The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-24
Farm Notes.

Kill the peach-borer, whitewash well
around the trunk and then bank up the
earth around the tree.
One protection against borers around
trees is air-slaked lime, literally applied,
first removing the earth around the tree.
If the young corn is slow coming up re-
plant at once. Cool nights and too much
moisture in the soil may have caused the
seed to rot.
When the pig-pen gives off an odor
that reaches to the dwelling-house it
indicates that more composing material is
needed in the pen.
After each rain the cultivator should be
used If the young weeds are to be re-
moved and the soil prevented from bak-
ing and becoming hard.
When cucumbers are planted place
some brush near the hills, so that the
vines can climb on the brush for support.
In this manner the young cucumbers
intended for picking can be more easily
picked.
1t may be much easier to allow the
trees to have the branches high, in order
to permit the horse and cultivator to work
near the trees, but the trees that are cut
back and kept low can be better harvested
of the fruit.
Do not be afraid to plant more peas for
o late supply. If the fall-growing varie-
ties are used it will do but little injury if
they fall over. Do not be deferred from
planting because of the difficulty of pro-
viding supports, as they may be omitted.
Experiments made in spraying one side
Of the peach trees with insecticides and
leaving the other side untouched confirm
the claim that the depredations of the
lin nd ~ h.
vented, as the COMPARISON of the trees
show great advantages resulting from
spraying.
There is quite difference in trees that
have been properly pruned and those
that have been allowed TO grow too much
wood, go far as the thrift of the trees
are concerned, as the trees that have been
cut back will produce more new wood,
send out more new rootlets and be in bet
ter condition for producing a crop Of fruit
the next bearing season.
1t is claimed for land plaster that even
in times of drought it keeps the plants
green by absorbing moisture from the
atmosphere. In some sections where
plaster has been scattered around the
bills OF corn, this claim has been verified,
the stalks that had plaster aroued them
not only showing a greener tinge, but
also withstanding drought better than
the stalks to which no plaster had been
applied.
Strawberries have been grown to an
enormous size this season. Mr.. William
ElVIns OF Hammonton, n. j., who ships
thousands of quarts to market, filled some
OF the boxes with only thirty berries to
each box, some OF the berries being three
inches In diameter. If the strawberry
continues to improve in size, at the pres
ent rate OF progress it will soon be as large
as the apple. Already berries have been
produced that were larger than plums-
Crop grass will now begin to take DOS
session of the ground. The only mode of
keeping it down is to kill it when il first
appears. After it becomes established it
can only be thoroughly removed with the
hoe. Among the Seeding strawberries
this season is variety that clears itself
from the stem when picked, but il is not
adapted Tor shipping long distances As
berry Tor family use, however, it is ex-
cellent, being very sweet. 1t needs no
stemming after it is removed from the
vine.
When grass is allowed to produce seed
il exhausts the soil more than when a
crop Of hay is cut before the seeds are
permitted to appear. When seed heads
form the plant has fulfilled its mission,
and has stored in the seeds larger pro-
portion of the mineral elements than re-
mains in the stalks of the plants, in
many cases, as the green plants, when
cut down early, consist largely of water
A grain crop and a crop of seed from
grass deprive the soil Of proportion of
all the fertilizing substances existing
therein.
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