The Russellville Democrat., 1882-06-29
THE DEMOCRAT
Agricultural.

IS lOO parts Of cornmeal by weight, eighty parts bran, and sixty-fve parts decorticated (huskless) cotton seed meal.
 Mrs. B. H. Farnham, of North An dover, describes her method of mak- ing preminm butter as follows The milk is set in tin pans and the cream taken when the milk has soured. When churned, the buttermilk is thoroughly worked out and the but ter is worked again and put into pound balls.
 Evergreens may be set out later than many other trees, because they usually begin growth later. If the young shoots have not grown more than an inch or so they will succeed well, provided the essential requisite is observed. of carrying plenty of soil on the roots
 Grapevines. pruned at the proper time, will send out too many new shoots, which would grow and make thick mass of branches and foli- age. Rub off timely all the needless shoots, leaving the strongest ones equally distributed along the vine, at distances from eight to twelve inches.
 Mulching may be applied to such young trees as can not be cultivated with horse. A few inches of old straw, cut grass, long manure or sawdust, spread in circle about newly set trees, will keep the ground moist, smother grass and weeds, and prevent injury by drouth and hot sun. It is especially useful to young cherry trees.
 What can be done with "self- milk ing cowsY The easiest way to stop the practice is to tie across tue fore head, at the base of the horns, with stout leather strings in way that will not cut into the skin, strong hickory stick about three feet long and with the ends pointed so that they will prick the sides when she reaches for her teats.
 Bearing the off year may be effect cd by shearing off all the apple bios sons or small fruit on young trees likely to be overloaded this abund- ant year The work is comparative. y easy on young trees, which as yet have small crops and are more ac- cessible, and it is more likely to pro duce q permanent change than an old tree with fixed habit.
 Shaping young trees may be easi- ly effected if taken in time, by sum mer pruning and pinching. A need less or misplaced shoot, which might become a conspicuous distortion if left to grow, is rubbed off with the thumb when an inch or two long. Branches which are running out too long are stopped by pinching off the ends. By these means a handsome and symmetrical head is easily given to young tree if taken in time.
 Weeds should never be permitted to get an inch high. Go over the garden beds with steel rake as of ten as once week. The labor will be more than rapid by the increased growth of the crop, and the weeds will never make their appearance. The labor will be far less than is re quired to clear out weeds after they have grown several inches, and have checked and partly spoiled the crop,
 Crafts set early in sprlng should not be injured by shoots and suckers springing up from the stock about them. As soon as the graft shows that it is alive, rub of all these sprouts or shoots. If the graft should happen to die, leave the strongest shoot to grow for regra(ting, and rub off all the rest. The same attention must be given to buds which were inserted last summer and the stock cut off this spring.
 Thinning the fruit, when it is quite small, on apple, peach or pear trees, will give better fruit and enough larger to afford as many bushels as can be had from small oyercrowded trees. On heavily load ed trees from two-thirds to three fourths of the fruit may be taken off to great advantage. The thinning may be performed by cutting off the blossoms with a palr of sheep shears :; or after the fruit Is set and IS as large as small cherries, or still larg- CT. so as to show defects or insect marks; leaving the largest and best.
 Raspberry suckers, if numerous, crowd and reduce the strength of the few to be left for next years bear ing. They should therefore be cut of with q sharp hoe as soon as they make their appearance above ground, leaving only q few of the strongest to grow for next years crop-in oth- CT words, treated precisely as weeds. The new canes will soon De two or three feet high, when the tops should be pinched of, and afterwards the side branches, as they appear, pinch ed back far enough to make hand. some, self supporting bush. The same treatment all through is to be given to blackberries.