Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-03
FIELD, FARM AND FLOCK.
Pouymen Gardeners Stock Raisers Orcards and
Cleaned Researches of Experts
ALL AROUND THE PLACE.

pared, well lined and well tnoculated.
To charge the expense of lining wholly
| against the alfalfa is not altogether
| fair as every farm needs an occasional
| Of inoculating can be avoided by seed
ing with clover four or five pounds Of
| alfalfa per acre. This will bring enough
alfalfa plants all over the field to in
/ As the cider season is at hand q proc
ess for putting up the fresh juice Of
apples may come in handy. The only
satisfactory way Of preserving sweet
cider is to treat 1t the same as grape
juice. Take the cider as it comes from
the press and gradually heat 1t to a
temperature Of ITO to 1870 degrees Care
must be taken to see that it gets no
hotter than the latter temperature. as
otherwise the flavor will be changed and
injured. Keep the cider at this tempera-
tune for fifteen minutes. then bottle 1t at
once in bottles that have been thoroughly
sterihzed by scalding and that are still
hot when the cider Is put into them. Cork
with melted parafin. Thus prepared the
cider will keep Indefinitely with no change
of flavor.
Farmers wishing to know about how
much dressed carcasses of food ami
mails should weigh may easily ascer-
tain by bearing in mind that hogs will
dress approximately rs per cent of
their live weight. In the case Of beef
cattle, the dressed carcass will weigh
while sheep dress approximately As
per cent of the live weight. The per-
centage is much higher in the case of
hogs because the head: hide and feet
are counted in the dressed weight,
these not being included in the dressed
weight Of cattle, which also have a.
much larger body cavity than do hogs
Sheep dress out lightest because of
L 4 H~Sv- ~ IoI< g. r..
carcass.
Fffty-three cuttings of alfalfa from
one field in thirteen years Is the rec
ord made by c. NJ. Chiles on his farm
near Strasburg, Va, the cuttings aver
aging about two tons per acre, or a to-
tai of more than 100 tons per acre for
the whole number of cuttings He esti-
mates that net returns per acre from
tho alfalfa have been about $72 per
year.
Following is a list of towering shrubs
suitable for this section that may be
planted this fall: AZalea, calycanthus,
daphne, deutzia, dogwood. dwarf al
monds towering currant. Towering
crabapple, Towering peach. golden bell,
Japan ounce, mock orange. mountain
laurel. privet. rhododendron, spring
partial list, prepared by the Maryland
Agricultural College, includes only
those shrubs producing flowers from
buds formed the previous season.
Growth of towering shrubs can be
Controlled by pruning at this season.
Shorten back the old wood, but disturb
new wood little as possible. Old
branches that tend to crowd should be
removed. and those growing out of
bounds should be cut back to conform
to the general outline of the shrub. BY
this method of pruning strong shoots
will develop. on which the flower buds
for next year will form. Where the
growth of such shoots is too vigorous
pinch them back.
Climbing roses need little or no prun-
ing except that which they receive in
cutting off the flower clusters as soon
as they are through blooming. Other
roses. however. will stand a great deal
of pruning and be all the better for it,
Evergreen trees, to develop into real
ly good specimens, should have the
lowest limbs extending the greatest
distance out from the trunks. as, when
higher limbs are permitted to grow out
beyond the lower limbs. serious injury
results to the trees, the long upper
branches shading the lower ones and
also throwing the rain off and away
from them. All upper branches of or
namental evergreens extending beyond
the lower limbs must be cut back until
they are shorter than the ones directly
beneath them. Always cut back to a
strong bud, SO as to leave no stub
Pinching out the terminal bud will
check growth in that direction when a
branch tends to grow out Of bounds.
In setting out evergreens bear In
mind that they will not suffer the pres
ence of fertilizer, which will seriously
lnjure the young, trees If it doesn't kill
them.