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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
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49, 1AD GARDEN
CUTTING AND CURING CLOVER.
A Plan by which Perfect Hay Can lie
Made without Tedder.


As many farmers do not possess q hay
tedder and most plans described by agri-
cultural writers include one, the follow
ing from a correspondent of Country
Gentleman ought to be read with inter
est He writes:
give plan which has been in every
way a success for years, and / have no
hay tedders. First, clover should be cut
as soon as it shows the blossoms well
and before all of it is in bloom. The
time of day when cut has much to do
with successful curing. never start
the machine in clover until the dew is
off and then NOV it, and in the heat Of
the day, when it is partially wilted, rake
it and put up in not too large cocks.
These are generally left untouched one
day, and if the weather is not first class
hay weather they stand until the second
day, and then are opened out, not very
thin, but in such a way that the air can
get through it and the sun not dry it too
much.
After short time the clover is put in
the barn, where it can be kept as much
as possible from air drawing through it.
When it can be done, put in and fill the
storage place as soon as possible, then
put some straw or old hay ON the top
and you have something to absorb all
the moisture that comes from the fresh
cut clover aud will have none on top
black or moldy.
Should you get field cut and in the
cock and few days rain come, it should
be cooked over, and by this means it can
be kept from coloring badly and getting
musty. If one had caps to cover when
cccked up, there would perhaps be no
necessity of cooking over, yet 1 should
not use the hay caps in fairish weather,
as the hay will sweat and cure out bet
ter uncovered. Clover cut at the time
mentioned and cured as directed will
come out of the NOW as bright and green
as when put in.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13

An advocate of hill culture of Straw
berries tells, in letter to Rural New
Yorker, that there are two things to be
avoided--letting the runners grow too
long without being cut and letting the.
plants come to a standstill for want Of
frequent cultivation. He says: In order
to get the full benefit OF cutting the run
ners it must be done as soon as they ap-
pear, After they have drawn upon the
parent plant for week or two they have
done about all the harm they can IL
cultivation is not frequent enough to
keep a loose surface, the foliage is likely
to suffer. Even heavy mulch will not
take the place of stirring the soil This
system is good one for all foreign varie-
ties, which, as a rule, must have their
runners cut.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
A Word About Pastures.

Remember that close grazing is ruin
Gus to any pasture. There is no economy
in it, for what the close grazing does
not destroy the hot sun will finish.
Don't destroy these valuable portions of
your farm by being penny wise and
pound foolish. If you haven't sufficient
pasture for all your stock, sell some Of
the stock or feed grain. 1t has been dem
onstrated at the experiment stations that
by feeding grain to cows while they are
being pastured we not only save the
pasture land, but in the end save money.
A little grain fed to the dairy COWS
every day during pasturing makes the
cream richer and the butter much supe-
rior than if given nothing but grass.
But before the grass is destroyed and
close cropping begins the grain feeding
should begin. Feed little grain morn
ing and night and restrict the animals
in their grazing, so that no one part of the
field can be cropped too close.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
NINE YEARS IN THE PEN.

Robert Joyce who was taken from the Jail
here to the Jail at New Castle, Pa, to answer
to charge of burglary, pleaded guilty
when arraigned on Tuesday and received the
salty sentence of nine years in the Keystone
penitentiary. Peter Ford who with Joyce was
arraigned for the same job received like SEN
tenee, Joyce is an Alliance man and formerly
kept saloon in that city. He was a persist
entviolator Of the liquor laws and was very
dissipated. He often came to Canton and al.
ways landed in the lookup drunk. The bur
glary for which he will be punished was com
mitted In February when four masked men
went 10 the home Of widow past eighty years
of age and robbed and mistreated her,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
On the Country Road.

AS soon as the ground is in condition
SOW few Egyptian or Eclipse beet
seed for table use. Make successive SOW
ings every few weeks.
Plant smooth early peas, such as
Alaska, etc., as soon as you can.
For aphides or plant lice use kerosene
emulsion on all plants.
When worms or aphis are first seen
on cabbage plants, use Kerosene emul-
sion. Repeat every ten days if neces'
sary.
For apple soab spray with sulphate
solution when the buds are swelling,
Make the second application with bor-
deaux mixture just before blossoming
and repeat every 12 or IA days. as may
be necessary.
That appropriation of $40, 900 to en-
able the United States department of
agriculture to help the Massachusetts,
gypsy moth commission exterminate
this pest. which passed the senate, was
killed In the house.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13

have plenty Of room how nice it is to
have string Of trellis fer the grape
vines, or, as some prefer, row or two
Of plants tied to stakes The early spring
is an excellent time to get and plant
grape vines.
Some varieties do better in one place
than in another, but the following kinds,
according to Gardening, do we'll gen.
orally:
Among the black grapes are Worden
and Concord-Worden, large bunch,
large, compact berry, of good quality
and ripening a few days earlier than
Concord; Concord when we'll ripened
a pretty good grape, and the plant is
healthy and productive and succeeds
most everywhere.
Under red grapes are named Brighton
and Delaware. The first one shows good
size of bunch and berry, and when we'll
ripened its quality is excellent. AL
though the berries Of the Delaware are
small, they are very sweet and the
punches are compact While the vine is
slender, it is healthy and very fruitful
Niagara is among the white grapes
what the Concord is among black ones,
and appears to be as healthy and prolific.
The punches and berries are large. Win
chell or Green Mountain is a new grape
that has given satisfaction over large
part of the country. The vine is healthy,
vigorous and prolific. The punches and
berries are of good size, and the fruit
of uncommonly good quality. 1t ripens
two weeks earlier than the Concord.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
Thinning Out Young Crops.

Few practices are more profitable,
says Meehan's Monthly, than thinning
out garden crops as soon as the young
plants are above the surface. If the
knowledge of the proper sowing of seeds
was more widely prevalent, when the
number Of seeds required to make plants
only need be sown, no thinning would
be needed, but so many persons sow the
seeds fearing that numbers will fail to
grow, and therefore many more seals
are used than is necessary. But some
times all these superhuous seeds grow.
in which case it is desirable that they
should be thinned. Not only do the
vegetable plants grow larger under these
circumstances, but in many cases they
come earlier into use.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13

The Farm Journal says: For grating
wax we think this is about right: To 8
parts resin and 2 of beeswaA add | Of
tallow. Put in an iron pot, heat slowly
and mix we'll Pour out into cold water
and pull by hand until it assumes a
light color; work into sticks and put
into cool place till wanted. In using,
oil the hands, work the wax until soft
and press it tightly around the graft
and over the cracks. If the day be warm,
1t is sometimes better to occasionally
moisten the hands with cold water.
We do not think it necessary to enter
into the minutie of the operation of
grating, but simply to impress upon all
the Importance Of having the inner bark
Of the stock and soions to fit tightly to-
gether. If this be attended to, success is
almost certain.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
Shrubs For Succession of Blooms.

Shrubs not only provide flowers, but
shady hooks. Once planted they require
comparatively little care: Following are
some shrubs recommended by Prairie
Farmer for q succession Of blooms. First
is the Daphne, giving two varieties.
Closely following the Daphnes come the
Forsythias. The older sorts are not quite
hardy, especially Viridissima But In
termedia, q new sort, can be relied upon.
1t makes large, fine shrub which is q
mass Of gold in the earliest days of May.
Third is Prunus tritaba, or rose flower
ing plum, near Of kin to the flowery al
mond, but larger shrub, The fourth is
Spirea prunifolia; fifth, the Japan
ounce, or Cydonia japonica.
Sixth come the hlacs. We place at
the head the old fashioned Communis or
common purple. Nothing can ever dis
place it, but those who have not seen the
new hlacs do not know how great i'm
provements can be made in our everyday
flowers. The Persian varieties are more
slender in growth, but enormously pro.
life in bloom Seventh come the bush,
or Tartarian, honeysuckle. Eighth, select
the Japan or Chinese SNOWFALL Ninth,
plant plenty Of weagelas Tenth in order
comes the syringas, or mock oranges.
Eleventh, plant altheas These come
into bloom in August and run through
Sentetnher
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13


Some of the sweet corn canning fac
tories will not run the coming season,
others will cut down their acreage more
or less, while in other cases many farm
ers refuse to plant on cutdown price.
These causes combined will reduce the
acreage in sweet corn the coming year
very materially, according to Maine
Farmer This authority, however, says:
The fact Of falling off in the sweet
corn plant need not and should not
be q reason for farmers to reduce
the area planted to this important
farm crop. The advantages of sweet
corn as a farm crop over that of yell
low corn, when all conditions in
volved are taken into the account, have
not been great at the price paid by the
Gamers in these later years. So that,
though the sweet corn may be out of
consideration, there is still good reason
for planting corn. Every acre that the
sweet corn falls off should be made good
with at least like area in the yellow.
Then plant corn and select strong
growing variety. Plant it for fodder.
for the grain, for the silo, for fall feed.
ing and for winter use. The falling off
in sweet corn must not reduce the area
Of this important Maine crop.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
MACHINE CUT POTATO SEED.
Characteristic Features Of the Cutter Are
Rapidly and Uniform Size of Seed.

Characteristic Features Of the Cutter Are
Rapidly and Uniform Size of Seed
Machines for QUITTING seed potatoes
have now been sold for several years,
and those who use them have had fair
chance to estimate their real value. In
order to learn whether these slicers are
more reliable than knife in the hands
of an ordinary workman Rural New
Yorker solicited the experiences of a
number of farmers who have given the
machines fair trial. The cutter is a
simple set Of knives, which press down
on the potato and slice it into square
pieces.
A Virginia farmer thus summed up
the desirable points of the potato cut
ter: The rapidity with which the seed
can be cut, the uniform size of the seed,
and at the same time the removing Of
the seed end of the potato In many
localities 1t is important to get the seed
into the ground as soon as possible, and
it would require quite a number of
hands to keep the planter running un-
less the seed were cut number Of days
ahead. With cutter an ordinary man
can, with two or three hours start, keep
the planter going without any trouble,
and one can feel satisfied that the seed
is cut much more perfectly than it
would have been cut by an ordinary
hired man with knife He did not
think that the machine would be espe-
Cially useful on small farm, but any
one planting 20 barrels of seed and up
ward should certainly not be without a
potato cutter.
One correspondent reported as fol-
lows: l used the Aspinwall potato cut
ter last season. A man can cut with this
machine, of large and medium potatoes,
from six to eight bushels an hour. 1t
does the best work on large and medium
sized potatoes which have the eyes even
ly distributed. 1t does better work gen
orally on long potatoes. l could not tell
what percentage of hills were missed.
but think more than where we planted
hand cut seed. think an average hired
man will do as good work with the ma
chine as he would with a knife, unless
you make him take so much pains with
the knife that it would not be profitable
Such q machine is desirable because one
man will cut seed as fast as four or five
by hand, and where one uses planter
he can keep it running steadily, with
out extra help or without cutting pota-
toes ahead, which l have found to be
risky business. Where potatoes are
drilled with an Aspinwall planter l
don't think the loss from missing hills
amounts to much
A Long Island farmer claimed that
his cutter cut about six bushels an hour,
doing its best work on long, medium
sized tubers. He did not have over /
per cent Of missing hills. He preferred
seed cut with the machine to that cut
by hand, as it cuts uniform and wastes
no seed. He calculated that cutter
saves the time of four men at busy
season, but that to make the machine
valuable one should cut from 60 to 75
bushels of potatoes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
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WHEN A COLONY swARms.


Which Orders the Proceeding, the Bee
Queen OF the Workers?
A subject discussed in the columns Of
The American Bee Journal, which ellie.
tied opinions from some Of the best bee
keepers of the country, was which or.
ders the swarming--the queen or the
workers. Seven out of 23 apairists af.
firmed that the worker beos controlled
the proceedings, three thought that the
queen leads, several believed that both
worked together, and two did not know.
w. NJ. Barnum said: II don't know,
but think there is usually an under.
standing between bees and queen. Pos
sibly the bees create the emergency, and
the queen gives the signal.
Dadout 81 Son said: 1--WE think they
are unanimous on that point. The queen
is angry because young queens are
reared, and the bees are uncomfortable
for want of room. Il"
Mrs. ]. N. Heater expressed the opin.
ion that, with a normal first swarm, the
queen is among the last to leave the
hive, while with after swarms with vir.
gin queens the queen Is about the first
one to leave the hive.
L. 7. Abbott remarked: Neither of
them. The economy Of a beehive is not
managed on the Debs plan. Each one
has mind to work the best she knows
how, and when the time comes for doing
thing they all do it without any Or
dering The workers generally go out
first, however.
G. w. Demaree said: 1.-THE worker
bees control the whole proceeding Last
season l was watching for the queen at
the entrance of hive where the bees
were in the act Of swarming, and the
queen did not make her appearance un-
til quarters Of the swarm was in
the air, and when she did appear she
was being hustled out by force of arms.
l distinctly saw an ireful worker bite
her as she sullenly vacated. l once
had swarm to issue while / had the
hive open and saw the internal excite
ment, and saw the queen make repeat
ed attacks on a sealed queen cell, but
the guards stood firmly and even used
force to drive her away. The old idea
that the queen leads out the swarm
looks romantic and all that, but it is
not according to solid facts.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
Early Tomatoes.

To make the tomato crop a paying
one earliness, size and quality are more
important than bulk; hence market gar
deners start their seed early in hotbeds.
AS soon as the ground is warm enough
the Seeding should be transplanted to
the garden or field. Four feet either
way in the rows is good distance for
the plants to be set apart, and this gives
one plenty of space TO work with the
hoe and later for the vines to spread. If
the top soil is kept loose and we'll pull
'verized, it is an easy work to go over the
whole field once week and stir the
earth around the hills until the plants
begin to spread After that they need
hoeing only after rains when the ground
is apt to get hard. A little nitrate of
soda and wood ashes scattered in each
hill at the time the plants begin to vine
will greatly help them in their growth,
and the result will be shown in earlier
and better tomatoes, according to the tes-
timony of correspondent of American
Cultivator, who also makes suggestions
about stalking the plants. He says:
The easiest way to stake tomatoes is
to drive a stake five feet long in each
hill and then attach the vines to it with
wool twine, adding more string as
new shoots grow and the vines begin to
droop in different places. The cost Of
this is very little-half cent a hill
and it will save enough tomatoes from
rotting and increase the rapid growth of
all sufficiently to pay in the end, On the
other hand, too expensive supports fail
to make proper returns The outlay is
never really paid back.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
The New NIantels.

The coverings and draperies of the
mantel board are coming down. The
heat and dust Of summer are to be
avoided. Bare boards, smooth wood and
few ornaments present to those assail-
ants of cleanliness less ground to work
upon.
The polished oak board is the most
convenient and the most artistic of any.
It's surface should be rubbed until IL
dimly reflects the rubber's face. Not an
inch Of drapery should be allowed As
for ornaments. the prettiest are the white
and worried plaster casts, which can be
bought SO reasonably and are fashion
able. A panel from the Parthenon
frieze or Donatello's cherubs hung two
inches above the mantel is striking and
few small pieces standing upright be-
tween photographs that are handsomely
framed in leather or metal are all the
decorations needed for mantel during
the heated season. A housekeeper will
find one Of this variety pleasure more
than a worry
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
Cultural Note on Corn.

On most soils one deep plowing is all
a corn crop requires, and this should be
done before planting. After this, fire.
quent shallow stirring of the soil is all
that is needed, and the frequency is of
as much Importance as the shallowness.
Once week for month is not too often
to stir the surface, and this can be easily
done with implements that enable one
to go over several acres day. 1t is
an instructive experiment to take few
rows through the field and give them one
or two workings more than the rest and
note the results, says Texas Farm and
Ranch.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
Cultural Notes.

Annuals may be sown as late as June
to keep up a succession of blooms, par
ticularly Phlox drummondi, asters,
mignonette, candytuft and alyssum.
Flowering shrubs, such as spipwas,
weigelias, deutzias, etc, should be
pruned and the old wood thinned out
now as soon as finished towering
Climbers, such as istaria, honey
suckles, clematis, ETC., should be kept
fastened TO their supports. Continue
stalking and tying all tall growing plants,
such as delphiniums, platycodons,
dahlias, Clematis erecta, hollyhocks,
lilies. etc
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
Late Cabbage.

"For late cabbage, said a member
Of the Massachusetts, Horticultural soci-
ETY., "select Stone Hardy, Drumhead,
Succession and Marblehead Mammoth.
Transplant to the open ground Of an aft
ernoon or ON cloudy day. Give thor
ough culture. The turnip flea beetle, a
black insect, can be largely prevented
by the busting ON Of slaked lime or wood
ashes. Cutwornls are also destructive at
times and are held in check by the ap-
plication of wood ashes For the aphis
apply slaked lime or tobacc dust. For
the green worm use lime and hellebore.n
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
Corn and Cotton Worms.

AS explained by Rural New Yorker,
what is known as the cotton worm con-
fines its work almost entirely to the
cotton fields of the south. 1t is differ.
ent insect from what is known as the
boil worm in the south, and this boil
worm is the corn worm of both northern
and southern oornfields. In the north
this boil worm also works in tomatoes
usually in the fruits-and in the pods
of peas. Thus the cotton worms and
boil worms are different kinds of species
Of inseots-but the adults of both are
moths-and it is the boil worm which
works on corn, tomatoes, etc, in the
north. The cotton worm rarelv occurs
very far north of Mason and Dixon's
line.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
HE WASN'T WORTH A DOLLAR.

The appraisers Of the late Peter G. Albright
estate have finished their work and it turns
out that Albright, who was supposed to be a
very rich man, was really not worth dollar.
In fact his estate will not pay his debts. The
total value of his estate is S71,
The assets include S2,555 in chattels and
stocks in corporations; $6,395 deposited in
banks; S2l, 1884 in notes and accounts
$4,000 insurance, included in the ap-
praisement; 90, 068 over checks by depositors
that are good, and real estate to the amount OF
$30,575.
The liabilities cannot be accurately fixed.
Mr.. Mctaughey, however, after careful ex,
animation estimates them at between $75,O0C
and $50, 900.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
]. V. vANK1RK AFFLICTED.

Rev. j, V. Vsnkirk, formerly of this city is
suffering from severe afiliction. For some
time he has been preaching at Twinsburg, o
He has been attacked by disease in the bone
of one of his legs. The bone is crumbling
away aud it is liable to make him cripple
for life, He has gone to Cleveland to be
operated upon but il is feared he win never be
well again. Mr.. Vankirk lived here for several
years and was a bright young man. He was
plasterer by trade and worked until he got
money enough then he went TO Mt, Union
college and graduated. Later he took com.
plete course in the theological university at
Boston.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
WOMAN's WORLD.
woMAN,s WORLD.

The American Wife of the Famous
Enslish Story Writer.
Mrs Rudyard Kipling is q slender
little woman, with soft brown eyes,
lark hair and very sweet expression.
She is not "a new woman" and does
not care for any society except that Of
her household, and she and her husband
are so congeuiai in tastes and ideas that
they live all the year around in little
farmhouse 10 miles from Brattleboro,
VT, and never even think Of being
bored II seems curious that such bit
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-13
A VERDICT FOR FALLA.

Casper Falla, formerly constable here, was
defendant in suit at Steubenville yesterday
for $1,000 damages for false Imprisonment,
brought by Louis Rubinock, of that city, and
the jury at late hour yesterday brought in a
verdict for Falla. Falla at the time had a
warrant for two men named Rubinock and went
TO Steubenville and arrested two men of that
name at boarding house. They were taken
as far as Welsville, where mistake was dis
covered TO have been made, and the men no.
leased. Motion for new trial was overruled.