The Portland daily press., 1884-06-13

THE WILSON STRAWBERRY STILL THE BEST
The Wilson strawberry although having
had many rivals for public favor still main
tains its place as the most productive, and
on the whole the best variety. Scores of
new varieties have been heralded forth as
superior to the Wilson and all others, yet
after a time have been found wanting and
been cast aside. Other varieties surpass it
in favor yet the Wilson is quite satisfactory
to the mass of people, possessing as it does
better substance and favor. 1t does so well
under all conditions that it more generally
succeeds well than any other variety, and
thus it maintains its popularity among the
people.
TO CURE DIARRHEA IN CALVES.
Numerous remedies TO diarrhea in calves
are usually proposed every spring, and go
the rounds of the papers: The usual cause
of diarrhea in these cases is over feeding, or
feeding improper food or food in an unsuita-
BILE condition. The best remedy is to correct
any errors in feeding and stop feeding till
the dierrhea ceases. Then resume feeding
carefully and avoid the causes of the trouble.
THE NATIVE COWS.
The good qualities of the native COW, are
of late attracting unusual interest, and it is
and 1t is suggested that the best be selected
and new breed of dairy cows propogated.
There have been many native cows which
have been scarcely surpassed by the high
bred Jersey. l have known native COW
with little admixture of Short Horn blood,
which produced milk so rich that four quarts
of it would produce pound of butter, and
she gave good flow cf milk, too. Not
many Jerseys can equal that. A recent
writer gays: "A native COW that will yield
ten pounds of butter week for thirty weeks,
or three hundred pounds between calves,
will pay excellent interest on $500, and there
are many such cows in existence" Yes and
they can be bought for third of $500 EACH
There is little doubt that by selecting some
of the best native cows and breeding them
with bulls descended from line of good
native cows, superior breed of dairy cows
might be produced which for this country
would be unexceled by any other.
CULTIVATE THE CURRENT
No fruit admits of greater improvement
than the current when subjected to a high
state of cultivation. Mulching the ground
about the bushes with old manure keeps the
ground moist and greatly promotive to the
growth of large berries.
WOOD ASHES FOR CRACKED PEARS.
Much difficulty has of late years been ex-
perienced in this state, in cultivating some
kinds of pears, especially the Flemish Beau
ty because of the cracking of the fruit, rem
deribg it almost worthless A correspondent
recommends as remedy for cracked or
spotted pears, a liberal dressing of wood
ashes extending out as far as the branches
extend. "Then," he says, "wash the bark
thoroughly with strong soap suds Told fash
ioned soft-soap preferred) with the addition
of lime-water and little favor of sulphur.
had white Dayesine pear tree troubled in
this way, that previously bore only imper-
feet fruit, but which after treatment gave
some delicious, highly colored specimens.
1t may not cure in every case but it will do
no harm. Mulching the trees has also been
recommended.
TOP DRESSING ORCHARDS.
In top-dressing orchards the dressing
should not be heaped up around the trunk
of the tree as is often the practice but should
be spread over the spaces between the trees
where the feeding roots can obtain the ben
eft of it. Near the trunk, most of the roots
are large and are less benefited by the ma
nure than the small rootlets which are found
all over the orchard. A good fertilizer for
an orchard may be made of 100 bushels of
wood ashes, an ton of bone -four per acre
An orchard that is fertilized will bear every
year and the owner will be little troubled