The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-10-20
All Around the Farm.

Feeding the sows plenty Of sloPs,
made Of miidlings and milk, will help
them 10 give plenty Of milk
In ehurning, II TIE temperature i
too high, the butte- = likely to contain
considerable water; II too low, the but
ter il apt to refuse % come
Rating the nitroge1. phosph0ric aci d
and potash In the manure AZ the same
price these ingredients cost ia CONNER
cial fertilizers, the manure produced by
q three-yesr old steer during BIZ i.ie b.
worth siG0
Elucltion B. a. essential foT the fsrm
er a. fpr any other man. Cord farming
consists not wholly of manual labor;
IL requires the exercise u E0sid intel
lectual power. There l. vat differ
ence between scientific and iheoretirai
fsrmins.
To destroy wes'is ia paveflents aud
garden walks make a -tr0ug brine with
-alt and boiling water Apply with a
watering can A moderate quantity u
salt stimulates the growth u all vego-
tation, u i, therefore, mistake % sup
p ~ that a -prinkling - salt will ex-
terminate wes,is.
When propagating your own plants
y1u can continue those varieties which
Do best In your soil; you can transplant
them a. son ~ your ground Is thor
on uyhly prepared, and you can iii in
the missing hills at leisure.
The quality and size Of fruit on Oil
bushes il much improved by severe
pruning or thinning Of fruit, and this
applies equally well % all tree fruits.
The demand Of the times Is for quality
in everything, rather than quantity,
and this certainly applies 10 fruit-grow-
ing.
IL is asserted by correspondent Of
the Gardeners Chronicle that wasps
not only devOur ripe fruits, such as april
cots, grapes end pears, but that they ex-
tend their ravages to rosebuds and
blown roses. The blossoms and buds
covering two nourishing rose bushes
belonging to him were destroyed by
wasps, in spite Of the battle which he
waged with the insects for the preser-
vatiOn Of his flowers.
We judge Of farmer by his farm,
and Of farm by what We see in pass
ing il, says "a cOtempOrary. IL all il
neat and tidy, fences and Outbuildings,
as we'll a. dwelling house in good re-
pair; if tools, wagons and machinery
are housed and painted, and animals
sleek and contented, we are satisfied
that the owner is good farmer and l.
prosperous.
Whoever has tried to bind green corn
stalks knows the provoking frequency
with which the green bands will snap
at their joint. We have found bun
die Of rye straw taken TO the eOrnfield
the cheapest and most easily procured
material with which to do the binding.
But where it can be procured bundle
of Osier willow stems, six 10 eight feet
long, will answer the purpose better.
The willow will not break. 1t can be
grown in some out Of the way place,
too wet 10 grow anything else, and, be-
sides H. Use for binding eornstalks, IL
may be used for many other purposes
on any E,rm.-American CultivatOr.
t. II. Hale the grea peach grower,
says that in setting out peach tres you
want thoroughly prepared soil, medi-
trees, neither very large nor
very small; that the roots want pretty
elise pruning, and they want good,
clean-clt pruning, ne: such as the nur-
-sr.msh give them With their mach
iEes, bot 4 careful cutting; and il you
cut very closely you will get a far mole
rapid and sure growth.
There j. no longer the demand for the
heavyweight hogs which used 10 pre-
vail when lard WAS what the hog was
mostly valued for. What Is most want
ed now are hogs that at or ) months
old will average a pound day, or
trifle more, for each day Of their lives
such hogs as these are always salable,
and it is very rare that they will not
yield 5 profit TO the grower. The best
pigs for feeding are usually cross Of
the fine-bOBed small breeds on some
large and rather cOarse-built sOws, the
male always being the smaller. The
result will be superior to either sire or
dam.