Milford chronicle., 1895-03-01
FARM NOTE

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February is considered the best
month in which to cut green timber
for posts for durability. Charring
the ends that go into the ground and
for six inches above will prolong
their durability very much.
Wisterias are excellent vines. The
native is more vigorous grower
than the Chinese variety. Though
the latter is little earlier and pro
nuces larger racemes. of flowers, they
are both beautiful with their light
purple clusters.
Alfalfa will neither flourish nor
long survive in soil with water
standing upon or near the surface.
1t consumes much water, but an
excess, either naturally or artif-
eially applied (by too long-continued
fiooding) is altogether fatal.
In order to allow the sun and air
free access among the trees, Pro
fessor Budd, of the Iowa Expert
ment Station, recommends planting
cherry orchards with the rows which
run north and south, "a feet apart,
and the trees 10 feet apart in the
rows.
Mark your worthless fruit trees
before they are forgotten, and pre-
pare gratis during the winter for
setting on in the spring. There is
hardly farm on which there are
not more or less worthless fruit trees
which could be changed into desira-
bic ones by grating.
Glover and artificial fertilizers will
at some day be the indispensibles ON
all farms. Even the manure will be
more concentrated in the future by
being deprived Of many substances
which now enter into its composition
in order to save labor in its applica-
ton for uses of crops.
The asparagus bed should be
cleaned thoroughly, and 200 pounds
of sulphate Of potash, 100 of nitrate
Of soda, and 200 of super-phosphate
applied per acre. 1t makes growth
early in the season, and for that
reason the fertilizer must be applied
as soon as it can be done.
Crimson Clover seems as green
and bright under the snow as though |
ready to start right off. If it is
allowed to grow until ready for
plowing the land for corn it will be
a valuable crop for providing nitro
gen, as it will make considerable
headway in growth before May.
Grating one kind of grape on
another kind has been met with sue
cess in many cases. In the grating
of the Delaware on the Ives Seed
ling the Delawares produced crops
where they before failed, and excel
lent success has also resulted in
grating the Concord on the Ives.
Whitewash the poultry house in
side, so as to make the interior light
and cheerful. Poultry have repug.
nance TO dark quarters, and will re
main outside, exposed to storms, in
preference to resorting during the
day to a dark and uncomfortable
poultry house, Ducks must be kept
in a house with a board floor, COW
cred with straw. They should be
aging now, as they usually begin
Early in the season.
General purpose animals are not O
low so much in demand. It is an e
nfsrior animal that is general pur- il
pose" as it excels in no particular Il
'espect. The farmer who wants 7
low for butter or beef can take his &
.hoice. He can select mutton sheep b
rom those adapted more for wool. n
hoOse a light, quick draught horse Il
n preference to ore that is slow and o
arge, and can satisfy his demand, b
mong all classes of stock for what d
yer he may prefer. b
It is cheaper for the farmer to !,
ave a large garden than one that is =
MALL Farmers are not partial to :,
and work in garden, always pre- =,
srring the horse. They will not -
Sc a spade, hoe, or rake unless
If the garden contains :,
lenty of room vegetables can be .,
rown so as to permit Of the use of -
ne use Of horse hoe, but the ma n,
ure required for a large area will
be greater than for a small
arden.
shrubber. unless properly ar fe
nged, is lot attractive, either on isl
e lawn or elsewhere, but when the on
ees and shrubbery are placed where 40
ey will add their attractions to an
e best advantage they add humid as
DIS of dollars to the value of n
400 Thoeo wbo our, tbo;,. b,.,o.