Year: 1879

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD


Manure tho Fruit Trees


In all the older states manure is as es-
sential for the best results in fruit grow
ing as it is for grain and grass. AS a
rule, the orchard is neglected; it is taken
for granted that the apple trees, after they
are once planted, will take care of them
selves. Some men think the orchard
can bear a crop of apples and hay an
nually, and no matter if the orchard has
seen no manure for twelve or fifteen
years. As general manure, within
reach of all farmers, there is nothing bet
ter than stable or yard manure. A dress
ing of ten two-horse loads Of manure per
acre every other year will promote
growth of wood and the formation of
fruit buds. Unleached ashes are among
the best and cheapest manures for the
. orchard. A hundred bushels to the acre
every five or six years will pay abun-
dainty.


Mr.. R. S. Emory, well-known fruit
grower of Kent county, Nd, in a letter
upon this subject, just published, urges
upon pear growers "to feed the trees"
"for," he adds, from my own obser-
walton eight orchards out of ten that [
have seen are suffering more for food
than any other one thing, and do not
know of any fruit that will so hand
somely remunerate for liberal feeding as
dwarfpears. by liberal, mean not Tess
than seventy-five two-horse wagon loads
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about every three years, applied broad
cast in October and November, and at
once plowed under. In preparing the
manure I at first make heap or pile of
it, using plaster freely with every load
as it is hauled to the pile. A month or
so after I apply it to the orchard, thor
oughly mixing and pulverizing it as it is
put in the wagon, and at the same time
discard any that is not thoroughly rotted,
believing such manure to have ten
dency to blight the trees, from an expert
mental fact, viz: About four years ago,
in manuring several acres of trees, there
was one load of coarse stable manure
spread without my knowledge on some
dwarf Bartlett's. and nearly every one
blighted badly the following June, and I
had to cut those trees to almost nothing
to save them, and they were the only
ones that did blight or have blighted
since; therefore I cannot help believing
the coarse manure, or that kind of coarse
manure, had something to do with their
blighting. There are two things abso-
lutely necessary to be produced annually
on all good pear trees, viz: buds and
wood. The latter cannot be had with
out tfeeding.-BGlti7nOre american.
Profitable Farming.


The most vital question affecting the
farmer is how to make farming profita-
BILE. Especially is this felt in the de-
pressed condition of our markets at the
present time, when produce of all kinds
does not pay the cost of production,
Below we give a condensed summary of
the more prominent causes affecting the
condition of the agricultural class. Wet
do not propose to present to readers all
the causes affecting the successful out
come of the farm, but rather to point
out the more important and prominent
ones. We call particular attention to the
following:


l. The enormous loss which many
farmers sustain from the neglected con-
dltlOn OF the manure plies.


Q. From the exposure of farm machin-
cry to the inclemencies of the weather.


3. From the loss which is sustained in
keeping more animals than the owner
can properly provide food and shelter
for.


4. From raising scrubby and indiffer-
ent animals, when good ones could be
raised at the same cost and twice the
profit.


S. Tilling more land than can be pro-
perly cultivated, thereby raising on two
acres that which might be more profita-
|Fbly raised on one.


6. Making specialties of certain crops,
! to the ultimate exhaustion of the soil.


7. From disposing of the crops in the
condition in which they are raised, in
stead of converting them into beef, pork
or mutton.


8. In neglecting to properly attend to
the little details of the farm.


g. In not keeping a strict account of
the transactions Of the farm.


10. In not using proper judgment in
disposing of the produce of the farm and
he purchasing of machinery and other
necessaries.


IL. Purchasing provisions which
should be raised at home.


IL. In not having machinery enough
to properly harvest and save the crop.
We believe that failure to make farm
ing profitable may be- traceable to one or
several of the above causes, which q little
study and foretnought will successfully
obviate. It will be apparent to every
one who gives the above causes due
i +1,n
profitable farming lies with the farmer.
-Ioava. in Prairie Farmer.
Health Hints.


Forpeople with skin diseases u carbolic
bath should be used.


Rubbing the hands with slice of raw
potato will remove vegetable stains.


Always take bath in a warm room
and in tepid water, unless particularly
robust.


An application of cold, wet common
whitening placed on Immediately is an
invaluable remedy for burn.


A warm bath on going to bed is the
best aid to sleep. A woman under fifty
should have eight hours of sleep.


Bleeding of wound in man or beast
can be stopped by mixture of wheat
flour and common salt, equal parts, bound
on with cloth.


Those who have hard calloused spots
on the hand can rid themselves of them
by holding the spot over the grindstone
a moment or two.


A good wash for the teeth is made by
putting equal parts of borax and camphor
gum into bottle of water and letting it
stand for a short time before using.


Refined chalk made into thick plaster
with one-third as much glycerine as
water and spread on the parts will cool
Inflammation and reduce redness Of the
nose or face.


To soften the hair, beat the yolk of one
egg into pint OF warm rain water; rub
the scalp and hair well with this; then
rinse the hair thoroughly and dry with Il
fo,ro1 IIco O ve1.v little oil if Che hair