Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-29

eQuAl9 kn9 eo10 1h sSlu0s Dy nuoPtlu8 course in manure saving that nonei 8 wasted, and by hsIp of nuck or absorbents that all is made available to the best advantage, it is seen how great may be the value of each ami nal kept for helping to solve the question of heavy manuEing.
 Young Evergreeus from the Woods for Hedges. Where shapely young arbor vitSs or hemlocks are plenty in the woods. there is often desire to transfer some of them into hedge. This may be a good thing to do, but it is not prudent Co plant them directly in hedge row, as a'generel thing, as a cer- tain proportion of them will be sure to die with the removal, causing gaps from the be- ginning, 8 thing to be avoided. A better way is to set them in nursery rows, in piece of rich, mellow earth, cultivsting them for one or two seasons here. until 8 good mass of roots Is formed. Nursery men often take this way of getting up stock, with results that are all that could be desired.
 Clean the Tools After Using.-It is aston ishing what waste of time, animal strength and satisfaction in doing clean work will on many farms be tolerated, every time start is made on plowing or cultivsting. because tho tools were not properly cleaned and cared for when last used. When implements are to be out of use for some time, the metal surfaces that come in contact with the soil should be made clean and coated with a mix ture of kerosene oil and lampblaok setting
  rub oE. Then they will be clean and bright from the start when next put in operation.
 ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
 Weeds consume profits.
 Pfunas do best in 8 clay loom.
 As special fertilizer. lime suits the tofna- to.
 Old orchards are often made more proAta- ble by manuring.
 Moisture, air and a proper degree of tenn Safa S-. oal germination.
 Over 5000 per acre has been realized by the growing of cranberries.
 A crop of clover in the orchard to be fed of by pigs is one of the best means of en- riehing the soil and helping the pigs too.
 In getting up stock of bean poles re- member that these, if made of good material like cedar, and carefully housed over winter, will last many years.
 The Best Six Grapes.-At 8 recent meet ing of fruit growers. 8 large number voted as to their preference of six varieties; quail ty, hardness and general healthfulness con sidered, as follows: Black Concord, Wor- den, red Brighton, Jefferson, white Pockling ton, Duchess.
 Black Knot in Plums.-The only cure is the free use of the knife in cutting away the affected parts and then burning them. The trouble is more apparent when the trees are in state of neglect, standing in grass and weeds than under clean culture Where some in the former condition are badly af- fscted, others not half 8 mile away, kept well cultivated, may hardly show one.
 Carrot Growing.-It is still time to SOW seed for 8 crop of these. Carrots prefer 8 light. fertile soil, being better favored and richer if grown in such. Three to four pounds of seed are required to the acre where grown on 8 large scale, or an ounce will do for each thirty-ive feet of drills for oI1o NS,a El0 1 k, one and half feet apart, and after the plants are a couple of inches high they should be thinned to two or three inches apart in the row.
 FLOWERS AND LAWN.
 good lawn requires to be under drained
 Sow flower seeds, in drills never broad cast.
 Plant auctions are in full blast in the large cities
 The barberry is almost unequalIed as plant for either useful or ornamental hedges.
 Brisr roses do not need an annual prun- ing, but only thinning out of the weaker branches and dead wood.
 Towering and seed-bearing naturally ex- hanst the plants As soon as the flowers be gin to fade they should be removed. If this is done to such annuals as phlox and sweet pea, they will flower twice as long as other wise, and finer.
 Too Much Shade-This is as bad as not enough about the home Usually in plant ing for shade, trees are set thickly with a view to desired results while they are yet small But bye and bye such need more room for proper development. and this should be provided by cutting out part of the number. Enough should go to admit sunlight here and there on the lawn, for the sake of the grass, as well as the health and comfort of the dwellers of the home.
 The Vsllota or Scarborough LiIy-The easy culture of this plant and its great at tractiVeness should make 1t more common Until B few years it was thought to be only adapted to pot culture, but now it is found to do well out of doors also. The bulbs should be planted out about the end of May in rich, loamy soil, and by August or Sep tenaber the bright scarlet, hly-like flowers sill appear on the stalks foot or more high, this being their season of bloom also when in pots. In the southern States the bulbs would survive the winter by slight protec- tion, but in the North they must be lifted. potted and stored over the winter in 8 dry, warm cellar or greenhouse. In pot culture the most common kind of treatment sudices. namely, to keep them groHing in rich soil during the summer, and resting them by al most entirely without water from November until April. @
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