The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-07
Farm Notes.

Mrs. j. T.. Pnrmly, of Monmouth
county, y. j., tells the COuniry
Teutiea,o,A that the advantage of
keeping clean, smooth bark on any
tree Is that there is no place for
worms and insects. The operation
of sonping should be gone through
with about three times during the
warm weather. Whenever the
trunk and lower branches of any
fruit tree are rough an application
of some potash soap will bring the
bark to its original smoothncss. If
the bark Is very rough matters will
be hastcncd somewhat by scraping.
If the tree Is pestercd with any
kind Of enemies an application Of
this soap with IL syringe will kill
them If repeated often.
Make Il harness fit properly and
II horse can wear it without dis
tress, provided that it is also kept
hecently clean and comfortably
soft.
The land that will maintain
twenty common-bred COWS will
maintain twenty well-bred ones,
and the annual profit from the lat
ter will he considerably more than
from the former.
Ovcrladen fruit trees mature
their fruit while it is yet small.
Pick otfone halfbefore much growth
is made, and the remaining half
may grow to as many bushels as all
would If left.
1t is the same with an animal as
with II stcam-boilcr-the more COM
plcte the combustion of the food or
fuel it gets the more satisfactory
will he the result, because there is
less waste.
Resources of the soil do not end
abruptly ut four or i've inches in
depth, yet there are hundreds of
farms where all beneath is terra
incognita because no effort has ever
been made to explore.
These points as to his method are
given by farmer who knows how
to raise 400 bushels of potatoes to
acre: rich, light soil; plow deep
early in the spring; plant fifteen
inches apart; cover four inches
decpor more; keep down the weeds,
hut do not work the ground after
potatoes begin to bloom. The main
secret, he says, is in selecting the
seed. He always cuts off the
blossom end. One eye will yield
more potatoes than two.
The time to pick duck feathers,
like fruit, is when they are ripe.
This may be learned by catching
two or three and pulling IL few
feathers here and there. If they
pull hard and the quills are filled
with bloody fluid they are not
ripe; but if they pull easy and the
4uills are clear you may know that
it is "the best time to pick" Ducks
may be picked four times year.
Never pluck the long tufts of
coarse feathers on the sides that
support the wings.
The Sweet Pepper (Clethra Alni-
folia) is a neat, upright growing
shrub, with light green leaves, fine
white flowers, and has delightful
fragrance. 1t is native of the
New England States, and has for
several years attracted the atten-
ton of beekeepers as shrub to
furnish bees with honey at time
when flowers are scarce. 1t can
be successfully transplanted, and
will grow on all soils from graveily
iOam to black peat, as we'll rs time
or slate soils.
Success in Horticulture depends
vastly more on the care bestowed
on the plants than on large
amount of money expended. Yet
for all this many people will yearly
spend Il great deal of money on
high-priced and rare plants, after
ward giving them no attention. A
bed of geraniums, petunias, lantan-
as and other easily grown plants, if
well cared for, will be more salts.
factory than rare plants which re-
anire the care and attention of an
expert gardener.
The Farm Journal advises that
we SOW rye, three pecks per acre,
with the buckweat in June. 1t
will not make much growth, but
Will live unfit the buckwheat Is
taken of, when it will soon make
good fall pasture. Feed it off so
that it does not make any attempt
to head out or it Will Winter-kill.
BY judiciOus treatment fair crop
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