Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-07-21
Farm and, Garden Notes.

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lightly the second year.
The practice Of sowing peas and
oats together finds favor with many
farmers,
For manuring q very poor soil,
American Agriculturist recommends
buckwheat as the best crop, turning
under two crops year.
The American Cultivator advises
care in feeding wheat screenings to
laying hens, claiming that the weed
seeds they thus get do more injury
than the wheat gives benefit.
In summer, sueculent food is the
best, because the cow needs more
water during warm weather But If
fed entirely on green food in winter,
the COW may be obliged to take too
much water in her food.
A. w. Cheever claims that grass
can be grown much more economi-
callv in rotation with other crops
than If the attempt is made to grow
it continuously on the same land for
long term of years.
Endive is kind Of lettuce grown
for fall use, and when nicely bleach
ed makes pleasant salad. Spinach
is a crop that can be had all summer
by frequent sowing, but is more in
season in spring and fall.
The director of the Massachusetts,
Experiment Station favors spreading
out barnyard manure on the surface
of the soil as soon as posrible. 1t
does not gain IN value by being kept,
and it is unhealthy for stock, TO have
| it stored under them.
| 1t is said a pound of butter can be
made at the same cost as one and %
half pounds of beef. But the butter
| is to be credited with the fact that in
| selling it off the farm, no fertilizing
value goes with it; but every pound
of beef sold takes away some fer
tility
The same care given to growing
crops should be bestowed upon new
! ly planted trees. The ground must
be stirred and kept from baking 70 a
brick-like mass of hard clay In ma
! ny instances this can be done by
mulching, bat good culture of the
soil is far preferable if for no other
reason than to prevent the harboring
! of pernicious insects and other YER
min that are ever on the outlook for
l the beclusion afforded them by the
mulch 50 good naturedfy placed
around young trees.
A vast deal Of trouble can be saved
if the battle with the insects is waged
at the outset. The littl. silvery net
work that spreads itself at the juno
| ton Of two bare limbs looks harmless
enough now, but when the skeleton
| hands Of leaves stripped OF all their
greenness extend themselves in plead
ing to be rid Of the hungry worms
that cling to them in an attempt to
draw the last drop Of life, it is seri-
Gus state Of things. Then it is too
late to arouse to The conception of
the work to be done
That there is such disease Of the
peach tree as yellows is unfortunately
too we'll attested. Still, much that
passes for it is due to other causes
poverty of soil and Winter killing Of
the previous years growth. In my
kind of tree the whitening or dying
of dead branches will in time affect
it's vitality. The apple is great
deal harder and stronger tree than
the peach, but even on this dead
limb is, ifnot speedily removed, soon
followed by others until the tree dies.
In many cases other causes of peach
trees dying are ascribed to yellows /;
not infrequently the Cause will be
found near the root in an attack from