Evening journal., 1901-11-16

Ia the market is one man who has
the distinction OF raising the largest
radishes grown in this section OF the
country. He is John Dean, trucker,
who lives near Newark, and has
stand at the corner OF Firth and King
streets. About the first Of August IL
is customary for truckers to plant Gu
cumbers which are used for chow-chow
purposes. AS this is a late period In
the season for painting it becomes nee
essary to force the growth of the vines
to such an extent that the vegetable
will be a proper size for picking before
cold woather sets in. In order 20 do
this a plentiful quantity Of manure is
used. Manure it is claimed draws out
what is known as the cucumber bug,
which destroys net only the seeds of
the cucumber but also the vine. To
avoid this destruction truckers usually
plant in the hill where cucumber seeds
are sOwn several radish seeds the
taste or smell Of which the cucumber
bug is averse to- AS radish plants
grow more rapidly than the cucumber
vine the effect of the manure forces
the radish to an abnormal size.
Mr. Dean has had practical expert
ence in this line and has raised rad
ishes which viii measure from eighteen
10 twenty-four inches in length and will
welgh from six to eight pounds.
Yesterday Mr. Dean presented An
drew j. Niedermaier with one Of the
radishes grown by him which meas
ured exactly eighteen inches and
weighed six pounds.
Sydney Kenney writes as follows to
the Practical FARMER:
"I have in Sussex county about 250
acres of land. 200 of which are in cul-
tiyation. Would it pay me to devote
this farm TO hog raising? If 50, to
what extent? If you think this would
be profitable what breed of hogs would
you recommend? Is there any paper
devoted 10 this INTEREST,""
The paper replies: I'VE assume that
you are city man who has bought
piece of land and knows nothing about
farming. Hog raising can be made
profitable part of farming in Sussex
county Delaware The land there is
generally sandy and we'll adapted to
the growing of COW peas and other
things that pigs can eat. Peanuts
would make good crop there, and pigs
can be made useful in cleaning the pea
nut field No inexperienced man
should attempt specially til
he has acquired some expert
ence in general farming. The
land doubtless needs improve
ment, and you should crop it in a sys-
tematic manner for this. You should
keep hogs. and the best of hogs, and
other stock as we'll and after a while
YOU may find that you can specialize
on the pigs by degrees. But do not
put all your eggs in one basket at the
start. Read what ! say in Crop
Growing and Crop Feeding about
rotations and the improvement of the
soil. and put your farm into a regular
course Of improvement The Berk-
shire is as good a breed Of hogs as
YOU can keep there or elsewhere. All
the agricultural papers devote atten-
tion to the hogs more on less. but
know of no special paper that will be
of particular help there with the pigs
more than the P. f. will"
Cramming gives the best table bird
/ vi lMU lOtrf bnt tliIlLltu anu AlLg
other mot, the crammed had plenty OF
meat and fat. whereas those fed at the
\ trough had fat, but no meat The
crammed brought more per pound, and
they were heavier The crammed bird
flesh is more juicy and tender The
color of the flesh can be controlled in
tho feeding Thus. cottonseed meal
/ yellow carrots and yellow corn vii
give a yellow carcass; whereas ground
bucl1wheat and skim milk ground cat.
and skim milk will give a creamy
white.
In 1877 Edwin Pusey. now Of Avon
dale. purchased Of Samuel Hopes foi
$4,000 Che line lalm now owned b1
him a short distance north Of Chatham
Mr. Pusey has kept careful accoun
Of this investment The first year h,
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