The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-05-03
AGRICULTURAL NOTES

Vote and work for the right man in
office; subscribe, and induce Others TO
subscribe for the right papers; and in
justice to the farmers will find no foot
hold in America.
When the resinous juice of a confer
once dries, no moistenlng will ever re-
store 1t. When tree OF this kind is
taken from the soil, or from the damp
moss IN which it was packed, have at
hand wet cloth er garden sheet with
which to cover the roots, and keep them
moist until they are again covered by
soil.
1t would often pay a farmer to cut
down hill or straighten a curve at his
own expense If he could not get the
town or his neighbors to him. There is
altogether too much Of the biting off
ones nose to spite ones face policy
about Improvements in country roads,
Cor. Rural New Yorker.
If we desired to suppy food to grape
vines or fruit trees, we should not hest
tate to use potash and phOsphoric acid,
either IN the form of ashes, or muriate
or sulphate of potash for the former, and
bone or ). Z. rock for the latter. But
we should hesitate to use nitrogen in
any quckly-soluble FORM Rural New
Yorker.
The restorative influence of blowing
IN clover on run down land is not wholly
due to the plant food it furnishes to the
soil, which produces increased growth
of crops, but is largely due to the me
chanical effect in meilowing and finlng
soil that by long cultivation has be-
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Root in Country Gentleman.
A correspondent of the New York Tri.
bune says that all the errors he ever
committed are directly traceable to the
communicating example and influence of
his fathers hired help. He emphasizes
the fact that farmers should employ
none but reputable help and even then
observe the utmost vISnance 10 prevent
or nip in the bud any influence of an
immoral character.
A correspondent of the American Ag-
rlculturist finds no difficulty in trans
planting the common laurel, He en-
deavors to have the soil to which they
are to be transplanted similar to that in
which they grew; to have a fair guam
tity of soil remain attached to the roots,
and to set them out Immediately after
being taken up, also, if possible, to have
them shaded little by trees.
Those who read the report of the Ohio
Horticultural society's recent meeting
must have noticed that considerable
time was taken in discussing the bird
nuisance, and that it was generally con-
ceded that the robin was increasing at
rapid rate, much to the damage of the
fruit grower; that the orIole was the
greatest enemy to the ripening grapes;
and that the English sparrow was chiefly
injurious to the horticulturist as an enc.
my of other birds and an eater of fruit
buds.
C.L. Allen says in the American Agri-
culturst that to grow the tomato to the
greatest perfection, the hills should be
dug out to the depth of two and half
feet; at the bottom there should be a
half bushel of we'll rotted manure; above
this let the soil be an equal mixture of
loan and manure thoroughly mixed.
The hills should be at least SIX feet apart.
Let the situation be open, warm, AIRY.
When the fruit begins to set, mulch with
clean straw or very small brush. Under
these conditions SIX plants will furnish
sufficient tomatoes for a family of
twelve persons.