The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-31

en- into the system of the animal where
they grow md the grub finds its way
into the muscular tissues and natures
its growth under the skin. The best
thing at this season is to enlarge the
opening a little and squeeze out the
grub and destroy1t, and then rub some
powdered boracic acid into the place.
K II let alone, the grubs will finally come
out and fall to the ground and go into
the pupa state and hatch out into flies
ready to lay more eggs on the legs
of the stock.
Crops for Hogs to Gather.
What crops are best to plant now
for the hogs iii the fall?' AS I have
before described, IL YOU have separately
fenced lots. Nou can grow a succession
of crops that will keep the hogs 60
ing during most of the year. Just
now the crops to plant will be peanuts,
chufas, sweet potatoes. COW peas and
Jerusalem artichokes for winter root
ing. Any of these crops will keep the
hogs profitable employed later in the
season
Raising Cows for Sale.
A young farmer living in n tobacco
section writes that he thinks he can
make a good thing raising cows to sell
to his tobacco neighhors, who simply
want a COW or two and wants to know
what breed he should raise. But he
adds that 1t must be understood that
there men "let the cows run out all
the time. and have no shelter but the
lee side OF q straw stack"
In that case the only animal is a
scrub. An improved breed of cows
treated in that way will not be as good
rs scrubs, and, in fact, men who treat
COWS in that way should not have any,
and should be prosecuted for cruelty
TO animals. The raising of good dairy
COWS may be made profitable, but I
would not raise them to sell to such
men. Cows like the Jersey have been
bred to highly nervous character. and
the better bred an animal is, the more
care they need.
Even some who imagine they are
taking good care of their COWS are
making serious mistakes. was once
in a highly prosperous section OF
Pennsylvania. in Berks County. A
man asked me after one OF our ses-
sions to walk over short distance
and see his Holstein cows. 1 went
with him to a typical Pennsylvania
barn. 1t was the usual stone base
ment with an overhanging frame
structure above The COWS We're in
the stone part Opening the door
could just discern in the darkness
some white and black animals. Not
window in the place. I asked why
he did not light and ventilate the
stable They are warm, all right"
= said he. In fact. the COWS were
bumped up and looked as though they
were tuberculous. But the mans
only idea was to keep them warm.
and he did not realize that pure air
and light are essential to the welfare
OF any animal
Then visited a sanatorium, where
many people go TO recuperate. They
had Il COW stable and cows to supply
milk and on going into the stable
which was clean and we'll lighted, !
was struck by the foul odor and lack
of ventilation. The doctor asked me
how ne should prevent 1t. l told him
to put In shaft of four boards like
chimney and with an opening a
foot from the floor. for the four air
collects there. He hid so and the
stable has become sweet. Light and
good ventilation are essential to the
Keeping of COWS in good health, and
the lee side of straw stack is not
the place for them. w. T. NJ.
Growing Celery I'm the Upper South.
From Lower Underwater: II have not
succeeded with celery, and would like
you TO give the instructions how to
grow 1t hcre?"
The production of celery varies with
the climate. In the central North
west. about Kalamazoo, Mich, and
along the Lake Shore region. they
start their plants early under glass.
and transplant them in late May and
early June, in rows two feet apart.
and mulch them heavily with manure
and do no cultivating, but irrigate
with sprinkling pipes overhead, and
they blanch the celery either by wrap
ping paper around each stalk or set
ting boards on each side OF the rows
+ In this way they get the early sum
mer and fall celery that comes South
We cannot DO this, as our summer
South. in Florida and in California.
celery is grown entirely as a winter
crop. from early fall-sown seed we
cannot do this either. as our winter
weather is too cold. Hence the celery
crop of the upper South must be the
late fali and early winter crop
Sowing the Seed.
Celery seed needs careful treat
fnent in order to get n good gcrmina-
tion seed can be sown in May, and
the place TO SOW them best is on a
border on the north side of fence
or building where the bed will be
somewhat protected from the sun. Put
the ground in tho finest condition. and
make slight marks across IL six inches
apart and SOW the seed rather thinIy,
Then merely pack them down slightly
WIN the hack OF a spade Then cover
the bed with Gunuy sacks, and water
on this The Sack will retain the
moisture and prevent crushing AS
soon as the seed begin 10 gcrminatc
prop up the sack OF them ana Let 4,
remain while as shade. but as IN.
little plants grow green remove II
Ihen never allow the soil 10 get dry
nut attend To regular watering
When the little plants arc coun,,
OF inches high, make another bed in ,
similar location. and transplant Their
Two inches apart in rows six inche,
apart. nipping the tap root little
Keep up the regular watering. and a,
8 the plants grow taller You can shea,
the tops slightly. The object is /,
get strong plants for the Anal setting
The Final TrnnspInnting.
In your section the best time to Sc
K celery plants finally is about the las
y of August or carly September. In tn
e Piedmont section the first of Angus,
The best method of growing celery ii
this latitude is the bed system o
Baltimore system. as 1T is generall
practiced around Baltimore. Celer