The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-04-24
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market come from farms where no COWS are
kept, ewes milk being relied upon entirely.
Early garden crops may 90 in the ground
at any time after the ground has been
plowed, provided the soil is warm; but il
can only be done at risk of loss from frost
during April and May. There is some
thing gained if the early crops escape
damage, otherwise the work of preparing
the ground and planting more seed must
be repeated. Warm days in April may be
followed by a frost in May.
The best grass on farm is that which is
indigenous to the soil. Farmers who make
lawns or sow grass for pasture frequently
buy mixed seeds in order to try several
kinds, relying mostly on one variety to
usurp possession, but they may miss the
very kind that they should select. The
grass that comes up along the roadside and
refuses to be killed is the kind that will
hold its place on the farm if given an
opportunity.
Black cap raspberries are propagated by
bending the canes and placing the tips in
the ground, each cane being held by clod.
They soon take root and are then separated
from the parent cane with a sharp knife.
1t costs less to guard against a road get
ting out of repair than it does to put it in
good condition after the damage
Milk freely and rapidly, with as little
movement or jerking as possible. Even
avoid loud talking while milking. Any
thing which attracts the attention from the
operation affects the secretion, and this
secretion goes on during the drawing Of
the milk.
| 1t has long been known that sulphur
| applied to anything was good germcde.
| The experience of a practical farmer, as
told by Horace T. Wilcox in the New
| York Tribune, shows how this knowledge
saved his potato crop from destruction,
though planted on land where year before
potato scab had entirely destroyed it, He
| first cut the potatoes, and while in the pail
with the cut surface fresh he put pint of
sulphur on top of the heap, allowing it to
sft down, so that all got some of the sui
phur The crop was entirely free from
scab, and many of the cut pieces used for
seed, were yet yellow with sulphur in the
hills when the crop was dug.
Where land is newly cleared of its tree
growth and is full of stumps it is important
to have it seeded as quickly as possible,
unless it is intended to let it grow up into
forest again. The stumps will prevent all
cultivation or attempts to cultivate for
several years. If the land is not seeded
with clover and grasses it will be filled with
weeds. Some timothy should always be
with clover, as the latter soon runs out.
Some object that the stumps do not rot so
fast when there is sod around them, but
that is a small matter compared with keep
ing the land from pestilent wee Dis.
In seeding land to grass it would be
much better il greater variety of plants
were grown. Some kinds succeed better
than Others under special conditions of soil,
so that the greater variety sown the better
the land is likely to be covered and the
larger the quantity of feed produced. But
the advantage of much greater palatabe-
ness of pasture of hay which contains a
variety of grasses is even more important.
AS an aid to make all hay more easily
eaten some sweet scented vernal grass seed
ought always to he sown. 1t will be eaten
close to the soil by every kind of stock, and
when left for hay the aroma from it will
penetrate the whole mass and increase its
feeding value. American Cultivator