The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-11


letting tho suckers grow. and save the
labor
The Himalaynn Blackberry.
DO you know anything about the
great Himalayan blackberry that L
have seen advertised as something
W., Yes, 1t is of no payticu-
lar value. makes small fruit and big
vines. and very unproductive Not
worth growing in the East, at least,
though il seems to do better on the
Pacific Coast. There Is another berry
that does finely In California and makes
good fruit here. but is rather unpro-
ductive. This Is what is called the
Logan berry. II is a cross OF rasp-
berry and blackberry. 1t makes very
large. reddish fruits like big black
berry. and has something of rasp-
berry flavor. 1t Is worth growing In
the home garden. but in the East is
not productive enough to be profitable
1t has become very popular In Eng
land. which shows that climate has a
great deal 10 do with the success Of
plants OF any sort
Balanced RntI0ns and Grooming Cows
Picking up farm paper ! noticed
an inquiry from farmer asking what
combination of feeds would keep the
coats OF the COWS glossy and the hair
in good condition. lie was given the
ration by the editor. n veterinary sur
Geon. that / give below. But the in
Quiry reminded me that good groom
Ing Will help any feed to keep the
COWS III fine shape. y year or so ago
l was ut the noted winter resort Pine
hurst. y. G. in summer, having gone
there TO advise the owner in regard to
his farming operations He had there
a large herd OF dairy COWS and finely
constructed stables, and made spe-
cialty OF furnishing his winter guests
with the best milk and cream At that
M Y
asked Mr.. Tufts Il he was taking as
much care OF his cows as when the
people were there, At that time he
was shipping his cream TO Charlotte
and Wilmington. He told ME TO go to
the stables snd see. walked with
him 10 the stables. and the first thing
SAW was man with bucket Of
scapsuds scrubbiug a COW down. and
rubbing her till the hair was as glossy
as race horse. / no longer wondered
at the quality and cleanpess OF his
milk
But the veterinarian advised his cor
respondent TO use balanced ration
OF the feeds he had at hand and told
him. as i believe is true. that cotton
seed meal is as good as linseed meal
for cows. The ration he advised was
one pound of cottonseed meal two
pounds OF cornmeal and twelve pounds
of pea vine hay with all the oats
Just the same ration l have used in
Virginia. except that in Albemarle
fed corn silage in the stable and let
them eat their hay, either OF peas or
red clover IN racks in sheds in the
barnyard
fed the ensilage with the cotton
seed meal sprinkled over il, and had
no need for the cornmeal. as the silage
gave plenty of carbonaceous material
and the pea and clover hay helped out
the protein, and they. TOO, had oats
straw ad libtum. But the glossy coats
are due more TO the grooming than to
the feed No amount of feed will keep
COWS in fine shape ii they are never
groomed or cleaned
In the Flower Garden.
y lady correspondent wishes to know
what ! do with the fall planted bulbs
after they have doomed this spring
let them ripen and then lift and cure
the bulbs and put them away for re-
planting n the fall. OF course this
makes the beds look ragged for a time,
for the various bulbs mature differ
entity, and each must have its own time
TO ripen. Rut we can grow here as
fne bulbs of narcissus. tulips and Ro-
man hyacinths as can be imported. and
II is best To save them IN the proper
manner. AS each variety ripens. as
Is shown ny the tops turning yellow,
they are lifted and let lie a day in the
sun. Then the tops are cut OF and the
bulbs spread out under shelter 10 cure
before storing in boxes in the cellar
This for the narcissus The Roman
hyacinths have the tops cut off as soon
as they turn yellow, and the bulbs are
lifted and piled outside. and the heaps
covered with sand 70! week or ten
days Then they are taken out and
dried as the narcissus II dried OFF at
once they are apt to decay at tho
crown or get gummy and spoil
The beds in which the bulbs have
bloomed are then put In good order.
and China asters, coleus and o,ner
summer bedding plants are set 10 keep
tho beds gay during the summer AS
the bulbs are something OF CONNER
cial matter with me. | grow them in
rows as regular garden crop. and
there is great difference in their ma
turiiy, as there are early and late va
rieties Of both the narcissus and the
tulips, and each variety is lifted and
kept 10 itself by name
Where the earlier ones are lifted
can plant the corns Of the gladiolus
TO keep up succession of these flowers
after those planted in April are over.
The asters being mainly wanted as a
late summer and fall flower, are grown
from seed sown in April in the open
beds, and they transplant very easily.
Oriental Poppies.
The most gorgeous display In my
garden just now is made by the Orien-
tai poppies These are hardy peren-
malls. and the clunps increase in size
every year. They are now making
their great blooms as large as saucers.
and are brilliant scarlet. salmon ana
almost pink in the different varieties
After these bloom the seed ripens and
the plants seem 10 perish But that
IS simply their resting stage for in
the fall the green leaves appear again
and remain green all winter
The seed or these peoples is very
fine. and almost dustlike. When ripe in
summer beat out the seed from the
pods ana SON them at once where the
plants arc wanted TO remain. for YOU
cannot transplant them safely. but
thin them out. and they Will give a
bloom or tvQ the next spring. and
after that increase yearly in the size
Of the clunps
Marguerite CnvnutIons.
/ one OF the finest hardy border plants
! Tor spring blooming as the hardy car
nation known as Marguerite carna-
uons. TheN make fSwers as large as
We formerly got carnations in the
. greenhouse before the great improve
hen' That has been made In these Of
lac years