The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-14

large amount oil honey Oh excellent quail
ity.
Where the water is slow in disappearing
from certain portions Of the field the best
remedy is tile drainage, which will incur
but little expense.
For home use the white onions are pre-
ierred, as they are mild in flavor. For
market use the red and yellow kinds are
the most desirable.
All canes OF blackberries that have not
been cut back should be attended to at
once, as such neglect causes more laterals
and makes the bush compact and stocky
Do not cover small seeds with too much
earth. Half an inch is deep enough for
some kinds, as, too thick a covering would
cause them 10 perish before they could
terminate and push through.
In addition TO the usual thickness Of
tarred paper in wooden silos a coating of
hot tar on both thicknesses of boards is
now proposed This, it is claimed, will
preserve the boards from rotting.
1t is best to divide large silo into two
or three compartments of equal size, di-
vlded by temporary partitions. BY this
means slow filling can be practiced about
as is described by Hiram Smith.
The number of farmers who are making
good silage in the barn bays is certainly
surprising Prof. Guley's plan of filling
the silos and using the hay for wcighting
is practiced by many very successfully.
The increased use OF the silo will tend TO
make oats more popular with dairy farm
ers. Crushed ground oats will make an
excellent grain ration to go with the silage
and the oat straw will make the needed
dry food.
In feeding silage or grain II pays to weigh
shovelful or measureful and thus sys-
tematize the feeding. II is better to feed
by the pound, but il will not pay TO weigh
every feed. Know what your measure
weighs.
Such perennial herbs M sage, pennel,
balm, mint, hoarhound, lavender, rue,
thyme, savory and tansy are easily grown,
and should be found in every garden, as
once obtained they require but little labor
and care.
Shady places may be made attractive
with wild flower garden" the seeds OF
which, composed Of mixture Of larkspur,
mignonette, marigold, foxglove, candytuft
and peoples, can be procured at any seed
store.
The Rural Np Yorker says: One thing
seems TO have been quite well demonstrate
ed, that a larger quantity Of potatoes, as
well as potatoes OF a better quality, can be
raised with chemical fertilizers than with
manure.
Breeders OF fancy fowls, when pressed
with orders, sometimes send out eggs that
are small and undersizcd. While such
eggs may hatch, yet, rs rule, the chicks
will be small and not easily reared. Only
full sized eggs should be shipped for hatch
ing purposes.
Potato beetles will attack young egg
plants in preference TO anything else, and
they are also partial 10 tomato plants when
the latter are young and tender. Hence
when egg and tomato plants are trans
planted they must be searched oyery day
and the beetles destroyed.
Go over the orchard at least once a
month and search for the borers, or they
will bore in too far 10 be reached. Re
move the earth from each tree and exam
inc the trunk carefully. The borer may
be known by the exudations OF the tree
where II enters, and also by the chips il
throws out.
Early melons NAV DO started now by
planting the seeds In rich earth, in egg.
shells. As soon as the young plants shall
throw out leaves, plant the shells contain.
| ing the plants In the proper hills intended
for them. The poots Of the melons will
break the shclls0iter they shall have been
put in the ground.
Hybrid perpetual roses are hardy and
will make the front yard very attractive.
They should bo put in a soil very fertile,
and in dry weather the earth should be
kept loose on the surface, which serves as
n mulch. Keep the bushes in neat shape
by trimming, and watch daily for the
rosebugs and slugs.
As green manurial crop SOW four bush.
els OF the southern COW pea in May on an
acre Of ground. After II shall have begun
10 blossom, and become green and bushy,
turn the crop under, using a two-horso
pillow, with chain, for pressing down the
vines. II dccomposcs quickly, and Il
twenty bushels Of lime be then applied,
the land viii be suitable for grass.
Young peach trees that made rapid
growth last season have been apparently
killed in some places the past winter. ID
not remove them as yet, but wait for the
buds 10 appear along the trunks, a. will
bo the case II only the tops be dead. Cut
of the tops down 70 the nearest buds and
permit the trees 10 make new tops. The
peach tree can stand any amount OF cut
ting back.
The cheapest and best mode Of keeping
lice out OF the pouttry.house II 10 add q
/ quart Of kcrosino oil 10 each bucket oil
soapsuds ON washing days and thoroughly
satumto tho floor, walls, roOsts aud every
portion Of the poultry house, forcing the
liquid into the cracks and crcyiccs. II
will kill the ycrinin M soon as Il shall
touch them, being one OF tho best insect.
cidcs known.
In tho west, where tho ensilngc system
Is being extensively pushed, the system oi
hiring cutters ~ thCshing machines mr.,
hired Is very popular. The cutter and en-
gine 20 about irom house 10 house with
men enough 10 take caro- Of the fodder o,
fast M II Is presented. Thus many smaller
farmers who could not afford 10 own q
cutter and power are enabled 20 lll theil
silos at reasonable cost.
Scatter ashes hlong the rows Of IN,
young strawberry plants ~ soon as they
shall he large enough 10 work. Stir IN,
earth, take out all grass aud then appl,
thc.nshcs on the surface. and the rain
will carry them down TO the roots. Fer
tilizcrs for strawberries give the best re-
suits when applied near the surface an,
not worked into The soil, NJ the roots fee,
near the surface instead Of penetrating
deeply.
Only one quart Of milk per COW for cacl
day may be the turning point between
profit and loss IN The dairy. As some cow
viii Weld twice ~ much ns Others, Il be