The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-23
All Around the Farm.

IS due to the fact that the fields are too
closely cropped by live stock late in the
fall, and there is no top left TO protect
the roots. II left to grow up after the
lst Of October there would be less cause
for complaint.
Many female moths have only rudi-
mentsry vipgs, and Pupate in the
ground; they have 20 climb the trees
10 lay their eggs. For this reason sew
eral of our destructive moths can he
kept of the fruit trees by slight ap-
| lication Of tar and grease. The eaEker
worm and tussOck moth are cases in
point.
Grape vines usually need very little
manure other than mineral, and that
chiefly potash. In European countries
il is the habit Of vineysrdists to burn
the pruniugs each year. and apply the
ashes No other fertilizer is used. In
fact, stable msRures are objected to, as
they make the vines grow rank, and
the fruit viii lack the flavor that be-
longs to fruits whose vines are only
manured with ashes. Much Of the ex-
ceilenee Of French wines is possibly
due to this spsring use Of manure.
a writer in an English PAPER gives
this recipe for preventing rust in car
nations, which he received from a gar
dener in Germany, whose plants were
unusually fine and in healthy eOndi-
ton. He mixes two pounds Of vitriol
and four pounds Of freshly-siscked lime
in y gallons of water, and stirs well
together until il is clear, not blue, and
then he adds two pounds Of sugar and
mixes all again. With this he syringes
his plants once a week, early in the
day. The Swinging should be done
quickly, finely and evenly.
A swollen udder often causes a eve
to disown and abuse her lamb. The
milk flow is then usually deficient,
which only makes the hungry lambs
more persistent, the eve more despeT-
ate, and bad matter worse. In such
a case We put the lambs in box or bar
rel near the eve, supply them with al
most enough cows milk from a bottle
with a nipple, or let them TO some other
eve, and only let them to their dan )
enough TO keep the milk taken; in the
mean time bathe the udder with tepid
water and witch hazel OF arniea. Do
this often-at least every two hours for
a day-then extend the times until the
soreness and swelling are gone, and the
milk flow increased, when the lambs
will be received. Indiana Farmer.
Recent German trials indicate that
the separator removes from E-ilk and
cream not only the dirt and slime
which pass through the strsiner, but
the greater portion Of bacteria. As
cows are usually cared for and handled
there is always some dirt and dandruif
from the cows udder getting into the
milk. This can not always be caught
in strainer, but if any passes through,
it is included with the slime which re-
mains in the separator bowl. The Ger
man trials indicate that most Of the
bacteria remain with il.
DR.. 5. B. Partridge, Of East Bloom
field, n. Y, is raising celery on large
scale on the bed Of a reclaimed swamp.
He set 1880 plants last year, Of the
dwarf Golden Self Blanching, and pro-
duees from 1900 70 1900 dozen branches
Of celery per acre, marketable at from
20 to 80 cents dozen. His celery kept
for winter market is placed in trenches
made by means Of crib, Is feet long
and IA inches wide, which is placed la
the row and filed with celery. Then
q deep bank Of earth is thrown up on
either side to the top Of the celery, after
which the crib is taken up and moved
forward its length, and the same pro-
cess repeated. The trenches are left
open at the top until the approach Of
cold weather, when they are covered
with straw and earth.-New England
Farmer.
If you have never had ''rattling
good garden" suppose you make an
effort to have one this year. / know
from experience that a good garden Is
a great money saver, as well as a sys-
tenn renovator. You can grow more
good ''spring medicine from dollars
worth Of garden seeds than you can get
for $50 from drug store. Some people
like to regard everything they eat, in
The way Of vegetables, as remedy for
this or that disease; a liver renOvator,
kidney stirrer, lung balsam, or a
stomach sOother. much prefer to con-
slider them as real good, pslatable food.
Cor Rural World.
In choosing varieties Of potatoes for
spring planting il is advisable to select
those that have been recently produced
from seed, provided, Of course, that
their quality and prOduetiveness have
been tested and are generally known.
Tne variety that is newly produced
seed is generally more vigorous then
than it is likely to be after few years
contest with potato bugs and the blight
and rOts, which all help to decrease po-
tatO vigor and produc,iyeness. But it
is not advisable TO plant potatoes, how
ever good, which are very unlike stand
ard sorts, and whose good qualities are
not generally known. There is 50
much difference in potatoes that the
mere fact that potato is a potato is
not enough with most consumers to Sc
cure a market for it until after they
have given it a trial.
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