Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-23
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S 3aarisy & repeatedly made, II the
R 8aED GTeep tor killing the potato
- 1nok dangerous to all who eat the
~ aad Ne recently met with three in
Ut pnSDD who invariably refused
10at 8 moathfaf unless assured that
III = Z u 2 hsd not been used on them.
ID several efisting epidemics
90 eench potatoes. In answer to
ej. We may state in the first place
- SNhr6 Z 4reep is insoluble, and the
SNnunot In any way absorb it. This
f6 70 be sufficient reason. But
- oeSasay be added, among which are the
= fhAs tho poison is not applied to the
s, hut to the leaves above ground, and
ko potatoes cannot get at it and also
TT fhe quantity used is so minute when
! 7eod over IN acre, that the iron which is
l9nonF1y an soils in far greater quantity
oftn1(xes the poison at once as soon as
r. reaches the ground and before the
'eo1atoes could possibly come in contact
NffA Il. Millions of persons eat such
'6oeatcos daily, year in and year out, and
noet of them live.
Frunfpg tho Cherry.
The cherry tree must be moderately
pruned when it requires pruning, and
young trees when transplanted, or young
nees Ont back for grating, must have this
work done early 10 spring before the bu ds
haSs swollen q particle. Young cherry
stocks have been killed by grating when
&he CRAFTS did not grow, by being deprived
~ fheir entire foliage and newly set
trees have been ruined by cutting back too
1ate In spring. In transplanting. the
cherry requires reducing at the top as well
- othee fruit trees, but it must be done
moderately, and will not bear the operation
altar tho buds have swelled. We have tried
the experiment of cutting back early a
part of newly set orchard, and left few
trees till the leaves had begun to expand
beGore pruning. Those which were timely
shortened did we'll and made new shoots
from half foot to foot long but those
on which the operation was deferred
scarcely survived, and did not grow an
inch. Bearing trees sometimes need some
thinning or shortening into shape. Mr..
Jessup stated in the California fruit con.
veption that different treatment was re-
quired for different sorts /; ON the Black
Tartarisn, for instance, which grows tall
and upright, he always cuts so as to leave
the outside growth running out or diverg-
Ing but on the Napoleon, which has a
spreading growth, he takes out the holi
|. 8ontal branches and leaves those with 4
more upright and symmetrical form. By
watching the trees and doing the work in
time, he never makes large wounds by the
removal of large limbs. He never uses
any props for any kind of trees in his
orchard, but keeps the fruit properly
thinned by pruning and by not allowing
long branches to run out.
Eggs for matching.
The season for gathering the eggs for
the coming broOds is at hand. The fowls
that are to produce them have long since
been selected, or should have been, by the
careful and judicious keeper. Eggs gath
cred while the fowls are in their first vigor
are the best, giving stronger, heartier
chicks than those laid later in the season.
Eggs that are strongly fertilized and pro
duoed from healthy fowls will keep in good
condition to hatch and make vigorous
chicks, three weeks from the date of lay
ing. They should be kept in moderately
warm place auG be set up on end as soon
as laid. This keeps the yelk from settling
or adhering to the shell. These eggs
should be doubly strong in the shell iu
order to Withstand the rough usage tn ey
receive from the hen during the period Of
Incubation. Little difficulty will be found
in managing this if the fowls be of proper
age and fed on food calculated to create
healthful egg production.
To have the eggs strong and perfect in
all respects the fowls should not lay too
rapidly, for in this case the shells are not
perfectly formed, and the eggs will not
turn out SO large a percentage of vigorous
chicks. Uniformity is the thing to aim
at in the raising of chickens. To secure
this the laying fowls must possess great
uniformity. Much depends on the breed,
but for the majority it is better to use
young, fully matured fowls. While the
chicks from old fowls are stronger and
better for stock birds, smaller percent
age of the eggs como out when used for
hatching, and for this reason are not SO
desirable. Too many hens must not be
allowed the cock. Fifteen, and sometimes
twenty, hens may be allowed with good
effect with the smaller fowls, while the
Chchins and Brahmas with less activity
should be allowed fewer hens.