The National tribune., 1889-10-24
OUR RURAL TOPICS,
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers
TRANspLANT1Ne TREES.

TRANspLANT1Na TREES.
Thomas Meohan has said there was no best
time for transpanting trees. The degree of
moisture in the earth and the air will generally
decide the fate of most evergreens that are
planted. We have known success under proper
conditions if we have moist weather or frequent
rains at and after planting, and the ground also
properly moist will nearly always insure sue
cess. Hot and dry weather or cold, drying
winds will evaporate the moisture from the
leaves and whom once dry they die. Much
more depends on the state of tho weather after
planting than the utmost caro- In planting,
especially largo evergreens and keeping the
roots wet will not always prevent the evapora-
ton of the leaves in dry and hot or cold, windy
weather. Success in planting decduous trees
depends more on the vigor and health of the
tree than on tho abundance OF the roots or care
in planting. Stunted trees old inhabitants of
tho nursery, never will live and grow equal to
young and healthy trees, even if they do not
have half of the roots of the old stunted ones.
Many think the little fbrous roots are all
essential, but these die every year, and unless
the roots throw out new shoots In tho form OF
white 1bers, which are the mouths with which
tho tree is fed, and which also assist to elaborate
new sap, the tree will linger along and finally
die. The writer has known pear trees, healthy,
but deficient in small roots, live and thrive
finely, which had been rejected rs not salabo,
while trees we'll furnished with small roots,
but not thrifty and vigorous, did not live.
Another fault practiced in treepanting Is the
cutting of of all tho young growth of the
branches all over the trees, and leaving none
to feed the tree but feeble buds of former years
growth. A certain amount of last years buds
should be loft on all trees aud the branches of
the interior cut out or Off always taking care
to have symmetrical form, which good judg-
ment will dictate Orchard and Garden
AN ABsURDITY.
To read or hear of the thrifty conduct Of
certain fowls--of their " gg.a-day," of their
marketable condition Mt all times" and then to
wonder" why your own hens, TO which you
sometimes throw scant handful of corn and
oats, do not do likewise, is q pretty absurd
thing for yen TO do. Do you suppose that eggs
are made of nothing; that hen half-stRrved
can create an egg from the inpalpable air of
Heaven. wherowith to pay your niggardly at
tentionY Do you not know that the hen
herself must be in good condition, with all her
natural functions in good working order, so
that her surplus OF food can be concocted into
the egg that garnishes your breakfast or makes
the pudding for your dinner? And that. in or
der to have this little ovation on Biddys
part of daily, or almost daily, occurrence she
must have each day her own "bt and sup
varied, spicy, nourishiHg aud abundant
Hens well fed. aud regularly ted, understand
as well as you do that their life is no haphazard
EiTuuHiB 4 hair bra1 ia ~
aud the proper provision for their peculiar wants
supplied, they satisfied and content, and
by seeming instinct oil gratitude Though really
because they cannot help III they begin at once
to reward your faithful attention. Day by day
they give you their hearty favors with glad
pecan that announces To your listening ear the
nickel or the silver bit each bias furnished to-
ward the family support. IL is next to finding
silver growing on trees" TO gather each day
90 or GO cents or dollars worth of eggs from
hall hundred henA whose actual cost of keep
Ing you Glay safely calculate at nine cents per
diem. Try 1t aud &c., Poultry World.
KEEPING SWEET POTATOES.
Dig Thorn before they have been hurt by
frost. Spread them out in tho sunshine as
dug aud let them get well dried. bc careful
10 keep the diRReIs from bruising them by
throwing then in piles. but have them left
scattered along the rows as dug. In hauling
them IN handle them as carefully as eggs. The
best way is TO put them into peach. crates in
the heid, and store them Ia the crates without
any further handling. They can then be piled
mp 80 as To have thorough ventilation. Put them
IN room IA which you eau command a heat Of
ut least co. in Winter. aud If they are in good
condition when stored, aud not allowed TO get
chilled, there viii DO trouble in keeping
them. The Hayman or Southern Queen will
keep IN any dry, warm cellar. aud arc very lit
in liz ffia
NOTES.
~ Raspborries should Do set late in tho Fall
or early in the Spring. They require rich
soil.
Granular butter Is made by stopping the
ohurn as soon as tho butter is In granular
state. Then draw of the buttermik. A few
gallons of weak brine ID sometimes added and
drawn Off
Asparagus beds may be made now. Place
tho roots two feet apart first making tho bed
very rich with manure II Is usual to have
the roots closer, but as the roots will thicken
ia the bed in the course of time, IL is better To
allow plenty Of room in the beginning.
~ The rich black liquid that flows of from
the barnyard contains the wealth OF the farm.
Use absorbent material and save 10. The loss
OF liquid manure is great and If saved would
not only add iertilizlng matter 10 the farm, but
increase the value Of the solids.
~ mahuIo ls 10 DC apPlleu around Young
trees let 1t be- done late in the Fall or when
the Winter is we'll In. A disadvantage of COW
ering the ground around trees with manure,
however, is that it harbors insects, aiiording
them shelter.
The Fall Of the year Is considered the best
time TO apply lime TO the soil This 81 YES il a
chance TO penetrate the soil aud form the neces-
sary chemical combinations. TO spread IL on
the surface sufficient All its beneficial effects
In sweetenlng the soil aud rendering other in.
gradients available may not DO apparent the
first year.
- The bottoms of all manure pits IL large
quantities OF manure arc TO DO accumulated
should be we'll covered with cut straw leaves
earth, or any other absorbent material The
heap should be- made OH stiff clay land If nos.
sibie, so us 20 avoid teaching Of the liquids into
the snbsoil The thicker tho bottom Ia covered
with absorbent materials the better, especially
II the ground Is porous The amount of yalu.
ground aud lost Is enormous, aud much of il
can be saved with care.
- III IS not every one that Is aware that hens
are very fond OF milk, which Is AS good for
them AS II IL Tor pigs. Mix little cornmeal
with SKINNED milk and you have luxury
tor Chickens. One brought up on farm,
where an open swill- barrel was the order of the
day, VIII remember many and many u hen
drowned III it-a pretty good proof that the
contents were reiislled, Dir the hens would not
have sacrificed their lives in trying TO get
them. Hens are fond OF loppered milk which
Is excellent for them but, of course, they need
other more condensed aud solid food in add.