The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02
,GRICrLTuRAL DEPARTMENT.

and sold when nalI grown OF less.
Keep tomatoes tied up to theiI trel-
lies and cut away superfuous shoots.
Those who would raise fine specimens
Of fruit should begin to thin soon after
the fruit Is set.
Sow cucumbers for pickles in we'll
manured rows thickly enough to Sc
cure a final stand of a plant to each
foot.
Market chickens may be pushed to
advantage by frequent feeding, besides
having a free run, if possible, while they
are growing and before they are put up
to fatten.
Watch for the currant worm, and as
soon as the leaves appear ragged apply
white hellebOre-a table e-spO9nful to the
pail Of water-by means of q syringe
Repeat in about a week.
The L. 5. Postohce Department has
caused the arrest Of Harvey 5. Waldo,
alias Natures Incubator Co.." Of
Quincy, Ill, for fraudulent use of the
mails. His victims are many, for his
alleged incubator is a dZZle.
This will be a lively month with in
secss. The curculio attacks the pluns
soon after the fruit Is set. JaIring the
trees and catching the fallen insects
upon sheets spread upon the ground is
the only effective remedy.
This is the great month for weeds,
and in destroying them the plants get
much needed cultivation. There is Of
ten a dry spell this month. 1t is we'll
to avoid watering as long as possible,
but when It must be given apply it con-
splcuously.
After ducks have passed the delicate
stage and have their feathers, they may
be given frequent feeds of food to
give them rapid growth and size
The earlier they are sold after they be-
come marketable the greater will be the
profit.
IL shoots appear upon grape vines
where they are not wanted, remove
shem. II an old vine has been severely
pruned, numerous buds will start upon
the old wood, These are generally not
wanted and should be broken off as soon
as they appear.
Ewes with lambs need regular care,
that they are not much weakened By
the draft upon them, and it is well tc
increase their grain as the lambs gain
IN size. Ticks leave the old sheep fOI
the lambs, go that 1t is well to dip the
latter this month before the lambs are
Wesned.
Much may be done in the way Of ''an,
ticipated pruning by going among
newly planted trees and rubbing off al
the shoots that appear where branches
are not wanted. By doing this now
the trouble Of saving off large branches
some years later will be avoided.
Beets, carrots, spinach, lettuce, pea;
and other early crops now afford au
abundant supply. Do not forget in the
enjoyment of the first s0wiDgs TO pro.
vide for a succession. Sweet corn.
beans, peas, beets a number of others
may be sown to supply the table later
in the season.
Ragweeds are liable to make botf
milk and butter bitter and unfit for use
and in pastures where they are thicH
the moving machine should be set tC
work about the time they begin to form
their seed-spikes to cut them down
within a couple of inches of the grOud.
Dry earth is the best dust bath fOl
fowls. Coal ashes are good in Winter
but wood ashes should not be used, as
they contain potash. If handful OF
fne plaster lin proportion of a pound OF
Persian insect powder to q bushel Oi
plaster) be added 70 the dust, it will bs
an advantage.
On the aCgsslI pastures of June the live
stock should ali be doing well. Work
horses need substantial fare, and .he
less grass the better. Take care that
the cows OF sheep do rot break through
into rank clover, for they will eat
enough in an hour sometimes to give
them bloat or hoove, malady otter
quickly fatal,
Ashes are good for cucumbers. They
are not only fertilizer but also Iepe
bugs It Is a question II the ash Of The
wood consumed in the stoves during
the winter can be more prolitably dis
posed Of than in the garden and orch
ard. Buy your soap, save the bother
with the 'leach," and put the ashe
"where they will do the most good"
Crafts that were inserted this Sprinl
and are beginning to grow, should b.
treated as II they were young trees anC
brought into proper shape by judiciou
pruning. If one bud on graft take
the lead Of all the others, stop 1t b.
pinching. In short, treat q graft a
II II were q young tree planted in To
soil, instead Of being planted in anothe
tree.
Grape vines are grown II many diff
ferent ways. a vine planted last fall
OF this spring, should bear but a singh
shoot if a year older, two shoots ma,
be borne upon an old vine each shoe
usually bears three clusters. If th
stem beyond the last cluster is pinche,
of at two OF three leaves the frui
will be larger and finer and the sten
stronger,
The dust bath to the fowl Is what tn
wash bowl is to an individual. Wit
the dust bath the hen cleans her body
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