Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-05-09
FACTS FOR FARMERS.


Always incorporate the manure
thoroughly with the soil in applying
round the roots Of trees. 1t is injurious
TO the roots TO apply manure OF any
kind directly to them.
-Ifthe spacebetyeen rows of grape
vines is occupied By strawberry plants.
currant bushes or weeds, do not won
der that the grapes do not ripen early.
The SUMS rays must reach the earth
and keep 1t warm II early ripening is
desired.
Fertilizers can not be used in place
of manure for indefinite periods, as
soils need humus TO keep them in good
condition. Rye or some other leafy
crop should be grown occasionally and
plowed in to keep the ground light. -
Rural New Yorker.
Pole beans entail more labor than
do the bush kind. but they give more
groupings. 1t is better to plant the
wax varieties in succession. The old
well-known refugee variety is one of
the best early bush varieties to plant
"A Maine farmer found storing
vegetables with dry leaves in barrels
as effectual as packing with sand,
while easier and more clearly. Beets
thus protected in the fall, and kept in
cellar. came out the following August
las crisp and fresh as when taken from
the ground. !"
Narrowing should be repeated, If
the Jumps are not reduced, after each
rain Out not when the ground is too
wet). in order to get the soil fine. Har-
rowing is work that pays in the end.
The finer the soil and the better its
condition for receiving seed, the more
advantages of growth are secured.
Western New York is doubtless
the best fruit-growing district of the
United States Fruit-grOwing associa-
tions exist in most of the counties, and
fruit-growing is made speciality by
most of the farmers. 1t has been thus
since the settlement of the Holland
Purchase. Many persons have grown
wealthy in the business.
If taken in time, black knot in
cherry trees can be cured by an APP
plication of coal oil, taking pains to
see that none OF the oil is allowed to
get on the unaffected spots of the
tree. When it be done, cutting of
the diseased limbs will answer But
If either of these can not cure, as o
rule, the quicker the tree is cut down
the better.
The custom of roughly preparing
the land for corn is being discarded.
Experiments show that it pays to re-
duce the soil for corn to as fine con-
dition as for garden crops. The land
can not be worked over too thorough
ly before putting in the seed. II the
soil is well prepared the work of after
cultivation will be easier and the corn
will better endure drought.
"A noted Pennsylvania authority.
Josiah Hopes, thinks that if farmers
were aware of the value of the cutting
back process on their newly-set fruit
trees, we should hear of fewer failures
and see better shaped specimens.
Peach trees year from the bud should
have the side branches headed out to
short spurs and the leader severely
shortened; there would then be fine
growth of young wood, and also good
root development
Seed potatoes are benefited by q
few days exposure to the sun before
cutting them to plant. If the field is
rich enough or manure enough is used
to grow good crop. there can be q
larger yield obtained from planting in
the drill than from hill-planting. If
the seed is cut to two or three eyes
may be put about one foot apart in the
drill. If pieces containing half
dozen eyes are put in, they should be
given greater distance.