Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-10-30
developed as if it had been kept growing
steadily from its first appearance.

steadily from its first appearance.
1t is recommended to cut of the tip
ends of the new growth. both of the mair
sh OTIS and the laterals Of the raspberry
aud blackberry bushes, to make strong
stocky plants. and greatly increase the
product of fruits,
A writer for an English paper '.iinds
oat meal the best staple food for chick
ems" He generally vets it with new
milk and gives it Immediately after mix
ing it, allowing none foreman after each
feed. No more food should be mixed at
time than the chickens will cat,
The American Asrienlturist thinks
there Is NO other patel lac ~n,on where
the pre- ervat'on Of green fodder by
means of silo can be made more useful
than in the South. The cow-pea, so
valuable a. fodder plant, promises to
be of the greatest value as ensilage.
The common cause o. failure in grow
ing potatoes is lack of moisture vt the
time the tueers are setting. In well
cultivated piece on a clover sod plowed
under in the spring, moisture will be at
tracted to the sou from the desaying
sod. The loose sod holds considerable
air, which, as it cools, deposits moisture
Just as it does on the outside Of n pitcher
of water in hot weather.
1t is not so much what bushel Of
,orn may be worth on the farm as what
t may contribute that is important.
When converted into butter il is most
easily transported, aud also more readily
sslable. In the conversion Of corn into
any concentrated OF higher-prsced pro-
ducts, manurial matter is left on the
farm instead Of being carried away, IS
when the corn is sold in its grain form.
Gapes will seldom appear when the
water supply is pule aud wholesome.
The continual use Of sulphate Of iron to
the drinking water is almost sure pre-
,entive against gapeS. Take one
quarter of a pound Of sulphate of iron
and pound it up tine in any old vessel
strong enough to stand the pounding;
pour upon it one gallon of boiling water,
allow the contents to stand two or three
lays, and then use in quantities sufficient
TO give all drinking water the character
istie taste of iron,
The greater prevalence Of injurious in
sects has made the ap lie crop nearly or
1
! fruits formerly supposed to demand mu h
more attention. The idea that the app'e
needs little are is now one Of the chief
OBSTACLES to the cultivation Of this fruit,
After the trees get to be Of bearing age,
or rather, after they begin bearing, heavy
nanuring -Tlll be req ;ired at least every
alternate ear. Whether there is crop
Or not borerS will nsed to be looked
/ after and every vaar when the blossoms
have fallen the trees sholld ba sprayed
with Paris green to destroy the codling
worm in the young fruit,
As many of our readers may not know
the value Of the different kinds Of feath-
ers, We will state that like ever thing
else, they sell according to quality, at
D esent prime live geese bringing ~ cents
| per pounds mixed white and gray feath-
srs, 40 centss damp and musty live geese
feathers, So centss mixed geese aud duck,
Is cents; good duck feathers, 30 centss
1ry picked chicken, S een,ss scaldel, l
sent; turkey, from body, cents; same,
lamp and poor, ? cents; turkey tail
feathers, 10 cents; turkey wing feathers
cents. These prices, Of course, tiuctu-
ate, but they will enable our readers to
form comparison Of their value,
The natural and apparently easiest way
to lead COW is to tie rope around her
horns. But If she is not thoroughly
broken, this gives her too much advan.
.age, she can, if she will, pull by the
aorss so as to require the whole strength
Of man to hold her, But il after pass.
ing the rope around her horns halter is
made of it so that the pulling Is
from the nose, il is very different mat
Ter. Then small boy can manage any
ordinary animal. With a regular halter,
any COW can be easily taught to lead, II
she proves very refra tory ring through
the nose, aud the rope or string attached
to that viii easily master the most Oh.
durate puller.
After harvest is done, il the work has
not before been attended to. the fence
corners should be cleaned up aud all
weeds burned. This work is much more
neglected than it used to be before
mowers and reapers came into vogue,
1t is something that has TO be done by
hand, and the difficulty now is to gel
men who viii swing the seyshe faithfully.
Many hired men if set at this Job consider
it an invitation to take day OF, and vii
fool away all OF an afternoon doing less
than a man ought to do in 0ple Of
hours. The difficulty in getting fence
corners cleaned out is the cause Of many
weeds in fields, aud one strong reason
for aboliShing all interior fences.