Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-09-04
Farm and Garden Notes.

In dairy regions green rye -
largely nSe.l as d forage crop f,r
mich cows.
Remember that toadsin agar In
consume large quantities ofini;;5
pests.
Har! wool ashes are counts |
with the m ,st profitable of fer5iIl.
zers for peach trees.
Large quantities of humble bees
insure - heavy crop Of Clover Ss.ti;
as they are the chief agents thru lyii
which the clover blossoms ara fer
tilizad.
T d. Curtis says tn 1T y cross OF
Jersey ALL Ayrshire M lkes excel
lent cows. "Tle offspring gives
more milk tlisn the average Jersey,
and it is Of better quslity than tbs
Ayrshire milk usnllIy is.
A farmer prepares sofJ.wood fence
posts as follows: Take boiled lin
seed oil and stir in palverized c I'll
to the consistency ofp.sint. Pu1a
coat of tlliI over the timber to pre-.
serve it:frDn rottiny.
All the retiuie t0ps0f vegetables
are excellent for hens In conine.
meut, especially if thay are chop.
ped into short pieces. The tops Of
beets, Carrots, parsnips and turniDs
are ten Ter and nnnrishing, and will
not only mike economical feeding
but assist in promoting the health
of the stock.
Harvesting macllineryis unwieli.
for getting into barns on stormy
days or over night, but It is far TO-,
valuable and expensive to be lett
unprotected. Iron parts rust al
woodwork swells when exposed t.
rains and dewS. A canvas cover.
Ing to protect it ut all times when
not in use will pay good interest on
its cost.
AS soon as the tomato plant,
blossom one or two stout stalk,
should be driven down by tlo.h
and the plants securely tied. This
will keep the fruit out of the dirt,
will make the vine more prolifi;
aud prevent rottins. A good stalks
is much better aud less expensive
than the trellis often used and to
which the plauts have to be tied 10
be OF any benefit.
II the melon patch is running too
much to vine pinch the enus of thu
growing shoots. Tlis will cause
sprouts to start nearer the roo0,
aud the sap concentrated in these
will be turned to fruit bearing rath-
or than to making useless leaves
When melon sets,srop the growth
d little beyond it, to concentrate
the sap as much as possible on the
fruit.
Watering pants must be done
jndiciously, or it will result in harm
rather;than god. Water should
be at least as warm as the air, and
if slightly warmer aIl>the better
lt'oughtto be applied in the even,
Ing, aud if there is no mulch
around the plrht scrape away some
loose soil aud replace it after wi!-
tering. Another good way is to
make deep holes near the plant
with a crowbar and fill these with
warm water, letting it soak into
Tue adjoining soil before reflling
5he holes. II dry earth is spread
over the wet soil it viii! be moisten-
ed before morning, as the water
will rise by capillary attraction,
Most kinds Of insects find their
'avorite food by smell. Any pow
.rful odor is therefore a PREVENT.
i've Of their attacks, not perhaps
because it repels them,, but merely
because it throws them Off the
scent. Acting on this hint, d farm
II who had ID lot OF cabbage plants
mixed some land plaster with
mall quantity Of spirits of turpen-
lie. He left it several weeks,
urning it over and over until eve
y particle was scented. Then lit.
le was Sprinkled once or twice d
week on the cabbage plants, and
he white butterfly that lays the
'ggs missed them entirely, while
'tller plants in the neighborhood
'ot so treated were 0verrun.
Where cows are yarded at night
u summer they will make a good
Ieal OF manure during that season,
While under ordinar, management
much Of this is wasted. Ii the yard
5 not well Bodied liquid excremeu5
5 soon dissipated i'll the hot sun,
While the solid portions are dried
ID SO as to be nearly worthless
,he manure from a COW during the
eason is we'll worth 81 per month
or the time she Is kept in the barn.
ard at night. This is for too large
sum to be wasted, especially as
he manure thus lost may make the
Inference between successful and
Unsuccessful cropping. Manure on
he farm ought to be, anal is, worth
1ore to the farmer than its mar6-
table value.
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