The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-12-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


waited and free from weeds.
Cut off asparagus tops before the
seed scatters or you will have lots OF
seedlings on hand.
When farmers produce good heavy
draught horses they will have no cause
to complain of the prices.
Hackneys are strong breeders and
cross we'll upon our native and trotting
mares, producing that knee action and
hackney type.
The small-fruit plots, such rs black
berries, raspberries, currants, ETC.,
should be thoroughly cleaned out and
fertilized in the fall
If the potato field was injured by
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 rains have come it will be
economy to let the grass get little
start before turning the stock in. 1t
will be better for the pasture next
season too.
There is d 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
80. 80 for the best reply to the ques-
ton: "What is the most suitable
dress for dairymaid to wear in pub
lie buttermaking 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
ouohly 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 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
ly dormant,
This time of year many queens are
superseded. They live on an average
three years, then third will be SUI
perseded every year. Cases have been
known where the queens lived five or
six years, and sometimes they have
not lived month.
Much discussion has lately been
given to the merits or disadvantages
of big and little hives. The largest
amount 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 65 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 30 that their combs will
not freeze, they can be made to lay all
winter. There is no longer any ques.
ton about the Leghorn being fair
winter layer, provided the conditions
are right.