The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-05-26
ON THE FARM.
Farm Talk in Season

Farm Talk IN season
An hours work at this season n' the
year, when the weeds are just peepipg
out of the ground will he Of more service
than days labor after they have made
growth A rake will destroy them at
first, but it may require the piow III
month more. 1t is in doing the work at
the appropriate time that saves cos6 aud
pushes the crop ahead.
Always broadcast fertilizers il possible
Plants feed more from their root extrem
tiles than at the base of each. A handful
of fertilizer placed within the diameter
of a few inches around a plant is not
easily utilized. BY broadcastirg the
fertilizer il is seized by hundreds OF root
let's as fast as the rains dissolve it, while
the proportion Of soluble natter is also
larger.
Shropshire sheep have performed great
service in improving the common tiocks,
but the bess mutton breed is conceded to
be the Southdown, though it is not as
large in size as the Shropshire.
Experiments in seeding cats indicate
that eigat pecks per acre is about the
| correct amount OF seed TO use, the largest
yield of grain being derived from that
quantity on the land.
Plant she corn as soon as it can be done
About one inch IS the best depth at
which TO cover the seed. Il is better to
use too much seed than too little, as
| allowance should be made for dam &c
| done by cut worms, failure TO geImii ate,
etc. 1t is safer to depend on thinning
out plants if too thick than to Ieplant
missing hills.
1t is more profitable to spread manure
thickly than 20 attempt to cover large
surface with limited supply. One OF
the causes of poor crops is that the plant
food is divided amoug too many plants
instead OF giving each a full ration There
should be no hesitation Ia concentrating
the manure on small area, aud If the
supply is insufficient for The purpose, use
fertilizers also.
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on what the crops may bring in the mar
ket, but upon how much such vegetables
wou Id cost for & family if they were
bought. The best market for garden
crops is at home on the farmers table.
The farmer who will buy his vegetables
and small fruit when he can raise them
PAYS twice as much for Injuries as he
should.
Even when eggs are fresh the prices
are lowered by dirty shells. 1t will be
40 Sdgantage to wash the sggs in SOAP
md water. II ,be stains do net come of
place the eggs in vinegar for au hour and
thea wash them Assert them, PLACING
the dark eggs il one lot and the wEite
eggs in another.
When the stock is infested with lice
it indicates a low condition. Fat
healthy, well fed animals are seldom
infested with lice. When lice are found
on animals there is a probability also
that they may become diseased. Filth
lice and disease are always found to
gether.
Bran and lirseed meal should be useC
occasionally, if Cor no other reason thai
that of atfording a charge of diet. Sucl
foods are aIsD rich in the mineral Gle
ments and serve to supply any defcienc!
in that direction. Growing animals ant
mich COWS are always benefited b.
!
eral matter.
Experiments show that when plenty o
absorbent material is used in the manur
it is not necessary to have the material
: under cover, but when only small
amount of absorbing material is used
covering is necessary in order to proven
) loss from rains.
\ variety of grasses IN the pastu-
affords better material for the COWS, an
also induces them TO eat a larger proper
, sion of food. Ia some sections, aud o.
certain kinds of soil, tho native grasse
crowd out all Others but i'll making
new pasture the seed should be of a
many kinds of grass as possible, in orde
to secure several kinds permanently, a
some among them may be able to hold
place in the pasture.
II any portion Of The farm is not unde
cultivation there may be a crop of weed
, To destroy them use the mower, aud CT
! them down in the fence corners with til
cSthe. Never allow one weed to 90 t
seed, as some of them are capable of Pr
dueipg thousands Of seeds. each Of whic
may produce weed next season, thu
. sntaiiing more work aud expense.
Keeping The stable clean in the summe
| is as important as any work ou the farm
Ia the winter the cold seals up the odor
bu5 in summer all substances 10 til
stable decompose very rapidly, case
being formed that are injurious to th
health of the stock.