Evening journal., 1901-11-02

pfactcully all or Maryland. Delaware
land New Jersey. eastern and southern
Pennsylvania. and few scattered To-
.calities in western New York. along
the lake shore and in Rutland county.
Vermont They won't hurt much
Fallen fruit should never be allowed
Ito lie under the trees &c you can find
time to pick Ct up. It is an unthriftyI
practice. beside allowing the trouble
some worms and moths to develop
and multiply. The best of the fruit can
be utilized and the inferior. wormy
stun will be relshed I'm the hog pens.
llf a business is made of keeping the
ground clean there viii be but little
trouble in following it up. Pay the
boys little for doing IL, and SEQ how
quickly and we'll they will accomplish
the task.
Strawberry plants set now will give
u fair partia. crop next spring. and a
fun one the following season, and
ahen will be turned under. for
The best way to have strawberries
Is to plant some every fall The most
certain time to set Strawberries here.
so far as safety OF the plants is con-
corned is in December Set at that
time there IS seldom a plant lost. but
these do not give fruit the first year,
and In fact should not be allowed To
do so. But they are I'm far better con-
dition for a seasons growth than those
set in the spring. AS TO varieties, you
will not go wrong in planting a good
many Clydes and Bandywines.
Hens deprived Of green foods will not
lay as well as when their needs in this
direction are attended to. All the tur-
nips. beets, carrots and roots OF all
kinds large or small, should be saved
and given them These vegetables and
herbs are good for poultry, COWS and
hogs; they are a good substitute for
green food for hens. Feelings of Do
tatoes. turnips and vegetables OF all
kinds. including apple peelings, should
be saved for the poultry. Cut up fine
and boiled and mixed with mash feed
for the fowls. this furnishes them a
splendid food. Such savings will be
worth a dollar a bushel this winter.
and will do the hens more good than
they could the hogs. if fed to them.
The past week has been favorable for
maturing late corn; there has been little
injury from frosts. and the crop may
be considered matured A larger area
than usual has been cut. the numerous
| harvesting machines facilitating the
work. The general use Of these ma
chimes will enable the grower to time
the work of cutting so as to increase
greatly the value OF the stover
Crafts tied with string should be
looked to after the CRAFTS have grown
and the strings cut. otherwise thu
string viii so cut the bark that the
Shoots will be apt to break off in high
winds.
When fruit trees are in full growth
1t is good time 10 pinch off the shoot
whore greater number OF branches
are required. Side shoots form them.
causing a bushy growth in quicker
time than ether way will produce.
Layerng is a good way of increasing
shrubs. The best time for the work
is May or June, then the layers root
we'll enough to be cut off the next
spring. If done later IL is better 90
let the layers be undisturbed until the
close Of the second season before cut
ting,
Many persons are seeking white and
pitch pine seed for the purpose of re-
tOrestering waste lands The proper
way is TO SOW the seeds i'm beds trans
planting the seedlings when two or
three years old. Sowing broadcast is
OF but little use.