The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-03-16

use in the orchard and among the small
fruits.
One of the favorite table fowls is the
Dorking; when dressed they are very plump
and their flesh is juicy.
Plants are much injured by having
their roots water-soaked. Wait until the
plants show the need of water before Civ
ing it.
Poultry manure is one of the best that
can be u-ed in the garden, either as top
dressing or to apply in the hill OF drill, and
good care should be taken to save all that
possible.
Rye Fritters.-One and one-half cups
of flour, one egg, one-half cup rye meal,
one tablespoon sugar, little salt.two table
spoons cream of tartar; mix with milk and
drop from a spoon into hot lard
AS far as the experiments have been
conducted it has been dt monstated that
when wheat is 60 cents per bushel it is the
cheapest grain that can be used as food for
stock, being more nutritious than corn and
better adapted for growing stock.
corn meal; one quart rye meal mot flour ;
one cup molasses; one half cup of yeast :
wet soft with warm water and allow 1t to
rise three hours. Bake in very slow oven,
or, what is better, steam it for five hours.
Early in the season, before the potato
is up, the beetle will attack the tomato
plant In hot-beds, or that may be set out in
the open ground. 1t will destroy whole
field of egg plants in a single night and
often does more damage to early plants
than it does to the potato crop.
Among the most useful of all cannibal
insects are the small and beautiful lady
bugs, too well known to our readers to need
description. Their favorite food consists
of plant-lice (aphides) and potato.bug eggs.
The gardener should try to protect these
little friends of his
"A horse thoroughly exercised and
warmed, and allowed to stand uncovered
4 for fifteen minutes in a freezing atmosphere
| is injured more thereby than be could be
by excessive hard work. Anything as val
liable as a good horse is well worth the ex
| pendture of the sum necessary to provide
good covering, not to speak of the demands
Of humanity in the case.
One of the heaviest works in growing
crop cf carrots is the harvesting Witl
the old sort that run downward indefinitely
this labor was impossible on large scale
except by plowing out, and in deep soil this
often cut off the bottom of the root. The
Southern carrot grows enough above thu
surface to make good handle to pull NJ
crowding than any other, and will produce
nearly or quite as much per acre as the long
sorts, and with far less labor.
If vegetables are to be marketed, ascer
lin which varieties are popular in the 10
ality. Sow the main crop Of tested varie
ties only; invest moderately in the highly
praised novelties, procuring only enough tC
live fair tria., and, if found desirable, Il
give a supply OF seed for another year. i
Deas and other garden truck are TO be ship
! ped to a distance, provide a supply Of ship
Iing crates, of half-bushel and bushe
'apacity, beforehand. Let your mark o.
brand stand for honest measure.
AN evidently shrewd observer says that
considerable success on the part of farmers
depends upon keeping a close eye to the
market. The first of any new crop will
almost always command high price, and
soon after, when there is rush for the
market, prices rapidly decline. Unless one
can be the first, it is better to hold until the
prices have passed the cost stage and come
back to a more normal condition. 1t is the
forcing OF the market that brings low price S
md for thai reason a c.ose watch should e
Kept Of the reported supply and demand