Little Falls transcript., 1886-01-22

Farm Experiences.

New varieties of fruits and veccta-
bles are to be purchased with great
caution. A few instances may occH"
in which one finds an acquisition, but
the prizes are exceedingly rare as COM
pared with the disheartening blanks.
Let no one be misled by a high sound
ing name. Jumbo Strawberries, scaly
bark, and Cuban green waterme!ons,
guaranteed to bear1up a weight OF
! 200 pounds; 1ronclad, Boss, and
others, all equally worthless, have
been put off upon the public to the
great disappointment of purchasers.
New roses, new tomatoes, potatoes
by scores, all have been arrant decei,'-
ers. It has been the worst when q,
farmer who grows largely for market
has been misled into planting his whole
crop with some new promising kinds
which have nothing but the promises
of sellers to recommend them, and lie
unhappy victims have lost largely.
The only safe way is to experiment il:
a small way and test these variet .es
but a safe way IS to keep to the o:,l
established kinds until something cer-
tain is known of the new ones.
Of the new STRAWBERRIES not one in
a score is worth planting. Crescent.
Nilsson, and Campion are still at the
head of the list for market purposes.
where the grower has rich, heavy soil
and will give the best culture, and
grow in hills two feet apart; Cuml,er~
land, Seth Boyden, Charles Downing
Colonel Cheney, and Kentucky will
give pleasure and profit. All others
are to be tried in asmall way before
any large venture is made. To this
list may be added for domestic use
Sharpless and Miners prolific.
Cuthbert Raspberry still stands at
the head Of the red varieties and
Gregg at the top of the list OF black
kinds, while NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing its .procliyity to rust, (but this
only when its culture is neglected, is
the best blackberry. .~~.
Another vaunted fraud is the Mann
moth Clover. It is coarse in the ex~
treme; makes wretched hay, and is
only good for plowing under. Alfalfa
is another deceiver, excepting on dry
arid soils, where red clover is all-sufh-
cient, and is the head of all the class
OF meadow forage plants. a,1.
"A remarkable improvement in the
flavor and appearance Of, poultry
which has been fed in coops or pens
two weeks before killing has .been no.
ticed by those who have tried the plan.
Clean corn and cold water have been
found to be the only requisites for
rapid and healthful fattening.
Apples which have been gathered by
hand and carefully packed in barrels
and stored in.cool, dry cellars or fruit
houses have brought three times the
price OF fruit which has been shaken
from the tree or Knocked off by poles.
The difference III. value consists in the
longer keeping and the absence OF dis
coloration by bruising An almost
universal experience is that the best
keeping Winter er5apples only are profit
able. In TACT, long keeping quality is
the great desideratum IN everything in
the shape OF fruit and, it may be add
ed, dairy products as, we'll. z
Repeated warnings are necessary to
guard farmers against the nefarious
designs Of swindlers of various kinds
who 60 about seeking whom they may
devour. At one of the fairs the great
burden OF complaint was Of these
rog,les who depredate upon the public
n 50 many ways and with such alIur-
Ing aeception ms ne. to make victims OF
men men who have the reputation of being
shrewd and sharp. There is but one
way 70 escape, and this is to have nc
llngs-,lot even parleyWith pee