The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-10-05

t feet high, and which contains
seven well-developed shoots, six OF
which have put out silks.
Mere improvement in the farm ard
draft horses OF this country has been
made in the past five years than were
made in the ten proceeding years.
Next to sure and certain provision
for the great beyond, the health Of
the farmer aad that Of his household
should be his first concern. Often
times he makes it his last concern.
Mr.. J. s. Woodward says he has
been successful in curing the black
knot of plum trees in its early stage
by the use of turpentine. He cuts off
the knot and applies the tnrpentine.
The damage done 10 fruit trees by
rabbits, borers aud insects, my Ie
prevented by applying pine tar to the
bodies Of the trees Warm the tar
AID apply with a brush
No farmer can continue raisir g
scrub stock. Between twenty yssrs
II farming with scrub stock. and
tIerty years of farming aith i'm
proved stock, there will he 4 diffsrsnc.
IN profits equal to the price of fne
farm.
The union between scion and stock
takes place by the inner lark, and not
by the cut surface OF the wood /: con-
stquently the skill OF the or fter !.
exercised 70 bring the inmr hank Of
ihe<cion in close contract with The
inuer bark OF the stock.
On all the fields where the mowers
are to be used the advantage Of the
Ind having been previously role d
will be noticeable. Fields that have
been rolled can be moved esier. and
the work done more completely than
where the land is rough.
The carcass OF every animal that
dies OF disease should be burned
only by this proce can the virus
and germs be nnnihilated, and the
spread of the disease be prevented.
rhis i especially true Of animals
diving Of diseases known 10 be contag-
ious.
President Chamberlain. Of the Iowa
Agricultural College, does net believe
IN permanent pastures, prelefring =
regular rotation Of crops, with clover
aud timothy meadow for two years OF
the rotation. The land, under rota-
ton, Is in better heart, and YOU get
more grass, rt latively.
The more the cabbage plants are
hoed the better they will thrive. The
cabbage is a plant that succeeds best
when given clean cultivation and
plenty of manure, as il is a grass
feeder During dry seasons the loose
earth around the plants asst in re
tanning moisture.
The sour currants are sure to be
plagued with the currant worm. Look
for them. A little heIIebore busted on
the leaves Is an efficient protection.
The worm never gets a second taste of
this insect destroyer Apply it early
IN the morning, while dew is on the
leaves Of the bushes.
The pineapple season is now at its
height. New Yo,k merchants are re-
ceiyirg about ten thousand barrels a
week. The barrels contain twenty
i've 10 thirty extra large "pines," OF
orty to sixty small ones. The season
lasts from April until August, and
about five million pineapples are inn
ported each year.
An oblong form is bett,r than a
square one for the home garden. Seeds
own or planted in rows instead of
little beds simplities the whole matter.
nd admits vi the use Of the plow aud
cultivator instead of the spade, th.
hoe and the rake, and makes its Cul
ivation pleasure inste9d OF a
dreaded task.
A. c. II mmond, secret ~ Of Che
Illinois Horticultural Society, says he
prayed his orchard of 500 trees WITH
London purple and gathered 500
bushels of apples, s. ptr cent. al
which were marketable aud nearly 70
per cent perfect. From the samt
uuDber of unsprayed trees in an al
j linirg orchard he did not gather a
peck Of perfect fruit.
Il does not take long to patch up
aud save tree that has been eom-
ple'ely gir'lled with mice. Take sew
eral slips OF last years growth of the
tquired length, shave esch OF the
ends TO a fine point, and insert one
tbove and the other below In the liv-
ing bark. A union will be formed
and the scared place will, after few
years, be grown over. While new
bs.rk is beirg formed on the gratis, the
girdle place should be covered with
soil 10 exclude air. 1t is well to use
these whip gratis wherever large
patch has been eaten out. In tree
girdled all around. four or five gratis
should be inserted; They should lie oi
the same variety as the tree is grated
to, and to make sure Of this, had bet.
el be cut from tie tree to be operated
upon
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