Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

beans. A liberal supply of manure is
placed in deep burrows, mixed thorough
ly with the soil, and seed dropped every
four inches in rows three and a half feet
apart. When well up the plants are
pushed with heavier stuff than for tall
peas. The vines having reached the top
of the support are pinched in, which re-
preston results to the advantage of the
crop. By this method he gets a larger
product from given space than In the
old way, and has smaller surface to hoe.
It is too early for beans yet, but the
ground should be prepared as early as
possible. The rows should be about
twenty inches apart, which will admit
cultivation by horse hoe, out one yard
Is better if the common cultiVatOr is to
be used. If there is much grass to in
terfere with them the hoe may be used
once. The seed should be planted one
foot apart. For garden purposes the seed
may be planted only eight inches apart,
and the rows just wide enough to admit
the hoe. The garden beans are usually
of the dwarf varieties, while such beans
as the white navy and kidney are strong
growing sorts, with heavy foliage.
We do not wish to lay straw in the
way of the progress in fine dairy COW
breeders, and while we admit the excel
we do protest against the constant re-
vilement of our native COWS. No animal
on the farm is treated worse. Struggling
among ragWeeds in almost CRASHES pas
lures, furnishing blood for flies in the
blazing heat of midsummer, the effect of
wrath, hail, snow, storm, rain and polar
winds, she still survives, ever patient,
and returning good for evil. If our
abused native cow were treated half SO
well as her foreign cousins, perhaps she
would be as famous as they.-FGrnl and
FIreSide.
Among the handy things to have in
the garden is a ground-marker, made
after plan suggested by Mr.. L. d. Shook.
A piece of pine or other timber, two or
three inches square and two to four
inches long, is bored through with holes
on all sides at various distances apart,
those on each side being all at the same
distance from each other. A large hole
in the center in two directions receives
the handle. The other holes and mark
ing-pins to fit them may be of any de-
sired size, and the pins be quickly
changed from hole to hole, as required
by different plants. This is easily made,
and if made now will be ready for use
when wanted.
Pruning a fruit tree while dormant
will tend more to promote growth of
wood than the production of fruit. Prun-
ing after.a tree has come In full foliage
promotes fruitfulness, by giving a check
to growth, just as root pruning does.
Usage orange leaves when fed to the
silk worms produce silk of the very
finest quality-so fine, indeed, as to chal-
lenge the applause of the foreign silk
buyers and silk experts Of Lyons, France
which is the centre of the world for
silk.
The egg crop of this country this last
year amounted to $475, 6S2, 1888, being
only $8,991 800 less than the wheat crop,
not counting the millions of eggs and
chickens consumed by farmers and
others of which no reports are made
Farming World.
It is wise just now to be on the look
out for the purest farm seeds that can be
obtained. And it is we'll to remember
that the best seed cannot be bought at
the price of the poorest. Moreover, poor
seed is dear at any price. Buy only of
responsible seedsmen.
Calf and other skins are made to re-
semble very closely alligator skins by
very ingenious process. A photograph
having been made of genuine alligator
mated gelatine, which gives in relief all
the curious marking and from this latter
relief representation metal die is readi-
ly executed This die is pressed heavily
on the cheap leather, with the result of
making it look so like the leather manu-
featured from the skin of the alligator as
to deceive experts, unless it is handled
and examined. Any suitable stain can
be impaired to the fictitious product.
A writer in the London Garden says
he has discovered that grapevines in
houses do better under rough rolled glass
than under clear glass. The two most
striking things he observed were the
good quality of the fruit and especially
It's color, and the health of the foliage of
the vines, which were less affected by
red spiders than any he had ever known
before. The green state of the foliage
before and after the fruit was ripe he at
tributed solely to the subdued rays of
the sun upon the leaves through the
rough plate glass, which obviated the
necessity of giving air, thus trying the
leaves less than they would be other
wise.
'I find nothing equal to sorghum cane
for stock" says writer in Spirit of the
Farm, "and do not think I am overes-
timating it in saying that three acres of
sorghum, cut and fed to my mules, fat
tened them more than six acres of corn
gathered and fed in the ear. 1 can say
to all, grow sorghum for stock feed"
The Rural NesO Yorker says that if you
want to stop your light Brahmas from
laying feed them all they want. We
have found that the egg production of
this breed, more than of any other is
lessened by over feeding. Feed them
twice day and give them no more than
they will eat up clean before resting.
About $50 pounds of mangels are equal
to 100 pounds of hay. Estimating that
seven and one-half tons of mangels are
equal to ton of hay, the hay would