Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-09-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Lettuce may be sown at any time
The soil cannot be made too rich for
tomatoes.
Peas and corn ground together are
good food for swine.
Coal ashes make good material to
mulch the ounce trees.
Horticulture and entomology. will
go hand in hand in the future.
Glover is an excellent feed for hogs,
as it supplies the needed nitrogen.
Tomatoes do best when kept off the
ground, and are not SO likely to rot.
Timber for posts should be seasoned,
charred and immersed in hot coal tar.
Get in late cabbage or celery where
you have taken off peas or other crops.
Keeping the surface of the soil fine
and mellow will aid to retain moisture.
It is we'll to stir bit of oatmeal into
the drinking water, especially if you
use ice.
An old SOW who has proved good
breeder should always be given the
preference.
The boxing and freight on poor fruit
is as much as ON good. The selling
price is less.
Coal ashes that are reasonably full
of coarse cinder make good mulch
for Strawberries.
A twig that can be cut with knife
now may require pruning saw if al
lowed to grow another year.
When you crest Bit in the field
remember the team will enjoy it too if
allowed to stand in the shade.
If you will not spray your trees your
self, why not hire somebody to do it
who knows how? 1t will pay you.
Oil meal or linseed cake is made by
English stock breeders the basis for
thoroughly good prepared stock food.
Mulch trees and bushes that were
set this spring. The dry, hot weather
we may expect now is trying to new
set fruit.
A good way to kill out briers at this
time is to spread over them thin
layer of dry straw and then burn.
Wheat straw is best.
On account of the risk of keeping it
will be found best to market onions rs
soon as they are thoroughly ripe if
good price can be obtained.
In nearly all cases pears will have
better flavor if they are picked as soon
as matured and are then ripened i'll
shallow drawers or on shelves.
In packing fruit uniformity in size
should be observed rs well rs possible,
putting in only good, fair-sized mer-
chantable fruit as number one.
1t should be remembered that dead
wood may be cut out of tree ut any
time. Now is good time to do work
of this kind, rs the dead or diseased
limbs can be readily seen.
While shade and ornamental trees
beautify the premises, care should be
taken that those growing close around
the house are kept pruned so as to ad-
NIT of free circulation of air.
A tree is strong and hardy when it
becomes old and its roots are thor
oughly established. While it is young
it needs and must have attention or it
will die. The better the start TO grow
when young the better the tree.
A good method of destroying cookie
burs where fields are thoroughly in-
Tested with them liz TO seed to grass or
clover and use ii for meadow for IA few
years When it is plowed again and
crops such rs corn, potatoes, etc, are
planted go over il with hoe in late
summer and autumn and cut them out.
A foothold once gained, heroic treat
ment is required.
Look out now for the warts ON the
plum trees and cut them off with
knife aud paint the wound with kero-
sene oil mixed with any Kind of paint
that may be at hand. Ii left they be-
come the black knot, and often destroy
the trees unless prevented in season as
above described Follow il mp every
fortnight through the summer. aud
grub up all the wild cherries in the
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