Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-28
Farm Notes.

And now we hear Of dried blood as
Well known dairyman recently told the
Rural New Yorker" that dried blood
increased the milk flow from his cows
as no other food would do. He said
that ne would feed ii regularly to the
cows, but for the fact that the public
would be prejudiced against such
bloody milk. though it would be as
.wcet and clean as any. Some Of the
ertilizers dealers are preparing special
'amples of bone and blood which are
,csigned for stock feeding
The Cleaner has found the most sat
sfactory feeding dishes for mashes to
)e troughs of four to six feet in length,
With strip of two or four-inch board
tlong the center. set edgewise, so that
he fowl cannot get into the feed \
,ouple of six-inch wide boards nailed
ogether shape, with the end board
efficiently high to hold the cross stick,
about the thing. Saw place for the
ross piece, so that it may be handily
'emoved while the trough is being
leaned and filled.
1t costs about $50 per mile per year
o take care of the $4,000 miles of dirt
Dad in the rural districts of Pennsyl-
5ania. The expense per mile was prob
'bly about as much 25 or 80 years ago
quite likely this is reasonable esti-
!ate of cost of ordinary methods of
cad management throughout the
fiddle and New England states. The
lost striking fact is. that after all
his enormous expenditure during the
asst 30 or 100 years. there are only
comparatively poor roads to show for
he money. 1t is unnecessary to say
nat system that has produced such
esults is mighty poor one, ii indeed
is not utterly wrong. This good
Dads problem must be met 1t vitally
fleets, the farmers interests, and I,
ill only be solved when the farmer
axes an intelligent interest in it.-N.
:. Homestead.
In an interesting article on orchard
ng in the Rural New Yorker" Ed
in Hoyt the well-known New Canaan
urseryman, advises the planting of
richard trees Is feet apart in place of
he time-honored long-distance plant
ng of 50 feet. His idea is to get the
.nost money possible from the orchard
turing The lifetime of the planter,
ather than plan an investment for
he next conner. Select the best land
I, the farm, dry and well adapted to
he growing of onions, potatoes, corn
tc.
In digging the holes for the
rees, 1t is not necessary, in such titled
soil, to dig large ones; two feet in
diameter and 20 inches deep are sufIi-
rient But in digging, be careful to
Ilace the surface. or black soil in a pile
by itself, and, likewise, the subsoil. OF
yellow earth: then, when setting the
trees, use the black soil only, and to
make up a sufficient quantity to fill |
the hole, take a shovelful of the sur |
face soil from here and there about the |
TILED field. The yellow soil may after
wards be sprinl<led over the surface of i
The ground away from the trees After
the trees had been set, and the holes |
Tiled in, sprinkle about two or three
pounds of some good fertilizer about
Zach tree.
An orchard set on good SOIL MANFRED
md cultivated with crops annually for
our years, will, the fifth year, produced
rom one-half to three-quarter bushel
# apples per tree and should, and will
properly handled. bear every year,
,ach year with an increased yield; at
light years each tree should bear two
at II years, five barrels and
It Is years, 10 barrels per tree. Now,
is we have 1876 trees per acre, and
sach tree bears, say. one-half bushel
# apples the fifth year. we have 81
bushels, or so bushels more than if the
rees were set 35 feet apart, the usual
distance. The sixth year, we would
ave one bushel per tree, or 1876 bushels
n all. which is 100 bushels more than
set 50 feet apart. The seventh year
ay, one and one-half bushels per tree.
02 bushels per acre, or $50 more than
80 feet. The eighth year two barrels
er tree Gas an orchard in New Canaan.
'onn.. did, would give you 27O barrels
er acre, or 200 barrels more than if set
he old way. The trees should thus
ontinue to yield more each year until
he 18th year. at which time they will
'egin to touch each other. The or
hard has now borne 10 crops. There
ave been 100 trees more per acre tol
ear apples those 10 years, by being set
feet apart, than if set 35 feet apart.
nd each tree has yielded fully as
luch fruit as it would have done had