The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-07
circumstances that guarantee their accu.
racy, and were raised In competition for
the American A1yisiilfiirisiS nriza

circumstances that guarantee their accu
racy, and were raised In competition fol
the american Agrisulsurist's prizs.
A better time than winter for clearing
out and eradicating old berry fields car
hardly be found. The old canes can b.
readily moved of close to the prounS
with broad bush scythe, then with q
coarse wooden rake drawn into piles ant
burned. After plowing deeply a thor
ugh cross.harrowing will bring up all The
roots and stubs not sufficiently buried,
and these, when dried, may readily bo
gathered and burned.-Orchard and Gar
den.
Soluble phosphoric acid Is tho amount
Of phosphoric acid In the fertilizer thai
will DO dissolved out by water. 1t Ia thu
amount Of the total phosphoric acid n,
given above, each molecule OF which
was combined with one molecule oil
lime and two molecules OF water. II Il
the most valuable one OF the whole lis,
and should always receive special atten.
tion, as nearly one.half tho value OF the
fertilizer depends on this element
Rurdt Nep Yorker.
A writer In the American Florist gives
his testimony as to the superiority Of
evaporating tobacco water to burning
the tocacco for fumigating purposes in
greenhouses. lie always keeps barrel
full OF tobacco stems soaking in water,
and has tin pan 2x3 feet, and four
inches deep. lie fills the pan about half
full Of tobacco water and then puts in It
three or four red hot tire.bricks. 1t
kills the green fly very quickly, and
never Injuries even tho most tender
plants.
The science Of fine butter.making Is
not subtle art few can comprehend, but
1t possesses salient points that all must
observe as essential II they desire to be
counted among the successful. Mature
cream churned at the proper tempera.
ture-about 20 degrees in summer and
Gl degrees in winter-will grain butter
hard and firm and work into 4 product
Of the proper consistency and texture.
Use not color but such as 10 known to be
reliable, and do not use an excessive
quantity Of that.
DR.. Peter Collier says, in the Elmira
H,vGandman, that the intellectual &C.
tivity which has been aroused among
our agricultural classes during the past
ten years has been astounding, and in
every direction the people are reaching
out for help to enable them more intel.
ligent!y to conduct their affairs. Nova.
days thousands Of farmers are discussing
the problems connected with the feed.
ing Of their crops and stock in terms
which were to them without meaning,
an unknown tongue, less than ten years
ago.
Answering the question: "shall we
plant the Russian apricot?" asked at the
meeting Of the Ohio State Horticultural
Society, G. T. Trowbridge said that the
apricots we now have would thrive
where the peach would grow. The tree
was as hardy or harder than the peach,
but the trouble was in early blooming;
blossoming two weeks earlier than the
peach, the crops were nearly always de.
stroyed by the late frosts. II it should
be shown that the Russian varieties
blossomed as late or later than peaches,
then We could plant them with the hope
OF growing an occasional crop OF spricots.