New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-18
CONTEMPORARY FARM TOPICS.

Mr. John Miller, Stone Mountain. Ga. takes some
pride in raising each year THE BOSS WATER.
MELON" His best hitherto was a 6i-pounder
section of which, Invested Of its pulp, and left in
shape of a barrel-hoop, he easily slipped over bis
body though he weighs 200 pounds. The largest
this season is expected to weigh seventy pounds
and maybe more. lie prunes the vines just when
they need b" which seems TO be something Of an
art; allows only two fruits 10 each, and sells at
home TOR 30 cents to 81 plece-three or four times
the average price obtained by neighbors. One Sc
cret, be tells The atlanta Constitution. in market
ing and the principle involved has much influence
in the successful disposition of all farm crops:
People like anything that looks nice. There.
fore, when | pull my nice mclons-lny boolef
melons yOu may say pack them, stem downward,
into my wagon body just as long rs one VIII 90 IN
with just one layer pack tresh-OOklng straw IN
the bOt TOM and around the sides and on top, and
when drive my team into town my melons look
fine as they lie IN the wagon body Ike eggs ia q
case. never let a man or boy touch one OF them.
If man comes up to buy melon, let him look az
them and pick ont TIE one that he wants ana | sell
it 10 HIM guaranteeing il to be ali right and have
never yet had one brought back 10 me-"
-Mr +. b. Terry, Hudson. Ohio, has farm
which twelve years ago was starvation poor anu
every dollar spent to bring it to present state Of
fertility was first made on the land. useful hint or
two regarding his SUCCESSFUL METHODS may DO
gIcdne0 from the dpltAutA obdN'il'htr NA4-NH ~
makes to his home Farmer in reference TO raising
and marketing one of his speciaties, the potato
crop:
II had one field of potatoes last year Of nearly
six acres that brought me J lGl per acre. The cost
of manure and labor put that lot would probably
scare Gala but the net cash left in my pocket was
more than 800 per acre. Two years ago dug 800
bushcs from Inea ,urrd acre, and my entire crop
averaged more than 800 bushels. We are digging
now early potatoes that yield AT the rate OF I'd
bushels per acre. although they are not more than
three-fOurths grown. They are sold TO one hrm
sold in less than minute after the trs LOAD got
To markell TO bc delivered every day rs fast as pos
sible AT 10 cents bushel above the market price
do not wIte this bTag up my crops but To stir mp
these average men a ttle. and 10 show that 1t
pays to apply manure and labor quite freely TO tho
potato crop on nv farm a least, and do not think
my farm j. an exception
Mr. p. Whittier. Pennington Falls, Ne. owns
1.-THE famous Franklin County orchard OF 5000
trees and he is setting out others each year, mostly
from nursery stock of his own raising OF his APPLE
GRAPHING Home Farm says:
Ills practice is to graft after the trees have been
set one or two years but never until they have got
rood start and graft il the tree at one time. hero
"A part of the top is grated he finds the natural
limbs take the sap largely instead of the sciOns.
while they remain weak. In glaitIng he leaves
natural limbs on a good share of the top but setS
the crafts on the outside OF the tree where they VIII
get The suu and harden up. the natural limbs beng
left low down on the trunk, partly 10 shade tha
tree from the sun. These are cut OF from time 10
time as the scions get strong for by cntung
back The original limbs the scOns are fed and ma
tured."