The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-24

TEN Is the one sensible and practical
improvement which is within the reach
of all communities.
If the old SOW does her part and
raises you ten good pigs this spring
aud you do your part in properly car
ing for them till Christmas, YOU will
realize a hundred dollars in money out
of her, besides litter Of fall pigs, if
you want them. The old SOW thus
beats any other money maker on the
farm as things now are
We are top grating 80 apple trees
this spring. 2-year-old Duchess, as an
experiment. We are using scions of less
hardy arictieS-varieticS which are
not hardy with us root grated or upon
their own roots. From what we have
noted during the past 90 years we are
led to believe that we shall meet with
fair measure of success in the expert
ment.
The best time of the year for the COW
to freshen is from the middle of Sep
TENDER to the middle of October The
average COW is well fed and cared for
during the fall and winter and may he
more cheaply fed than during the sum
mer months Her product also brings
better prices, and her calf goes on to
grass the next spring a strong and lusty
animal
We have laid out one flower bed
as follows: The bed is circular In
the center is a Golden Glow, which will
grow to the height of five or six feet
Surrounding this is a row of Dwarf
Cannas; outside these a row of coleus.
or foliage plants then a circle of gera-
NUNS. 1t is new plan, but we think
that the bed will make a pretty appear,
ance in August.
We are inclined to think that the best
way in which to protect tender plants
and vines from the rigors of our north
ern winters is to lay them down and
cover with V shaped trough made of
inch boards, then covering the trough
with coarse manure or earth. We find
stuff so protected during the past win
ter to be in the finest possible condi-
ton this spring.
4 Nebraska friend wants us to tell
him where he can get some balm of
Gilead trees. We do not believe that
he wants them. This, tree is just as
dirty as the cottonwood in the matter
of distributing its seed and never makes
as handsome a tree. Why plant this
worthless sort of timber, anyway?
Why not plant white ash, catalpa, black
walnut, maple or elm?
The seemingly small difference be-
tween 10 below zero in the winter sea
son and so below as a maximum de-
gree of cold means more to the man
who raises fruit than many people
think. \ large number of our very
choicest varieties of fruit will endure
the 10 below zero temperature with
out harm. but utterly fail when expos
ed to the so degrees below.
Have you had a talk with your neigh
Dor about that farm telephone? If
not. have one \ little cooperative
work will easily secure for you one OF
the greatest convenienceS of the day,
Then the phone pays its way. When
you have stuff to sell, it is worth some
thing in money to know just how the
markets are in the two or three differ
ent market towns to which you have
access.
The possibilities connected with fruit
culture on the Pacific slope are almost
beyond comprehension. Enough pruncs,
grapes. citrus fruits, could be there
produced to supply the whole world
1t is said that some farmers in the
corn belt are trying to raise just as big
ears of corn and just as small eggs as
possible, When eggs are sold by
weight instead of count, this will stop.
TWO good things TO let strictly alone
just now-stock in Texas oil wells and
Colorado gold mines. If you don't
want to see a good farm drop down
into a hole in the ground, let these
alone.
After the man with narrow tired
wagon has cut holes in the highway
two feet deep it is asking a good deal
of his neighbor with a wide tired wag
on to 90 over the road and smooth IT
down again for him.
We would not feed a COW bran when
she has a full ration of blue grass. If
a supplemental food is given, we would
make it of ground corn and oats. The
blue grass is almost perfect milk pro-
ducing ration Of itself.
This season for the first time we no.
tice that the sparrows, having pre-.
empted every available nook and cram
ny around the buildings for nesting
places, have gone to building their
homely nests in the trees.