The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-05-12
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.
Walnut Trees-A Useful Emulsion.
Supports for Vines.

Walnut trees require about 20 years
before they can be considered ready for
use in market. The practice of those
who have gone into the business of
growing walnut trees is to plant the
trees about 30 feet apart, gradually cut
ting out alternate trees as they reach
the proper stage of growth. They are
of slow growth, and time is required
before returns can be secured, but after
walnut grove begins to pay it
gives a large profit on the investment
Land that is idle can be planted 10
nuts will be partial source Of revenue
in few years. A little cultivation aud
care at the start is all that is required.
An emulsion which has been over
looked compared with its advantages
is that made ofsoap, kerosene and
crude carbolic acid. The crude acid is
very cheap compared with the refined
article, and those who have tried il re-
port that the kerosene emulsion is
greatly improved by the addition of
the crude acid. Kerosene W II not mix
with water, nor will the crude acid,
but they form an emulsion with soap.
Shave one pound of hard soap and boil
and dissolve in gallon of water.
While boiling remove il from the fire
and add one gallon OF kerosene and one
pint of crude carbolic acid. Agitate
briskly for ten minutes with a sprayer
and creamy substance will result
Now add Is gallons Of cold water, agi-
tating briskly and the mixture will be
ready for Use. 1t costs but little, is not
injurious to plants, and destroys all
kinds of parasites, lice and many in
sects.
IL will pay to use supports for all
vines or plants requiring such. Peas,
Lima beans, tomatoes, grapes, and even
cucumbers, will give better results
when supported by stakes, wire or
twine. Tomatoes may be prevented
from rotting when kept clear of the
ground.
The tomato il one of the most valua-
ble articles that can be grown, not only
because tomatoes can be marketed and
large yields secured, but also because a
small plot will provide full supply
for family during the season and for
canning. As tomatoes can be used in
many ways, and at all seasons of the
year, they are indispensable to some
families.
A Massachusetts, farmer has Just sold
his lot of spring lambs. He has 81
ewes and marketed 50 lambs, disposing
of them when they were from p to %
days old, the first one sold weighing
22l pounds at y days old. He receiv-
ed $3.50 each, which was about 10 cents
per pound, price which he could not
have obtained but for reaching the
market early when spring lambs were
not easily obtained. This is better
than keeping sheep for wool.
If young strawberries can be culti-
waited with a hand hoe they will entail
but little labor compared with using
the old time hoe. The wheel hoe will
work on any soil that has previously
been well prepared for the plants.
In Europe bulls are made to work,
and prove more servieeable as well as
less dangerous. They are considered
expensive by farmers who have but
few cows, but if the young bull is train
ed to work he can furnish tread power
and perform much labor that would
more than pay for his keep. IdIeness
begets vices, and the bull is no excep-
ton.
Land plaster is cheap and is a special
fertilizer for young clover. One hum
dred pounds per acre will show excel
lent results, though it can be used more
freely if preferred. 1t is excellent on
the floors of the stalls and in the ma
nure heap.
Those who raise choice pork kill the
pigs that are farrowed in the fall when
they are about nine months old, selling
to butchers, owing TO warm weather.
The spring pigs are sold in the fall to
avoid wintering them. Those who
practice this method claim that it pays
better than to keep them longer
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