The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

III Cne IaSC annual report OK the New
Jersey Horticultural society it is stated
that the trend OF testimony shows the
best money producers Of fruits in that
state to be the Kieffer Of pears, the
Candy of strawberries and the Cuthbert
Of raspberries.
Buck Lambs.
We hear less kicking about buck
lambs in market than of yore, This is
not because the buyers think any more
Of the lambs, but because they get few
er Of them. Still there are too many
bucks, and those who ship them must
not expect to get eve and wether prices
for them. Buyers will not have them
unless at a discount, and some will not
take them at all. It will pay to castrate
the buck lambs, and usually within ten
days after they are dropped.
The Coming Hog.
q. M. Irwin gives the following de-
scription before the Swine Breeders As
sociatiOn Of Kansas Of his idea Of the
coming hog: "As regards the coming
hog, will just briefly give my idea Of
what we should try to make it. It
should have very short head, broad
between the eyes, small, thin and we'll
tipped ear deep through the heart girth,
because that denotes vitality, we'll
sprung rib, nicely arched back, extra
large hams and short legs and standing
erect on his toes. 1"
Grape POmace rs Fertilizer.
We have !ound by analysis that the
average pomace Of California grapes is
worth about 50. so per ton as fertilizer,
counting nitrogen, potash and phos-
phoric acid. When allowed to lie out in
the open air fermenting, the losses by
bleaching and evaporation reduce this
value to the extent Of 81 to $3.50. Po-
mace is therefore eminently worthy Of
being saved as a fertilizer and can
readily be preserved by siloing in case
the farmer is not ready to plow it in
green. W. Hilgard, California Ex-
perimental Station.
working b&Aky HORSES
When horse has become confirm
ed baker, I believe that in a majority
Of cases he may, with proper treatment,
be so far reformed that he may be de-
pended on with reasonable certainty.
But some never can, and none Of them
can ever be trusted with the same i'm
plicit confidence as one that has never
been spoiled. The practice from time
immemorial has been to inhumanly beat
the horse that balks Generally this is
the very thing that is sure to defeat the
whole scheme of making good horse
out Of bad one. 1t may make him
move that once, but he will not fail to
rebel again at the time when good be-
havior is most wanted. The man who
cannot read animals we'll enough to see
where the trouble is would better have
but little to do with unruly horses, for
there can be no cast iron rules for their
management. National Stockman aud
Farmer.
Fruit Notes.
Il is said that it takes about three
years of "peach curl" to make an end
Of q tree,
The favorite winter apple for Massa-
chusetts is probably the Baldwin.
A whale oil soap solution, one pound
to seven gallons of water, will destroy
Noa On CnrranE husheS.
To set none but healthy plants and
practice short rotation Of crops is said
by good authority to be the best way to
prevent raspberry anthracnose.
The Geneva station has concluded
that single stem training is clearly su-
perior to three stem training in forcing
tomatoes.
Meehan's Monthly says Osband's
GUNNER pear is believed to be the ear
Hest that commands attention by its size