Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-30

will begin to darken and Increase In growth
and thicken on the ground, the growth cOntinu-
Ing five to six weeks where q moderate guam
tity-say at the rate of gallon to seventy
is made the growth will be increased and its
duration extended. Where there is fair coat
of grass the light application will suffice. l
apply the urine with watering pot) in a d.
luted form, one gallon Of urine to two gallons
of water, followed by an equal or greater guam
fall sprnkling, rich verdure can be MAIN
tanned till winter, with an early good start in
the spring. There is no more effective manure
than urine, whether used fresh or after fermen-
neutrality-suspicious. Country Gentleman.
The USES OF Hop PLANTs.-Hop plants can
be used for various purposes. Thus. the wires
or twigs are Of service for basket or wicker
work, and the leaves furnish food tor farm stock
and sheep; from the tendrls q vegetable wax is
obtained, and from their juice coloring matter
The young shoots, too, are eaten, tasting, when
boiled, like asparagus, and when bleached they
can be made into strong paper and card board;
from their fiber in Sweden yarn and linen are
spun, and the ashes are used by the makers of
Bohemian glass; while from the flowers, which
give an agreeably bitter taste to beer. a tine
ture is derived and medicinal extract; and q
pillow filled with hops will often cause sleep,
and is great specific with old country danes.
How TO DESTROY CURRANT WoRMs.-A writer
in the Fruit Recorder says there Is no necessity
of breeding currant worms. This is done by
leaving bushes untrimmed, the worms always
attacking the new growth first. He says: my
plan is this: In starting currant patch I con-
fine the bush not to exceed from one to three
main stems, and give all the strength of the
root to their support. All currant-g growers
are aware that worms first make their
appearance on new growth and then
spread over the bush. Consequently no
sprouts. no worms. This is just as plain as that
two and two make four. l have followed this
plan for the past two years to my satisfaction,
and have barely seen the effects of worms on
one or two bushels where my plan was not fully
carried out. But such currants I never saw
grow. the common red Dutch being nearly twice
as large as the cherry currant and better
bearer had few bushes that actually broke
down from their load of fruit"
HINTS WORTH MINDING.-A gentleman told
US the other day that last year he had constant
ly for several months green peas upon his table
Of his own raising, and that they lost nothing Of
their righteousness. There is no difficulty in this,
If gardeners are instructed to 90 steadily on
with their paintings through the season; but
few Will do 1t on their own account as it adds to
their labor. The way, however, to raise the
finest quality of peas is. after the first sowing to
plant them deep and mulch them. so that the soil
they root in is always cool and moist In the
careless manner in which peas are frequently
cultivated, they have very little flavor and deli
cacy. 1t is so with raising what is called the
snap-shOrt beans. They are seldom planted deep
enough, and as a consequence have no more
flavor than piece Of Inda-rubber and about
as tough. But the beans planted in September,
and in due time are for sale in our markets. are
really delicious in flavor and fairly melt in the
mouth. This is the result of cool soil. But were
these beans planted three or four inches deep, as
We have more than once suggested, throughout
mncho6 IN no hot
OF it. we could have, as with the peas, these
vegetables at all times up to November in per-
-Gernaanto,on Telegraph.
FORCING APPLE TREES ON OFF YEARs.-Asa
8. Curtis, OF Stratford, has tried an experiment
In apple growing, the results of which will be Of
Interest to all those who raise apples for their
own use or the market. Having an orchard
which produced fruit only on every other year
and hearing that the trees could be made to
change their bearing season so that every wear
might be fruitful, he selected healthy young
apple tree eight years ago and for four success
sve bearing seasons carefully rubbed off every
bud as last as 1t appeared. For the first three
seasons this made no apparent difference, the
tree emitting all blossoms the next season, but
putting out its blooms again on the regular
year. Last year Mr.. Curtis repeated the exper-
iment for the fourth time, and this season the
tree appears to have given up its old habit and
concluded to let its owner have his own way.
II part OF the trees Of an orchard can thus be
made to bear one year and the others the next
there need be no ''off year" at all for the apple
crop.-Hartford Courant.
The WICKED LITTLE SPARRow.-This journal
has distinctly demonstrated in several editorial
papers during the past two or three years where
the sparrow stands in pathological classiflca-
ton, and that his place is not, and never has
been, among insect-feeding birds. He is finch,
fhnFQfnr0 olluo &, r.
Mr.. Jonesby says he believes sparrow wonld
eat an insect provided you could convince him
that some other bird wanted it; and, in CON
frmation of this assertion, he says he once saw a
blue-bird about to appropriate . worm, but he
and heedIesslv se,sed short st.,"r u ins3ssS y
the worm, and. after stubborn conflict, one of
them secured It and Immediately swallowed It,
the worm In the meantime making its exit into
the ground.-Lancaster Farmer.