The Columbus journal., 1895-09-25


the wheat producer can grow still more
cheerful.
| Thayer's Berry Bulletin.
For September. 1895
Every grower of small fruits should
understand the best method Of pripa.
eating plants. 49,
Soil, location and management Have
q marked influence on same variety
From this fact often comes both
praise and condemnation of same. va
rieties.
The best for you may not be best for
q neighbor.
Some varieties do well in most locali-
ties and may be used without risk;
others, especially new kinds. should be
first tried in a limited way, then
propagate such as do the best for you. "
A strawberry plant should repro
duce hundreds in single year. and
raspberries. blackberries. currants.
gooseberries and grapes are nearly as
prolific. D..
New plants from black raspberries
are secured by covering the tips of new
canes lightly with moist dirt and leav-
ing until spring. They are then ready
to set. ..s
Best plants from the blackberry are
grown by digging large thrifty roots.
cutting them in pieces four or five
inches in length. and planting in a we'll
prepared seed bed. They make good
plants in one season.
New canes or suckers are also used.
and make good plants. if carefully: dug
with portion Of the cross root at
tached.
For currants and grapes. select
thrifty new growth. cut in pieces six to
twelve inches in length and set six. or
eight inches apart in rows, leaving
only one or two buds above ground.
Press dirt firmly about all cuttings.
Go0seberries are sometimes grown
from cuttings, same as currants and
grapes. but are not so easily prOpa-
gated. The better way is to bend
branches to .the-ground in fall or early
spring and cover with moist dirt.
Fine roots will start along the branch
In one season. then make into cuttings
and set out same as currants and
grapes.
Cuttings require deep rich soil and
clean cultivation. They may be. made
after first frosts and set at once. or
tied in bundles. buried in cellar away
from frost. and set early in spring.
Label each bundle as made and mark
each row as set BY growing your own
plants, a love for them is created that
would not otherwise exist. !
M. A. Thayer.
Sparta. Wis.
A Frightened Horse-When a horse
becomes frightened. demoralized or
otherwise ratified about something he !
but does. not understand.
q good way to quiet him down is sim
ply to talk TO him in a good tone Of
voice. II a horse gets frightened at
he sees in the road. stop him
at once and give him a formal intro
1uction to 1t, telling him in the mean
time how very foolish he is to let such
! little thing disturb him. Nothing can
be worse than to whip horse when he
Is frightened. He doesn't get fright !
ened because he wants to. 1t is only |
because he has seen or heard some 7
hing that be is not familiar with. |
After he once gets thoroughly ac-
2uainted with the object of his uneasi-
ness. it will never frighten him again. !
Found in Bulls StOmach.-The |
,ther day q L0ckerbie butcher killed a
at bullock, and while engaged remov-
ng the stomach from the carcass. much
o. his surprise his knife came upon
!ome hard substance. On closer exam
nation he found that the. hard sub
stance was q long steel pin with an
lcorn head. such as are used by
aides for putting into their hats. The
,ull vas very fat, anu lid not seem at
III iHeonvenienced by the pin, which.
{ is copjectured. had been swallowed
long with fodder.-London Meat
Trades Journal.
Lessened Exports Of Pork-The total
xports Of provisions. including live
attic and hogs. show falling away
( about 8 per cent in the twelve months
nding June 80. over the same period in
he preceding year. The exports. OF
ork were-1S95. $4.13O.746 and $5,11S,-
"a In 1894: bacon shows less falling
q. the totals being $37, ,662, 100 and $685.
s.. .649. Hams show a slight increase
Or the same period. s.. .7S9. .4O6 to $40
So. S.21S. Live hogs show an increase
rom 1,1O4. to 2.542. but. that is not "a
opular way Of serding the hog abroad
Wife-Ay dear. I:want four hundred
ollars for pin-money.
Husband-Humph, Pms must be :,
Ugh this year. i
Wife-Yes. Diamond pins are-N 4.
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