Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
RM NOTES.
Gleanings.


TO insure good roofing, sweet po-
tatoes should be beddod in clear
sand in a cold frame and cover with
sashes.
Mulching potatoes with straw is
believed to be a sure protection
against drouth. Some have tried it
for 80 years without failure, and
made "gobs Of money" in the bad
years, when their 1eighbors had no
potatoes to sell.
It is best to make a celery seed
he'd on the shady side Of fence.
The soil should be made rich, and
the seed sown in rows on the surface
and then beat all over with the back
Of spade. Bagging or mating
should be spread oyer the bed to
keep it most and damp, until the
seeds show signs of sprOuting.
Pea vines for hay should be cut in
the forenoon. rather than the after
noon, as they cure better by being
somewhat wiltered before they are
sacked. After cutting until noon, a
Lot Of poles about eight feet long
Mould be struck firmly in the ground
~ they are needed, and the vines
ed around the poles without
King until tfeRRave all they will
Old. They should be capped off as
carefully as possible and hauled into
the barn as soon as cured, as they
are liable to be injured by rains.
Currants always command paying
prices. None of the small fruits
equal the currant for jelly or wine.
Currant pies made from green
currants just before they begin to
turn are excellent. No farmer should
consider his garden complete with
out currants. Any of the following
varieties are good: Red Dutch Vic
toria, White Grape, White Dutch.
and Fay's Prolific. The last named
is extremely hardy and an excellent
bearer. Paris green and white he'll
lebore will destroy the currant worm,
-Germantolen Farmer.
The moth that lays the eggs which
produce the borers so destructive to
the Hubbard squash appears about
June 90. She keeps at her work fol-
about a month, and the borers hatch
in about 10 days after the eggs are
laid. They start in to work at once
and eat their way along through the
center of the vine. The only remedy
is to lift each vine up carefully dur
=;s5s iIf e selllse time and rub the fin
ger along for three or four inches
from the ground. This will crush
the eggs and stop the trouble right
there. Near the end of July eggs
may also be found at the joints.
Celery is not difficult to grow,
though most people think otherwise.
It wants moisture and plenty of de-
caying vegetable matter. Therefore
drained swamps are best for it. A
crop of potatoes, peas, or some other
early vegetable is first grown upon
the soil to help prepare it. These
are gotten off about July, and the
celery plants transferred from the
starting beds to it. They are usually
started in May by sowing in small
drifts. When transplanted the tops
are sheared off, to insure a stockl
growth and dense mass of roots
The rows of plants are set out three
feet apart, with siA inches between
the plants. The weeds are carefully
kept down during.the Summer. A
pillow is used to throw the dirt NJ
around the stalks. Before the blanch
ing is begun the stalks are closed to
gether to prevent the dirt falling be-
tween them and disooloring them
This and packing the dirt arounC
them is the laborious part of thu
work. Some growers avoid mucl
of this by leaving no space between
the plants, and only eight inches
between the rows. Some dealer
have raised as high as $4,000 wortl
Of celery from single acre.