The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-04-08
STOCK FARM AND GARDEN.


think the danger has passed. a SIN
ole nights protection may save
CROP and pay a hundred fold for the
O&re. Ii
Grow few of the small pear-shaped
yellow tomatoes in the garden. Ihey
are desirable for preserving, and TO
limited extent command better
price in the market than do the other
sorts.
When you set your peach trees this
spring cut them back TO single STEM
and leave that not more than TWO
feet high. Use trees not more than
one year from the bud in preference
to the older ones.
One point against the perfect flow
cred varieties of strawberries IS that
the blossoms are more easily killed |
by the frost. This fact has been de-
termined by careful experiment, ana
should be more widely known.
For early market the White Plume
celery is now grown more largely
than all other sorts. Golden Heart
and Crawford's half dwarf are the
best late sorts. For general crop SOW
seed in rich beds about April H.
Hedges about the home grounds
are often to be preferred TO FENCES.
There are various Towering shrubs
with striking effect. or these tn
best are Japan ounce, wigeiia, al
thea, syringa and varieties OF the
COrnus.
We want flowers and plenty OF
them about the home, but they
should be in their proper places. Al
ways avoid planting them in quaint
ties at the expense OF the lawn. A
wide expanse of the latter IL the hrS'
4 3 l. 1 ,yr. n
Fruit growers upon the Islands Of
Lake Erie have been spraying their
trees and vines pretty generally dur
ing the past two years, and hnd tina
it pays. They get more and b"Uc
fruit, of better quality, and, OF course
it brings a higher price.
The foreign market for apples l.
steadily growing, and when choice
fruit ia shipped in prime condition
the returns are usually satiSIactory
There is no present danger OF our
OVERRIDING orchard planting, aS tht
foreign shipments will largely IN
crease.
The cheapness of sugar ia a direct
benefit 20 fruit growers. "a it enables
families to put mp much more 10Y
winter use. Probably more fruit was
canned last year than ever before
in this country, and the amount VIII
be largely Increased the present sea
son.
In planting the garden bear in mind
that it is not best TO sow Immediately
before and after rain. Ram PACKS
the soil down more or less, ana IL theI
baIxes in the sun so that the seq A"Wi'
on the same is almost sure 10 suffer.
II il best to SOW on a freshly turned
soil, one that is light, loose and moist
People who do business in cities are
gradually becoming more in favor Oh
suburban homes. Then they want to
know something about fruits, flowers
and the garden. 1t is for such, a.
we'll as for the farmer aud professional
gardener, that we hope to make our
columns of value.
A good many people complain that
they have trouble to grow ounces
We believe they would have less
trouble IN getting fruit If they Wouid
take a little more trouble with theli
trees. They seem to think that all
that is necessary is to plant the trees
Give them good soil, rich cultivation
aud careful pruning, and the run
can almost always be grown at COCO
profit.
During a portion of the summer
saw through June and July, private
gardens generally are at the height o.
their productiveneas-to the detrl
ment of the professional market
gardener, but the private garden doe
not often begin to yield very earl
nor continue very late. 1t usual!
runs out by the first of Augu-t. Tn
professional should then be in snap
TO supply all demands.
Where one has but little roOmi a
for instance, an acre or two IN III
suburbs, the useful and the ornn
mental may be often combined I
good advantage. A handsome crap
arbor is not out of place upon tn
lawn or row of current bushes ma
Droperly be used to edge a pathway
and a dwarf pear tree il as much "a
ORNAMENTAL" as many of the shrub
that are used specially for that puI
pose.
Even the best of pastures can nC
be depended upon to carry tue stoc
we'll all through the season, anu SON
provision should be made Tor poss
BILE drouths or exhaustion OF III
grass toward the close of the season
This may be accomplished by sowln
a field of millet or Hungarian /
June, rye in July or August, or, be
ter still, a field of sweet corn ut sue
time that it may be used for gree
fodder i'm september aud October.
pays to carry the stock well on gree
food close up to the beginning OF WI
ter, but this cannot be done unlc'
some fOrethOught is given to the ma
ter in the spring and summer.
In the most advanced dairy oil
tricta Of Europe every precautIo
is used to prevent the COWS fro
wasting their energies III needless e.
errise or exeTtiOn. The cattle ~
housed the year through, being sole
i'm summer. If they are occasiouSh
taken out for grazing they are led gu
each one by itself, and given /
chance for running or rompIu
They are treated purely a. luilE M
chimes. and every atom of availab
force is conserved for the sole pu
nose of turning out the one produc
Continual bodily comfort and warmt
are considered prime factors, ana u
cows are housed almost as wei!
their owners. They are kept ciea
by grooming, and well bianketea
cold weather. We have some stel
vet to take before we get to the top
the dairy business, here.
There ia absolutely no excuse Tor
farmer not having an orchard
iaast sufficient to give a home su
NV and he should be ashamed
look his family in the face II ne lie
this season go by without PiAhIil
soma trees. If he has not done so d
fore.
riatias for each seasOn-summer, Il
aud winter, and take mainly such
have been well tested in your oV
locality. New varieties are spec
IaFion. at the best. Set Tar enoui
apart so that every tree may reach
full development; 30 feet Is not
much space for each. Buy smi
trees. under an iuch in diamet
rather than more than that, AID
that they have good bunch OF roc
and clean, straight trunks. Buy
~ect of a trustworthy nurseTyms
and then you may rely upon havi
vour trees true to name, somethl
mat YOU can not depend on VIII
buying from an agent whom you
not know.
Advice regarding the growing
small fruits in the orchard must
taken with some grains OF aIlowan'
1t ia urged that by this means
may keep up caresul system OF CT
aviation and be getting some retu
for our labor while doing it, witho
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