The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02

reduced to minimum by planting In
to the rows early in the season, and
permitting no weeds to ripea their seed.
In selecting eggs for Matching, take
those of uniform size and thickness of
shell. Reject the dirty, notified eggs
and those with thin shells. Do not set
small eggs nor eggs more than thirty
days old. So
Where sixteen hours a day is still
the rule on the farm it is pertinent to
ask the question, rs there any necessity
fer such slaving?' Many a boy has
been driven to the city by just such
methods of carrying on farm operations.
Grape cuttings should be planted as
soon as the soil can be worked in the
spring. In planting put them in the
ground up TO the top bud and at a
slant so that the soil will be packed
firmly about them to prevent drying
out.
1t ought not to require the aid of ex-
perts to show the danger of formalde-
hyde and formalin as a milk preseiTer.
The milk sellers dc not have the same
interest in this that the consumers have.
and all who persist in the use of suc,i
drugs should be given a taste of the
strong arm of the law.
1t is best to buy seed corn in the
ear when practicable. The whole ears
are honest representatives and SHOW
for themselves. 1t is best TO discard
all the defective. irregular-shaped
grains from the ends of the ear In o.
der to insure a perfect stand. A per-
feet stand materially lessons the cos<
of production.
The "cock-sure cure" for hog cholera
promulgated few years ago by the
government has gone off half cooked
and the whole scheme has failed. The
reason It failed was due to the fact that
whole herd had to be destroyed Ia
order To effect cure. Strange. This
is like the man who cleared his bara
of rats by setting 1t on fire.
Artistic garden beds have earned a
good, long rest. IL there ever was any
reason for them it has all vanished
The best way to grow garden vegetables
nowadays is to grow them in long rows
SO they can be easily cultivated by hand
or wheel hoe. Plant rows extending
across the garden, arranging the varit-
ties so that other an6 later crops can
take the place of the early vegetables.
| Sheep are the best animals to Craze
In q sod orchard They crop the grass
close to the ground, thus obviating
loss Of moisture by evaporation
through the blades They do not tramp
the ground solidly like cattle, and their
droppings are an aid to fertilization be
cause of their extended distribution.
Saeep also keep the orchard clear of
weeds and briars. If turned into it early
enough in the sumne err.
Overripe cream means rancid butter.
The scientific buttermaker ripens his
cream to uniform acidity. The
| amount of acid his cream contains he
measures by means of test. The man
who makes butter on the farm should
use his test, or else he should use
something that will enable him 20
know exactly when to stop the ripen-
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cream. Butter to sell we'll should be
uniform In quality.
Experiments show that COW when
| in fuls flow of milk drinks from 1900
to 1000 pounds of water a month, the
average quantity, determined by test
Ing herd, being 1,660 pounds per cow
This fact shows the importance of un-
limited supply of water at all seasons
of the year. In every 100 quarts of
milk the farmer sells about eighty
e,gnt quarts of water, and when the
COW cannot procure water at all times
she Will fall off In yield.
Pruning should be done as early as
possible TO give the wounds time to
heal. Especially Is this true where
pruning is heavy. 1t is not yet too
late to finish this sort Of work, but no
large limbs should be cut, because they
will not heal in time to prevent bleed.
ing when the sap begins to flow. Paint
ing all scars of an inch or more in di.
ameter made at this time OF the year
will prevent bleeding and destroy a
breeding place for fungus diseases.
In planting peach trees Western
Missouri orchardist recommends put.
ting out strong one-year-olds and cut
ting them back to start switches IS
inches high. He plants his trees Is to
20 feet apart, and cultivates well. He
claims the best tool for this purpose is
1 double cutaway harrow. After three
years he cuts the trees back one-third
ON each seasons growth. Tomatoes he
recommends as a good crop to grow in
the peach orchard, provided there is a
market for them.
Experiments made at the Cornell Irni-
versity Experiment Station in orchard
ing several years ago proved that it
:ook more fertility from the soil to pro-
duce twenty average crops of apples
than to produce twenty average crops
Of wheat. 1t will be readily seen that
In view OF this fact not only should no
secondary crops be grown in the or
chard which will rob the soil, but that