The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-22


promote the formation of bone and It's
sue. 1t is time to put the fat on the
animal after the framework is complet-
ed.
The farmer who buys his seed wheat
and is not careful to have it clean will
stock his farm with weeds. The labor
of picking over the seed is tedious, but
it is small matter compared with the
damage that may result from weeds.
II is also an advantage to pick out the
inferior grains. Use only the perfect
and plump seeds, and they will not only
surely genninate, but will produce bet
ter grain at harvesting time
There Is no particular time to plow or
harrow. Something depends on the
kind of crop grown on the land this
year and the crop to be grown next sea-
son. II there is heavy growth of
weeds turn them under. If sod land is
to be used for a crop in the spring plow
the land in the fall and thus permit the
sod to decompOse. Ii is beneficial to use
lime on sod land.
The frequent rains during the sum-
mer have caused crab grass to grow
rapidly, and on some farms the young
strawbe berry beds are being overrun with
it. If the bed is thickly matted and the
crab grass has grown in the beds, the
best remedy for the difficulty is to burn
the led over after the leaves and grass
are dry late in the fall, mulching the
rows with salt hay. TIE fire will not
injure the strawberry plants, but will
destroy the seeds of the crab grass and
clean the surface of the ground. Crab
grass will not start next year until after
the berries are picked, as it is grass
that thrives best during the warm days
of summer.
Markets can lie found in the small
towns as well a in the large cities At
present many small towns get eggs
from Philadelphia, prices being higher
in the towns than in that city. This
fact should induce farmers to sell near
er home if possible and save transpOr-
tation charges.
A flock of turkeys will clean out the
large green tomato or tobacco worms
in short order. In the large tobacco
fields of the South the turkeys are
given full liberty and perform valuable
service.
The soil for young trees should lie
deep and the land for an orchard
should be plowed not only to six or
eight inches or more, but a subsoil
plow should also be used. 1t will not
be conducive to the welfare of young
trees TO simply dig posthole into
which it is TO be planted, but the hole
should be large and the surrounding |
earth soft, so as TO give the roots an
opportunity to make as much growth |
a. possible at the start. The shOr.er |
the top the less work for the roots; but |
cutting back of the trees should be done |
judiciously.
Corn will fatten a hog quickly, but |
if weight is desired, and carcass con-
tanning both lean and Fat is preferred,
the Use of floods containing more protein |
than corn will enable the farmer 10 |
produce certain weight of pork on a
variety as cheaply as on corn, though |
less fat will be the result. Bran, linseed |
meal, steamed clover, whey and cooked |
roots, fed with corn, will make more
aud better pork during the time of fat |
teniDg than can be obtained by the ex- |
elusive Use of corn.
Red raspberries differ very much |
from the black varieties. To propagate |
black raspberries the tips of the canes |
must be bent over and buried in the |
ground, TO be left until spring, when |
each tip will be new plant and may |
be detached from the parent cane with
knife. Red rsspberries send up shoots
between the plants, from the roots, and |
m3y lie dug up snd set out. The black
berry plants are propagated in the same
way. The roots may be cut up and |
planted, if preferred, as good pants |
can also be obtained in that manner
Forests do not influence rainfall at |
all seasons, as drought frequently pro-
walls on farms that are situated in sec
tions that are heavily wooded; but for |
ests regulate the flow of the water that |
falls. They prevent rapid evaporation
and excessive flow of water, permitting |
of its retention for longer time. As
the forests are cut down the streams |
overflow at times and are dry at other |
periods Forests are also wind-breaks |
and serve to lower or raise the temper
ature of the atmosphere to n certain ex-
tent
The use of Paris green as preventive
of the depredations Of the cabbage worm
is general, the claim being that the poi
son is thrown off by the leaves. The fact |
that all the members of family were
poisoned recently by eating cabbage
which had been purchased proves that it
is dangerous TO use Paris green or Lon
don purple, as the arsenical substances
were found in the uneaten portions.
Many varieties of pears are grown for
market because the trees are less liable
to blight than those which bear fruit of
better quality; but the inferior pears re-
duce prices and nothing is gained by
growing them.
To secure currant and grape plants
take the new growth, after the leaves
fall, and cut into lengths OF eight inch
es. allowing three buds to each cutting,
and set them out in rows, with ten
inches Of space between each piece,
leaving the top near the surface of the
ground. Keep the spaces clean, cover
in winter and work the ground well in
the spring, so as TO give the roots sof.