The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-08

A. farmer should be the architect
Of his own barn, but when he builds
his house he ought TO leave the ar
ranging OF the interior TO his wife.
Study what your soil and the
crops you grow need, and then, as
best you can, feed 50 as to make
special manures to meet the de-
mand.
If you want to get the full eapac-
ity out of your horses without in
jury use moderation at the begin
ming Of every task you impose upon
them.
Because you have such short
distance to go is no reason why you
can drive faster or put on a heavier
load than usual. To go two or three
miles at too rapid rate is much
harder upon horse than if il
would be to go five times as far if it
was properly driven.
The Guernseys are fast becoming
into favor as rivals Of the Jerseys,
being larger in size and harder.
They are said to give deeper colored
milk than the Jerseys, and, though
not so numerous rs the latter, can
compare with them, proportionately
to numbers, in butter production.
Many farmers in places where
their land is swept by fierce winds
find it profitable to plant apple trees
in masses large enough to make a
wind-break on the side of the farm
most exposed. The apple tree
branches low down, and, if border
ed by fence four or five feet high
on the windward side, the ground
will be covered with snow almost as
perfectly as it was in the original
forests,
Nearly all gardeners transplant
cabbage plants, but successful
grower writes that he sows the seed
in rows twenty-one inches apart, in
order to allow of cultivating the
plants with u harrow. After they
reach the size at which transplant
ing is done, he transplants all Of
these in every alternate row until
the plants stand two feet apart The
rows are three and one-half feet
apart. He claims that they do as
well as those transplantcd from seed
in the ordinary way.
Apple trees are often starved in
other ways than by neglect of ma.
nure. The apple borer leads to star
Vation oftener than poor soil. The
supply of food is cut off by every
move the borer makes. Get the
borer out somehow, even if by wir,
and jackknife. If not soon dont
they will quickly get Themselves
out, and aftes they have left be sur,
to keep them out Paper put on If
May and then tarred over with tai
gas or printers ink will keep then
out. One paper will last tire,
years.
In the process Of drying grass
into hay most of the volatile oil
which give green heritage its deli
cate flavor and odor are lost. Blu
some farmers have found that put
ting clover and other grasses il
barns while rather green and mix
ing with them enough dry straw t,
absorb moisture, not only preserv,
the flavor in the hay, but a portion
is communicated to the straw, max
ing it much better for mich COWS
1t is impossible that farmers ma,
yet take to sowing sweet verna
grass for the sole purpose Of flavor
ing their winters supplies of dr.
hay or straw.
Speaking of the cultivation {
wild fruits, which may be done ac
vantageously on small areas of lan'
a Massachusetts writer says "whi
beets, turnips, potatoes and cal
bages can be bought in good cond
ton, strawberries, raspberries, blacI
berries, huckleberries and 9th
small fruits can only be had in fu
perfection by growing them in Il
garden. Such being the fact, if o.
garden is not large enough to pr
duce all these fruits and vegetable
lot us buy the former, that we mi
make room in the garden for 4
latter"