The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-09-30

the ground Will work, dig it over AID mix more
rotten manure with the soil, level The surface,
and your bed IL ready for your plants, which
purchase from any reliable florist. In selecting
abundance Of roots than to the size Of the tops,
always bearing In mind thss . rose plant, with.
out q good supply Of roots, be the top ever %
large, is not of much account and will not give
much satisfaction, while plant with good roots
and even but small top shall soon start ints
growth and form top in size according to the
supply Of roots. Set your plants about fifteen
inches each way, firm the roots we'll in the
ground, give good soaking of water, and they
will soon start into growth and give pleasure.
american horticultural. -
IVY IN THE HOT HOUSE.
Perhaps everybody knows everything about tee
ivy, but have been 90 very successful with
mine that would like to have my experience
avail for others IL they need it. I have been
holder with mine than most people, for have
barred the roots, then ported it often. 1t 10
now nearly four years old, and has seven stalks,
some of them i've and six yards long. 1t 10 the
emall-leaved variety, with white, strongly mark
ed veins. 1t seems never to have stopped grow
ing, aud one stalk only has lost its leaves; the
leaves are close together and abundant.
1have put email place for II, and resolved that
I would not shift it from smaller to larger pots
| as many do, but give 1t plenty CT fresh food in
smallish pot. bare the roofs, sometimes wash
them, every spring and fall and re I'LL the pot.
which IL seven inches in diameter, with quite
rich earth. 1t stands beside . south window In
winter, where 1t gets no direct rays of the sun
except in the afternoon; in GUNNER, in . north
west piazza. The heat Of the room in winter
| 10 from coal-stove in an ordinary livtng-room.
l keep the earth quite moist all the time, Is
think that suits most vines. have never seen
and inject upon it.-Tck's Magazine.
TO CUT soDs.
Take bosrd eight to nine inches wide, four
to six feet long, and cut downward all around
the board, then turn the board over and en-
again alongside the edge of the board, and 90
on as meny sods 40 needed. Then cut tho turf
one end, and roll together. Eight inches BY i've
feet is about a. much ~ man can handle con-
veniently. 1t lie very easy to load them on Q
wagon. cart or barrow, and they can be quickly
laid. After laying good piece, sprinkle little
with watering-pot, If the sods are dry; then
use the back of the spade to smooth them little.
II very fine effect is wanted, throw . shovel
ful or two of good earth over each square yard,
and smooth it with the back of q steel rake.-
Country Gentleman.
CURRENT NOTES.
As rule, winter fruit should not be gathered
until after the first of October; but the autumn
fruit will most of it be gathered before the
euu VI september. Inc trees enOuIQ Oe exam
ined this month for borerr, and the young or
chard should be carefully looked over, and all
limbs that cross each other removed. This work
can be none much better during warm weather
than after winter sets in. After removing the
borers . email mound Of earth should be made
around each tree to protect it during the winter
from field mice.
The successful farmer does not attempt too
much. He concentrates, and the more he does
this the greater are his gans- He does not
expect large crops from his lands without
manuring. He recognizes the necessity Of
constant study and watchfulness.
correspondent Of the Country Gentleman,
while admitting the advantage of box stalls calls
attention to the evils of combining either horses
| or cattle in box-pens, even as large ~ ten feet
| square, for three or four months continuously
| OF even for two months or ten weeks, without
| taking ont the manure daily.
The Poultry Monthly advises that poultry men
and fanciers should encourage fall tales. Win
| tering large num.er of fowls, pigeons or any
kind of pet stock is at best very risky and ex-
pensive, a. they require more than ordinary
| care and runs. Worst Of all to be dreaded 10
the liability Of disease spreading among them.
| ana the loss OF breeding stock which so
| much time, labor aud outlay have been expend-
| cd.
We would be much the gamers II We would
look more to our orchards and gardens for our
medicines, and lees to our drug stores. To cure
fever or act on the kidneys, no febrifuge or di--
uretic Is superior to watermelon, which may,
with very few exceptions be taken in sickness
and health in almost unlimited quantities, not
| only without injury. but with positive benefit.
But In using them, the water or Juice should be
taken, excluding the pulp; the melon should be
| fresh and ripe, but not over ripe and STALE
Halle Journal Of Health.