The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-03
AGRICULTURR.

the nuts where the trees are to remain.
The rows should be four feet apart each
way. AT this near distance the trees
will grow up without lateral branches
(wbIoh are apt to be torn off by snow or
WINDY, and they may be thinned as their
growth requires. The nuts should be
sunk about two inches in the ground.
The rows should be perfectly straight,
set with line and marked from place
with stakes. so ns to show accurately
the young plants the first year in cnlti-
Vatlng. The ground must be thoroughly
prepared beforehand, and the richer the
more rapid the growth. Always SOW in
the fall If practicable Ii the nuts are
lott till spring out of the ground they
become dry and will not grow. We have
found no difficulty Ill transplanting the
young trees at five or six feet high, and
have measured number set in streets
more than 20 years ago which are now
about ID or 15 inches in diameter, grow
ing in grass and near tagging.
HERBETT OSBORN, of the Iowa Agri-
cultural College. recommends rs rene
dies for the scurvy bark louise and the
oyster sholl louse, kerosene and soap,
The kerosene may be used pure where
1t can be done with safety. but ordnar-
lly 1t must be diluted with water. This
may be accomplished by forming an
emulsion of kerosene and milk skinned
milk answers welD, and then diluting
With about al equal quantity of water,
or ny shaking up Il mixture of milk,
kerosene ard water in equal parts, and
then adding moro water, tnking care not
to add SO much as to cause the mixtur @
to separate. Sprinkle or spray it upon
tho infested twigs and branches. Soap
Is an excellent remedy, Make solu-
ton OF whale Oil soap, one iourth of a
pound Of soap to II gallon of water, and
apply to the infected pant of the tree.
repeating the application after few
days. Lye is said to have been used
with good success, but is considered
unequal to soap.
PROFESSOR SHELTON, OF the Kansas
State Agricultural College, gives his
views concerning the continued culture
OF broom-corn OH the fertility of tho soil
IN the college paper, the h,dustriatiSt.
lie says: "Ultimately, the effects of
such crops rs broom corn, hemp, flax,
and perhaps castor beans, which furn-
lsh no stock feed, or but very little, will
DO seriously felt in Kansas i'll tho loss
OF fertility sustained by those lands
upon which these are cultivated. The
tact that broom-corn is q hoed or culti-
Watcd crop makes it much less danger
GUS than Is flax, which receives no cul-
tlvation during the period of it's growth.
The general rule for every farmer who
has higher MIN than to scourge his
lands and then seek mower ones is to
grow no crop upon n considerable scale
that cannot be used wholly or in good
part as stock feed. This has beon the
rule Of really successful fnrmers the
world over, and ut a noar day will be
the rulo in Kansas also."
n CORRESPONDENT claims that he GETS
the greatest number of eggs when he
feeds his hens on wheat screenings. Ho
feeds in this way: II Ihavefcd sorghum
seed, corn meal, oats, corn middlines.
and have concluded that feeding wheat
IN the morning and shcl!cl an":. 3. nigh.
with feed OF shipstuHs wet up, having
good dose Of ground pepper put in,
and then baked and fed twice q week,
and once in n while substituting pow
dered sulphur IN place of pepper, is the
best plan. l have good shelter, and
good, clean nests; feed regularly and
SLOW thom good range, with plenty
OF gravel to scratch in. 1 sell tho fowls
when they arc two years old and always
keep tho hens Tor hatchlng."
L HAVE never been able to obtain q
pound of butter from less than 10 quarts
OF milk, under tho best management
and from the best milk. Thus presum-
ing TIC COW to Yield 2l90 quarts of
milk per annum, we haYe 219 pounds.
This Mt 20 cents per pound amounts to
S6l.32. ~ quart of milk weighing 2
pounds, 2190 quarts then weigh 1880
pounds. Deducting weight OF butter,
1t leaves 416l pounds of skim milk and
buttermik, or 20SO quarts. This at
ccnts per quart. would be $41. 60. which
nddca to the price OF butter, gives
$l02.92, and leaves a balance OF s29 so
net por COW. This is presuming my
figures correct and no allowance for
shriniago Of tho liquid in deducting the
sDlid material
IHE Boston cultivatOr says that the
flowers Of raspDcrries, whore this fruit
Is largely grown, are running the honey
product Of the nelghborhood. The bees
like this food, but nc human has hecn
discovered who appreciates tho product.
The honey from raspbprries is q dirty
yellow i'll appearance, with very disn-
grceablo ouor.
A WRITER makes the statement that
one Of tho noighbors planted some cab
bAge plants among hls corn where the
corn missed, and the butterflies did not
lind them. Hhe has therefore come to
tho conclusion that If the cabbage patch
were i'll the middle of the corn field the
butterflies would not find them, as they
fly low and like PLAIN sailing.
| ON cranberry farm at Hyannis,
Mass, $4,000 worth of cranberrics
have been sold last season, and $1,000
paid to pickers ut the rate of from. l to
cents per quart. Picking affords busy
work during tho time so occupied, and,
after tho crop is gathered the cleaners
often secure largo quantities Of the
fruit.
n NEW white potato, called Duke of
Albany, is bee oming very popular in
England. 1t is sport of the Beauty
Of Hebron. Most of our American po-
tatoes do well if taken to England; but
tho rule does not work both WAYS. as
American farmers who have planted i'm
ported seed have found to their cost.
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