The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29
GARDEN AND FARM.

| NciOhS were ioullu OrlSinally IN
Asia.
Filberts originally came from
Greece.
Ounces originally came from Co.
rinth.
The turnip came originally
from Rome.
Keep no more animals on a farm
than can be comfortably accommo-
dated; otherwise they prove an ex-
pense rather than profitable.
In spraying apple trees with Paris
green the proportion of pure green
should be moderate-sized spoon
ful in about three gallons of water.
Grain raising and pasturing may
be made mutually profitable for a
time without a rotation of crops,
but the time is certain to come when
the grain farming needs to be alter
atsd with grass
When young lamb become
weak and debilated, after nearly
ready for weaving, it may be
strengthened by giving it feed twice
day of oatmeal Cruel and warmed
milk.
Use plenty of grass seeds, in order
to make an allowance for that which
will be destroyed Or eaten by birds or
insects. A light narrowing will al
ways prove beneficial upon newly
seeded grass lands,
For leaf-producing vegetables, such
as cabbage, celery, lettuce, nothing
suits like soapsuds OF the draining of
barnyard. Many of these hints are
OF course for amateurs who love sup
erior products. They are scarcely ap-
plicable on large scale.
The farmer who has poor, rickety,
superannuated implements and takes
no care of what he does own, works
harder, tasks his horses more severely
and accomphshes about half as much
as his wiser neighbor.
Squash and sweet potato vines hav-
ing rootlets that grow out from the
under sides Of the joints, which an
chor them and prevent the wind from
dislodging them, should be lifted very
carefully when growing, as the root
lets not only hold the plants in place
but assist in procuring nourishment,
and any damage done in handling re-
tards the vines.
The compound of two-thirds wheat
bran to one-third meal, wet with skim
milk and fed in the morning warm.
has a good egg-producing effect. This
is far better than clear meal. The
bran does not tend to fat, and the
milk is even better than meat in the
production Of eggs. Fowls may eat
too much meat for health, but of milk
they may drink all they want.
Successful culture of apples must
provide good food for the trees. We
never saw the soil too rich for apples.
Kitchen ashes in which the table re-
fuse is thrown is an excellent top
dressing better than any other system
OF manuring apple trees. Even nice
ditch scrapings are good to top-dress
with where nothing else offers.
The question often occurs what to
do with pot plants in the Summer?
The great majority of plants do much
better when taken wholly out of the
path and set in the ground. Those
which come up with matted roots do
well, but if the plant be of a kind
which has but few wiry roots they
wither so much when lifted in the fall
that is is better to keep them wholly
in pots.
Professor H. E. Alvord believed
that the milk itself was more suscen-
tible to the influence of the air than
to the breathing of the cow. He
would draw the milk in the open air
and thus have it thoroughly oxygena-
ted. When the COWS are milked in
the same air in which they stand; the
milk will be bad, but if milked in
fresh air the trouble will be obyiated
When bees are rearing brood ran
idly they leave the hive on quiet, cool
days in search of drink, and if thew
fill up on very cold water will become
chilled and fail to reach the hive. IF
hot water is frequently poured into
the drinking vessels it will save the
life of many a bee. After trying va
rious articles as floats in drinking YES
sci, 1 have noticed that bees nrefer
cut straw for this purpose to any
other.
A good Judge of dairy stock will
select from heifer calves those likely
to prove good for milk and buttar
The art of selecting can scarcely be
explained ON paper, but little exper-