Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-12
FARM Ind HOME.
Farm Ralsssgs.

WATER FOR SWINE. In hot and dry
weather farmers cannot be too cautious
in moving fat hogs from one field to all
other. The water should be prepared
in the new quarters beforehand. Ii
not, the hogs, heated from the drive,
rush around hunting water and get over
heated. It is no unusual occurrence for
them to be lost in this way. -Furnaer's
Home Journal.
APPLYING MANURE.-A practical
farmer says that he always applies ma
nure as top dressing for wheat crop,
and derives double the benefit from it
used in that way. The growing season
for wheat in the fall being short one,
it is advisable to apply the manure in
such way that its effects will be imme-
date. 1t should be finely pulverized.
CELERY. after trying for number
of years almost in vain to raise good
celery on ordinary dry garden soil, ;"
says correspondent, ''I finally bor-
rowed the use of little patch Of re-
claimed swamp land-deep, black muck,
well drained but moist, and for the past
two seasons have grown on it very fine
celery with but little labor. So I shall
never again attempt to grow this veg
etable on common garden soil without
some cheap and easy method of irriga-
hon."
FEED THE FRUIT TREES. Much in
jury has been done to fruit culture by
the expressed dread some cultivators
have Of &C. too rank growth" and con-
sequent advice not to manure. A fruit
tree never suffers from toomuch manure
if the roots are healthy. IF tree
seems to suffer after heavy manuring
it is only that it was IN bad way be-
fore this. OF course if one were to
empty a cesspool, a CARLOAD of fresh
lime or some other inOrdinate mass Of
food under tree it would suffer but
our meaning is that no amount of
manure that would be found of benefit to
any garden will be otherwise than bene-
fetal to fruit tree if the roots be
healthy.
DRILLING WHEAT. Many Of the most
earnest opponents Of this method Of
sowing wheat are being converted by
the result of actual experiment. It is
claimed that the use Of the drill increases
the number of bushels to the acre.
Wheat sown broadcast and not covered
more than one or two inches cannot
find sufficient moisture during dry
season to sprout the grain. Deep SOW
ing is not advisable, but drilled wheat
leaves the soil in ridges and the wheat
in little bitches, the seed really being
only two inches under ground. It with
stands high winds better than if broad
cast, which in many localities is de-
cided advantage.
SMOKING FOR THE CBRCUL1O.-A
writer in the Ruras World describes an
unsuccessful attempt to keep off the
curculio by smoking his trees, fifty in
number. A barrel Of coal tar was
bought, and several holes dug six inches
deep through the orchard. Corn-cobs
were dipped in the tar, placed in the
holes and set on fire. The operator
says that he "got a nice SMOKE" and
had his holes to suit the wind. This
work was repeated three mornings in
each week for a month. The whole
process did no good, the young fruit be-
ing badly stung. As this remedy, COM
ments Mr.. J. J. Thomas, is frequently
recommended by those who have given
it little trial, such failures as this are
worth recording. The Earring process,
properly conducted, is easier, cheaper
and more efficient if not properly ap-
piled it is CT little use.
SUCCESSFUL GARDENING funda-
mental principle Of successful garden
ing, says a writer, is plenty of well-rot-
ted, fine manure, and no lack of "elbow
grease" These two elements, applied
with Judgment, will make gardening al
ways successful. There is no better
manure for any crop than an abundance
of rich stable manure, made by horses,
cattle, sheep and swine, composted
with earth and sprinkled, when fresh,
with busting Of plaster. Pile in a
large heap and turn the pile over till
weltrotted. Dig or pillow deep incor-
porate the manure well with the soil ;
pulverize thoroughly and put plenty Of
the fine manure in the drills, as well as
broadcasting or spreading it over the
soil. For specific manure for onions.
there is none superior or equal to fowl
manure, mixed well with fine earth
three parts of fine earth to one of the
droppings from the hen-roost. One Of
the best preventives of insect depreda-
ton on garden stuff is very rich soil
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