Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Seventy five cent. corn makes lean ba-
con.
One good hog makes a very small
herd.
Have you cleaned out and aired your
cellar2
Much evil Turks in a neglected fence
corner.
A full pedigree and a large hog don't
always indicate quality.
Too much manure on blackberries will
induce too much wood.
There is now purple leavcd variety
of the common catalpa.
The butchers block is great stumb-
hing block to many breeders.
Tobacco tea is one OF the best RENE.
dies for lice on Towering plants of all
kinds.
II fuschias are set in cool place and
are well watered they will flower all
summer.
One point in favor of the begonia is
their immunity from the attacks of in
sect pests.
Hogs raised by the sweat of the hired
hand generally get left when they come
to the show ring.
LIE Delarme is one of the finest of
grapes for quality, but is not SO profit
able as some others.
Gardening Illustrated advises parafine
oil as fruit tree cleanser, especially
trees infested with insects.
The practical way to improve the flock
and so make sheep raising better is to
grade up with mutton bucks.
Wiegelias are among the best hardy
shrubs, producing fine bell-shaped flow
eIs in quite variety of shades.
Use sawdust or sand in preference to
straw for the hens nest. 1t is cleaner
and helps to keep away vermin.
Chinese primroses can be planted any
time now, and if taken into the house
in the fall will bloom next winter.
The common SNOWFALL is one of the
most snowy of the hardy shrubs and it
flowers early. 1t needs rich soil.
Market gardeners find that in growing
tomatoes under glass the old plants cut
down succeed better than young seed
lings.
1t is claimed that with proper cultiva-
ton and an equal acreage Texas would
exceed California in the production of
superior fruits.
If the manure is spread upon the land
as soon as made you may be sure that if
it ''leaches out" the leach will go where
it will do the most good.
Percheron horses are quick and spirit
ed, moving fast with heavy loads On
the road or at the pillow they walk much
faster than Clydesdales.
Pansies will thrive best aud give more
bloom if grown in a cool, moist and
rather rich location. Often the north
side of the house gives good results.
Give the onion bed good top-dress-
ing of wood ashes and hoe or rake them
well into the soil at the first cultivation.
A secret of success in onion culture is to
get a good, early start.
If one-third OF the corn must be re-
planted to get a perfect stand it is best
to cut up the field with the disk or acme
harrow and plant it all again, unless it
is quite late in the season.
Deep planting of potatoes is of de-
cided advantage in regions liable to late
frosts, as it enables the plant to get we'll
rotted before its growth is suca as to
thrust the stem above ground
A good start is as necessary with an
animal as with a tree Or plant. Lay
good foundation and you may subse.
quently feed with profit. Without this
you will be apt 10 feed with loss.
Do not put strawy stable OF barnyard
manure on light soils for corn. The
manure will increase droughty conditions
to such an extent that it will do more
harm than good unless the season is I'M
usually wet.
/ 1t is more economical to have a
"turning-row" or headand nicely seeded
/ w SA"oo thdu wv IONs vi COTu crushed
down By the team and cultivators in
turning, or much time lost in the effort
to turn without crushing the corn.
If your team crowds together III the
cultivator, trampling the corn, tic the
outside ring OF each bit to the end of a
stick four feet long, using a string of
such length that the stick will hang lust
under the jaws. This will draw the
horses apart.
If the ground and air are dry, com
/ press the soil above the corn but if the
ground is wet and drying slowly, do not
compress it. If compression is unavoid-
able, as it is when the two-horse planter
is used, loosen the ground with the
smoothing harrow
The man who plants his corn by hand
will dowell to soak it in warm water over
night just before planting. This will
bring it to the surface at least two days
earlier; desirable as the season advances
toward lateness, and equally desirable
early in the season, as it reduces the
amount Of rotting.
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