Evening journal., 1904-01-29

honey bees are: For March, the viii
lows, soft maple, elm. alder and dog
tooth violet For April, the above and
the June berry, crimson clover, dande-
lion, gooseberry, currant, apple, pear
peach. cherry plum and rhododendron,
though some years they may not bloom
until May, much depending on the sec
tion Of country and climate. During
May those mentioned will be re-en-
forced by the holly. tulip tree. rasp-
berry persimmon. grape vine, black
berry, alsike clover. strawberry and
white clover. Along in the summer,
beginning the latter part of May or
first portion Of June. the magnolia,
COW pea, catalpa, daisy, alfalfa, milk
weed, cucumber. melon, sweet clover.
corn, buckwheat and numerous flowers
keep up the supply until late in the
season.
There are two important advantages
which farmers have in market garden
ing. They have cheaper land, which
they can manure in large part from
their own stables and yards. The sec
ond is that If near enough to city or
village they can sell directly to con-
sumers. and thus get better prices than
can the commercial gardener who is
obliged largely to sell his produce to
middlemen at a very small margin of
profit
An excellent plan Of training black
berries is to plant the rows from six to
eight feet apart, and set posts in the
row about 20 feet apart. Stretch one
or two wires on the posts and tie the
canes to the wires which viii make an
excellent support. Large wires are
best. Cut the canes off before the sap
starts just above the wires. and you
will have splendid berries. free from
dirt and not ruined by winds. Plant
early, medium and late varieties for
succession. The posts need not be
iarge-an old fence rail win do as well
as any other support. Plant all ber-
ries in a long row, so as TO enable you
TO use a horse to cultivate them.
The depth Of planting the seed should
be governed by the character of the
soil If light and dry. then the seed
should be planted deep and covered,
so as to leave the plants when they
come up at least two inches below the
surrounding level, and the first time
hoeing leveled up and kept level dur
ing the season; thus the hills are made
below ground, and the plants are kept
from drying up. If the land be wet
and heavy the seed should be planted
near the surface and not covered very
deep, and at hoeing time slightly hill
ed.
Start the colts into winter in good
condition, and TO do this let oats be
a large part Of their food ration. The
first winter is always hard on the colts.
and they need plenty of feed of the
very best quality to get them along
nicely. Oats are not an expensive feed
and it can hardly be considered econ
omy to put colt on corn and hay
ration all the winter through.
Rye viii be the first green food in the
spring. AS the young rye is almost
wholly composed Of water il affords
hut little nutrition and is very laxa-
tive. When turning stock on young
rye IL should be done as gradually as
possible Only a small quantity Of
rye should be eaten at first, allowing
cattle to Craze more as the rye grows
A young peach orchard of a few
trees may be used as a garden with ad-
vantage. The manuring Of the vege-
tables will benefit the trees, and as
clean cultivation viii also be required
the weeds and grass viii not have an
opportunity to injure the trees. Peach
trees thrive best when we'll cultivated.