Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10
Farm and Garden Notes.

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Keep tho hoe bright by using it.
'Better to wear out than to rust out"
Wreak out vengeance on the weeds.
Clean culture during the entire season is
the rule.
Don't crowd in the garden. Plants
need an abundance of air, sun and room.
They grow better by having these requis-
ties.
Potatoes, when cut in small pieces,
should not be dropped far in advance of
the coverer, especially in warm, sun
shiny day. The seed is very sensitive to
heat, and even the midday suns rays
will on dry soils destroy its vitality.
One of the advantages from narrowing
corn is that man with a smart team will
run over fifteen acres or more per day.
The smoothing harrow takes width of
eleven feet, and as only scratching the
surface is desired no tapping is needed.
Corn and potatoes may Often be top
dressed to advantage after planting, pro-
Vldlng line manure is used. The cult.
walton of these crops during the season
Will mix the manure with the soil much
more perfectly than it could be if plowed
under.
Zone and a-half bushels by measure
OF oats is enough seed to the acre on land
IN condition to seed to grass. In an ex-
perlence covering many years." scys the
Maine Farmer, Sin our own practice, as
heavy crops have resulted as formerly
under heavier seeding"
Dry sour cheese is the result Of several
things; it may be occasioned by the use
OF sour whey III the preparation of the
rennet; or, it may be caused by permit
ting the curd to remain in the whey too
long; or, again it may be occasioned BY
hurrying the curind to press too soon.
u The potato loves cool, moist soil and
is an exception to the general rule that
shallow planting is best Late in the
season especially, deeper planting is de-
sirable. The tubers will be down far
enough so that they will not be greened
by the sun, nor will it be necessary to
earth up the hills as is often done.
The principal value of bones is owing
to the quantity of phosphates they CON
tain, as these salts are largely removed
from the soil by the feeding of cattle and
by successive crops. These salts remain
after the bones have been deprived of
their fatty substance by the soap boiler,
though much of the nitrogen.is lost.
Good crops Of beets may be grown on
any land rich enough and in suitable
filth for corn. Drilled in rows two feet
and eight or ten inches apart, much of
the work may be done by horse hoes
But the thinning must be done with the
hand hoe, and unless properly attended
to in time the best crop will not amount
to much.
A pillow to run easily for either man or
team should be set so that the bottom of
the pillow. will rest flat, the point neither
turning down nor up. Some farmers
never get the hang of adjusting steel
plows, and we have known them to
throw aside valuable implements as
worthless for lack of little skill in ad-
iusting them to run easily.
Some kind of forage should be sown
now, so that stock may be kept off the
new seeding of grass and clover after
the grain is harvested The damage
from cropping clover when it is only
three or four months old from the seed
is so great that a farmer had better pur-
chase the most expensive grains as feed
Gather than turn his stock on it.
In the general uncertainty about pota
to seed most farmers are likely to plant
more than will give the best results.
Some good farmers make a practice of
planting literally and then thinning to
one or two shoots in each hill. With
the less vigorous varieties, one strong
shoot will furnish more potatoes of mar.
ketable size than would be got by leav.
ing more.
The corn plant is strong feeder and
will make use of almost any kind of plant
food. Decomposed barnyard manure,
hog manure and sheep dung are especially
valuable. On some soils plaster proves
beneficial. Ashes are excellent for this
crop. Chemical fertilizers, either a
special formula for corn or the complete
manure, almost always give good results.
The quantity of manure to be applied to
the acre depends upon circumstances.
Several farmers recommend the follow.
ing for harness dressing: One gallon OF
meats foot oil, two pounds of beeswax,
four pounds of beef tallow. Put the
above in pan over moderate fire.
When thoroughly dissolved add two