Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-08-07
is a valuable material for soups also

is q valuable material for soups also
and is very easily grown. Satisfy or
vegetable oyster i another excellent
vegetable for spring use and who have
once tried il are seldom willing to dis
penSe with IT, Spinach is another dish
for the early season and comes most
acceptable in time when everything
green is desirable. Celery is becoming
quite general in the farm garden,
though too many neglect it yet. Let
each of our farmer readers add ut leas,
one or more of the vegetables enumer-
ated above, which has not been founa
before in his garden and he will find
himself amply repaid for the trifling
amount of extra labor it involves
About Crafts.
Peter Henderson, i'm illustrating how
little the graft is Influenced by the
stock. says that if we take graft from
the sourest crab apple, and insert in it
"A branch of the sweetest apple tree we
can find, the shooi which grows
from the grab draft viii ever remain 4
crab, in no way affected by the sweet
apple stock on which it is growing.
The result will be the anne il the oper.
alton is reversed, with the sweet apple
grated on the sour, the indiv dual ty
VIII not be changed. Or YOU NAV
take young seeding apple tree, graft
another into it, and then another into
the last growth and 50 on with many
successive gratis, rubbing off all the
shoots that start below, the last graft
will hold its identity unchanged. Or.
YOU may set hundred kinds of roses
INTO a bush which has hundred
branches, of all different color>, form
and odors. Each will hold It's own
character for color. form and fra
GRANGE, be il crimson white. pink, or
yellow. double or single, or OF tea or
other odor,
Farm Notes.
The best way to preserve eggs. accord
inc To recent tests. are packing in salt,
oiltng the shells; beef dropping may be
used and immer>ing in lime water.
1t pays better and affords more sat
isfaction and pleasure To raise the finer
varieties of anything. whether plant or
vegetable. and is the success ,ful, most
prosperou, and intelligent farmers who
do 50.
Keep few sheep on the farm. if not
many. Wool Will always bring cash
at some price and it comes of when
there is little else 10 sell Mutton
always sill, well and is Away, good
for the table
The Gardeners Monthly say, that a
little windmill such a some boys can
make with jack-kuile, VIII keep
birds out of cherry tree in case a tiny
bell j. attached to it. 1t is better than
a stuffed cat or IN imitation hawk.
Ii will not he forgotten. while re-
pairing the fences. that good fences
make peaccable stock. but that poor
ones are trainers OF brcachy stock, and
an open menace 10 growing crops.
A bit OF natural history: Hives OF
bees placed in an orchard VIII increase
the crop of apples, a the pollen rub
bed OIL their bodies ON the tree fertal-
ICES thousands of blossoms which might
otherwise be barren.
A member of the Warsaw. ILL.,. Hor-
ticultural Society. Mr.. Stewart. says he
has had an annual crop of apple. TO,
fifteen successive years, pleasing
fact due in some measure, he thinks, It
his management. He cultiyaies so as
To make the trees grow rapidty as pos
sible until of bearing age, after which
he cultivateS little but keeps the sod
down by mulching.
A New York orchardist reports TO an
exchange that he wrapped the trunk OF
his apple trees with tarrcd building
paper 30 inches wide, tapping several
inches, and found il perfect protcc-
ton against 10, crs. The tarred paper
rested on the ground. and anthracite
ashes were piled around the base of the
tree and against the edge of the paper.
Numbers of trees with good roots
and well-planted die after removal.
simply from weakeaei institution
~rr0Ud>r Sbout by poor living. 1t ha,
always beSS. understood in this coun.
try that a trI7~planted ire is safe
for being pruned, NJ thg1rrIn,,n, IN. NO. 49, Gen
orally cons Sted of shortening i'm all the
branches, Stroag as we'll a weak. But
il is now found that the tree should
not be shortened in, but merely thin
ned out. The weaker braache, should
be cut out and strong ones left.
Give the fowls pleut, of sunshine
aad fresh air Let the sun steam in
on them. and open the house every day
as soon as possible No matter if it j.
cold outside. sII-hiue ard pure ali
are the bes, of all mcdic.uc, Fowls
should never he frightened The hes.
way to make a hen un roiitabl, j. 10
have her chased abou by dog e
kind and gentle to them. 1t pays to
keep them tame.
There are varieties of all the fruits
which will thrive on almost any kind
of soil, says an eNcIa ny 1t ucce,-
sary for plaster TO ascertain which va
rietieS are best suite ! To his soil and
situation, plant them carefully, give
them a little b,cquent care and at
tention, and keep the ground clean
and in good condition. Nertcommend
and thorough cultivat 90 i'm an orchal Il
while the tree, are mall. but after
they attain bearing age get it into sod
and keep il 30. uut don't allow any
grass 10 grow within three .cet Of the
trees.
Cat that Picks Apples.