Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-03-13

Mr. Stewart, a member of the Warsaw
Ull) Horticultural Society, is said to
have raised al annual crop Of apples for
fifteen consecutive years-a pleasing
fact. due in some measure, he thinks, to
his management. He cultivates so as to
make the tree grow as rapidly as possible
until the bearing age, after which he
cultIvates but little, but keeps the sod
down by mulching.
One reason alleged by advocates of
Shorthorn cattle, for their not having
found more favor among rancbmen Of
Texas, is too little care has been used
in selecting good specimens of the breed
in the bulls used. They say that cheap
grades have often been introduced into
Texas as pure bloods. and the cattle
produced from such sireS fall far short
In merit from what thoroughbred sires
would have furnished.
Each head of clover contains about
sixty distinct flower tubes, each of
which contains d portion of sugar not
exceeding the fve-hundredth part of d
grain. The prObOscis of the ice must
therefore be inserted into 500 clover
tubes before one grain of sugar can be
obtained. There are 1000 grains IN a
pound, and as honey contains three
fourthS of its weight of dry sugar, each
pound of honey represents 100000 clio
yer tubes sucked by bees.
The Boston Cultivator says that some
farmers claim novel benefit from SOW
ing salt on wheat in its effect in pre-
venting so deep freezing of the sell.
They say the wheat on which salt is
sown is not so badly winter killed and is
ready to make vigorous growth in the
spring For this benefit it would seem
that salt might be sown in winter as well
as at any other season. 1t is, perhaps,
worth while to try the experiment On d
small plot to learn its effects.
The Country Gentleman says: "The
success of a garden depends much on its
early preparation and planting iB spring.
Crops which do not need putting in till
warm weather arrives, are greatly bene-
fited by the thorough preparation and
the pulverizing and enriching the soil.
1t is well, therefore, to apply in winter
all the manure which may be wanted.
Pulveriz~d by frost and leached into the
soil by rains and melting SHOWS, it will
be worth more than if spread in Jumps
after sprisg opens and is imperfectly
mixed"
A Member of the Oxford (Ohio) Far
mers' Club recently said: "The soils in
the forests and untitled lands are better
than they were century ago, or in the
days of our fathers; but, alas! it is not
so with the soils man has cultivated
He thinks the term 'cultivating' means
to improve, make better. We may make
our soils better. but so few do that that
we ought never to use the term cult
waiting the SELL We harass, and torture,
and murder nd Starve the soil. By
Withholding more than is meet we rob
our best friend
FRUIT GARDEN HINTS.-The pruning
of grape vines and training them upon
their trpllises, and the transplanting of
blackberrieS, raspherries and currants
should be attended to among the first
warm days. says the American CultiVa-
tor. They start out their new shoots,
which will bear the next years fruit
very early, and it is better for them to
be placed where they are wanted to grow.
before they do so. An abundance of
these fruits for family use is one of
those luxurieS which every farmer Sho'ld
enjoy A little land, little manure and
a little labor will furnish them, and as
the land may be in hooks heretofore oc-
cupied by unSightly hedges and weeds,
and the labor will be but little more than
pleasure, taking up the half hours
after supper when one can stroll about
the grounds. admiring the growth of the
things in the garden. the chickens, the
flower beds and other ornamental and
useful appendages of the farm and door
yard, they will be enjoyed at a small
cost.