Middletown transcript., 1912-08-10
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

| 'N OO Ca' eIullH assorted.
GfaPes have been much neglected in
late years.
Pear and peach trees will need thin
nlng to save the trees.
Do not take up the bulbs of the dsbliss
gIadioli and cannas until af-er FROST
The foolish man plants his orc ard on
low ground and the wise man seeks the
hills.
Nothing grown on the farm pays better
for the care bestowed upon it than the
orchard.
Apples, pears, reaches, plums and
cherries should he grown on every farm.
large or small.
DO not place our fruit in competition
with another by dividing shipments in
any market.
The strawberry, like the cranberry and :
blIeberry. prefers sour soil and will do
best in such a soil.
There are three processes of pruning a
young apple tree; the formative, the dir
ective and the corrective.
When crop on a tree is too large for
normal maturity, thinning is of value and
should always be given.
Whenever large limb is saved from
the tree the wound should be at once GOV
cred with wax or thick paint.
As rule sheep do no harm to the old
orchard. but they should not be allowed
to have access to the young trees.
We nevtr could see the Wisdo II of a.
lowing the hogs to run in the orchard
unless it is in COW peas or clover pasture.
Never ship fruit to market that is
overstocked and weak. Your commission
merchant will send you daily quotations
on postal card.
Corn put in silo when in the roasting
ear stage will not make first class slagp.
If any crop is stored in the been too
green there is dang-r OF sp infamous COL
bustiOn.
Thoroughly cultivate all crops that re-
ain in the ground, and burn up all rub
bish and trash.
Late potatoes generally do better if left
in the ground a, long as possible to thor
'uyhly ripen.
DJn't forget to cut all corn intended
for seed purposes just as soon as the ears
are we'll dented.
When timothy hay is worth 81 per ton
for feeding, good corn ensIlage is worth
about So per ton.
Fence the fodder!
Pick all half ripe or green tomatoes b.
fore the frosts come.
Ifyou have garden you will find pou
try manure valuable at this season.
The sort OF seed corn to select is the
kind that produces bushels per acre,
Gather your vegetables before heavy
irosts aud store in suitable places
Decaying organic matter in the soil
adds to its warmth and stimulates plant
life.
A mixed cover crop OF nitrogenous and
mol -aitrogenous plants is often used to
advantage.
Cabbages can be stored in pits the same
as root crops, but they should be covered
with at least ten inches of soil.
A low temperature is necessary for stoI-
Ing any vegetable, but it must De a cool,
dry air, free from odors and taints.
1t is not commonly known, that cement
sacks are returnaOle after using, if not
damaged, at valuation of ten cents each.
The average yield of Irish potatoes in
Illinois for 1910 was 80 bushels per acre.
Sweet potatoes averaged 81 bushels per
acre.
The side delivery hay rake, the binder
engine, the hay stacker and the gas power
garin elevator are all helps to more prof.
table farming.
Potatoes and other root crops will keep
well if stored in moist sand, but the tenn
perature must be kept low enough to prt-
vent sprouting.
Timothy hay should be grown for maj
ket every time.
Canteoupes may be gathered for na
ket before the rind colors.
The kind Of corn to grow for filling the
silo will depend on the locality.
A good garden is luxury that every
farmers family should enjIy.
Land that will grow a heavy crop Of
wheat or rye will grow timothy.
Kale requires deep, rich, mellow ground
we'll supplied with rotted manure.
Celery for market SHOULD be planted in
rows, setting the plants SIX
inches apart in the row.
When buying plants of the cabbage or
other crucifers the grower should uake
certain that the plants are free from club
root.
The man who expects fat harvests, high
prices and active markets all the time has
got something wrong with his reasoning
apparatus.
Grass, clover. corn fodder and COW peas
when fed in green state are relished by
arm animals much more than after they
ire cured.
Three insects destroy SO per cent of the
Iover seed in the plants. They are the
lover midge, the clover seed chalelid aid
nd the clover caterpillar.
Look out for roup.
Give tie cows salt.
Mules are a'ily raised.
Take care of your surplus garden crops.
A small fat sheep will pay better than
lrge poor one.
Legumes should be included in every
Iell planned rotation.
Some times the best live stock In tie