The record-union., 1895-08-21
FARM AND ORCHARD.
Soil Suitable for the Growth OF
CranberrieS.

An Important Industry That Should
be Developed - Potted Straw berry
Piants-Raising sun Flowers-Deep
Flowing Wounds on Trees or
PIauts-Farm Notes.
The soil most suitable for the growth
| of cranbsrres is low, wet marshy
ground, on a sandy or light substratum,
SAYS an exchange. They also do we'll on
muck or any other poor swamp land,
where you can grow nothing else. Ihey
grow naturally in watery bogs and
marshes, on the borders of streams ana
ditches and by draining wet land ana
| taking off the top to remove grass ana
vegetable matter; then haul beach or
! other sand and cover to the depth OF two
| or three inches, to level the surface and
prevent the grass and weeds from chok-
ing out the vines and to keep the ground
loose about the plant. They bear abund-
antly on marshes covered with coarse
sand, entirely destitute of any KIND
| Of organic matter, but accessible
to moisture; on pure peat covered
with sand, and on every variety OF SOIL
except clay that is liable to bake or De-
come hard. They can also be raised on
moist loan, where corn and potatoes Will
grow, but not so abundautly on dry or
sandy soil, unless covered two or three
| inches with muck, or sspent tan. o
animal or vegetable manure should De
used, as the fruit draws most OF us
moisture from the atmosphere Inc
poorer the soil the less cultivation IS
needed.
Lay out the ground as you would for
planting cabbage. strawberry or other
plants; use a pointed stick, O.. dibble to
make hole Tor the plant; keep the roots
in muddy water-so thick that 1t Will ad-
here to and cover them-and when you
have made hole set plant IN IL ana
press the dirt very closely about 1t. 10
have the rows uniform, draw line ana
get the plants twenty inches apart III q
row. Where small patches are raised,
which can be kept clean with the hoe, the
nearer they are together the quicker they
will cover the ground; but where acres
! are planted il will save mucn labor TO set
them two feet or more apart, SO ploW or
harrow can be used to cut out weeds ana
and grass. Alter keeping out the weeos
and grass for couple OF years they VIII
take care of themselves.
They can be planted out In the faiI at
the north from September until the
ground is frozen, or in the spring until
the middle OF May. At the south ana
west. if possible, they should be planted
out in autumn; if received too late Tor
planting out, the roofs can De covered
with dirt in d box or cellar-but not III
the ground out doors-until early spring.
Where land for cranberry culture can
be overtlowed (which is not necessary ac-
cording to some authorities), fall is the
time to plant. The first year they often
bear fifty bushels to the acre, and increase
yearly until sometimes they bear from
TWO to three hundred bushels per acre
: Cultivated fruit is more likely to be al
fected by drouth than the wild. one
man, with a rake made for the purpose
3 will gather from thirty to forty bushels
day, with boy to pick up the scatter.
ing ones.
POTTED STRAWBERRY PLANTS.
Those are obtained in this way. Flower
pots of q size three inches in diameter a
; the top are sunk around the parent plant:
level with the ground. They are filleC
with fairly rich soil. AS the runners arr
made the part bearing the young plant is
made to rest on pot and is kept in place
by small stone or lump of earth placed
: on The stem. Very soon the pot is full o
I roots, when it may be severed from th'
parent plant aud set out on it's own ac'
count. No attention is required while i
is roofing in the pot, save, perhaps
. watering, if the season is very dry.
= RAISING SUNFLOwERS.
The sunfower is worthy of cultivation
in small holdings, where. because of 1t
twotod virtues, besides being highl,
decorative, the seeds form valuable foot
for poultry. In Russia the large seed
are eaten and are very palatable. Abou
fifteen hundred pounds per acre is th
average yield. Grown on large seal
: this might be a paying crop In thi
g country.-American Gardener.
9 DEEP FLOWING.
4 1t is commonly said that plowing dee
is the direct means OF making the Sol
deep. 1t is true that deep plowlng open
a lower stratum to the aclion OF air, bu
this only hasteus the decomposition O
vegetable matter in the soil, aud ii Jhi
9 is not replaced the soil becomes so def
: cient in humus that deep blowing is use
:, less. There is no better way to deeper
N soil than to sow clover, and every thirt
g or fourth year permeate the soil to
q Greater depth. " henever clover sod /
8 plowed considerable part of its lowe
g roots are left in the soil rs they grew
: These roots rapidly decay, and they en-
g able roots of grain and other crops to G
Q down deeply in search OF moisture. Ihl
: il one reason why hoed crops on Glove
Z lev Withstand drouths better than
J. planted on timothy sod, whose roots ar
g ali near the surface. 10 make the Glove
g grow as large as possible is all important
a Tho larger the growth the deeper til
: clover roots run and the more the sub
soil is euehteu.-Amerlcan CulllVatoI
WOUNDS on TREES AND PLANTS.
The wounds made on growing plant
or trees should always be protected b.
u some application as soon as they Decom
/ dry enough for 1t TO adhere Well. Com
mon paint is better than neglect. but All
cement of the character OF grating wa
}. is better One OF the best substances
e both for its neatness and its long adhe
u sion 10 the surface OF the wound, Is III
d we'll known shellac yarniSh, consistin
: Of a strong solution of sheilac III alcoho
% To prevent the neglect which so often oC
: ours because the owner has nothing {
n the kind on hand 1t Is we'll 10 have such
preparation made in time.
i. Procure Wide-mOuthed bottle and IN
sert brush, to be used III applying 1t. b
making the cork a part OF the handle
3 This will prevent drying up, and 1t Wi
3. be always ready.
Ir Those who nave time to attend to
V may make the iurpentine and rosin mix
q ture by using half-pound of rosin an
l. taIlow melted together, adding spoonfu
!. OF turpeutine when IL is cool, with tw
e ounces of alcohol aud an ounce OF wate
heating again and stirring rapidly. Thi
d is good application, but 1t Is, not so del
d cato Tor fine plants as the shellac. Ii
J. becomes TOO thick add alcohol.
q FARM NOTES.
> 4 kicking COW. or one that require
- much labor and attention when bein
. MIXED, should be gotten rio Of Sue
cows are nuisance, and makes the dairy
mans work disagreeable.
70 oats when cut in the milky stage (bt
! fore the grain is ripel make an exceller
ration for horses. The nutritious matte
- is arrested in the stalks, and both stra'
- and grain are relished.
It takes twice as much food and labe