Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Use the eurrycomh lightly.


Use the currycomh lightly.
Use white hellebore to kill the cur
rant worm.
White oak makes one of the finest
park trees.
N1inorcas are good summer and
winter layers
Hens should be given plenty of
roem to scratch for living.
Kfruit grower afirms that in the
cultivation of peaches stable manure
produces too. much. growth of wood
A heavy growth of buckwheat is
not only good way of killing out
weeds, but is also good means of
getting rid of cut worms.
Let your horse stand loose, if pos
sible, without being tied up in man
ger. Pain and WEAKNESS IN cons
fined position induce bad habits.
N If the fruit men would only think.
n little, they would keep few hives
of bees, just for their valuable SER
vices in fertilizing the fruit blossoms.
The first vice-president of the New
York horticultural Society cuts off
from one-half to two-tbirds of the
new growth of plum trees every
season.
The red spider, so harmful to
roses, can be held in check by sy-
ringing the leaves with clear water /;
in dry times this should be done
every day.
Let the man about to select vo-
cation for his son, or let a young
man about to select a vocation for
himself, consider the advantage of
horticulture.
Agolden motto for any bee-keeper
is: 'Have everything ready early,
and get all the readiness when it can
be done with the least outlay of val
liable time
The tubes of Stachys Tuberifera are
said to be very good eating when
boiled like the potato. They are
also palatable when eaten as salad or
raw with salt.
A good coat of paint will preserve
the buildings, add to the beauty and
attraction of premises, and transform
cid run down farm houses into neat
and tasty homes.
A fact not to be forgotten in sheep
husbandry is that while one may
raise fine wool and very poor mutton,
you cannot raise good mutton with
out raising good wool also.
Lime is a good disinfectant. 1t is
especially valuable to place in cellars
where vegetables have been stored,
. especially such as have been put in
Wet or show signs of decay.
AS far as practicable use old and
; experienced hens for settlers. The
most upright, intelligent and expe-
zienced men are made grand jurors
the same rule of selection will give
best settlers.
To protect young trees from sun
scald, mice, rabbits, and the ravages
Of while trees, take eight Iath and
G weave together with binding wire
Surround the body of the tree with
this. 1t will last five years.
The Mirror explains that the rea-
son why fowl droppings are worth
more than the manure of cattle fed
on similar food is that the fowl drop
pings contain all the fertilizing ma
terials in solid form, while much is
J lost in liquids from cattle.
There is no doubt about it that
! nine-tenths of the farm-made butter
is Spoiled, especially in winter, from
keeping the cream too long before it
is churned. This is usually because
so little milk is gotten in the winter,
'dbut add water to it so as to one-third
ELL the churn, and go to work on it.
The water will greatly help the win
ter cream and greatly improve the
quality of the butter.
On the hncIu of a NM, fnr,,ll l,o.,.-