Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-22
FARM AND GARDEN.
Potatoes grown under straw are liza
BILE to be very watery.

Potatoes grown under straw are lla-
BILE to be very watery.
Do not set ounce trees on low, wet
land. They will not thrive with wet
feet
Don't forget that good field of
clover is one of the best things you can
have on the farm.
Stick to the corn crop. Fodder is
good and corn will keep till you want
it. We can all raise it.
Ventilation in the dairy should be
done at night or early in the morning,
when the air is the coolest.
1t is estimated that Ohio flock
masters are able to maintain as Il limit,
about three sheep per acre,
The wages of good shepherds in Aus
tralia average from Sl75 to 1925 per
year, with board and lodging.
The early rose potato has gained the
highest prices all the season in Boston,
where this variety is favorite.
Whatever is new should be tested on
small scale, and only when found ad-
vantageous, adopted in a wider field.
A poultry fancicr says that barren
ness in eggs is more frequently caused
by lack of green food than anything
else.
Horse ncttlcs may be destroyed by
pouring kerosene on the stalks and let
ting it run down the stem into the
roots.
There are 200 known varieties Of
cherries, sixty of apricots, 230 OF
peaches, l,0S7 of pears, and 207 OF
plums,
Lima beans are grown more success
fully if planted in rows, seed six inches
apart, than if planted in hills. The
rows should be about three feet apart
Every farm should have a root croI
as part of u rotation. A root crol
cleans the land of weeds and furnishes
an abundance Of food for farm ami
mails.
A British medical journal says thai
cows drink filthy water for its saline
taste, and proposes IN antidote in the
shape Of rock salt, kept always il
reach of the cows.
Among the othc remedies for lice Ol
live stock which are going the round
of the press, it is claimed that the wa
ter in which potatoes have been hoiIcC
is quite cllicaciOus.
II is well to have part of the eur
rant bushes in partial shade. The croI
will last longer and the currants ar
apt to grow very large and fine in tn
shade, which however, must not b.
! dense.
! In the cultivation of beans. an i'm
! plemcnt that will not throw the cart
; upon the beans and pods is to be pre-
J, = ferrcd. Level culture with beans j
. altogether preferable to hill or ridg
culture.
' The most favorable reports are IT
ccivcd of the manner in which bee
& have passed through the winter. 1t
|. believed that more attention will b
# paid TO bee culture this season tina
it during the past year.
is When it is considered that bcets /,
o quirc only about 20 days in which I
J. mature from the seed, radishcs 30 day
o tomatoes b days, lettuce - days, etc
y it will be seen that fertilizers to hcl
II these crops must be very soluble.
i Unlcachcd wood ashes are cXccllcr
Ic in the orchard Apple wood is rich i
If potash, showing that the soil is e.
/ haustcd of its valuable element
Is orchard growing. The potash of til
"a ashes returns portion to the soil.
u u Don't suppose that you can jam til
". y, roots Of fruit trees into small holes ,
'. poor soil, and have them do well. II
=, T.. less you are willing to do the wor
~ y thoroughly, and to give them Il fcrti
- soil, better not plant fruit trees at al
II 1t is said by those who have tried
m that dressing of gypsum spread oy'
~ frost-httcn plants early in the NOR
NJ ing will do much TO prevent injury |
f.. changing the frost to fine dew. III
IL gypsum will at least help shield Il
to plant from burning by the mornir
=, sun.
Nothing which is applied to Sc,
corn in planting will protect it again
ui the attacks OF cut worms. This pc
does not disturb the seed but cats ,
tr the stalk at or just below the surfa
,h. of the ground To soak the seed in
a.. strong solution of tobacco will help I
is pei the wirc-wOrm.
Is. In very few things is the importan
he of doing thoroughly and well whi
an ever is undertaken more fully excl
nr pliicd than in seeding land down
re grass. 1t does not to pay to he Stini
Ter with either seed or manure, as Il i
a cral application of both combined, a
ks careful preparation ofthc soil, will u
Div materially TO the value of the farm,
raj A correspondent of the country q
rm tcmdn says that though he has Sc
he many ditchers in his day, running
Nv in price from ten to several hundr
ng dollars, the cheap and simple or
ne have invariably proved the most v
IN, liable, the complicated and costly II
to chimes lasting II short time, some.
ost their many parts becoming bent Il
I've useless.