The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-04-23

Oue 'hall be widely planted when it
is hettepown.
a mdrap inventor claims that af-
ter threers experimenting he can in
his trapeh every larva that crawls !
up and d a tree and hold it there /
till it die'IIe assures orchardists that /
they wild it boon.
The fir stalks of asparagus are /
raised byting the plants plenty Of |
room. Sa rows four feet apart and /.
three feet he lows. Keep the land
free from ds and manure every year I
on the SURF The manure should be
fine and wrotted.
Regardihe economy of using en-
silage, a nnesota dairyman clans
that he cainter q COW on six tons of
it, and thale cost should not exceed
forty centson. or S2.4O for the win
ter. 1t cat be produced in other To-
cations as aply as he states.
To cure sw Of the habit of sucking
herself, sayalexehange, make a satu-
rated tinctu.of powdered alOes and
alcohol, keet in mucilage bottle,
tightly cork and paint the end of
each teat wibe mixture, and the COW
will soon beae disgusted.
The baruyl in winter is often
death trap foive stock. Pools of wa
ter, liquid anolid manure are allowed
to freeze sndsw alternately. making
anasty, loathae mass, through which
the stock muzade in going to water
Remedy thiviI if you would have
your stock heay.
Very many the practices of farm
ers descend.froo one generation to an
other, and are otinued as a sort OF ne
cesfsity. 1t h5generally been cOnsid-
cred almost a inter- of necessity that
cabbages, tomoes and some other
vegetables shOulbe-transplated in or
der to secure thaest results. The idea
is being eradicad by results coming
from a different urce. Joseph Harris.
the veteran faner grows cabbage
where the seed VI planted that is, be
planted the seel in rows. and then
thinned out as tb'plalts were needed,
TO set in other plces, eaving sufficient
to grow in the owsIand as result,
Il Ose lef5 in the ows headed fully as
~ A6,ea
A recent bulletin of.the New York
experiment station, inIdscussing pres
sure In corn planning, 'ays: "Often-
times corn that is llantd early is put
in the ground While th land is in a
Iumpy condition, and 10 pressure is
brought to bear to Eing he soil in close
contact with the con. he open spa
ces thus left about he cGn tend to re-
tard, and under the varying conditions
Of heat and moisture oftel destroy the
termination. So naked + its influence
that the per cent. determination by &C
tual trial, as sobservedbetwen two plats,
both Of which were psntedat the same
time, but upon the me the soil was
pressed firmly upon tie seed with the
foot. and upon the otter tn, corn was
carefully covered witha hoe in the or
dinary method, was lsgely h favor OF
the trodden plat. Tht trial was in ac-
cordance with a practical experience in
farming, whereby it WIS found that the
gain in crop by the u.e of Western
corn planter, whose wleel compressed
the soil over the seed as planted, com
pensated largely for the additional first
expense of the machine, so mich that
even it may be said that uudG cOndi
tions Of the locality noted, farmer
could better afford to himself liant hi
corn with a machine than accept The
gift of the planting with loes."
There is not much that's new to b.
said as TO how to get peas earliest.
know of no royal road. Ye can ONLY
pIant and cultivate and wait. By as
sisting nature at the start though, WI
can sometimes hurry her uD a little.
have found two ways of doing this. ON
Is To ridge the ground in the fal, be
fore It freezes. to make it dry off Garlic
IN the spring. and the other is to star
the seeds before the ground IS dl,
enough to be worked. The first need
no explanation. For the second Iplac,
nv seed peas in moist sand, about th,
last week in March, and place the boz
in a warm place until the peas hav,
formed sprouts about a half an incl
long. Then. If the soil in the garden j
not sufficiently dry for planting, 1 Sc
the box in the cellar, covering it with
board if mice are troublesome, and leav
it there until can plant. 1 have lef
the sprouted seeds in this condition 70
a fortnight without any apparent harm
resulting. When the ground is DIR
enough TO plant, pick the peas care
fuIIv out of the sand, place them in tn
drill about two inches apart, and cove
them lightly with fire soil. I hav
gained as much as eight days in earli
ness by thus starting the seed before
hand. though the difference is usual
not so much. The earliness may ais
be increased some by planting in a shel
tered location particularly in one tha
receives reflected heat from the sun, a
the south of building or high, tigh