The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-27

den Ia 10 be worked. the want OF su',av'e soo,
kept In good order, renders tne 'asa s'o''rced
iahorio,,s and IL is neglected ana prohounee i.
cos,,, a,,j moi worth the LABOR expended on ~,
| A oh,oc reason of this failure ~ tne want Vi
| eci ,oots IN work with. Inc BEST ihus'
eo,,';o,t and light tools. will greatly aDrldge
,his ,ahor, make the work pleasant ana at
| tractiye instead of tresome ana iepu'enS'
and rive a neat. well-dressed, Trim anu manu- /,
some garden early In the season, anu ioa"e''
IRONS OF excellent vegetables In the summer.
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.
The following spring items, gathered from
| number OF our best agricultural exchanges,
| may prove useful reminders:
| Cutting gratis from fruit trees should be
! done before the buds have swollen when the
| work has been hitherto omitted. .lhey are pre-
| served best when packedi in damp moss, and IL
this is kept just damp enough to retain the
natural moisture and plumpness, they VIII Do
| in the best condition.
| In preparing ground for gardening, common
| cultvating tools will not 90 too deep, ana tne
work with them should be repeated until the
| bed Of soil is deep and mellow, and every ciou
| finely broken. But when the work OF cuitlVat-
ing between The rows commences, the pan
should be entirely changed SO far az depth ~
concerned. The surface should be Kept iiheiy
pulverized, but going too deep will be apt 10
break the roofs OF the piaItS, anu " 'hN'~"'~
dryness under certain conditions. >,
Early spring pruning should be conuoieu
by the nature ofthe plants or trees on whlch
the work is performed. IL may be done later
on those which throw up new shoots ireely,
such as the peach or the grape, less check w.
ing given 10 the new growth than 10 such us
the cherry which does not spr0ut ireely. Inc
earlier in the spring the pruning Is performed
the better. but the peach Will bear late prun-
ing better than the cherry. \ young cherry
tree NAV be easily pruned 10 death; and young
cherry trees which are grated, II the elait
fails, should be allowed TO send up shoots from
the stock.
There may be some orchard insects which
are easily cXtirpated iftaken IN tIme-the or
cbard caterpillar. for example, where whole
nests of leaf-eatcrs are prevented by cutting
of and burning the small twigs with the rings
Of eggs.
one ofthe first things requiring early spring
attention il 10 prevent the sprOutln3 OF pOta-
toes in warm cellars where they are kept for
seed. The sprouing reduces or eXhausts the
yigor of the tubcrs. and the remedy * 10 plant
them as early a. the ground can be prepared
and made deep and mellow. The cellar may be
made cooler by opening the windows TO the
cold night air. and shutting them in the day.
Under certain conditions, hcaping them on
the cold ground outdoors. and covering theh
with straw, will answer the purpose.
PUNGENT POINTS.
at has been estimated that at least 2.O0O,OOO
extra horses have to be kept on our farms he
cause of our poor roads; and That II coslS
$500 900 per day 10 feed these extra horses
lit takes great deal ofdiscrctioD f. handle
a whip in training the cOlt-mOre discretion
than whip good deal"
Probably more manure per acre is used IN
japan than in any other country, and one
would suppose that The japanese would be
eager 10 secure chenp sources Of fertility.
TSO years ago two cargOes Of south Carolina
rock phosphate were sent TO Japan The peO-
pie would not buy t--mOst of IL Is still unsold.
Remember that the first cargo of nitrate Of
soda taken to England had TO be dumped into
the ocean.
"The specially educated men are coming
more and more TO station work, and the
agricultural politicians and professional
writers are not III the favor that they have
BEEN"
The splendid roads OF Europe for a hundred
years have not cost asmuch per mile as ours
have in the same lergthOt time. and ours are
little fany better than they were "a hundred
years ago.
PINK PUNK On HONESTY.
Most men are honest when dey know dey are
bein watched, dcah breddern. but the true
test oh honesty is when man has chance 10
steal sOmetin' without hein' discovered an lie
declines to do it; OATS wOt call honesty oh de
1S-carat stamp"