Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-30
HINTS FOR AGRTCULrURIsTs.
A Great improvement in the wedding of FARM
Over the Customs of Fifty Years Ago.
CuItiyafiuc HorseraJisli

A crcat Improyement In the wedding of Farms
Over the Customs of Fifty Years Ago.
CuItiyating Uorseradish.
From the Germantown Telegraph.
There is no observing farmer fifty or sixty
wears of age who does not well remember the
difference in the appearance OF the farm when
he was fifteen to twenty years old than what
IL is now as to the growth of weeds. The
vounr growing corn could scarcely be dis
tinpuished from the weeds, which the square
tootbed harrow and the ordinary plow could
not eradicate to the extent of not over one
half the rest being left the slow process OF
n sbarp broad hoe which frequently did not
snare the corn plant itself, and frequently re-
ouired the hand to get rid of them, II gotrid
of at ALL 1t was the same with the potato
patch, and together they required degree
Of labor that no one would ever dream Of
bestowng upon them at the present DAY.
The light easy handling p!ow ana the care,
fully arranged cultivator of various sizes and
form snow remove the weeds, great and
small, with surprising exactness and rapid
ity with the unfailing result OF yielding
from one half to double the crop, ana OF
ouality which few would have deemed pos
sible Thus the strain upon the human mus
Gle. while il has been diminished to from
one-hal to three-fourths the old time extent,
produces a yield in the crops of fully equal
proportions.
Cutiyating Horseradish.
There is probably no more satisfactory
relisb to he eaten with meats, especially IN
the spring of the year, when the appetite de-
sires something fresh, than horseradish, and
its ease of cultivation should recommend 1t
to all In. fact, when once started 1t Will
very nearly provide its own means OF repro
duction, and might in some cases pe con-
sidered slightly Objectionable for that rea-
son IL succeeds best in a rich and rather
moist soil. Only a small surface OF ground
need be employed in its growth TO insure an
that would be required for home use. In
the preparation of the soil II should DO
made mellow and to a good depth. Trenches
two or three inches deep should be made for
receiving the little roots by which means IL
is started If not already at hand, these can
be obtained of any grower-the little roots as
large as n pipe stem-and in pieces two or
three inches long set in the little trenches so
that the ends will be covered up when the
trenches are filed. These will grow, from
the plant and make root. In the spring, as
soon as frost disappears, dig, scrape clean,
crate and add a little vinegar and sugar, ana
place in a jar that can be Kept ught, so as 10
prevent the evaporation OF It's aromatic VIZ
tue The little roots are again planted Tor
new crop and so the operation is repeated.
IL costs but little trouble, but possesses
qualities that entitle it to a permanent
place in the garden.
Cuiiivating Orchards.
sneaker at a recent meeting Of the Cali
fornia State Horticultural society Is reported
to have said "That an orchard that had been
cultivated for ten years had not borne, ana
where they ought to have been a thousand
boxes of apples there would not be hatiui,
while another orchard that had never had
anv care whatever and had never been
plowed had a fine crop of healthy, fine
apples" apples ou,ra 70 cultivation. it must be
iudicious if at all. 1t will not do to cultivate
in such manner as to injure the bodies OF
the trees nor destroy the roots by the use OF
the plow, for then the energies OF nature
wouid be put forth in an effort to repair the
injury and there would be no energy en-
ployed in the production of fruit There Is
nothing especially remarkable in the TACT oi a
good crop of fruit in an uncultivated orchard.
III there Is sufficient soil food to satisfy the
demands OF growing grass and also irultihg
crop then the two will be fully developed
but unless such condition exists one or the
other must suffer, and it is more likely TO DE
the fruit
ticed in the fruit-growing regions of Western
New York is to pasture orchards by sheep or
hogs. Perhaps the latter are preieraple, Dc
cause of their disposition 10 stir the soil aDou'
the trees In this way good fruit is obtained
a fact that should be considered by frul
growers who are troubled with insects, and
especially the codling moth, which Is espe
cially destructive TO fruit IT an orchard i
pastured by sheep or swine the iruit that u
attacked and in consequence falls 10 tht
ground with the apple worm at It's core Is de
youred by the animals and in little nm'
the moth will be no more. 1t is for this rea
sou that fruit becomes fair and smooth rathe
than because the soil is so firmly trodden DN
the animals as to prevent the entrance OF TIT
larvae into the soil for the purpose OF trans
formation. We have seen orcharos sue y,
aide, one with swine aud bearing plentiful
and smooth crop, the other not pastured wlti
n moor crop of very poor fruit This show
what can be done TO improve fruit