Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-20

Farm and Garden. Study the market.
 Feed little sulphur. Work off the old ewes. 1 Select seed-corn hills now. Help the cows with sown fodder. Do your share to make the fair a success Some claim that feeding makes the breed a good deal in it.
 Keep watch against bee-robbing; the rob- bers are sly fellows.
 If all other means of preventing interfer- ing fail try a three-quarter shoe. Don't carry the enthusiasm for heavy horses too far; the lighter and more active animals still have place. A damp season like the present one, in some parts, shows the folly of planting pota. toes on low gronnd, that is without drainage Combine with your neighbors in building up home market for your products. A first step should be to grow such 8 variety as will make a complete supply of articles. Il will pay.
 An over-full bag repeatedly is believed tc cause garget, with it's symptoms of bloody lumpy milk. The most common sense rem edy is to milk three times a day, when the COW is in full milk. This simple course will in many cases work a cure. Vitality of Weed Saskatchewan May nard's experiments at the Massachusetts, State farm are full of interest to farmers. It was found that of seeds fed to horse, such as passed into the manure in an uncrush ed state grew with unimpaired vigor. Of such there was large enough proportion left to show that to feed weeds which have matured seeds in the pods cannot be relied upon for getting rid of the weeds. Even such large seeds oat-kernels may often be seen iii 8 whole state in fresh horse droppings. A remedy for completely destroying seeds that may have been present in feed was found in
 ->nsing them to a temperature of from e.t-fl one hundred and ten degrees ninety -ith moist surroundings in a compost n , heap for ttrse or four days; This , means of killing weed seee. beyond any ioubt is easily applied in the stitnn.~ 'aI ar,,, Working over any pile of tnanttfe pfolc during warm weather will provide such degree of heat. The moisture may be eas1ly provided with a waterpot. It IS common practice to throw accumulated weeds into 5he hog-pen for the swine to consume. Let ii be remem bered that this does not do away with the weed seeds completely. The ma nure from such pens should be conposted with that from the horse and other stables ror burning the life out of the seeds by the heating.
 The Depth to Sow Wheat. at.-Nature teach es us to SOW shadows seeds that are scat tered wild seldom are covered more than 5plashing rain and the decay of vegetable matter provide cover. But nature IS laV- ish in providing seeds of wild plants so that some loss does not matter. We may Ill cui- ture improve on the thickness of the cover without departing far from the principle suggested. Careful experiments ill wheat culture have shown that a depth of one to one and a half inches tends to the best re- suits. In one test where the wheat was GOV cred four inches deep uniformly the average yield per head was twenty grains; some GOV cred two inches deep averaged twenty-three grains per head, while that covered one inch and half deep yielded thirty grains to each mead. The philosophy of the matter is plain. The young wheat plant has no power to assimiiate the nutriment of the soil be- fore its leaves reach the light. When the seed lies deep the plant in it's upward growth to reach the light draws much heavier on the supply of nourishment laid up in the seed than when planted shallow. If planted so deep that all the strength of the seed is gone before the surface is penetrated the plant dies before daylight is reached. To thus draw unduly upon the seed before the aid of the light is had to assimilate nourishment from the soil causes feebleEess and impaired productive powers. The true principle is to cover the seed only so deep as to preserve 1anpness in the soil and to hide the grains from insects and birds.
 ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
 Cultivate well.
 Pinch grape laterals.
 Weed the berry patches.
 Hoe squashes till the vines hinder.
 Turn melons to secure even ripening.
 In marketing put up your products neatly.
 Control the shape of young trees by sum- mer pruning.
 PnrSlana u-aaHS raniH1u hna and feed to the pigs or COWS.
 If any tree limbs are broken by careless pickers saw them off close back.
 By cutting the sweet corn fodder soon IS the last picking is made it will be worth the more for feeding.
 Many apple-wOrms may be trapped by the simple course of fastening strip of carpet or other cloth around the tree trunk. Once a week examine it and kill the worms.
 Keep the Tops Open.-If the center of tree is so full of branches as to exclude light and air some of the fruit will be poor in quality and size. It is very easy to have the trees right in this respect by slight attention TO pruning. We advocate summer pruning, for by it shoots in undesirable places can be removed with the thumb-nail or light knife, which later would require the saw. If all the pruning the tree required was done to shoots no longer than finger it would be great gain to the tree. The pruning of large
 
 involving the least of two evils.
 FLOWERS AND THE LAWN
 Stake the tall lilies.
 Kill chrysanthemum worms.
 Support the gladiolus spikes.
 Sow some clarkias for spring blooming.
 Plants winter best if the pots are full of roots.
 Shift all forward pot plants required to bloom early.
 Clip the foliage plants in ribbon or mo- safe beds to properly define each section.
 Monthly roses as they pass out of bloom should have the shoots cut back to 8 strong bud, even if it be the last one on the branch.
 Edges of the grass plot along fower-bor bers or beds should be trimmed every time the lawn is mown. In the absence of an edging iron a sharp spade will answer about as well.
 Sweet Williams.-These old favorites are so easily raised and are so handsome it is no wonder they are great favorites. To keep up good strains of plants, when one finds himself possessing such, attention to propa- gation is needed. The plants may be in- creased from slips and in this way the sort is always secured pure. The slips should be made now, and if they come along finely will have rooted and be ready to plant by October. Pull the shoots off and sever the cuttings just under plump joint, which is neither very hard or very soft. Set them in sand which should be made firm and kept well watered. By raising plants from home saved seed the stock is very liable to deterio- rate.
 The Conceit of New York