Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-20
AGRICULTURAL HINTS AND HIPS
What the Farmers Are Doing and How They
Are Doing 1t
Are Doing It

In the lead I'm all matters pertaining to
horticulture Plants treated this way.
formed from the earliest runners. make
fine ones for frrting the following sea-
son, especially il what runners they at
tempt to make--and these early plants
will attempt it-are pinched of az fast
as they appear Give the plants a lib
eral supply N manure at planting, and
see that they do not suffer for water,
and many viii consider Il not worth
the while TO carry the bed over two
seasons, but to set new one every
year Beder Wood, Candy, William
Belt. Mckinley. The Clyde. Sharpless
and Brandywine are first-class sorts
with us Market gardeners still grow
Crescent TO come extent its earliness
and proliacness being its recommends
tons Practical Farmer.
ses
II takes a richer man than most Of
US 10 stand the loss coming from scold-
ing OF talking loud while milking
The tone OF the voice affects the milk
pail
A horse that Ia frightened by troll
Icy or other cars should be considered
unsafe and unsuitable The man who
buys such an animal runs great risk.
The rule should apply also 10 automo-
biles.
Some corn can be- adyantageOusly fed
now TO pigs that are ultimately DO be
fattened. A ration OF one-third corn
and two-thirds mlddlings with tenth
part of oil meal added is very salts
factory In connection with pasture IL
skim-milk can be had. feed one pound
OF ekim-milk FOR every two to three
pounds of the mixture. and increase
the proportion OF corn to one-hAlf Of
the grain fed.
Every farmers wife ought TO teach
her daughters TO make good butter No
matter what the girls intend to do for
a living. IL is an honor b them to be
able 10 eay that they know just how
butter II made; and the time viii surely
come when they will rise up and call
their mothers blessed II they have
taught them the noble art OF making
butter Especially will this be true II
by any chance they should become the
wives OF farmers
An expert has the following to say
with regard to wine-making, which VIII
be of interest Mt this season:
1t viii depend upon the variety OF
grapes you have as TO whether they will
make good wine or not. The Norton
and the Delaware are among our best
wine grapes. The fruit must be al
lowed TO get very ripe Then clip out
all the green and imperfect berries.
Press the grapes In an ordinary cider
press and at once MI the barrels full
Put a cork in the bunghoe and through
II put bent tube OF glass with the
outer end terminating in a cup Of water
placed ON the barrel The gas will
then eseen bubbling through the water
and the air Win be excluded from the
cask. When there Is no longer any
bubbling. put the regular hung In
tight. and II the cask Is not full fill It
full from another one, and always keep
the vessels full. The next Spring rack
the wine on carefully from the lees into
a fresh cask and Il viii soon be In con-
dition TO use. Many people add three
or four pounds OF sugar TO the gallon
OF Juice and this makes a strong alcO-
holic cordial rather than good wine
The simple grape juice, If OF the right
sort. will make a light dry wine that
win be wholesome and not heady, but
q will sour soon II exposed to the air.
Hence you should keep the vessels al
ways full
There was plenty OF corn in market
on Saturday and # sold rapidly at fair
prices. It Is OF the best quality and
the ears are we'll formed. Just now
/ 1t is at its height for table use and the
crop of the season promises to be a
large one in all portions OF the county
thus making up In part for the loss on
other crops