Milford chronicle., 1895-02-22

be too late to accomplish the object
but small patch in the hot bed
should be tried BY way Of expert
ment
Late fruit is obtained by mnIching
the strawberries heavily in the win
ter and keeping it on late in the
spring, and this could hardly be OBJ
tanned in any other way Do not
make the covering so heavy that the
plants will rot, neither put it on un-
til after the ground freezes.
As soon as the snow clears away
it will be advisable to make prepar-
alton for applying fertilizers to the
strawberry beds. Ifthe land is liza
bic to he washed by heavy rains it
will be well to delay the work until
later, but it should be done before
the new shoots begin to appear.
In cold weather the grindstone
should always be under shelter. 1t
lis more or less absorptive of water,
and then when water freezes, as it
must in winter, it will soon chip of
pieces and make the stone run un-
evenly. A g'indstone of good quail
ity will, with care, last many years,
and it is a pleasure to use it.
Potash is the chief fertilizer to
be applied to fruit trees, particularly
after they come into bearing. 1t
may be had in wood ashes and mu-
riate of potash 1t is most common
ly used in the latter form. An an
nual application Of potash should be
made upon bearing orchards OIL
the muriate from 500 TO 700 pounds
may be used to the acre in mature
orchards
Farmers on Long Island have
some of their lighter work done BY 7
Peas, beans and berries
are thus picked, the Youngsters be-
ing paid for work they do. Some
times a farmer drives to the nearest
village with a hay wagon, provided
with temporary seats, takes in a
oad OF children, drives back to the
farm, sets his passengers at work,
md at the end of the day takes them
with money to their pockets.
A windbreak of evergreens for
yinter use is worth a dozen made of
common forrest trees. Then they
i'd to the beauty of the surround
ngs. What is so cheering as that
If a line of green trees in midwinter
When the ground is covered with
now and all nature is clothed in
iakedness? Every house should
ave some of them to adorn them,
nd every barn lot should be sur
ounded with them, that stock shall
e sheltered from the chilly blasts !
/ winter. {
The early vegetable crops need a
manure, while the t
eather and soil are still cold in /,
lrly spring. Such crops as peas, t
Mons, carrots and parsnips are us q
ly sown very early, as they are Il
OF injured by frosts. They will a
row at low temperatures, but it is n
cry slow growth compared with ;
hat they might make if there were
nitrogen to give them n
gorous start. To buy nitrogen ol
r this use is verp expensive. It ir
ight be made early in the season W
winter compositing Of stable ma L, u
Ire is adopted. 81
One can make as much of study di
the various folders as he chooses; ~
d know the exact proportion of da
or carbohydrates in - -
ch; but the way it is cured and the en-
ndition in which it comes from 20 %
e NOV, as well as the condition pa
d peculiar tastes Of the individual ~ ~
imal has much to do with success on
feeding. Don't think that a 81. sa
owledge of these things is not if
lpful--it is; but the practical ap- Gu
cation is much more so. Only he tel
10 is quick to notice every change I'M
condition, habit and production
4 reach the best success. ..
fol
Potatoes that are piled in cellars he he
ID pretty close looking after in ri,
lter. Sometimes the danger is He He
m frost. but it is much more of He
due to a too warm atmOsphere los
ere is rapid exhaustion Of the pI
or of potatoes kept for seed by wo
ing the eyes push forth pale or inc
ite shoots, as they will when kept
.he warmth and darkness of a tbo nls
ra hin IF frost can ha Ixant o,,f off