The Holt County sentinel., 1886-08-20

ne pest toh!5 are chcspcsL GccatiSe
they accomplish more and cause less
, Wear and tear and swear than poor
tools.
Give verhenas a rather rich but light
soil If You wish 10 have vigorous plants
producing an abundance of large .rus-
| seI Of flowers.
Make harness fit properly Al Il Il
horse can wear it without distress, pro-
vldrd that it /, also kept decently clean
and comfortably soft.
Prepare for sowing rutabagas. Large
crops are secured by sowing in drills
eighteen inches apart and thinning out.
One pound Of seed to the acre.
The land that will maintain twenty
common bred cows will maintain twenty
we'll bred ones, and the annua! profit
! from The latter will lie considerably more
than from the former.
1t is he same with an animal as with
steam koilrr-lhe IuOre complete the
combustion Of the food or fuel i, gets
the more satisfactory will be the result,
because there Is less waste.
OverIa len fru,t trees mature their fruit
while 1t ia yet small. Prick off onc-half
before much growth is made, and the
remaining half may grow to Us many
bushels rs ali woul.i if left.
Resources of the soil do not end ab
rupt'y at four or five inches in depth,
yet there are hundreds of farms where
all beneath is terra incogni,a because
no effort has ever been made TO ex-
plore.
The best mode of treating grape vines
that do not grow Is to cut them off near
the ground and allow new shouts to
spring up. which may be trained the
same as new vines and which will be
productive.
Ounce trees should be mulched rs n
protection against extreme heat and
cold, Us the roots are small and usually
near the surface The qaIncc bears
every year, but requires some care and
may be pruncd annually with advant-
age.
Nip off the ends of grapevines, thin
out the pears and apples, remove early
peas aud prepare the land at once and
SOW turnips. fodder corn or something
else Cut back the tall shoots OF black
berries and ra>pberries, and pinch or
the late,als.
The practice of pcggging down ever
blooming roses So that they will cover
completely the surface of the bell, is
well known to produce very pleasing
results. 1t Is said that peggging down
dahlas proves quite AS satisf,ctory.--i
Gardeners Monthly.
II You have tin. flat stones at COM
mand-say as thick as roofing slate, or ;
somewhat thlcker-try mulchlng !. few
strawberry plants with them. Tin
answers the same purpose. Shingles
are good, bat inclined to warp. A patent
ed clay tie Is sold in some places, but
stones are cheaper and better.
Much of manure dropped by cows
yarded over night in the barn yard is |
wasted. Unless the yard is well hitter
cd liquid excrement Is lost, and the
solid droppings dly away until much of
their valle is lost. Throwing the ma
nure in heaps and apply a little dry
earth to the head dally will prevent
loss.
There is much difference in the quail.
Ity of paris green, much that is sold be-
ing SO heavily adultrrated that 1t is is,-
possible TO decide how much to apply
The impure poison is believed to be IN
juli0us TO potato vines, perhaps because
ot its impurity bling stronger then II
should be. The high priced pure paris
green is cheapest.
The best ground for 4 pei:b orchard
is light sandy soil that has been plant
ed for several years with general crops.
Do not plant on ground rich enough to
produce onions, peas, spinach or let
.uce, for trees will be liable to make
late autnmna! growth, and produce
anripe wood that will be winter killed.
In planting cabbages, etc, with the
iibber, bc sure the soil is piessed firmly
around and in close contact with every
iber of their roots. \ too common
Draciice is to merely close ia the soll
'ound the neck of the plant by Il surface
application Of the point of the dlbber
The plant is thereby lef, hanging, us ii
we're, in the hole.
The circulation of sap, says the New
hampshire Mirror, Is like the ci cua- :
ion Of the blood in the human body
Yhen the bio. d Is started from the
where 1t is made Ii this blood
stopped he1ore 1t reaches the lungs
he blood becomes poisoned, and pro-
uces desease. So with the potato
inc, which. if the sap be stopped, pro.
|uces disease cali rust.
d. A. Jones, of Bceton, Canada, uses
hloroform i'll introducing qneens. He
very successful seldom losing queen |
'hen introduced in that way. lie puts =
few drops of chIoroIorm on rag or
PONCE in the smoker, and giving Il few {,
uffs in at the entrance: s,upetics them,
nd by the time the bees recover from
heir stupor they know nothing of what
AS happened.
These points as to his method are
iven by u farmer who knows how to
a!se 400 bushels cf potatoes to the acre.
Itch, light soil; pIow deep early In {
prlng; plant fifteen inches apart ;cover II
Dur inches deep or more, keep down