Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-11-02
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Spinach is a profitable crop.

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Spinach is profitable crop.
Keep the strawberry beds well cult
waited and free from weeds.
Cut off asparagus tops before the
seed seatters or you will have lots Of
seedlings on hand.
When farmers produce good heavy
5iraught horses they viii have no cause
to complain of the prices.
Hnckneys are strong breeders and
cross well upon our native and trotting
mares, producing that knee action and
hackney type.
The small-fruit plots, such as black
berries, raspberries, currauts, etc,
should be thoroughly cleaned out and
fertilized in the fall
If the potato field Vas injured bv
rot or any of the diseases to which
potatoes are subject, by no means use
it for potatoes next season.
Have no idle land, but let crops fol-
low one another in quick succession.
Delay in this matter will not only re-
suit in weeds, but in loss and dissatis-
faction.
Where rams have come it WIN ba
economy to let the grass get -.
start before turning the stock in
will be better, for the pasture
season too. 10y
| There is disadvantage in late
planting of Strawberries. They are
liable to be injured by alternate thaw-
ing and freezing, because of not being
sufficiently rooted
An English paper offers a prize Of
81. so for the best reply to the ques-
tom "What is the most suitable
dress for a dairymaid to wear in pub
lie butteEpaking competitions"
Alternately the drouth, blight and
bugs seem to play havoc with late po-
tatoes, making them very uncer-
tain crop in many regions. Fertil-
izers are untrustworthy stable manure
causes scab.
The best way to keep honey from
.candying, says, writer, is to seal it
in tight jars, the same as fruit This
is the way that the bees do, and it is
the only safe way, 1t should be thor
oughly heated before putting up.
After nine years experiments with,
wheat. the Ohio station concludes that
the Valley and Egyptian varieties,
which, very closely resemble each
other, seem to be adapted to a wider
range of soils than most other sorts.
During the working season the life
OF bee worker is about six weeks.
The work it does has much to do with
the length of its existence. 1t does not
begin work till about sixteen days old,
and through the winter they live near
" dormant,
This time OF year many queens are
superseded. They live on an average
three years, then third will be su-
perseded every year Cases have been
| known where the queens lived five or
six wears, and sometimes they have
not lived a month.
Much discussion has lately been
given to the merits or disadvantages
Of big and little hives. The largest
lmount of favorable testimony is for
layer hives. Others still cling to the
old Langstroth until improvements
shall be more plainly evident.
In curing cheese during September
and October, Prof. Robertson recon-
mends that the curing-room be kept
at So degrees as near as possible. Bit
ter favored cheeses are usually the
result of chilling in either the making
room, press-room or curing-room.
Pullets of the lighter breeds should
be laying now, and if the houses are
warm enough 50 that their combs will
not freeze, they can be made to lay all
winter. There is no longer any ques-
tson about the Leghorn being fair
winter layer. provided the conditions
are. right.
The way to judge the breeding of a
bull is by his calves, and mntured
bull that has valuable progeny in ac-
! tiye dairy work should not be priced
lightly nor sacrificed cheaply. 1t may
take additional expense to stall, feed
lnd care for an Old bull, but YOU
Snowwhat his calves will be while
lie young sire is likely to prove an
7pensiye disappointment