergency.
It seems that these questions are started
merely to have something to get up dis
cussion on. 1t cannot be for any other
purpose as it is wholly improbable-in-
deed the idea in fact is ridiculous-to
think for moment that if there was the
slightest truth in the practicability of car
rying out this project, it would not have
been done hundreds of years ago or that
now the shoeing of horses would be con-
tinued for a single day. Again, there must
have been the strongest possible reasons
for originally introducing shoeing at all,
involving, as it does, these annual millions
of useless expenditure. Working oxen
are frequently shod also, and clOven hoofs
require it far less than horses. The only
reason that such savans continue to exist
may be owing to the neglect of tho fool
killer in visiting their neigbbOrhOOd.