Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-04-03
FARM AND GARDEN.

Heed the old saying: Take care
of the back yard, the front will take
care of itself
The Early Rose potato is still an ex-
cellent standard with which to COM
pare new comers.
Michigan produces about two-ffths
of the worlds peppermint crop, the
yield varying from 10000 to 10000
pounds of oil.
Foot-and-mouth disease is not very
fatal. Out of ia, ,102 animals attacked
in England in the first half of 1883 only
3,464 head died.
Unless for experiment, do not grow
Il large assortment of the various vege-
tables, but stick to those kinds you
are absolutely certain of.
Two hundred strawberry plants,
well cared for, will yield two bushels
of berries, as many as Il small family
will require for home consumption.
1t is estimated that drain three
feet deep has three times rs much por-
Gus earth above and on either side. to
drink up the next rainfall, rs one only
two feet in depth.
Buy n grape vine. This will be
beginning, and in time will grow into
many vines. If only one grape vine is
planted it will prove an opening
wedge, and open the way TO many
vines.
Charred corn is an excellent food
for laying hens and serves to keep
them healthy and vigorous. Do not
feed entirely but give once Il day, and
be careful in preparing it or it will
burn to ashes.
Mr.. Ben. Smith, member of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society,
has an asparagus bed which is thirty
three years old, and still in good or
der He applies manure three inches
deep annually.
Stable manure to be used in the gar
den should he worked over and over
again until ii is thoroughly compostcd
and as fine as possible. This will
put it in excellent condition for use in
hills.
Our exports Of dairy products dur
ing the nine months ended January 81
were valued at @l4.3l2, 737, exceeding
by nearly forty per cent of those Of the
corresponding period Of the prcced-
ing year, which aggregated value of
SlO, O,S73,SSi
A correspondent of the ohio Farmer
counscls us not TO SOW the wrnkled
varieties of peas too early. The small,
smooth sorts are the tough ones Nine
tcnths of those who complain that
their seed don't come up sow the
tender sort.
A convention of the wool-growers of
the United States will be held in Chi
cago the 9TH of May next in order to
decide upon the course to be adopted
for the protection of their interests,
which they cosidcr to be in very un-
satisfactory condition.
Farmers whose corn was last year
damaged by the depredationS of the
corn-root worm are advised by Profess
sor Forbes that the only safety for the
crop of the coming year lies in plan
ting in ground on which was grown
) some other crop than corn last wear.
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