Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-22

Give fools their gold ~ knaves their power
Let fortunes bubbles rise and fail;
Who sows a field or trains flower.
OruIants a tree. is more than all.
Agricultural N otes.

provided that it Is also kept decently
clean and comfortably soft.
Large crops of rutabagas are Sc
cured by sowing in drills eightee'
inches apart and thinning out. One
pound of seed to the acre.
The way to grow red raspberries,
and to get the best and the largest
fruit with the most of it, is to grow
them in hills, cultivate both ways up
to the time the fruit turns red.
Overladen fruit trees mature their
fruit while it is yet small. Pick of
one half before much growth is made
and the remaining half may grow to
as many bushels us all would if left.
The land that will maintain twenty
common bred COWS will maintain
twenty we'll bred ones, and the annual
profit from the latter will be consid
erably more than from the former.
To make the finest favored and
longest keeping butter, the cream
must undergo ripening process by
exposure to the oxygen of the air
while it is rising. The ripening is
very tardy when the temperature is
low.
While milk is standing for cream
to rise, the purity of the cream, and
consequently the fine flavor and keep
ing quality Of the butter, will be in
Jured if the surface of the cream is ex
posed freely to air much warmer than
the cream.
To have fine pears they should be
picked when the early specimens be-
gin to drop from the tree rather freely,
or some ten days before the main crop
would fall. They should be free from
rain or dew and be handled very care
fully.
The experiment Of burying manure
fifteen inches deep has been tried. 1t
was never heard from in the succeed
ing crops. All experience proves that
it is better to have the manure as fine
as possible and applied on the surface
for the wheat crop.
After cream becomes sour, the more
ripening the more it depreciates. The
sooneritis then skinned and churned
the better, but it should not be churn-
ed while two new. The best time for
skimming and churning is just before
acidity becomes apparent.
With trees and grass both drawing
on the soil, the grass can not make
the richest feed. The shade of the
trees prevents the full development OF
the naturally rich juices in the grass,
and if cows fill themselves on this in
nutritious food they will need a grain
ration to keep up the flow of milk.
1t is the same with an animal as
with steam boiler-the more COM
plete the combustion Of the food or.
fuel it gets the more satisfactory will
be the result, because there is less
waste.
Ounce trees should be mulched as
protection against extreme heat aud
cold, as the roots are small and usual
ly near the surface. The ounce bears
every year, but requires some care,
and may be pruned annually with ad
vantage.
Cellars are usually damp because
the walls are cooler than the air.
which causes condensation of moist
ure. To prevent the condensation of
moisture it is recommended that the
windows and doors of the cellars be
closed during the day and opened at
night.
If you have thin, flat stones at com
mand-say as thick as roofing slate,
or somewhat thicker, try mulching a
few strawberry plants with them.
Shingles are good, but inclined to
warp. A patented clay tile is sold in
some places, but stones are cheaper
and better.
The best ground for peach orch
ard is light sandy soil that has been
planted for several years with general
crops. Do not plant on ground rich
enough to produce onions, peas, spin
ach or lettuce, for trees will be liable
to make a late autumnal growth and
produce unripe wood that will be win
ter-killed.
Farmers in some sections Of Penn
sylyania maintain the fertility of their
soils by applying 100 bushels of slack
ed lime to the acre once in five years.
1t is said that fields which have been
subjected to this treatment for the
past 100 years are as productive now
as when the experiment was first
tried. This application depends for
its value much upon the original char
acter of the soil.
Col. f. D. Curtis says very pithlly:
81 had rather choose a hog | have got
to catch to kill it, for my own use,
than to eat one of those fat, helpless
things that could not get out of your
way, and if turned on its back would
stay there till it died. This is ideal
'searly maturity and it is dyspepsia
by the barrel"
The great majority of poor peaches
are inferior chiefly because the trees
overbear. The peach pit is always a
large proportion of the fruit, and it is
the part most exhaustive to the tree.
Nature never neglects the seed. 1t is
the means of reproduction, made more
important as the vitality Of the tree
becomes impaired. A peach tree at
tackled by the borer, or in dry sterile
soil, will always set more fruit than
one well cared for and manured, but
1t will be worthless for eating.
Some varieties of sweet apples are
such abundant bearers that the trees
are worth keeping if the fruit can
only be used for feed. There is
good deal Of nutriment in sweet ap-
Piles, and they are relished by every
kind of stock. Given in moderation
and with other feed they are good for
everything. 1t is because COWS if al