The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-11

IcIciiiI3E strtctb II NSt sOf SINS
ANY method that permits it to rid itself
of surplus moisture, and allows the all
and heat to enter, will be highly benef-
cial.
A soil but five inches deep cannot he
worth as much as another that gives free
scope TO the roots Of plants to whatever
depth they may penetrate in search Of
nutriment.
A second brood of currant worms usu-
ally makes its appearance just as the fruit
begins to ripen. and it is quite as injuri-
Gus to the crop as the first if not prompt
ly destroyed.
1t is said that calves begin to form cuds
and ruminate as oon as they are allowed
on the pasture. and three months is soon
enough TO allow them to do so, or the re-
suit viii be cours
Roots Of plants that go by choice ten
or twelve inches in the soil, fail TO bring
up full support when they are restricted
TO four or five inches, by reason of I'M
penetrable earth beneath.
Ii is said that the best mode of using
sulphur about plants, in order TO destroy
insects, is to sprinkle it on the ground
during a warm day, when ii will prove
beneficial without injuring the plants.
ANY farmer who can command an ever
temperature below sixty degrees. with
cleanliness, can make "gilt-edged but
ter. fthe temperature reaches seventy
degrees during transportation the gilt
edge becomes guilt-edge.
The same care in the selection for seed
should be made as with the other plants.
Productiveness, maturity and form are
fully as important as size. All plants in
tended to produce seed for another sea-
sons crop should not only be selected but
planted away from other varieties. Sweet
corn growing in the neighborhood of
field corn will be ruined for seed the sue
ceeding year.
Moss on trees is a sign of low vitality
and poor culture. 1t is most common on
old trees. Where thick it may be scrap
ed off, and the bark washed with weak
I've. Then thorough manuring will cause
new bark to grow and no more moss will
appear. Rough bark on old trees, if not
oyergrown with moss. should not be scrap
ed off. 1t serves a valuable purpose in
some varieties for protection.
4 smart team turning a good furrow in
| spring, either stubble or sod, should be
able TO turn over one and a half to two
acres. When larger days work than this
are reported it is usually at the expense
of the team, or perhaps of the blowing.
so much depends on the character o. the
work in fitting the land that a poor plow-
man should not be tolerated, however
large ii days work he may claim to be
able to do.
Wheat should be fully five weeks from
the time the ears first appear before being
ready to cut. Oats will fully ripen in
four weeks after earring, and barley in
three. Ifthese periods are much short
ened, it indicates that the grain is hur-
ried into ripening by hot, dry weather,
and il will likely be not very heavy.
But excessive moisture at earring time,
such as is common in England, is even
more injurious than drought.
1t is difficult to go on a corr field with
teams and wagons without injuring the
crop more than any manure applied after
it is planted will benefit it. A dressing
of ashes and plaster when plants are
small is all the after-manuring possible.
With corn, however, more than with any
other crop, tillage is manure Thorough
cultivation viii develop plant food in any
soil fit TO grow corn, and will be all the
more effective if the field has been man
ured before planting.
Battle the horses shoulder with cold
water or brine as quick as the collar
comes off, before the sweat begins to dry,
and rub off the collars and saddle pieces
with a moist cloth. This will prevent
sore shoulders. All changes of food
should be gradual, but in proportion TO
the work. Heavily taxed muscles make
demands on the stomach, hence, increase
the food after work begins, never in an
ticipation. A horse fed up before he is
called to work, gets soft and fat.
In growing hay for market, it always
pays to grow a good quality. 1t should
not only be free froom weeds and small
bushes, but also from all meadow grasses.
A few pounds of meadow grass in a load
of hay will often make a difference in
very important that hay should be well
cured, 50 that it will come out bright
and sweet hay cured so that it will come
out smoky is hard to sell at a greatly re-
duced price, especially if it is to be fed to
horses.
Some weeds are a sign of poor farming,
and some of rich soil. The white. or OK
eye daisy is, however, generally found on
land that has been run down so that clo-
yer and grasses will not grow thickly
enough to occupy the surface. Making
the soil rich is the remedy. OF course
the seeds, if in the land, will terminate in
rich soil, but more valuable heritage will
crowd it out. After a few years of thor
oughly good farming little trouble is felt
from the ox-eye daisy, however injurious
it may have been at the beginning.
\ hog is a very difficult animal to doc
tor. 1t is obstinate, and when this takes
the form of refusing to eat, it is almost
hopeless. The prevalence of cholera
among swine makes hog raisers naturally
suspicious of every disease, and ifone pig
IL sick, no matter from what cause, no
time should be lost in separating the 9TH
ens by removing them at once to a fresh
pasture. If pig is sick, look to the issues
in its forelegs. If these are closed. they
should be opened at once. No hog can
be healthy unless these outlefs for the