The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-06
Agricultural Notes.
Statistical and Economical.

Statistical and Economical.
1t Is now estimated that the defici-
ency In last years hog crop will reach
100000 head.
Common salt is special manure for
asparagus beds when used with rich
barnyard compost.
The Manchester, a new variety of
strawberry, is said to be better adapted
to sandy soils than most others.
Encourage the little wrens by build
ing suitable boxes for them. They
are invaluable as insect destroyers.
Fruit is regulator of the system.
1t will keep the blood in order, the
bowels regular and tone up the
stomach.
Orchard grass is very early in growth
and furnishes good hay. 1t starts out
fresh Immediately after each moving.
The best of the Jerseys are being
brought to this country. 1t would
not be surprise if the Jersey breeders
resOrted to US for cattle after we have
further. improved them.
In rotating vegetables, the land
should not be used for crops having a
similarity to those preceding them.
Cabbages, for instance, should follow
peas, and celery follow cabbages.
A spoonful Of Paris green in pail
of water is recommended for killing
canker worms. It should not be
sprinkled over the plants of which
the leaves are eaten-such as lettuce,
etc.
Red raspberries should be set two
feet apart in rows, and when kept
well worked the first year they will
fill up and form a continuous hedge Of
plants good for ten years or more.
Cabbages respond quickly tofrequent
hoeing. 1t is enc of the crops upon
which too much labor cannot be be-
slowed. They should be cultivated
often, even when there are no weeds
among them.
Certain varieties Of evergreens, such
as arbor vitae, are furnished with
thick mass of roots. These should be
cut away somewhat, in order to admit
of close contact of the soil around the
base of the plants.
A New York chemist declares that
the refuse fat of a pork house in that
city is sent to artificial butter factories.
He hiss also found in oIeomargarine
horse grease and other refuse such as
is used in making candles.
Soft coal ashes are used to prevent
the ravages of the currant worm
They are scattered thickly around the
curraut and gooseberry bushes, care
being taken to keep the bushes well
supplied with them as long as there is
danger.
A good polish for walnut wood is to
mix two parts Of good alcoholic shell
lac varnish with one part of good
boiled Hnseed oil, and apply with a
pad formed of wooden cloth. Rub
briskiy till the polish appears, using
only little at time.
The ravages of the phylloxera in
France has attracted attention to the
red beet as wine producer i'll place of
the grape. The experiment has been
tried, and alcohol and wine as good as
some of the grape wines have been
made from them.
G. H. Rugg, of Ottawa, Ill, mulches
strawberries with chips fiom pla-
ming mill. He puts it on the rows
two inches deep in the early part of
winter, and in the spring rakes of
about an inch of it, leaving the re-
mainder to keep the ground moist and
clean.
A method of preparing corn for hogs
is to soak it. The soaking causes the
corn to undergo more or less fermen-
tation, and it acquires a peculiar
sweetness from the conversion of
portion of the starch into glucose.
Soaked corn is better assimilated than
when fed in dry state.
The United States Consul at Bristol,
England, is sanguine in the belief that
American high grade flour will ere
long take almost complete possession
of the English market. The English
journals, however, are of the opinion
chat their own millers will speedily
come to realizing sense of the situa-
ton, and improve their work accord
ingly.
Test your onion seeds by placing a
little in moist sand, cotton or moss in
warmish room. If fresh, it will soon
Tin about three days. sprout- Onion
seed should not be more than one year
old, and the difference in the crop