The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-08-01

weeks. usually has the desired Ell ick. Otso
he under side OF the leaves where these
tests usually feed.
The roots of large trees have been tracsd
q O feet from the trunk of the tree. A p-sc
iicsl farmer says OF most cultivated plants
that the roots extend IS far tor farther) under
the soil as the talks or branches Ell 'eud soDvei
there might be exceptions 10 this rule, bat
I've would not acknowledges that garden vines
ere an exception.
The red rust on rasPbsrries Is a fungus
which rapidly spreads 10 healthy plants.
Every hall showing signs OF IL should bs
rooted up and burned. II may be avoided
on the varieties that root from the tips by
planting only th"se tips grown the first year
after tetrDg out the plantation. At this
tge ali will be healthy aud remain 80.
As to washes for fruis trees, successful
grower speaks highly of strong soft soap di-
Iuted with little lime water, as the bsst.
I've is good alone Dry ashes are rssJui-
mendeo for killing the b ark louise, throwing
the ashes in the top and among the branches
of the tree when the foliage and bark are
damp with dew or ligntran.
There seems TO be a general move this
spring toward replautiDg the peach orchards
in the Michigan fruit belt which has been at
tackled by the yellows. In nearly all cases it
is found that trees d we'll IL planted in tn
same soil in which trees had died with the
disease, provided ell infected trees in the
neighborhOod are removed.
In draining certain land II often becomes
/ necessary 10 cut bitches q long distance over
! level spaces. ard some INES through ridges to
secure an outlet The laws of most Of the
! States allow this to DE done on land ad &C ,nt
/ tothat " hicb j. most benefited, and If The ditch
/ is necessary 10 drain the Deigb boris property.
| he nay be required to bear his proportion OF
! the expense.
, The Wilson blackberry is deteriorating in
/ quality. and the canes are annually producing
/ TIE false or rose" blossom. Every year thi,
/ difficulty is increasing. and now the growers
! have ceme 10 the conclusion that it must be
/ replaced bv a new variety. As the Wilson Is
/ an abundsnt bearer of the largestsizsd Der.
ries il will not be easy to find satisfactory
substitute for il.
correspondent of the New Hampshire
Mirror and Farmer states that his remedy fol
protecting cabbage from the green worm |:
10 sift little wheat -four on the cabbage
while il is wet with dew once every week Oh
fen days. One pound OF aIur is sufficient
for 200 plants, and can be applied with 9
mustard bcx having small holes punched Ia
the cover. The remedy Is simple and harm
less.
AS the country grows older the wells ID
rot give as good water "a they did when first
! dug, particularly il near houses or barns. In
time the soil through which water pere1late,
becomes saturated with offensive matter, aud
sometimes streams of filth find their way tr
the we'll from cesspools and stables. Rair
water from the roofs OF houses after beinf
filtered is much better and always safe and
pure.
1t is seldom young trees are examined fol
b0rtrs when they are planted. yet the youn,
wood is as c ften attacked as ne older trees
An excellent protection may be afforded
against attacks oy cutting cheap muslin int
strips wrapping the same around the tre'
srd fastening With thread A the muslin
should not only bs extended along the trnnl
above the grouno, bot also below It. i
answers we'll for the frat two years whei
the II uslin becomes rotten.
DIR. Hot ins, OF Vermont says: EYER,
few persons know the productseness OF Ia
Garden strawberry under good cultivation.
have picked es many four two-gallou ba:
keifuls from O square rod at a single picking
CIoTs CT 200, and occasionally over 200 bush
els to the acre are reported, and $50 bushel
are only fair crop. at Ten cants q quar-
the crop will give a return OF $40 per acre
more than half If which is clear profit
Mirror and Farmer.