Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-02

The true economy of farming 10 to do
everything we'll.
A flock of poultry is necessary to the well
being Of every rural home.
Good tools are essential 10 good farming, .
saving In time and cost Of labor.
The early killed Is the easily killed weed
and the weed that robs the crop least.
A diversity Of crops Distributes work, re-
ceipts and expenses more evenly through the
year and through the years.
II Is Of little u'e to make garden except as
the labor be followed by unremitting care
Until products are ready for use.
f. 10 never wise to change course
Of farming until the new plan is examined
carefully To iad wherein !, may have sdvan-
tages over the old.
IF we're to preach a sermon on horticul-
ture. remarked Charles Downing, Of blessed
memory, II would take stirring of the soil
for my text
A farm horse that steps bri.kly at the pillow
or harrow, or mover, is worth much more
than another equally good in appearance, but
slow poke.
Wood ashes are excellent on the flower
beds. Roses need an application of them
non, All kinds of flowers will be benefited
by superphosphsts and ashes at this season.
There Is always a good sale for home
made country lard, and it is in demand. IL
pays to convert corn into fat for the lard
alone, as lard brings a higher price than
pork.
Try this year planting three or four kernels
OF corn to the hill instead of five to eight,
then observe results for in them will be
found convincing argument in favor of thin
planting.
Charles A, Green favors apple and cherry
trees for roadside planting. They are attrac
tive in foliage, blossom and fruit; also, profit
able, and the owner of the adjacent land has
legal right TO their product.
1t may not be generally known that hay
caps are made of wood pulp near Concord
n. H, and sold for ga cents each. These
caps will crate together like saucers and are
never snarled up when a shower is coming
Every grange work is good when it tends
toward the betterment of the class the grange
represents-sssuming that the word class in
this relation means only the persons engaged
in great industry irrespective of member
ship.
The Bartlett pear has been grown for over
equaled it. 1t is. however, more subject to
blight than some kinds; but its excellence
| places it at the head of the list, followed by
the Seckel, which is also an old variety.
| There are few things that will improve
the appearance of home more than tree
| planting Every rural and suburban home
should be marked by nice grove of forest
or ornamental tree, hedge rows for wind
breaks and an orchard of standard and small
| fruits.
| Manufacturers of food products mix and
adulterate that profits may be increased,
cheating buyers without scruple, and often
profess to believe that farmers have little
sense of honesty when. as alleged, they put
the fairest apples on top of the barrel.
Why more men do not make dairying pay,
is because they refuse to believe that there
is any study and Investigation needed in re-
gard to the care, treatment and mrnage ment
of the dairy. II they chance on sue ,ess
they call it luck, and if they fail they never
| investigate the matter to see wherein they
fail so as to steer clear of a repetition.
The better the preparation of the soil the
less seed will be required. Many failures in
| the seed are not due so much to lack of the
| unfavorable condition of the ground. II is
always a matter Of chance termination when
| seed is broadeasted and left to be covered BY
the washing of the rain, and the harder and
| irmer the seed bed the greater the difficulty
| in securing a crop from the seed. Pulverze
| the soil, harrow it down as fine as possible
and then brush the seed in.