Evening journal., 1902-03-08
AGRICULTURAL
Hints and Helps for Farmers Of
This State


Journal you give advice ON the tree
planting question and how to buy them.
Ii was all very good, but it did not
so as far Rs l would like What want
to know from some practical fruit
grower is this. the names of tine best
varieties of apple trees to plant In the
upper part OF this county That is. The
best kinds to grow on our hilly land
The good old varieties seem to be dy-
ing OFF. and the apple crop Is almost
a thing Of the past i'm some localities
The nurseries have lots of new kinds;
pelhaus they are old kinds under new
names but the man who HAS to get
good returns from his orchard does not
want TO take too many chances. / have
four acres of hillside which think
would pay If put out in trees. ! would
dispose of the crop i'm the home mar
kets. If someone who has had a little
experience win name the best varieties
to put out he will confer great favor
If the trees are sprayed. is it likely to
insure a crop? Would the cost of spray
ing take all the profit?
Thanking you for your space,
Yours truly,
A Would-be Apple Grower
MANY farmers make a mistake by
planting a large garden and then let
ting IL run to weeds Better spade up
a small patch and take are of IT. A
small lot of ground thoroughly en-
riched and well cared for will give very
satisfactory results Betten no garden
at all than one turned over to the
weeds There can be no excuse for
weeds i'm the garden.
Farmers claim that good farm help
Is difficult to secure. Wages are high
and help poor Certainly there Is
ground for complaint. but if the farmer
win see to it that his help is well cared
for he can reasonably expect that his
heln will feel a sense of obligation 10
him and will serve him accordingly
......
The continuous wet weather during
wheat harvest made il possible to Sc
lcure the crop in dry condition. Con
soauently much in the middle Atlantic
States grew or was bleached in the
shock Samples of the best seeds OBJ
tainable on different farms show that
only seventy-fve per cent. of it ger
inmates and much of 1t is below that
percentage. 1t is safer to buy good
seed at higher prices than risk sowing
seed which if il grows at all may make
a delicate plant In preparing wheat
for seed much more is necessary than
cleaning out the chaff The grain
should be given a good blowing through
a tanning mill and blow out the lighter
kernels The screens should be OF
such a number as TO remove as much
cookie and rye as possible and all the
small cracked and shriveled wheat
BY following this plan for several years
the farmer will find that there is de
mand for his wheat by the miller fol
-four and his neighbOrs for seed.
Owing to the very rapid growth O
Keifer pear trees, it is necessary t'
prune quite severely while the trees arr
lstill young Many progressive up-to
I date growers prune the Kieffer cOnsid
erably during the first FIVE or six year
of its growth
Frank p. Cochran. of Kent county
Nd. cuts out fully two-thirds of eacl
years growth and in that way keep
the tree heavier and limb close
to the ground. Such trees are NOR
capable of bearing a heavy load o
fruit BY following up this methol
for five or six years he finds that he ha
very few broken trees from overbearini
leven n they are heavily fruited
On older trees he usually cuts abou
lOne-half Of the seasons growth Thl
amount taken of. however. depend
somewhat on the character of the tree
If the growth is too rapid it is chocke
by cutting ont two-thirds of tn
growth. Mr. Cochran has found tha
he gets better results by starting tn
main branches from two to two and
half feet from the ground. Other val
ieties are cut back about one-half q
each seasons growth. The work
usually done in March when weathe
r conditions will permit
The method of trimming KeiffC
q slpcars followed by ]. j. Rose, of SUISSE
] county. shows an untrimmed tree, wit
I luprights thinned with remainin
n branches cut back. The new WOO
D grows about four feet and is usual
Z cut back about one-half. but blOssOl
4 buds are not cuff OF The orchard {
p 900 trees is remarkably Symmetrical
o the trees being fully eighteen feet higl
although only four years old. III
land has been in strawberries since th
trees were set
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The growing Of vegetable plants ul
! der glass IN some of the central an
northern States has become great il
!. dustry. Perhaps no place in this com
!. try has this comparatively new phal
9 of vegetable growing so completely d
y veloned as on the farm of Richai
Vincent. Jr. In Baltimore county, No
y Mr.. Vincent founded his business
e 1870. Last year about 10000 squa
feet we're added to his greenhouse. i
I, will add $4,000 square feet this seasC
E. to supply the increased demand fro
l. truckers for vegetable plants N
Vincent has associated with him thr