The Delaware ledger., 1883-08-25
Agr\ culture.

OF 1ertlllty and depreciation or the land,
and disappointments in sales. Even
those farmers who have realized the
highest prices and the quickest sales
admit the effect of tobacco raising is to
reduce profits on general farming that
its exhaustive tendency is ,ious mat
ter to consider, and that in the long run
it is destructive to more important in
terests.
A horticulturist writing to the Ohio
Farmer, says: "Nothing is more dis
tressing to level headed horticulturist
than to see tomato plants a foot or
eighteen inches high and bare of branch
es to the top, swaying and whipping in
the cold windafte transplanting. Where
such drawn-out plants must be used a
small inclined trench should be dug and
nearly the whole stem placed beneath
the soil. No evil will result, but much
good, from such planting, and vigor-
Gus, stocky growth will follow.n
The Germantown Telegraph says that
Sin selecting old apple and pear trees
for the purpose of grating care should
be exercised TO take only those that re-
tain their foliage late in the autumn.
They will insure the growing of the
graft sufficiently long to firmly establish
it and cause it to remain unaffected
during the winter. In every instance
that we have tried to raise fruit from
CRAFTS on old trees which shed their
leaves early we have failed. They grow
for few years, bear few specimens,
and then die"
The American Cultigdtor says: 'Did
you ever try planting peas in hills
Make large hill, rich with well-rotted
compost or fertilizer then take nail
keg, or something about that size, and
press it into the ground so as to make
deep circle upon the hill sow your
peas in that circle, and plant a large
pea brush in the centre. You can grow
as many peas to the acre in this way as
in drills. They are convenient for the
pickers, and they have neat and tasty
look in the garden, which is not small
item, especially when you are trying a
new method"
Professor Beal, of the Michigan
Agricultural College, reports an expert
ment where he planted an early, eight
rowed, yellow dent, and through it a
single row of yellow flint. Before flow
ering the tassels of the flint corn were
all cut off, making impregnation by the
dent on this row a necessity. There
was no trace on the ears of the flint of
any crossing with the dent the first
year. The next year, however, the
flint corn showed all gradations from
the dent to the flint. He reports some
varieties as being less affected with
crossing than others, and names the red
or brown varieties as having the great
est fixity of type.
France receives annually from Eng
land about $40, 100000 for butter and
cheese. This is suggestive to the
American farmer. Many of our farm.
ers know how to and do make good
butter, but there are many farmers who
do not know how to or at least do not
make good, clean butter. If any one
doubts this let him visit any city com.
mission house, and he will find butter
of every conceivable color, form and
smell, and will lose his appetite fol
butter for a week at least. A little
piece of bad butter will ruin the tastt
of the best bread that the slillfu
miller and baker can make.-U United
States Miller.
The quantity of food needed by stool
varies even among animals of the sam,
age and breed, and it necessarily varie
to a greater extent among animals &
different breeds. Upon this subject
farmer in England says it is sufficiently
correct to reckon sheep consuming
twenty-eight pounds of green food, al
OK or COW $50 pounds, a calf fort!
pounds and yearling eighty pounds
daily. AT this rate an OK or cow con
sumes as much as five sheep. Tn,
latter will require 10,220 pounds, o
nearly five tons apiece, the former 54,
$50 pounds, or nearly twenty-five ton
,, of green food, for its yearly mainte
nance.
1t is often desirable to know which i
the most profitable way to sell fowls
alive, dressed or both dressed and drawn
10 find out weigh the fowl alive, thei
after it is dressed and again after beinl
drawn. Record this weight in eacl
case, and then little figuring, wit
weight and market prices as a basis
will soon tell the inquirer what h
wants to know. Generally, we thin
" it will be found that selling alive pay
;, about as well as to dress, particular
u if the owners time is valuable and h
. is not an expert at picking. Those VIII
buy and dress for market on a larg
y scale are generally experts themselve
Il at this work or have such "artists
in their employ. y.-Ndtiopal Farmer.
s. We have often seen trees of the sam
y variety of apple or cherry, which yea
u u after year differed in shades of flavor Q
u times of ripening. Professor Beal says
W 'I have two lots of Red Canada, on
50 grown on Northern Spy stock and tn
Il other on Early Harvest. Apples o
10 the latter rot first and are less brilliar
e in COLOR" Many instances have occu
SO red where the stock has shown son
IL influence, but in none has there bee
~ an entire change in the variety.
Go Northern Spy is always Northern 81