Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-11-06


suet, four ounces of lard and two ounces
of new beeswax and olive oil, dissolve
over the fire, mixing we'll, and apply to
the leather.
Whose overstocketh the range, writes
far Western man, the same shall come
to want and prowl for job, for it is so
that the trampling of many hoofs de-
stroyeth the range and rendereth it un-
safe for the winter.
The farmers know well that thousands
of dollars are lost every year by planting
bad seed corn. Take time by the fore
lock and look up good seed corn in time
Keep it through the winter where the
germs may not be injured by frost
If you have a stable, make it as dark
IS you can, and shut it up during the
lay, and put the cows in it at night and
you will find that very few flies will fol-
low them. If you have no stable, build
q shed in shady, cool spot, on purpose
for milking. It will pay for a single
summer.
One of the first requirements in sue
cessful bean culture is to have the lands
as free as possible from weeds. Foul
land is the cause of more ia lures in rails
ing this crop than any fault Of the soil
or climate. When our farmers get into
mora careful and thorough ways OF farm
ing, and fewer weeds are grown, T. ese
special crops will be more successful.
To clean and dry seed Such as toma-
to- squash, pumpkin, cucumber, or any
kind that the seed is held in or floats in
n glutinous matter, cut and press out
into a pail or crock: metal vessel not
place till fermentation takes place, say
twenty-four hours; wash in three or four
waters, pour off gently, leaving seed at
bottom of vessel. Spread out on thin
cloth or sieve to dry.
Every living, active part of a plant
contains q certain amount of water.
From many juicy parts 30 per cent. of
water can be expe led by drying; many
green leaves hold from rs to 80, while
from seeds which we call dry" it is
sometimes possible to drive out 10 per
cent. Part Of this water is so intimately
combined with the plant structure that
if it is once expelled it cannot be again
taken up in such manner as to restore
the plant to its former condition.
Make, the rose bed in the fall, digging
it deep, manure it well and thoroughly
incorporating the manure with the soil.
You can scarcely have the soil too rich
for roses. Early in tie spring dig it
over and mix more rotten manure with
the soil. In selecting plants of roses Sc
cure those having an abundance of roots,
rather than great size of tops. Set your
plants about fifteen inches each way, firm
the roots well in the ground, give good
soaking of water and they will soon start
into growth.
Oxen are better adapted to slow, heavy
work, especially on rough land, than are
horses. They serve equally well for
common farm labor and are more easily
raised. Oxen become more valuable as
they gain in size and weight, and may
be sold for beef when no longer fit for
work. Horses work faster and are there
fore more profitable on farms that are
easily titled. A good plan, and one
practiced by many, is to keep yoke of
oxen for slow, heavy work and save the
horses for labor better suited to them.
Virginia creeper grows best from the
seedlings. Cuttings seem to take year
or two to get properly rooted. A wheel
barrow load of compost when the plant
is set is good persuader. A pail of
Stops every other day, with a tablespoon
full of lawn dressing, follows it up well.
The roots should be protected by coarse
litter the first few winters, or a slow
spring growth is the result The WIS
taria needs protection by evergreen
boughs, or by tying up in straw to en-
dure the winter in most sections of New
England. Otherwise its buds are killed,
and no bloom is the result.
The peach tcurl" fungus grows within
the tissue of the young peach leaf The
fungus does not conine itself to the
leaves, but works in the young stems,
causing them to take on strange shapes
and unnatural colors, and to finally
wither or turn brown, and at last to die.
This pest, though somewhat different in
its manner of growth is close relative
of the black knot, so destructive to plum
and cherry trees. The on'y remedy for
the "curl" is the knife. All the
branches with their leaves, which are
affected, should be cut and burned. This
disease is propagated by means of small
sores that are found in the leaves later in
the season. By burning they are de-
stroyed. Those who have had plum or
chards ruined by the black knot know
something of the way in VIII Oh the finn
gus can destroy valuable mt trees The
peach "curl' belongs 10 the same de.