Middletown transcript., 1912-05-25
FARM news And VIEWS

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Prune the rose bushes. You want bios
SONS, not wood or leaves.
Prnne off all dead or weak branches
Thin out the tops to let the sun in.
Keepthe orchard land in good tilth. Tit
trees can be set as soon as the leaves fall.
Frequent applications of manure watel
during the summer will keep the plants
blooming.
In planting young trees they should be
set aboutan inch deeper than they were
in the nursery.
Tobacco stems strewn on the ground al
the base of rose plants will help to keer
awayinsects.
Nasturtiums and morning glories should
be planted wherever there is anything to
train them on.
just as soon as frost is out and the
ground dry enough it will be time to set
out the berry plants.
The ground for Strawberries must be
dug over very deeply and as early in the
spring as it can be worked
Don't be TOO ready to take sellers
word for what his COW can do.
A few drops of sugar will help wonder
fully when training the colts.
Look out for the breeding mare and
give her good food and plenty of exercise.
Nearly 10000, 900 acres of wheat were
planted throughout India this year.
Eggs from older hens are better for
hatching purposes than those \from pull
lets.
Plenty of scalding water on the milk
utensils is needed in summer.
Remember that the wood ashes that
come from the cook stove, fireplace or
furnace are the best kind Of fertilizers for
the orchard. lawn or garden.
1t is better to give the orchard clean
cultivation than to try to raise crops in it,
The way to judge the value of breed
ng eve is to examine the quality of the
amb.
10 gather pound OF honey bee has
% make nearly %, 900 times to and from
Is hive.
1t is poor policy to plan for yearly
'hicks unless you have good place to
are for them.
The hog is pretty nearly all bundle OF
money, and he should not be neglected in
my manner.
The chief aim of a wide-awake farmer !
to produce as much as possible of what |
le consumes.
Cover the winter onions with coarse
manure from the horse stable to give
hem an early start in spring.
Poultry manure is fine dressing for
he vegetable garden.
A practical system of rotation can be
7orked out for every farm.
Poultry manure is particularly good for
orcing the growth of onions.
Sheep-kiling dogs and egg sucking dogs
lake real nice soft robes and rugs. Tan
heir hides.
The size of the farm is of not so much
Importance as the manner in which the
'ork is done.
Too much care hardly be taken in max
lg sure that no weed seeds sre sown
18th your grain seed
1t is we'll to remember that commercial
'rtiizers should not replace farm man
res, but simply reinforce them.
Hollyhocks and golden glow may be s
rown along the fence at the back or side
the house and require but little room. {
Squash bugs may be trapped by laying
lingles near the plants. The bugs will J
found under them early in the morn
lg.
Rotation of crops is one OF the simple,
methods OF increasing the pro-
nctivity of the farm and distributing I
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There is but little fertilizing value in q:
'al ashes, but they will improve a stiff
ay soil by putting it in better physical
There are very few farms on which ad-
tional labor expended in preparing the
ed-bed would not yield handsome re-
rms.
The life of a bee during the busy season 8
very short. Often during the honey a
ason they do not live longer than six or 9
ght weeks. '
Prepare land for small fruit plantation
ext spring.
Thorough and constant spraying is the
ice Of good fruit.
In Michigan the apple barrel is still the
ost popular package ior this fruit.
Do you know that sfted coal ashes are v
od soil lighteners? Save them for this o
lrpose and apply to heavy soil. t,
Are there any old apnle trees in your a
chard bearing desirable fruit? Easy to
aft good varieties upon them. r
Give plenty of sunshine these days. Cur o
ins do not belong to windows where I
ants are kept. Roll up abe shades; b
ish the glass.
Get ready to do some grating. Top a
,rk that old seeding apple tree. The Ii
erry comes fret, then plum, apple v
ince and pear. a