The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-10-23

and problems which require his best
care and thought If he is to succeed.
Before the ground freezes hard it is
well to lay by good supply of fine
road dust for the hens to battle in dur
ing the winter months. 1t is also a
good idea to secure several barrels OF
leaves and grass or other fine litter
where stock is not kept on the place.
so that the poultry will have some
thing to scratch in.
It should doubtless be deemed a mat
ter of rejoicing that the ice bill tapers
off a trifie by the time the coal bill
begins to loom large on the horizon.
If the piece of ground which is in
tended to be set to fruit trees next
spring is given a fairly deep blowing
this fall it will simplify matters a good
deal next spring in the matter Of work
ing up the soil to the proper mellow
ness before the trees are set
1t is said that cupful of boiling hot
water poured on the growing cabbage
just as it is beginning to head will
kill any worms that may be on the
plant, yet will not do it any serious
injury. One who has tried this plan
says that fine heads were secured from
plants treated in this fashion.
If extensive pruning has been done
in the orchard the past season it will
be we'll to go over the trees before
cold weather sets in and paint the ex-
posed cuts made by the saw with 4
rather thick coat of good white lead
and OIL This will keep out the mois-
ture and weather and tend to prevent
rot fungi from getting in their work.
Here is fertilizer item which will
bear often repeating: Every load Of
barnyard manure put on the land is
worth not less than 81 to the man
who does it. A rotation of clover of
two years is worth in fertilizing value
as much as ten big loads Of manure to
the acre, and the man who sOws it
has profitable crop while doing It be-
sides. If one has yellow corn on the
hills it means that the land L. calling
for clover or manure and perhaps both.
While it is advisable for the farmer
who has not been keeping sheep to
work into the business as soon as pos
sible, it ia well to start with COM
small number. say twenty
or thirty. The habits and require
ments Of the animals can be studied to
better advantage In this way and ex-
perience gained which will be indis-
pensable in the handling Of larger
flock. If trouble should be encountered
it will be correspondingly less with the
smaller number.
Suggestions sent out by the dairy d.
visions Of the department Of agricul-
ture at Washington contain the follow
ing plain directions relative to the
washing Of the dairy utensils: In wash
ing use only pure water. First rinse
the utensils in warm water. Then
wash inside and out In hot water in
which a cleansing material has been
dissolved and rinse again. Then scald
with boiling water or steam and keep
inverted in pure air and sun If posi-
BILE until wanted for use. If these di-
rections were carried out faithfully by
every dairyman and creamery patron,
one Of the most prolific sources of poor
butter would be done away with.
The northeast slope is the best for an
orchard for the reason that in the win
ter months, when the chief damage
from thawing and freezing is done, the
rays of the sun shine much less direct
ly than they would were the land per-
fectly level or did it have an equal
pitch to the south. Besides, when the
trees are located on the northerly
slope the ground does not thaw so
quickly in the spring, and this tends to
hold the whole process Of sap and leaf
development in check, thus delaying
the blossoming period. In this way the
blossom buds are kept dormant, so
that they are able to stand the May
freezes, which so often ruin the fruit
crop.
While in the very earliest and sub
sequent history Of the Hebrews their
occupation was largely pastoral and
agricultural, in modern times re-
markably small number are thus &C.
cupied. Figures taken from the an
nual report of the Jewish Agricultural
and Industrial Aid society show that
there are at present 1,346 Jewish farm
ers in this country. OF this number
Connecticut has 256, Arkansas 20, Hi
nois II, Indiana IA, Massachusetts, As,
Michigan IS, Minnesota 10, New Jer-
sey 331, New York 252, North Dakota
176, Wisconsin 20, while still smaller
numbers are found in several other
states. A definite effort Is now being
made by the society referred to to get
the poorer class of Jewish immigrants
to engage in farmingfather than flock
to the cities, as has been their wont in
the past
Growers Of potatoes on a semicom-
mercial scale have sustained losses
from the inroads Of bugs and blight
this year, which bring most forcefully
to their attention the need of a sys-
tematic course Of spraying in order to
hold these pests in check. An effective