Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-12-16
Farm and Agricultural News.

Soil for radishes needs to be light and rich. They can be grown from early Spring to late in the Fall. They de- serve wider cultivation.
 Pot-layered strawberry plants should be set out soon if at all this Fall. They cost more than ordinary plants, but they produce fruit sooner.
 Since the new dog law went into ef- feet in Indiana, there has been revi- val of the sheep industry in most coun- ties of the State.
 Unless an orchard is designed for commercial purposes, there is no spe- cial advantage in setting out all the trees at once. It is better in many re- spects to plant the trees at different pe- riods.
 The great source of fertility is the at mosphere, and, if we would avail our- selves of it, we must have our soils in condition favorable to the deposit by the atmosphere of its fertilizing proper ties.
 The apple crop in England and on the continent will not be very abundant this year. This means that America will have to supply good foreign de- mand, if she can.
 The best yearly butter record was made by Jersey COW, Eurotas. In a little over eleven months she produced 1895 pounds of milk, from which 77S pounds of butter were made.
 Eggs are valuable food, not suffi- ciently appreciated by the farmer. One pound of nice, fresh eggs is worth as much for food as about two pounds of beef. They are easily digested.
 Dahlia roots often decay during the Winter. Leave three or four inches of the stalk on them, with the outer eover- ing well scraped away. Make a small opening at base of stalk, and they will not decay; the watery deposit escapes.
 It is said that the oleomargarine fac tories of New York have q producing capacity of 116.000,OO0 pounds; the dairy butterfactories III ,000, GOO pounds. Must delicious creamery butter be SUD- planted by this uncertain mixture?
 American farmers do not value clover hay as highly as the English do. Tim othy is considered much inferior to clo- yer by them; much superior by us. Clover sells in England for about 20 per cent. more than timothy. Properly cured it is valuable crop.
 Farmers should give much attention to their farmers clubs and similar or ganizations. There's deal to learn at properly and intelligently conducted farmers meeting. Don't look upon them as for the fancy farmer only.
 Many orchardists say it is not best to renew the orchard by planting in young trees where old ones have died and been cut down. To certain extent, the elements suited to growth in the ap- pie wood have been extracted from the soil, and insect enemies have found To- cation there.
 The best way for everyone who un- dertakes the culture of tobacco is to raise his own plants to begin with, but they will require much care and close attention. Soil must be kept moist, and no weeds should be permitted in the bed. Liquid manure, such as barnyard teachings, will promote growth very much. The plants should be started in hotbed, though the sashes should be removed occasionally, to prevent scala ing or burning. Sometimes insects be- gin their work when the plants are quite young, but applications of soapsuds will prevent their ravages.
 No orchard escapes the ravages of the great apple enemy-the codling moth. The caterpillar of this moth is what causes the ''worm holes'' which every one detests in this valuable fruit, and it is so common that no description is nec- essary. It matches from the egg which is usually deposited in the eye of the apple; bores its way toward the core, and after while gnaws out through the skin so that it has a channel to throw out pellets of dirt as it eats the pips at the core. As the insects gener- ally fall to the ground with the fruit and then crawl up the tree to make their cocoons, they may be caught by putting bandages of old cloth or carpet around the trunk of the tree, and then may be quickly killed. It is the best way to deal with this troublesome in- sect. -.