The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-29
AGRICULTURAL BULLETINS

Ofthe MorgRutown Experiment station.
Great Value to Farmers OF the State
The recent publications of the West
Virginia experiment station have been
OF more than usual interest. and they
are attracting the notice of the prac-
tical orchardists and farmers, not only
In this state, but also in other states
having large fruit interests, In any To-
rality where one county's export OF APP
pies amounted to over two hundred
thousand dollars there Is q deep appre-
citation of the Importance OF the right
way Of raising and handling the fruit.
The bulletin on apples, No. n of the
West Virginia agricultural experiment
station. gives map or the life zone of
the United States, clearing showing
how advantageously West Virginia is
situated in the fruit belt Of our country.
Such vital points In apple culture are
treated as the best soil. proper distance
TO plant trees, spraying, tree pruning.
and the varieties best suited to our
state. Some interesting figures are
given as to the length OF life OF favor
lie varieties. Several plates illustrate
these different topics as well as picture
the cold storage houses OF Hancock
county OF this state.
Bulletin 4S, on raspberTles, takes this
popular fruit at the very beginning Of
its history and shows the best methods
OF preparing the ground, propagatlng
and harvesting this crop, that pays so
well In West Virginia. Whether the
berry patch Is two rows In the family
garden or several acres. this bulletin
will be helpful. There are plates show
ing tho berry batter" or picker used
in New York on extensive places, a
cheap evnporator. and inside Views OF
different lighthouses
Bulletin 40, on vegetables. takes up
beans, peas and tomatoes, and the re-
suits are best given In the authors sum
mary. which is printed on the first page
that one may easily find what Ii OF spe-
Cial Interest. There are eighteen deduc-
tlons printed az the results OF the work
OF several years.
The following Ia the summary:
/. The same quantity Of beans plant
cd In drills will give almost II not quite
double the product they VIII planted In
hills
O. The yield Of lima beams can be In
creased by planting the seed In lnvort-
ed sOds in a hotbed from to 10. Where
but few plants are grown for family
use, tho increase will more than repay
the trouble.
g. Bush lima beans yield well and
can. believe be made TO take the place
Of the pole sorts. II this In true. tIiT
cost Of poles and training can be- de-
Quoted from the cost OF growing lima
beans
T. The bush sorts Of beans require less
space for development than the pole va
rletes, and consequently a larger re-
turn per acre may be expected from
bush llmaa than from pole llmns, par
tlcularly towards the northern limit OF
NE successful cultivation OF the pole
llmas
U II In believed that the limit OF the
successful cultivation NJ the bush lima
WIN b. found 10 be further north than
that Of the pole lima.
s. The test Of the year shows u de-
tI1ed advantage IN planting peas three
Inches deep 90 against either deeper or
thMl0wer planting.
q The tomatoes introduced In 1896
emphnslzo the great variability which
mis- plant has acquired since II was
bought under cultivation.
The fertilizer test on tomatoes In
1lchie1 the value NJ n complete manure
Tor this uf0p
~ The ferilllnor toHt clearly shows
NE superiority Of potaAilo f'rtlliHera