Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-13
FARM AND GARDEN.
LEAVES FROM TIKI EXPERIENCE
OF PRACTICAL RARaEERs.
ProtecelnR Cahbmmea frDm worma-Care
81 Daoklines- Eertllixeru 90


Take dry earth and sift over the
plants a. often as three OF four times q
week until the last of August, and the
worms win not NEEDLE with the leaves
and the rains viii wash al the dust Oh.
Strong brine poured oveA them and
the roota il an excellent fertilizer, a.
the cabbage Is . native Of salt localities
and enjoys having salt baths. A
sprinkling Of dry salt when the plants
ere wet with rains or dew Is an excellent
plan, IS i gives them vigor and color.
To prevent worms on fruit trees take
strips Of turf ave or six inches long and
three or four inches wide and press into
the crochets Of the tree made by the
limbs branching ont from The body Of
the tree. Let them remain through the
warm weather; when taken out in the
autumn burn them, Is they win be
found to contain countless eggB OF in-
sects that viii make mischief for the
next year If allowed to hatch out
Sarah FL ROaOeu, Randolph, "
APPLYING FERTrL1zERs 10 CoRN. 1t
Ia quite reasonable to suppose that
plants can be gorged with food as ami
mails may be, and that injury may re-
suit from it. This is quite true as re-
CARDS corn. The corn plant has long
season of active growth. It requires
about one hundred days for it's maturity.
II all the food which is required to ma.
ture that plant is added to the soil in
soluble and available condition ct the
planting, large quantity may be lost
before the plant can utilize it. Soluble
fertilizers diffuse themselves in moist
soil with great rapidity, and are quickly
carried of by the drainage water into
the subsoil. Sir j. B. Eawes has noticed
the nitric acid of nitrate of soda, which
had been applied to the surface soil, es-
Gaping in the water flowing from the
drains, in forty-eight hours after appi-
cation. IL then, six hundred pounds Of
this fertilizer should be applied to the
corn crop before the sowing of the seed,
il will begin to be lost before q single
root has been formed to arrest its es-
cape. This fact is given only as an in-
stance Of how fertilizers may be lost by
misapplication. At the best, an excess
Of fertilizing material given to corn in
its early stages. forces rank growth Of
of stalk, and the plant food is exhausted
before IL can be converted into grain,
which is the most, valuable part of the
crop. During some years past, we have
been growing corn under new system
OF fertilizing, which Is to apply the fer
tilizer at intervals, as after each time Of
cultivation, instead Of before and imme-
diately after the planting. The effect
has been to notably increase the yield
Of grain, and decrease the growth Of
stalk. By this method, eighty bushels
Of grain per acre have been produced,
and in growing sweet corn for sale, fine,
large, and well -filled ears are secured.
The fertilizer is busted along the rows
before the cultivator is used, or imme-
diately after, and the first shower carries
1t down TO the roots. The same method
Of applying fertilizers has been used for
root crops with favorable results.
CARE OF DUcKL1Nos. - How should
young ducks be cared for from Matching
till old enough to care for themselves ?
Answer: The usual method is to have
the ducks Matched by hens; after
Matching for ten days or two weeks, If
the weather is warm, the hens should
be kept in coops with board floors well
Uttered with cut straw. The proper
food is boiled potatoes and hominy,
boiled eggs and boiled liver or other
animal food, and all the food given them
should be well cooked. During this
period the ducklings should have plenty
of clean drinking water, but should not
be allowed to swim, especially il the
weather Is at all cold. After this time,
they may be allowed to run during the
day but should be shut in q warm coop
with a dry floor, and be well fed at
night. If allowed about q pond or
stream infested with mud turtles, many
Of the young ducks viii be caught by
their heads or feet. and drowned.
URcR1HD IND rEUr uKRDES.-Tne
american Aggicalturist for June says:
Mulch trees planted this spring, IL the
surface soil cannot be kept mellow by
frequent use Of cultivator or harrow.
Make record Of the trees in . newly
planted orchard, and label all scattered
trees. In large branches two gratis are
usually set. # there Is one too many,
and the head win be crowded, cut it out.
Treat . growing graft as il it were
young tree; pinch and control its growth.
Remove All shoots Just below the graft.
Thin fruit early. Try . few trees, re-
move half the fruit that sets, and note
the result at harvest time. When the
leaves are fully expanded, Is the safest
time Tor the removal Of large branches.
Insects demand attention. Curculios