The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-07
AGRICULTURAL.
DEVOTED - THE INTERESTS OF FARMERS
AND SrocKMEN.

Nothing pays as we'll on the farm as
good garden.
The peach trees IN Arkansas are so
heavily laden with fruit this season
that much shaking of will have To be
done in order TO preserve the trees.
An English authority has computed
| that in the last three or -four years
more pigs have died in the United
| States of cholera than have been
raised in the British Isles.
! Vermonts maple sugar crop this
i spring is in quantity and quality
above the average, owing 10 recently
! introduced improvements in its man
ufacture. The yield is estimated at
fifteen million pounds.
The use of commercial fertilizers
makes it possible TO apply some ma
nure 10 every crop, and in land that
is constantly growing something, this
means manuriug every year.
A the farmer sees the wealth of
blossoms in his fruit orchard, he
should be reminded that il requires
IN enormous amount of plant food OF
various kinds to make the fruit ma
ture.
Soaking seed corn III tar water is
claimed - be an excellent remedy for
protecting the plants against the
ravages OF both worms and crows
Some believe it to be quite as otfec
tive as soaking III copperas water.
BY far the best potato for late
spring use is the Blue Imperial II
does not sprout readily, but remains
comparatively solid until early planted
potatoes are ready for use.
Fire is the best preventive Of disease
in orchards and vineyards, II all the
old wool be piled up anl burned il
will greatly lessen disease and insect
attacks 1t should be done early in
the season.
Do not force young pear trees too
rapidly, as it has been demonstrated
that the blight does not as readily at
tack trees that grow slowly as it does
those that grow quickly. A grass
crop will soon ruin IA peach orchard.
Pick fl all the blossoms that may
. appear on your young strawberry
vines set out this spring. Do not al
low any of the young plants to huit
IL will injure their growth and lessen
their productiyeness next season.
To prevent the sparrows from driv
ing the wrens away bore round hole
in the box one inch in diameter. Th,
, sparrow could not get into the boz
; through 50 small an entrance, Will,
the wren would be able To go in OF
out at will.
n The value of any kind Of farm
, stock is very largely determined by
/, its feeding the first year Of its lite
! Breeding counts for much, though
/ every successful breeder knows how
greatly the character OF "A young ami
NAL is changed by Innutritlous or i'm
, proper food.
n A party of New Jersey gentlemen
, who returned from "A recent visit {,
. Florida, have decided To introduce tn,
cocoanut tree into Florida. aud hav,
secured long stretch of territory il
the southern portion of the State.
/ On most farms the manure Is Il,
{ unequally distributed to give the bes
! profit. Some parts are manure,
heavily annually. The garden is on,
K such spot, and rs it requires NOR
n labor than airy other equal area, it il
| fairly entitled to a greater portion %
n manure.
California farmers increased thei
:, acreage in prunes this year, but tn,
i unfavorable weather during the bios
soming period diminished the yiel,
g c nsideTably. 1t Is, however, expecte,
7 now that the quantity Will Toe doubl
: that secured last year. Santa Clar;
county is the principal prune section
In planting out patches of tn
> hermsphrodite strawberry plants L
/, fertilize those that are only pistillate
- it Is important to have the two blo-
:, SONS at exactly the same time.
! there is not uniformity in blossoming
the earlier ,r later berries as the cas-
:, may be, will be unfertilized.
f 1t is risky business taking sm III Pc
e tatoes for planting, if they are tin
S leavings from bin. They may max,
{ go ii seed, il well ripened and from
strong, thrifty plants; but potatoe
that grew small, because their growtl
- was checked by blight or other dc
- -truction of their leaves, are WORTHLESS
/. as seed.
y The sour currants are sure to b
: plagued with the currant worm. Lool
:, out Tor them. A little hellebor
P busted on the leaves is an cfiicien
e protection. The worm never gets
i second taste of this insect destroyer
i Apply it early Ia the morning, Will
!. dew is on the leaves OF the bushes.
e The tomato is commonly grown il
gardens on soils made much too ricl
The vine attains remarkable vigol
e but the fruit ripens slowly. II oml
II moderately fertile soil were used fo
u growing tomatoes the crop woul
e ripen eallier, and be less subject T.
rot, though this disease is apt To tax
z the first ripening fruit of some kind
ID of tomatoes ON any soil.