Evening journal., 1901-11-09
AGRICULTURAL HINTS AND HELPS
What the Farmers Are Doing and How They
Are Doing 1t

One OF the most successful or Sus-
sexs fruit growing farmers Is Oliver A.
Newton. of BridgeviEe. Mr. Newton
makes This his specially, and, though
practically q young farmer, he has mad
phenomenal success with all kinds
of fruit. While ne IS am extensive
grower OF peaches. apples. pears, etc,
he pays more attention 90 the culti-
vation of small fruit, strawberries and
blackberrles. The great success of Mr..
Newton as "a berry grower Is attributed
in a measure to tine care with which he
prepares his fruit for shipment During
the past season he obtained higher
prices for his fruit than any other ship
per from Bridgevil,e.
AS "a grain and stock farmer Nehe-
miah Wiley has come into prominence
in Sussex. His success as a grain
grower is nothing short OF marvellous
His farm Is along the P. w. & B. rail-
road north of Bridgevllle, and his
wheat fields just before harvest sea
SON have from time TO time been OBJ
jects OF interest TO travellers and rail
road men,
Another successful down State farm
er Is Simeon PennewiHl. Sr.. father OF
State Senator Simeon pennewill. OF
Greenwood. Mr.. Pennewil makes a
speciality OF truck-raising. and his
many acres of farm land are devoted
mainly TO dts growth In this branch
of agriculture NE has achieved great
success.
The wheat Aphis belongs to th'
great family of aphidea or plant lice
which increase more rapidly perhap.
than any known insects. since they arr
both oviparous and viviparous TIT
| first brood that matches In the Sprinl
are imperfect females. and out Of tn
bodies of these. the young aphide
grow like buds ON plants all througl
the season till finally brood OF male
and females appears which lay egg
| for the future brood. IL is rare that
great visitation Of these lice Is fol
lowed by a similar one the next yeal
The great remedy for aphides Of al
kinds is tobacco in some shap,
Manuring the land with tobacco stem
and busting the crop in the Sprin
with tobacco dust from the smokin
tobacco factories is about all that ca
be done This has. In this Stat'
headed Off the pea aphis which wa
suddenly so destructive TO the earl
green pea crop Of our market garder
ers The use Of tobacco stems as
fertilizer and tobacco dust on I'll
plants has kept our truck farms fr'
Isnce the first season
Weeds can not grow without seed.
lis therefore a good idea to encourag
their termination and growth durin
the late summer and fall as this is tn
best season for killing them. TIL
latest crop viii be killed before matul
ing by the frost
I wish to tell the sisters how ! ca
Lcorn for winter use" writes q farmer
wife. II shave the corn from the co
and to every eight pints OF corn ac
three pints Of cold water place on u
stove and let boil twenty minutes. No
add one pint table salt,stir thorough
r ana Get boil three minutes longer whe
/ &c IS ready to can I'm glass fruit jan
b same as fruit When yOu wish to US
the corn. freshen it by turning III
water or two or three times when it
first nut ON TO cook
Did anyone over try mixing a fe
ripe currants with the black ras
b berries. and do they know how the
improve the favor2. In dry seasoi
one will often find some raspberri
d or blackberrries that seem too seet
10 for canning. Cook these and shal
through the sieve can the juice and 81
how the children viii enjoy it on the
: bread. Or you can cook some of
thick with sugar for spread.
are
A AS is well known vinegar is apt
/ get fat and of no value after standii
4 three or four years. If you have go'
n cider vinegar, as soon as you get yo
e cider. when It is perfectly sweet "a
some OF your vinegar. II you have n
more than two gallons Of vinegar p
in quart OF the sweet cider, and
two or three days a little more, and
keep putting in the cider. II you ha
n ten gallons or more of vinegar put
l. a gallon of sweet cider. Do this eve
-e year and You viii always have the b'
- of vinegar. The idea is to give the viz
Iy gar fresh food to feed on.
N To clean a rusty plow, pour qu'
"a OF water into a half pint OF su.phu
e acid. slowly; apply the mixture to
N iron and let It evaporate. Repeat, a
b. then wash of with water If any sp'
e. remain put more acid on them, rubbi
De- with n brick. Finally wash the II
as with water. rub dry and cover W
ts coal oil, rubbing It in well. Have
he mixture made by your druggist.
IA
A fruit grower says that corn is
doubtedly the best crop for an orch
e, that can be grown, as it breaks
- wind and the trees grow up strail
A Insects, as n rule. will not trouble
~ trees when there is plenty Of gr
et, fodder and corn for them TO work