The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-07
Farm and Agricultural News.

rich. They can be grown from early
Spring to late in tho Fall. They de-
serve a wider cultivation.
Pot-layered strawberry plants should
be set out soon II at all this Fall. They
cost more than ordinary plants, but
they produce fruit sooner
Since the new dog law went into Of
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. 1t is better in many re-
spects to plant the trees at different Pc
RODS.
The great source of fertility is the at
mosphere, and, if we would avail our
selves Of it, we must have our soils in a
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-
manu. ii she can.
The best yearly butter record was
made by Jersey COW, Eurotas. In
little over eleven months she produced
1926 pounds of milk, from which IT'S
pounds Of butter were made.
Eggs are valuable food, not sufli-
GENTLY 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 cover
ing well scraped away. Make a small
opening at base of stalk, and they will
not decay; the watery deposit escapes.
1t is said that the oleomargarine fac
tories of New York have a producing
capacity of ll6,000,000 pounds; the
dairy butter factories Ill 900, 900 pounds.
Must delicious creamery butter be sup
planted by this uncertain mixturep
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
CARNATIONS. There's a 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 APP
pie wood have been extracted from the
soil, and insect enemies have found To-
cation there.
The best way for everyone who I'M
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 scald-
ING or burning. Sometimes insects be-
gin their work when the plants are gate
young but applications of soapsuds will
prevent their ravages.
No orchard escapes the ravages of the
great ~ t,o ,uemy-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 nee
essary. 1t 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 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. 1t is the best
way to deal with this troublesome in