Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-09-12
8nrns ann 4ir'siDs.
Farm and Garden Notes.

Cease not the warfare on weeds.
eternal vigilance is the price'-oi
clean farm.
Parsley for winter should be Sown
in boxes of rich soil and set in
cool, shady place till it terminates.
A bushel of corn in hot weather,
and with the pigs on grass, will
make more pork than two bushels
next winter.
Now that the harvest is nearly
all done by machinery it is pretty
hard on the horses; see to it that
they have the best of care and
generous feeding.
Go to see the sheep at least once
a week, and don't fail to make
them glad to see you by taking
them some salt; butyOur visit will
be just as welcome any other day
as Sunday.
Unless corn is good tits about
the poorest crop a farmer can
grow, and the character of the
crop is more within the farmers
control than any other. Manure is
never applied too heavily for corn
A slate with pencil attached,
hung in the kitchen, on which to
note down articles as you think of
them, to be bought when you go
TO town., will be found a great
convenienience, and will save
much vexation of spirit.
Give hogs little tar on their
corn once every two or three weeks
till cold weather. small quantity
smeared on their nose and corn as
it is fed to them. Put tar mixed
with sturgeon oil on the hogs to
keep the UckS OH.
Hens that steal their nests
usually hatch every egg. One
reason is that the eggs are COM
monty on the ground or where they
will be occasionally moistioned by
rains, and thus some water is
supplied to preserve life in the
embryo chick.
Farmers should have the best, |
and in the line of garden vegeta-
bles they have an important advau-
tage over city residents in getting
vegetables fresh every morning
instead of those that have been
wilted in the sun for day or two
before using.
The fact is often forgotten that
earth piled around tree to the |
depth of two or three feet through |
the summer is pretty sure death |
to it. The sunlight is shut off from |
the roots, aud the tree is unable |
to live as an animal would be |
without air.
a considerable saving of time
and help is made by drawing grain
from the field to the barn by the
use of two wagons instead of one.
One man is kept in the field lOa-
ding all the time, and one or two
more keep their station on NOW or
stack.
DeS Cars says, in his treatise on
pruning, that coal tar cannot be
safely and freely used for wounds |
on drupaccOuS trees, such as cher |
ries, peaches and plums; but that |
on pOme-bearing trees, as apples
and pears, it many be applied |
WIN perfect SAFETY,
Begin now to gather up litter
and other material to put upon the
field as soon as the crops are
removed. Do not forget that
vegetable matter is the source of
all improvement, and so utilize all
that your farm affords. Haul it
on the fields and spread it as early
in the fall as you can.
The best horses are those which
are high-Strung, and these are the
ones most likely to be ruined in
training. More than half the
hired help to be got in these days
is unfit to manage such lively
teams, and for their use the heavier,
slower Norman French horses are |
best.
f. S. Rogers, who originated so
many valuable hybrid grapes, |
said: lin crossing grapes all the
blossom buds on the cluster were |
removed except those to be Oper-
ated on, and when these were |
nearly ready to open the caps were |
removed before the antherS burst |
and the stigma touched with the l.,
foreign pollen