The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-06
FARM ITEMS,

.AN Ae NHNNNl Is q Nllhlk NNllOM NArletN and
adapted 10 al kinds vi soil. There are several
KINDS oil Japan clover one OF which takes nos.
session OF the ground gregayiuuSly, to the eNclu.
s'ou OF other plants. forming u dense Ani beau.
ului swarm IT'S short IN growth, viii thrive
ON light soils, aud suitable 10 this climate
Texas is fast coming to the front MS a wheat.
growing country Vh' farmers find that there
Is more money IN II than cotton. and tine or II ia
mueh more certain aud not half so Troublesome
There are number of industries which c0uld
be developed in Texas that would SurpaSs cot
ton raising, aud the quic2er the farmers learn
this the better It will B e
The Ptachbow potato, in the limited pronor-
ton that this kitd is now planted. has been
unusl'l y successful this season The weather
IN New York state particularly bad for near v
every other Kind, has teen suited to the peach,
blow While other potatoes dried up aud died
III me simmer drouth, the peachhlow held on,
fail rains came
The chestnut IS a tree which writer advises
Americans TO paut. II grows more rapidly th n
me oaS, aud the timber is equally valuable and
the nuts are ways in demand When adhered
Tor planting lneN ST ould he covered with sand
or placed In the gr und before they get hard an 4
uEN They should be SOWu deeper than ggoyns
say from to thre, .twoi nchcs.
III deep Tor ca bagc and shallow for onions
ana Wrnips. Ia tn mp itrous .rooteu plants
hke cabbage com, etc, but not edible rooted
crops IKE bsets, carrots and paTSulpS; nor should
these last be worked deep after they are well
"tV'S ~ Nl+e' UT Tue! VIII put oul suag shoots
anu grow scraggY Beans and celery should
! never be 'uchcd while wet from dew or rain
! time.
| !, p'eut losSeS nie solneumes norhe by orchard
| ISIS py buying their trees of travelling tree ped
| d ers One mau In Michigan bought and set 600
Early Crawford peach trees The fourth year
! ''Ny "'u.u n'fc posile nun lV.V baskets OF
p.H.ues, worth IIoih 20 cenlS 10 u per basket.
Du. tu1lS WuS NV slnsle carry crawford Tree
~ ,iu lo,, n''u lls cIup WnN worthless TO hlnl
| H., - VIZ Wy VIZ uhcu'. uunc west 'oral
! nu! y. ivSpoas'ple nulseiymeh near nome, ana
| % - ""'ta,iiN Va llciI
In bp t, ,,'a ue ui"uT nov FHu Durlsu
tIinNs ~ WI 'hvn pi"neG, ine! hte hlaIe rs
| ioi ,, Sut Wv vines lltp IeuGths hal-Way
g. NJ We eyss' iesNlrg tWo eyes upon each
&C. 'sesv .t tHMS ii 'Ie So IN siophg drec
&c., t'i"t ,,,o WV Is yusi Nv tle sl iaee,
49, M ~" mtn laws VI litseI ull leave
| mem. ny! WIN pI9paply nave formed roots
| n ey ',e spring, Ley mem gf9W where they are
| i"' a !S", "iu li'eh u"hsP hu' lhen 10 llelr
| ~ i,iaa','i' ~ p"Vve' c,, ~,
| uinPe- vines Vnn nc Grhlteu 9ilhough graltlng
nus NOV peeh Iluch pracustd Ill THIS country
m m,IoS 'hVt , 'i o. slaltlng nave been recon-
nlehueu put thc ion9"lnb IL ptooab!y as good
| a. HuS. ny olu Nlle should be cut
'", uS,o t wy s'ouuu carry III spring
| anu pylVie inc sup mas started aId
| clett III me same manner as an apple or pear
stock The cutting Is prepared and inserted In
the manner usual with other gratis The stock
Is bound up ana the earth replaced The cut
! ting should have one eye left above the ground
| One OF our readers III Hendricks county has a
plan OF MS own Tor storing sweet potatoes which
has proved entirely successful for the past five
years. lie piles them in II corner of the cellar,
Immediately after digging mas compact man
her as possible, and covers them first wi h cont
ing OF coarse manure or cut straw. and sitter this
with two or three inches of dust or dirt He
then places boxes or barrels filled with Irish pn-
htO,s around the pile and pours n few bushels
over them upon the coating of earth, The effect
| OF all OF this banketng is " keep the sweet po-
tatoes warm, and at he same t me allow the
moisture arising fom them to escape. During
the i've years our friend has practiced this sim.
Pile plan he has never lost a sweet potato by de.
cay, We think II well worth trying, and we in
tend to test II this winter Indiana Farmer
The weights OF produce established by tie
laws of Kentucky are AS follows: Wheat 70
Sorh on eIr ~ cSrH,nes al oG rye, %, oats ;S