Middletown transcript., 1907-06-15
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

The gooseberry yields large crop, ii
given care, and it should be more exten.
silvely grown, as there is large demand
and good prices for gooseberries every
year. It should be grown in the sun
! (not in shady places) on rich soil, being
mulched late in the fall. One point is to
cut out some of the wood from the CEN
tire, to admit air and sunlight, which will
partially serve as preventive of mildew.
Gluten meal is that portion of the corn
left over after the starch has been re-
moved, and it is, therefore, highly nj
trogenous food. Itshould be fed in con-
nection with other articles. When mid
dlings are used It'll best to mix such foods
With cut hay that has been sprinkled, as
the unadulterated middlings are liable to
cause indigestion. Bran and linseed meal
form an excellent combination at all sea-
sons, and promote digestion.
The claim that salt should be applied
to asparagus beds is not supported by ex-
periments. 1t destroys a number of
weeds and performs mechanical service
in the soil, but it is not necessary ferti-
lizer
No vegetable grows quicker than the
radish, and few rows only are necessary
to supply quite large family. Radishes
are unfit, unless grown quickly and
pulled at the proper time. As they are
ordinarily grown the family is kept sup
piled from the same bed until the radishes
are bard and woody. Instead of so doing
SOW only part of row at a time, The
way to have them as they should be, un-
til late in the season, is to procure quite
a number of packages, putting in the seed
from package every week until too late
to SOW them. By pursuing this method
they may be had in crisp, tender state
long after the usual first crop is hard or
gone to seed.
Millet is easily grown, and thriyes we'll
on all kinds of soils, giving excellent re-
suits on sandy land if manure is used.
possession of the land. One point in con-
nection with millet is not to cut it too
late. The best time is when the seed
heads are forming. The seed should not
be allowed to mature, as they are liable to
injure horses. Cows will thrive well on
millet hay, and horses prefer it to some
kinds. There is no shurer crop than mill
let if the land is in good condition.
When manure is spread on the hard |
surface of the ground some of the soluble |
portions will be carried away by heavy
rains. At the same time it is expensive
to first pillow the ground and then haul
manure over it. An excellent plan is to
spread the manure and then plow it with
a one-horse plow, so as to keep the ma
nure near the surface, and incorporated
with the top soil.
Asparagus in this section should now
be plentiful After the cutting season is
over apply ground bone literally before
the plants are allowed to shoot up for
seeding, and late in the summer cut down
the stalks and burn them in order to des-
troy insect pests.
Potato beetles will attack the tomato
vines if potatoes are not up, and it will be
necessary to carefully look ever tomato
plants every day. Egg plants should be
protected with wire gauze, or they will be
eaten out almost before the injury may
be noticed, as the beetles prefer them
even to the potato, feeding on every por-
ton of the plant.
Plant the cabbage on land that has not
grown cabbage for one or two years, and
the crop will be less liable to disease. At
ter the plants are we'll under way apply
fertilizer around each plant two or three
times during the season. Early cabbage
may be treated in the same manner, but |
should be hoed oftener if they are to be
forced in growth.
Fruit sometimes sells at low price and
does not pay, but the same may be said
Of all crops. The farmer, however is not
usually fruit grower Except of appIes).
and strawberries, raspberries and black
berries are seldom cultivated on some
farms. Whether grown for market or
not such fruit should be produced on i
every farm by way of variety and for
home use. The luxuries can be produc-
ed more easily by farmers than can the
regular crops of grain. 1t takes two or
three acres of wheat to buy the produce
that can be derived from quarter of an
acre of small fruits and vegetables.
Ashes vary greatly, those containing as
| high as per cent. of potash being the
exception. The value of the pure potash
is about five cents per pound. The best
ashes are seldom valued at over$8 per ton.
They contain large proportion of lime,
but potash is the material sought as fer
tilizer in ashes. Potash gives good results
on nearly all crops, more especially fruits,
grass, potatoes and many vegetables, be-
ing broadcasted over the plowed grownd
and narrowed in.
For embellishing lawns and half-shady
corners nothing exceeds the hydrangea
grandilora 1t gives mass beautiful
large punches of flowers, and is always at
tractive.
Dehorning cattle is no doubt cruel, at
the time of operation, but those who
favor it maintain that cattle which have
been deprived of their horns eat out of
the same trough with out doing injury to
one another, and greater salty is insured
during shipment to market.
To preserve the wagon wheels so that
they need not be taken to the shop, heat
linseed oil to the boiling points and pour
it into trough. Have enough oil to
cover the felloes, and turn the wheel
slowly through this hot OIL
The G. and d. Canal
The annual meeting of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal was held in Phila-