The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-08-18
ssarnr, atome and Garden
sEAsoNABLE SUGGESTIONS.

The careful poultry keeper will visit
his fowls at nightfall to see that all of
them have room on the perches.
Massachusetts farmer says it takes
ESQ cubic feet Of preserved ensilage to
winter one COW. Less space will answer
II the corn is well cared and at its best.
The common ser SO farmer gill give his
seed-corn practical test rather than ego
it blind planting in faith, without know
ing exactly what the result will be.
At the Rio Grande sugar-works they
feed the horses upon rations of one part
OF bran to three OF sorghum seed, and
they make the best of pork by judi
cious use of the same material.
A Kansas farmer advises building a
small stack Of unthrashed oate, wheat.
and buckwheat in the poultry yard, es-
pecially for the hens to work in during
the winter, to keep them busy and scratch
ing for living.
With the improved means and advan-
tages OF canning fruits and vegetables, so
as to supply farmers tables at all times
OF the year, it is the farmers fault il they
and their families do not have the best
the earth affords at all times.
There are seventeen glucose factories,
generally located in the corn-growing
States. They represent S11,OOOOOO in
vested capital, and manufacture $40, $780,.
700 pounds Of glucose, worth ST., 1923 800.
They consume about half as much corn
as the distilleries.
Twenty years ago the value of fruit i'm
ported into Great Britain was $15,OOO,-
OOO. Now the value reaches S37,000,0O0.
One-third the apples sent the re from this
hemisphere go from Canada. The New
ton pippin brings the highest price in
those markets.
Pyrethrum or buhach will kill the
apple-tree worms. With bellows blow
the powder in the nests Tor webs) after
4 o'clock in the afternoon-the later the
better-for the worms will then be in the
nests. The powder will kill them in
stantly.
Mr.. Hale, one OF the Hale brothers,
who own the extensive peach orchard
at South Glastonbury, Conn, says his
preference for peaches for eating is noun
tain rose, old Nixon, and Morris. He
would plant the Smocx for market; it
is not good table fruit, but valuable
for canning, and is regular bearer. The
one objection is it's lateness.
Those who wish to cover fence or
other object rapidly can do SO with the
new annual Japanese hop (Humulus
Japonious). 1t may be well to state that
it is grown as an ornamental vine of rapid
growth, and not for the sake of its flow
ers. which are Of very humble kind.
Being an annual, it must be grown from
seed, which may be started early in the
house, il thought to be des irable.
For beets the soil should be rich, mel
low and deep. Plant in drills, about two
inches deep and the rows about twelve or
fifteen inches apart. For field culture
the rows should be wide enough to adj
NIT the horse cultivator, and the roots
not nearer than one foot in the rows
The mangel wurzel beet grows to very
large size, are coarse and wonderfully
productive, making excellent feed for cat
tie.
A correspondent of the Neav York
Tribune says: " The best of all ways to
keep crows from pulling corn is to SOW
seed broadcast before the planted corn
comes up. One quart to the acre will be
enough until it is gone; then SOW more.
Some soak corn, but never do. The
crows will pick up cut worms enough to
pay for the corn and the labor of sowing.
L have seen sods that would weigh a
pound or more that the crows jerked over
to get worm
The garden should be near the house
but free from shade. Set no tree of any
kind in the kitchen garden. Have it laid
out so that as much work as possible may
be done by horse power. A sandy loan
is the best soil for most vegetables. Use
no green manure in the garden. The
standard fertilizers are good. Use wood
ashes freely, and slops from the house.
The secret Of success in gardening, as In
courtship, lies in small attentions fire.
quently and steadily bestowed.
mo heating manure, says The Anaeri-
can CultiUdtOr, " she uld be used for root
crops except in case Of beets and mapgele.
Manure from the hog-pen is especially
undesirable, on account of its being SO
rich and heating. 1t would be much
better il all descriptions of compost were
allowed to stand piled in a heap until the
the heat is thoroughly exhausted, and
when used turned into the earth as rap
idly as possible, to prevent the escape of
the gases that SO materially help to feed
plant life"
Hardy roses will not endure neglect or
scsnty care any more than tender. They
must be well fed, we'll pIuned, and well
protected. Plenty of we'll composted
manure will give vigorous growth; free