Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-29

tractiyeness of an estate. A pretty vine
over rock, wall, or on the side of a
building is profitable investment. If
vegetable seeds are being ordered of a
seedsman, let the women of the house,
hold order their share of flower seeds.
at least one portion of the farm should
be ornamented.
The Iowa Register tersely and truly
says that what we need on the farms
are independent men-men who have
the courage to leave the beaten track
and reach out on all sides after knowl-
edge and accept the teachings OF science
and the products of invention, which
give them promise of great success.
What we need is a higher education.
We cannot expect this of old heads,
but our hope is in the rising genera
ton, who are to take up the nipple.
ments of labor as they fall from the
hands of the fathers.
The best OF seeds, shabbily treated,
are liable to fail. Much wet weather
will prove fatal in some casss, while
other seeds will go right on; moderate
drought will destroy many germs,
while others will Withstand protract-
ed dry season. The experience of all
gardeners is that seed germs of cucum.
bers, squashes, melons, lima beans,
sweet corn and the wrinkled peas can
not survive protracted cold or wet
weather, while the seeds of the carrot,
beet, turnip, lettuce and satisfy will
Withstand the trial great deal longer.
The New York Tribune mentions an
easy and profitable way of disposing of
the hard bones which are usually left
kicking around the backyard or dis
tributed by prowling dogs. ''Bury q
peck or half bushel or more of the
hard bones under newly set grape
vine or fruit tree, or within reach of
the eager roots of an old one, which
will search them out and feed on them
year after year ill the last fragment is
transformed into grapes or apples, as
in the celebrated case of Roger Will
iams."
In reply to an inquiry as to what
varieties of ounces are best, the Conn
try Gentleman advises the planting
most largely of the old, well-tried
orange ounce. Rea's has succeeded
admirably for some years in the few To-
calities where it has been fully tested,
and there will be little risk in planting
it. The newer champion is fine in ap-
pearance and excellent in quality, but
needs further testing. It may be too
late in some localities, and possibly it
may be more subject to blight than the
others. 1t is very promising sort, and
time will fix its position.
WRITING to the Inter Ocean, an Hi
nois strawberry grower says: "Vacant
spaces may occur in the rows of plants
and should be filed up the next spring,
using the plants which have voluntarily
come up in the garden. For strawber-
ries take out spadeful of earth where
the missing plant should have been,
then lift strawberry plant, in spade
full of dirt, set carefully in the hole, pull
dirt around to fill up, and tramp it in.
The plant will never feel the effects of
removal, but go on growing without in
termission. Do the same with rasp.
berries, and yon can have full rows"
The South Carolina Department of
Agriculture reports the demand for carp
by farmers general throughout the
state. Two-year-old carp spawn there
in May. The Bulletin of the depart
ment advises persons desiring the best
results in Matching the fry to place
around the edges of their ponds, in
eighteen inches or two feet of water,
boughs of green pine, willow or other
suitable branches for the fish to attach
their spawn to. As soon as discovered
the eggs should be transplanted to the
clear pure water of u Matching pond.
This will secure protection from the
parent fish which destroys both spawn
and fry. When reaching the size OF q
steel pen remove the fry to larger
pond and feed them.