Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1899 — AGRICULTURAL NEWS [ARTICLE]

AGRICULTURAL NEWS

THlHOtf W fHE 1...1 SH.ubu«ta*i A | jaugAil«>3r»c<»iJ ; 11 »»t<» iyi *ar ‘ .tueaifewtlla« Si 1 .’ 1 t .’iulw I mu hum botri ** ■ Vaine flif-Toka<o«« «*%•**'*»• Piful* HS# ; *JwiWsffilflNw IwwWlfca to* * ■ .jjj-Sfjj vle'S I’.'im io'f .*«iniaoh<icß :i oficasioos thia subject neoy tfneelydiscussed itn thfe eomspoUdence fcolun»n®<aniionej.Dr other <4,:-thatpoultry -joucnaUii i«ne people eon tending tbattheiMMalysia.of •the'potato shows tt tdbeW wry udflt fWhj for nie; While ofhfsw mainthto ■rtiat j^-actichi' exjteriehcfc "to t>e most useiHl. We' id.v6t Kittbir. -potato,Qho. st tbejwftt additions fowls’.bili of, fapek iQaly thsdaybf f«se writing these,notes e caae came usder ■ Oar hottce where ' two nel«hbor* :bot!i kept fowls and both had the -Baaie niiraber, variety und necomuiodotlOiis. 1 From’ r twenty-four hens one l wu» ! g«ft'ttng' twenty eggs a day, the' 6tbe'e ; ten. ’«ie ;foriiier attr:buted the ater laying of.bls.birds W the use ot holler|f.nl of warm potatoes mixed, with their mprif - ing oieaL It baa always been our Iv»s- -- tom to use potatoes,in uome forffi or another, and we look upon them as both good and cheapr One jrtan we often adopt in the *4rlittt*r sfhbe ! is to Instruct the poultry iad ito place a boilerful on the kitchen range every evening after tea; these cook during the evening, and by the time the fire goci dowtt are : hndfWs little heat -left and “their own steam keep them wartii, and thtfs r thfey sW ‘rendy ,: fdr mining with' «<he meal in the morning eariier thkn' they wotfld bo ff not prepared dver night. At other times, wlito hot feeding fn“tatbes hs Übwve, we h/axe a boilertul served round wir6l& trs ah ' , extra’ L at mid«hy,>-*hd And-they ftrd mUeh Vellshed.—Poulfry:'Myntbry.‘ T * Fosefr - „Th,e .best grape., we have seen *.re on, wijd grape, roofs above the ground, To an extent neypr before jtegUzed iiie" fnjpry gas ‘beep, in! the roots. The common hejjef Js Ihaf-UJ 3 difficult, to : graft the grape. : Put pur r-egpeyienpe.is that it cap. as successfully as grafting of thestone fruits. It is ai3oi<easy!ato idfireb the cultivatedrgrapes on the wild, A Delawaro inarched in» Jrine\ on a wild vine,' WIH load With fruit in two years, and bear regtilariy thereafter without winter protection. •“ •" ’■ il Ts n tVfld rose 1 or wiid 'grape viUe fs fo cultivated oties; Inarching is sjmpJy bringing Ihe cut sprfaces of the two together ahd fasteningtUem, ,y;ira or by applying, wet clay kept in place by winding, cloth strips, around lt. ; After they grow together the copnectioo.Jg severed so as .to leave the cultivated branch on the wild root/ If we lay « branch in the gronnd it takes root and makes a plaht when seveied from the'parent. Inarching la a kind of layering. Instead of rooting in the soil, the branch unites by cell growth with the wild branch, to -v/blch/it ASf/AsJenod. a t the the bark is removed in June. So important' 4s It Considered that in Germany inarching Is taught and practiced iu all the elementary schools.—The Farmers’ Advocate.

Wild Swarms Generally Terisb, , When the country was newly settled and few bees were kspt a-great deal of -honey was secured.. from -bee .trees, which, tlie beelmliters foundby following a bee caught on some Sowef and let loose after it had fined ffsetf With Thoney. The bee when it gefS r fts load of honey rises In.the gir until It finds the direction bfllts hoxne. anii then darts away In a “be^ ) lin«j” tocjt. Ry noting -.the direotion taken and trapping another bee at «ome dietanoe to one-side of that which started first,Ht itb ndfe the angle wbuld riWlfoif Bt 'tti# tree mgy .gcqerallv hg lately “W» treeS’ f ar6 riot Y3-y plentiful, .ejrfti UnlAlvd Warii Save largely iuereosfeti. m is-prahaMe that as the stock of bees iucreasee.;, ip 'so.alsp; .do which mdiice tire, worm that is, the into the hive fhfcy idhn craw it t <rb e carWuF aplartst makes the entrance to his hive so Bmairthafn~gpod swarm can bees N Jllve jp holloiW Jtree they generallystantly widening its entrance bV the woojl rotfing away, Thep tpa miller rfteih lii inf;wori(; ipa wßetf theWg it 'bty» h/rfclr ffftb wor urfi. tfre bees are -ec?2*>? iso'iß'ji'l ; 7— .■<■&.:> *id2 'fi i Pigpen Floors. ...It is my experience that the only-floor tfiit Will laptnn pvfch aMotatlbn-'and ftiatHi :cement; aind algo Wood, feiceptWig pitch : pine, stilt Jhrear through- In sppte In An Incredljbly shhrt time..- The pig'ar hoof Is very sharp, and exposed places, as near dacwvays'rand about 4he trough, lo copstpnt, Ghl outside OwMt- hav.q beep (used for building purposes are best, because hard. atpch, Jthgaper .tft .buj and sometriues no .expense" <jhTy' the 1 Thaforindatioh thC hirtek tldof can gfaveft'-wi® ah Incfi of sharp safid on top, upon which the brl«c -wutyrrplacedit' let tbe partien nf the Jte«to3Wifrd!Uieirt/s*sd wW beremehi some three inches, mainder of the floor, and let the slant and when the"whole sdrface la^^^f W*4¥xl In *ll " .(njJrjflsV f *P” * * few until dry, when It can be

bejuvstr erate wood eatem that: will aJUck any n tt F«sm«r -,n ii'.w a..hw»-»i<i xnl •s.-ctjc »«>*«?> , «OKttat iUA’of flunks BiiiW. tits •i -One of tbe hacdeat tasects to keep la check is the abominable squash' bhg, soTdestioetir# to aooasbes, 1 cucumber* Uhd other members ortbe'gkiuA Foi'lmfa gc&rk* thej-ah*’ Sucking mats/ ailff VsS' ft hold: them ln“chec£ has been {d^haiyl-plck.)Uienl :s £ M| G 0 »g ; a sped of .H«gbi ra clpajr jjvpgtbey jwd cool plgfets, if happened in my squash patch about ; sundown. Several / Inferior: squashes had been-left o& tbe vines;- 1 ! thought they had—a- peculiar appearance, and examined them 3)9901 The side of the ■Q ua "^B e £Mift «» covered with mature squash bugs,, so 'lhl6k"thh , t I fhe skln of ttie squash could hot* bfe S&M. -imr} sqcabh' field had its covering of squash bugs. * A bW#ht : thought ’lhfbbfi mie, work killing bugs. The air was becomibg Cool and 'the bugs 6tfff, J and th.cy were easily brushed off"and killed with iby foot or a piece of five hundred bugs were killed on some of ’the squashes. The nkii evening \he patch was again gone over and many bugs killed, iJht dpt nearily *so many as the evening before. This was. re'peated every evening as jong.as I could And bugs; the result was,that the next spring I had very few bugs. I' have followed this pl?n every year since vflth complete Success, T Vlck’s Moptb■SO i:• .. - u: f j/.ai!. Afc-t r> - j ; T* Apple rockers. ' Pack fruit honestly; that la, have the fruit run alike all tbrWugh the barrel. Do not endeavor to cause-deception by placing good, so And, large fruit bear : tbe; top and bottom es the barrel, nod filling in the center with a krt of gristly, wormy and decayed fruit It doCs not pay The deception 4s basily ifteteeted upon fnvefetfgatiori. Standard barrels should be used. Takd due head 'OUt,' dail the hoops, and bend or Break dff-fhe ends'of the oh tjielnslde; place a jayer or tier of apples, gqod and uniform. sik<s,, J, 'Brnooth, bright, healthy, as closely ] as, .possible,, stem downward; on the lower end, then fill .up, a basketful gt a time, throwing put the'small, wormy, gnarly and windfall apples, and shaking the barrel well after each deposit until it is full two inches above the rim; place the head squarely on the apples, and with a ncrew or lever press forceit into place and nail securely. Then turn over the barrel and-mark name es apple with red or black lead, or stettcil.' Bear In tefna that, to be' shipped'’safely] fruit muftt be packed tight to prevent rattling or bruising.

>•- • i_2 ~’ X ~ •' •' 4i ' ' . | t •1 • i Profits from Cows. It is estimated that the cost of a cow for one year % for food alone, la about $25. This amount she must return to her owner before she cap make any profit, and yet there will remain the cost of the* labor and shelter, for which she will pay with the manure, as It possesses value as well as the tnllk. If the farmer 1 cannot get enough from the Cqw to pay for the food she eats he will keep her at a loss.' At $25 per year the. cost is about 7 cents per .day. The price of the milk in market will determine the value of the eow. Ls she produces 2,590 quarts In w. year the cost will be 1 cent j»er quart. I#'she produces over that quantity the cost of eatrh 'VJnaft will be reddefid. All cows cannot be kept for one at so low a costTT>ut as there must be an expense foriUtel cdtf.i-Jwhether she proves valuable or £iot, tfio- dairyman shqultl peek the beat, tp fee had in order to reduce tjie ,«9gt of tha.product ,pe can only do so by using the breeds, for if hq step? pptsjde and gesortp to the open market In order to purchase fils cows, Instead,of raising them,.he will lVicure tte _ liaDhfty of adding inferjpr animals to his herd. . .. iv! ■>- l: ■_ i&.]f Gives Points to Peach •tSi'owers. T- Althcmghvfnilt growers near Pottstown, Pa, report an ahhbAf erftire fldlflhe pekefi erep, Sajdor, who has a large orc&artkUeSr ftlHglttg Ilocksh harvwted ‘abdutt,soo "baskets. A successful plan tlrttf-’AMr fi.-ts- befen to protect Ids'orchard from wholesale deVOSteftion by J tbef '-“yeilohre, n eaenfy to the peach tree, is that dHsCoVW» ft ’ttee the Insect ’be* feuKTres It and planta’aftfitber’ld-MtS fsvorite ldea of hle ls'to looseß'the soll around the"'trees by plotvthg afid - dfso to kee|V them- well drained. Trimming the the lte , ffh»s, "h»s 'btedefltbU, ’ Increasing " the strength And 'pro<luCtlvei4eeti sh OVCm. Twelve yearA ago Mr. Sayler c6mmenced peaCh'cdltute 1 by pttntlHlf'm "trees, ’ and 1 , by adding to "the number each yeat, TiHi''or6bard’' 'HovC 'Contains ®,600 trees. He still has 90 per cent; of the flrst^tWß’NHßiPptkitflfll: 1 i,,u ’» -«,v , V nwiMn.i V jw’ .¥iif

u.et i< CoßMt'ry' Mom**, ' l * v»f. jutti: t: t it .JKW visit,* city or, large, town at this tlmoiol. yearandgo through It* l moat beautiful pacta. whece.H* wealthiest people llvsv-what is it thakglves OMS K «<* the smoqth, .densely ffreeu, beautiful lawn? And why should not the farmer, of all men. have the moat of his business to study gratae# .and fertilisers- Or consider the beautiful 3brti&r& maple, noble magnolia trees or cataltWWTW* «W*kort !’»Wdt Wfoaig ihbWM jnrirajftb be the very mrfhffgtft 1 or faffiS.— tmthaff*c soul u*n • woman, Impose^on^wrf* *wllftoa you. '•. . r .i ■- - . . •-« Jj.lL :