The National tribune., 1883-11-01

and treat both alike. IF you get any smnt It viii
be an accident-provided the season is right /
therefore boldly assert that rust and smut do
not reproduce themselves per So; that the orig
inal causes must be present, and if the original
causes are present no amount Of dOctoTing can
cure"
The writer of the above assumes that smut
and rust are not transmitted by the seed used,
but that these diseases depend upon climatic
causes for their appearance, and that doctoring
seed before sowing is of no value whatever as
a preventive.
ToNINe UP FERTILIZERS.
An exchange remarks: " We have before Us
circular addressed TO manufacturers and maniD-
ulators of fertilizers which begins thus We
beg to call your attention to our standard lamp
blacks for toning up and coloring fertilizers.
We have sold in this city during the last two
seasons over two hundred and fifty tons of this
black to more than twenty firms, to whom it
has given entire satisfaction" This viii be
instructive to those farmers who like to see .
dark colored. rich looking sample of fertilizer,
and which has been made so by process which
depreciates its value. Nothing but chemical
| analyses wiz give the valuable constituents of
a fertilizer and their commercial value and
practical experiments In the field viii give
their agricultural value.
SUGAR FROM SORGHUM.
correspondent of the Grange Balletin says,
| in regard TO sorghum sugar, that The produc-
tion of sugar, so long delayed, seems now just
about to be accomplished After hundreds of
failures by the Government scientist it has re-
mained for a private citizen to discover the art
of crystaIlizing it. Mr.. Hughes, of Rio Grande,
New Jersey has Just taken out letters patent
for his discovery, by which he proposes to con-
vert nearly oae-half the weight of the sorghum
sirup into sugar. Should the process not prove
| too costly, new era has dawned on this grow
ing interest We viii soon make it one OF the
| standard money crops of the country, and ere
long, instead of importing sugar, we win be ex-
| porting on large SCALE"
| GRAPE CUTTINGS.
Grape cuttings should be planted as soon as
| the leaves drop of; the harder the wood. as a
rule, the longer will they be in roofing. Some
| varieties become matured that the wood be-
comes quite hard, and if the cuttings happen 70
| be exposed to the weather they partially
| shriyel, and then roofing proceeds slowly.
! Prepare them as soon as removed from the
plant; let them be from six to eight inches IN
! length; plant them so that the top bud win be
even with the surface of the ground. Choose a
/ light sandy soil where water viii quickly
leave the surface; otherwise freezing and
thawing will draw out the cuttings.
NEW CATALOGUE.
! Price List of Fruit Pants, dc, for sale By
/ FIRING AUeR, Springfield, Mass-This is a special
autumn list for the most popular strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries, currants fruit trees,
&c. The selections are very judieiously made
| Such lists are very much in advance of huge
evergrown lists of varieties Of only secondary
merit.
SoTRLETs.
w. B. Jones, of Georgia, in the September
crop report of the Commissioner Of that State,
I in IN. odd =
! November and December are the fttest months
| TO pull corn from the field, and to throw up,
| with the shuek on, if wanted to keep long and
sound. Small log cribs or rail pens, ventilated
| with open chinks, well covered with projecting
caves. prove better than large, close barns.
The great object in the moist, southern climate
| IS TO put away corn dry and cool, with the
| shuck en-. under good roofs. in ventilated
barns, not bulked into great quantities.
/ Several deaths have been reported in Eng
land from the stings of wasps. This has
brought out discussion as to "sure cures. "
Many correspondents of the London Times agree
that the juice of raw onion has never been
known to fail.
| I'm storing roots of beets, carrots, satisfy,
turnips and parsnips. the first requirement is
a cool, dry, rather than damp, dark cellar; then
pile them IN layers with dry sand. The long
roots can be built up in stacks, the tops all
lying outward. In cutting of the leaves and
stalks, care must be taken not to cut too closely
| to injure the crown. They should be as dry
on the exterior as practicable before storing.
There Is no better way Of saving seed corn
than the old-fashioned one of selecting the
best ears at husking time or before the corn is
cut, braiding the husks and hanging over a
pole in the garrett where the frost cannot come
until the moisture has thoroughly dried out OF
the grains, and where 10 very severe freezing
can occur at any time.
1 A ra- has ,aol
attached behind his wheat drill, which follows
in the drill row and firmly presses the soil
with the seed TO greater depth. This is said
to be great protection to the wheat in winter
in that State, where the violent winds blow the
loose surface soil from the roots. Pressing seed
firmly in the ground is the principal point in
all seeding and should DO practiced every
where.
The Alpha is perhaps the earliest potato
grown. 1t natures crop fully two weeks
before the Early Rose, but it IS not quite 81
productive as the latter variety. It is of good
quality.
To keep butter firm without ice, stir in tbs
cream, when about 10 churn, tablespoonful B
carbonate of soda and one teaspoonful Of pow
dered alum. They do not affect the taste o1
the butter.
Those who have no ice can have sweet
milk for the table by dissolving small por
ton of carbonate of soda when The milk il
strained, about one grain per quart.
The Winesap apple is held in the highes
estimation as adapted to Maryland, Virginia
and other States in their latitude. For elder
it has but few equals; for the table, it stands
among the best; for keeping, it is justly es
teeIned, and for bearing it is not exeelled b.
any other variety.
One of the best washes for ordinary wounds
ON horses is to take one-quarter of pound o
saltpeter, half a pint of turpentine, and pu
them into bottle; shake up well before using
apply TO the wound three times a day with
feather. This we have heard highly recon-
mended from intelligent sources.
> AS soon as you find your cows begin to fai
in their milk begin to feed IF you failed t
SOW forage crop for them, obtain ground feed
Bran, oats, and corn mixed, will keep them UP
! and it viii be returned with interest later il
. the season.
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