Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-30

the time las arrived when the top
dressing Of the strawberry beds should be
entirely removed, and where the plants
have been set out ia hills, toslightly fork
up the ground. The asparagus beds
should receive similar treatment.
The rlrIbarb should be fOrked up also
and toy, dressed where it was not done last
autumn. New beds can also bc made
from the roots Of the old plants, each
piece having Il portion Of the crown, how
ever small, planted with it. Quite early
some Of the plants will show Il disposition
10 run to seed These should be broken
Off, which will add TO the size and tender
ness Of tie other sprouts. The pieces
should be set two inches below the sur
face.
The raspberry aud blackberry canes,
which were laid down during the winter,
should be uncovered the first week ia
April and firmly staked, having OF course
been piilned before laying down, and tho
ground thoroughly furked-up. After the
new sprouts are up six or eight inches,
any nn,l Of the garden, such as the rak
ing. "I the tpp-'iressing, weeds, grass,
and 4! there should not be enough of these,
then long manure should Lc applied as a,
mulch. These fruits require Il cool, moist
the muIching the better
EaiIy carrots, spinach, celery and
early rah.hcs should be sOwn at once
The iirsL crop Of peas are Of course plant
ed by this time, to be followed by the
second at once, and 80 on. Onion sets
should bc planted now, ifnot already done
When the set il three or four inches higl,
theie is nothing 80 stimulating az hen
dung. Earl beets, where not sUwn in
hot be,ls should now bo sown ia a warm
border.
The clearing up of the garden and burn
ing OF all trash from last fall's gathering,
and winter and spring prunings, should DC
carefully attended TO, if not already DONE
There is nothing like beginning the sea
sons work with everything in lirst-clas.
order. Every respectable gardner is
pleased with any praise bestowed by the
proprietor and his visitors upon his h;,ndi
work.
Tho DAIRY Interesi.
}. " Lang In Telegraph
The dairy industry is ono Of the mpor-
tant branches of our American farming
1t liz not alone peculiar TO American farm
ing, except ia some Oi it's forms. All
nations make il among their most import
ant s"urccs Of food supply, and it is not
wholly lost sight Of except among the
lowest Of the savage tribes. IL is not only
great but a growing industry, more but
ter and cheese, and that of better average
quality is annually CONSUMED. Ia no
branch of farm industry has 40 great
strides been taken in tho immediate past
and are now being taken as in our dairy
industry.
With AN annual product of four hundred
A. f.,,, Il, a.
calling for more. With more than three
times that amount of butter produced,
and all the artificial aids and substitute
10 lengthen out, there is no .lut or over
stock
We are not in sympathy with any who
looks with distr,ist upon the product Of any
good article of food, no matter from what
source or what amount. No article of
food can maintain Il 1OOtlIOld il not good.
Competition leads to improvement. No
counterfeit can ever equal the genuine,
but sometimes "A substitute may prove AN
improvement on the principle.
Creameries and clecse factories must
Increase capital must aid labor cows
must Increase, not only in numbers but
also ia quality poor cows aud poor but
ter, or poor cheese, can be tolerated, on
even made at living rates only IN the back
sections of the country where it may be
consumed, and where, perhaps, the wave
OF improvement has not reached, or the
taste been educated up.
Tho West, by sharp competition and
superior product, has given tho East "A les
son and enforced tho East to a nicely not
before attained.
Tho interests of the whole agricultural
community, like tho members of tho
human system, sympathize with one
another. IL one prOspers it has its effect
On another il ono is crippled, it il felt
10y all. Never has there been such an in
qniry for COWS, and cows Of high quality
and performance never have cows been
fed generally SO we'll as now mover bes
there been u wider or tirmer marci,n on
firstr dairy. products 4; never t,efore has
the business had 50 much tt,noucht. care.
attention, or real brains nut in Il. And
@ th.s :. rs @ out "a Oeg'n". ing of dairy science,
for it has passe". beyond tho realms OF
doubt and unc: :,rtainty. And it's course is
upward aU". onward.