The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Manuring Fruit Trccs and Plants

nnnuring Fruit Trees and Plants
Growth of all kinds want something
10 build up structure from, and unless
The food be in sufficient quantity and
Of kind suited to the particular
growth, there will not be that fullness
Of growth that is possible under more
favorable circumstances. The fruit trees
require manure, but it must be suited
both to the kind and the age of the
trees. In any case, hot, violent manures
are very injurious, especially to young
md tender trees, producing an undue
and unhealthy growth. Old apple or
pear trees do not suffer as much as
young ones, and perhaps not at all
when the manure is spread broadcast.
We do not believe in forcing the trees
in the orchard, where health and Ion
gevity is desired, whether the forcing
done by the application of hot infer
mented manures or of manures in large
quantities. Manures which are slow
in their actions, such as glue factory
waste, bone, etc., we have found more
beneficial, in the long run, than any
other kind.
Shade for Bees.
Farmers who attempt to keep few
hives of bees seldom have very good
luck unless some member of the family
makes the care of the honey gatherers
speciality. If it is the duty of no one
person about the place to look after the
tees, they are pretty certain to be ne
elected, and the result is invariably
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of the bees until there is not enough left
to be worth the least attention. One
mistake which we have frequently no.
ticed, where bees are kept by persons
who do not study the habits and needs
of thr51 insects, is in placing the hives
Were they will be exposed to the direct
rays of the sun during the very hottest
weather in summer. Perhaps the hives
are placed in a row on stands covered
with boards to keep off the rain, but al
most invariably these stands face the
south, and there is no protection against
the hot rays of the sun. The stand and
cover arc all we'll enough, but the hives
should be shaded during the hottest
weather in summer, as the bees cannot
work when the heat is excessive Nee1
York Sun.
Keeping Eggs for Winter Use.
The usual number of inquiries have
again come regarding the best mode of
preserving eggs for winter use. There
are a number of methods for keeping
eggs, for each of which advocates claim
superior merits. These all, however, de-
pend upon the fact that the she'll is
porous, and if these pores can be closed
so as to prevent the access of air the con-
tents will remain good for long time.
There are two leading methods. One
consists in coating over the eggs with
some material that will partially close
the pores and then pack them in bran,
charcoal or similar substance. The other
is to cover the eggs with lime pickle
As regards the first method, eggs the
surfaces of which are smeared over with
oil OF varnish and then packed in cool
place, will serve we'll enough for home
use, but the surface of the shells will
present an unnatural appearance that
will affect their sale. A recipe very
generally recommended for coating eggs
is as follows; Dissolve four ounces of
beeswax in eight ounces of warm olive
oil: in this put the tip of the finger and
anoint the egg all around. Gum sheilac
dissolved in alcohol and applied to the
eggs with brush is another plan.
The method of preserving eggs most
largely practiced by leading dealers is
lining the eggs. The first thing is to
make pickle, use stone lime, fine salt
and water in the following proportions:
One bushel of lime. eight quarts of salt,
twenty-five ten-quart pals of water.
The lime must be of fine quality, free
from sand and dirt. Have the salt clean
and the water pure and sweet.
Stake the lime with portion of the
water; then add the balance of the
water and salt. Stir we'll at intervals
and then let it stand until we'll settled
and cold. Draw the clear pickle into
a oask. When the cask is filed to the
depth of eighteen inches, put in fresh
eggs as soon as taken from the nest,
and when these lie about one foot deep
spread around over them some pickle
that is little milky in appearance,
made so by stirring up some of the very
tight lime particles that settle last, and
continue doing this as each lot of eggs
is added. The object of this is to have
the light lime particles drawn into the
pores of the shells, as they will be by a
kind OF inductive process, and thereby
completely seal the eggs. Care should
be taken not to get too much of the lime
in-that Is, not enough to settle and
stick to the shell of the eggs.
When the eggs are within about four
inches of the top of the cask cover them
with factory cloth and spread on two
or three inches of the lime that settles
in making the pickle; and it is of the
utmost importance that the pickle be
kept continually up over this lime. When
the time comes to market the eggs take
it out OF the pickle and clean and dry
them ready for packing. The eggs,
however, preserved, must be kept cool
in summer, but not too cold in winter,
say at temperature of from forty five
to sixty degrees all the year round
Neao York World.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Professor Cook advises the kerosene
emulsion for cabbage worms.
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