Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-01-14
Walnuts are the latest food sde. csted

can he kept comfortable.
A north hill side is the most favorble
for a fruit orchard.
The question of dehornipg cattle is re.
much consideration.
Some swine breeders regard a solid
earth floor as test for a pig pen.
Want Of winter protection In lures
many blackberrles and ra.pberries.
Dr. Loring asserts that the stable
should be as we'll taken care OF as a mans |
house. !
w. D. Phiibrick says that potatoes and
roots Of all kinds Keep best in pits out OF
doors.
A contemporary says there is no small
fruit % certain IN its crop and altogether
SO wholesome as the raspberry.
4 poorly bred sheep costs as much fol
keep as a well-bred one, says Rural
Uorid. The moral is apparent.
DR.. Nichols says that fruit is a perfect
food, the apple alone being sufficient to
sustain life and health a long time.
Winter dairying pays better 0 than
cycr before. because the public demands
freshly made butter the year around.
Paris green for the codling moth and
thclarring process for the curcuIio are
the reliable methods of determination.
To keep well in the cellar apples must
not be too warm. A temperature two or
three degrees above freezing suits them
best.
Sc care to sec that mice are not en-
outraged to gnaw the bark Of trees by
being fo,tered by the mulch put about
their trunks.
While farmers are divided on the sub
Jet, there IS a general opinion distinctly
favorable to stirring the stubble or
breaking grass lands in the fall.
w. F.. Brown says. in Rural New
lofkfr, that he finds more profit in cows
that come fresh in the fall than from
'lIoSethat are fresh in the spring.
1t is recommended to give the trunks
Of fruit tees a coat Of thin whitewash,
in which a spoonful Of carbolic acid has
been mixed to each pail Of water.
) successful flock master tells that he
wlnterlccds his sheep on straw during
itecomhcr and January, with either lin
seed oil cake meal OF corn-meal or ground
oats.
Clean up the ward and make the farm
neat Nothing helps our country towns
and increases real estate value faster
chan to have the farms neat and thrifty
II appearance.
Cabbagcs that are fully headed are
buried with the roots up, those that are
expected to grow and head up arc buried
right side up" and with a roof of rough
boards covered with earth.
Corn fodder piled up to a depth of
more than three feet will usually heat
If it IS at all damp. Stored in most
weather it would be certain to heat if
placed in deep bays or i'll bins.
\ d%airyman should keep as many COWS
only as he can feed we'll. 1t is not econ
onical to divide the food among a large
number, when the same results can be
secured from a smaller number, well
fed.
Though hens do not eat the curculio,
their psesence around aud under the
trees makes this shy insect more cautious
about depositing her eggs. PAIRING the
soil under plum trees answers the same
purpose.
An exchange says theNman who lets
Canada thistles, wild parsnip, and other
noXious weeds 60 to seed BY the road
side may love his ncighbor as himself"
but II So he must be exceedingly short of
scIt-c>tcem.
\ writer in Ith'S Magasine saws that
alter reading an account of how they
made honey from pears in Switzerland
he determined to attempt something of
the kind himself. He tried and sue
crcdel perfectly. The honey was Of the
pure juice of the fruit, and had the pear
TIA or.
IIel'S Nr40siutf confirms the statement
that basic Stag. the refuse of steel works,
when freed from iron and reduced to a
powder, proves to be a valuable fcrtil-
Ter, principally oIfaccount of the phos-
phoras it contains. Mountains Of black
Stag have accumulated about the iron
and tecl work, Of this country, all OF
which eau be protitlhiy worked over and
maize into 4 valuable manure.
II sprouts appear on new set trees YOU
can now easily pinch them off with YOUR
thumb and finger, and throw the growth
whore It is wanted But do not cut of
al the growth. II the root, are GOOD
You viii find a great deal Of sap sent IN
from the roots, aud top enough should
he allowed for the roots to grow. If YOU
dwarf the top Of young tree that
: making ar1pid growth, you are dwarf
M the roots. II YOU allow too much tor
on = itcble tire You viii Kill the trcc.E
thry>anthcmums are vigorous feeders.
They should Ne supplied with liquid
manure at least three times a week, and
should also be well watered to pre-
vent titg@ing, II prevent black fly
steep tobacco stems in water and SYRINGE
the plants. The >timnlant used is
chiefly COW manure placed in a tub. Of
water Ahd STAGE manure placed in q
i&a>het Set IN water. If large plants are
Ieluied. they must, from April / 10
July l., tc plnched about twice a week
T. Keep them bushy. The japanese
varieties are inclined 10 grow upright.
ami with these the system Of manage.
.stnt matters little.
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