Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-12-04
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Give fools their gold X knaves their power
Let fortunes bubbles rise and fail;
Who soxvs a field or trains a flower.
Orplants a tree. is more than all.
The Farm.

The Farm.
1t may not be generally known, yet
sweet apples are better for vinegar than
sour ones.
1t is said that the odor Of the walnut
is offensive to many kinds of insects
that trouble animals, and for tins rea-
son it is valuable tree for shade in
pastures.
Be careful that the fat hogs do not
pile up these cold nights and smother
the under ones. 1t is safer not to al
low too many fat hogs to sleep to-
gether on cold night.
Sheep, calves, cows and horses
should be sheltered from the cold fall
rains and during frosty nights.
The rhubarb and asparagus beds
should be given a heavy dressing of
coarse but rich manure without delay
1t is said that SCOT when put around
plants or busted over them will drive
insects away, and that green sage will
clear closets of red ants.
All pieces of new grass should have
the stock removed now and be given a
chance to recuperate and gain some
top as protection duringithe winter.
The banking up and all handling
of the celery plants should be done
when dry. Handling when wet causes
them to rust and should be carefully
avoided.
Some dry lime sprinkled around the
damp cellar will have tendency to
counteract dampness and to purify
the air aud the whole surroundings of
the cellar.
Mulching the straw berry bed and
covering the celery rows with straw or
fodder is now in order. Don't delay
this work too long, or these plants
will be injured to some extent.
Frost bitten grass is not good for
any kind of domestic animals, espec-
tally for horses and young colts; but
it is much less injurious if they are
kept in the morning until the sun has
dispelled the frost.
Everyone should cut, pile and burn
all the weeds which may be found
around the garden, the fence corners
and other out of the way places. A
little attention to this matter now may
materially lesson the weed crop next
season.
All manure that can be spared from
the wheat field should be spread on
the meadows, and should be done as
early as possible also. This will give
the grass on the thin places chance
to get start this fall, and SO keep it
from freezing out.
In selecting seed corn it is well to
select such ears as have ripened early,
as we'll as to pay attention to other
characteristics. This will have
tendency to produce crop next year
that will ripen in time to escape all
danger of frost.
Farmers should now feed out such
things as will not keep stored away
such as pumpkins, soft corn, unsound
heads of cabbage and the worthless
apples. These will furnish considera-
bic feed now, but soon will be of no
value whatever.
The canes of raspberries, and black
berries, from which plants for next
years settings are to be grown, should
be laid down and slightly covered with
dirt before the tips are frozen. Care
should be taken to not cover deeper
than just necessary to hold them down.
An experienced gardener says that
sure sign to find if plants in pots re-
quire wetting is to rap on the side of
the pot near the middle with the
finger knuekle ; if it gives forth hol-
low ring the plant needs water, but if
there is a dull sound there is enough
moisture to sustain the plant.
The Hus5andman says: The farmer
Of the Eastern States, with his ready
market for poultry, eggs, live stock,
dairy products, fruit and the like,
gathers in money here a little aud
there little, in way that astonishes
his Western farmer brother, who usu-
all grows one crop only, and that a
big one.
Everybody. remarks the Hestern
AgricuHurist, should send to the far
mer's paper any facts, experiments or
suggestions that other people can pro
fit by Nor need there be any delicacy
on the score of style or grammatical
accuracy. The editor will see to that
and nor experience is that on farm sub
jects no man can hit the nail on the
head more forcibly, or with less waste
Of words, than the farmer. What is
wanted is the experience Of practic ii
men as it occurs