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FAEM AND GARDEN.
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ATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some rp-to-Ditt Hints Abont Cal*
tlrmtlon of tho Soil and Yields
Thereof—Horticulture, Vltlealtare and
Floriculture.
HortlcaltarsI Observations.
Whether, In making new strawberry
plants by runners, it is advisable to
pull off the first runners is a dis
puted point. A Wisconsin grower says
that this practice is a mistake, and
that the first runners are strongest and
moreover they will not set too many
plants in a row if permitted to grow.
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Summer pruning always means a
loss of foliage, and that in turn means
a loss in the development of root, in
cluding its vigor. While some advo
cates of summer pruning say the tree
will -survive, yet it is hard to under
stand why it is not better to do this
work at a time when all growth is at
a standstill.
It is rather surprising that the secre
taries of horticultural societies do not
show more enterprise in advertising
their meetings. The horticultural so
ciety of one of our large western states
has just held its summer meeting, and
not only were no notices sent to the
agricultural press, but not all of Its
members received notice of the meet
'Tng. This is an inexcusable blunder.
It not only lessens the attendance on
the meetings, but is exceedingly an
noying to those that wish to attend and
receive no notice.
A horticulturist advocates a hedge
of the Amur barberry. He says it Is
“perfectly free from rust, Is a dark
green, occupies but little space, is a
very strong bush and spiney enough to
turn stock, dogs, cats, rabbits and
boys,” That may be so, but what do
we want of such hedges anyway? The
day of the hedge as a boundary is past.
Wire fences are more serviceable and
can be made more beautiful in appear
ance. A barberry hedge is something
to li :p away from. What advantage
is there in surrounding one’s self with
a wall of thorns?
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In preparing the land for grape
vines, plow the ground deeply, and, if
possible, subsoil. Then pulverize the
ground thoroughly to give the small
roots all the chance possible to develop.
It is best to set the vines not nearer to
gether than* 8 feet. The holes in which
the vines are set should be each 2 feet
square and from 18 to 20 inches deep.
If a large number of vines are to be
set, the land should be previously
marked off, so that the rows of vines
will be straight both ways; as this
both improves the looks of the field
and makes it easier to cultivate. One
grape grower advises to keep the sur
face soil separate from the subsoil
«r8en digging the holes, and to put
back this surface dirt first when filling
up the holes. This will give the roots
a good medium in which to develop.
Once well rooted and growing the vine
can send its roots into the less con
genial soil, without experiencing a
back-set. In the fall, in regions where
winter protection is needed, this may
be obtained by plowing a furrow on
each side of the row and throwing the
dirt up toward the vines. In the spring
this dirt must be leveled to admit of
even culture. The vines may be staked
and tied to the stakes till they are two
years old, when they may be fastened
to wires strung between posts.
The rforthweetorn Greening.
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(Condensed from Farmers' Review Steno
graphic Report of Wisconsin Horticultural
Convention.)
Mr. Kellogg made a sharp attack on
the Northwestern Greening, saying that
in his experience it is not a good keep
er, though the tree is hardy and all
right.
Mr. Adams—I planted about a dozen
Northwestern Greenings ten years ago.
They began to bear three years after
planting, and bore up to two years ago.
I had no difficulty at all in keeping the
fruit till spring, even till May; and I
kept them in an ordinary cellar.
Mr. Chappell—My experience is that
It is not a good keener.
Mr. Tarrant—I have had a limited
experience with this fruit; it has not
kep^very well with me.
Dr. Loope—I think the fruit is bet
ter than what we have been hearing
about from the southern part of the
state. In some sections of my county
the trees were injured the previous
year, and some of the apples they bore
last summer broke open, while on other
trees the same apples were perfect.
Those poor apples will not keep, but
the perfect apples keep well. You do
not want to select for keeping those
apples with a yellowish cast to them,
but you want to select the ones that
are green in color. The tree is very
good, and so is its fruit, and I think
very much more of it than I did a few
years ago.
R. J. Coe—In the fall of 1898 I was
in Omaha. It was the end of Novem
ber and the apple exhibit had been ex
posed to weeks of hard conditions; and
the Northwestern Greening was the
best-kept apple on our tables. If the
Northwestern Greening is carelessly
handled it will rot, but when it is free
from bruises it will keep till spring.
In that it differs from the Wealthy ap
ple, which, when bruised, merely
leaves a hard spot.
Mr. Barnes—The tree requires a won
derful amount of pruning, and it takes
a great deal of moisture to mature its
fruit. The fruit will keep well if it
is properly handled. Last season I
had 1,400 bushels of Northwestern
Greenings, and got $5 per barrel for
the best of them. In planting these
trees be sure and put them on the out
side of the orchard, where they Trill
get plenty of free air.
Quite a number of others testified to
the long-keeping power of this vari
ety, some having kept It till midsum
mer. The testimony was so strong
that Mr. Kellogg was apparently con
vinced that the men that did not suc
ceed in keeping it had not treated it
properly. He said that he was re
joiced at tie direction the testimony
had taken, becauso the tree itself is
hardy and all right
Orchard Grass.
Orchard-grass (Dactylis glomerata)
Is widely diffused, being grown all
over Europe, from Norway and Russia
to Portugal. It is also found in north
western Africa, in Asia Minor, and
even in India. It is now extensively
cultivated in the United States east of
the Mississippi river. In this country
Fio. 36. Orchard-gras*.'
it Is called orchard-grass because It
thrives in the shade as well as in the
sun. In England It is called cock’s
foot. It grows well in pastures that
are quite heavily wooded.
It will grow upon every soil not too
wet, but prefers a loam fairly sandy
in texture. Heavy soils are not suited
to It, as in such soils it roots so lightly
that it is easily thrown out by the
action of the frost On suitable soil
it is a vigorous grower, and in this
respect is surpassed by but few. It
is nutritious and makes good growth
after being mown. For this reason it
is said to stand grazing remarkably
well. It will also stand a good deal of
tramping. This grass will be found
to be very serviceable in a good many
locations.
Mexican Cattle Industry.
Consul Griffin of Matamoras, under
date of March 23, 1900, says: Mexico
contains a great many haciendas ad
mirably adapted and almost exclusive
ly devoted to the raising of cattle. A
fact which is attracting general in
terest here is that every season shows
an improvement in the care taken of
the animals, and also in the class im
ported. The stockmen throughout
this country are taking such an in
terest in this direction and have im
ported so many pure-bred cattle from
the United States that on many ha
ciendas one may And animals which
compare favorably with those on noted
breeding farms In the north. In
former years, they consisted exclusive
ly of the old, long-horned, Spanish
and Mexican types, which have large
bones and frames and long legs, but
are deficient in fle3h. This deficiency
is certainly not due to the country,
for the climate, grass, water, and gen
eral topography are decidedly favor
able to animal growth and comfort,
and, while it is a generally recognized
fact that Mexican stock Is inferior to
United States animals, it is the pre
vailing opinion that a cross between
the pure blood of the north and the
cow acclimated here produces a large,
healthy, vigorous offspring, with an
unusually compact muscular develop
ment.
Peach Yellows.
Yellows is a highly contagious, in
curable disease of the peach. Trees
affected with it should be destroyed at
the earliest possible moment by uproot
ing and digging them out and burning
roots, trunk and branches, including
fruit, on site. No remedy save that has
proven successful. Dragging diseased
trees or branches through an orchard
will infect healthy trees. Late summer
and fall are the most favorable times
for detection of yellows by symptoms
of fruit and twigs. These are: 1. Pre
mature ripening of the fruit, which is
highly colored and spotted and has the
flesh marbled with red. 2. Premature
unfolding of winter buds. 3. Abnor
mal development of new buds in the
trunk and branches, which grow Into
slender, sickiy-looking shoots.
A Novel Clock Regulation.
A clock regulated by Hertzian waves
was a novelty shown at the late Koy
al Society conversazione. It was sug
gested that all the clocks of London
—public and private—could be con
trolled by wireless telegraphy, a co
herer on each clock receiving the elec
tric waves and causing the time to oe
set to that of the central transmitting
clock.
An Kdlble Taber.
The Oussunify, for which the botan
ical name of Plectranthus Coppini has
been proposed, is an edible tuber of
the Soudan to which M. Maxime
Cornu has just drawn attention, it re
sembles the potato, with the advan
tage that it can be grown in a truly
tropical climate.
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that many women think
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Cainmatlon, allays pain, cures wind colic, ilic a bottle.
A soft corn is nearly always a hard
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Hall’s Catarrh Cure
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The golden rule must be a pure one,
as it is seldom made to work both
ways.
Cadies Can Wear Shoes.
One size smal ler after using1 Allen’s Foot
Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new
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aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
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Some men have no taste, but if the
color is all right they take chances
on it.
Care, worry and anxiety whiten the hair too early.
Renew It wlih Pahickr's Haib Balsam.
Hindkbcobns. the best cure for corns. 15cts.
Teplitz, a small watering place in
Bohemia, claims the honor of being
Gen. Cronje's birthplace.
Throw physic to the dogs—if you don't want
the dogs—but if you want good digestion chew
Beeman’s Pepsin Gum.
“Filthy lucre” doesn’t mean gold. It
means bank bills after they have been
in circulation for a dozen years.
Are Yon Troubled with Dandruff?
If so. get a bottle of Coke Dandruff Cure.
All druggists and barbers. $1.0J.
Don’t be too critical—with other
people, that is to say. You can’t be too
critical with yourself.
When buying a package of “Faultless
Starch’’ ask your grocer for the book of
humor that goes with it free
When a baby cries without shedding
any tears it is generally reasonably
safe to spank him.
Sunday Is a day of strength; the
other six are week days.
Are Too lining Alien*! Foot-Kanef
It is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting. Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns nnd Bunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 26c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
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Theory may be well enough in its
way, but lawyers and physicians pre
fer practice.
Plso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as
a courti euro.—J. \V. O'Hkucn, 323 Tbinl Ave.,
N„ Miuneapoll^ Minn.. Jan. C. UHM.
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Foster aa a Historian.
Ex-Secretary of State John W. Fos
ter has just completed writing a work
| on American history, which is to ap
! pear next fall.
Suit In Knife anil l'ork Hamden.
Handles of forks and knives are
utilized for the storage of salt and
pepper under a new patent, each
handle being formed of a tube, which
has spring clips to hold it on the
shank, with an internal reservoir for
the salt or pepper, which is shaken
through the ends.
Hopeful n* to Keaultn.
Witham, the Georgia banker, and
his party of cashiers and pretty girls,
left New York for the south the* last
of the week. There have been no
marriages a3 the result of the irip,
although it is understood that matri
mony was one of the objects of the
junket. There is the consolation of
knowing that seven engagements have
been made, however, and doubtless
the weddings will take place in Geor
gia in due time.
An Aerolite In Souk.
Pawnbrokers take some curious
pledges, but it is not often that they
receive one from another world. A
London pawnshop, however, exhibits
in its window as an unredeemed pledge
a magnificent earolite, a mass of {used
metal that fell, as it were, from heaven
to provide a poor man with his beer.
A ticket bears the statement that it
was brought from the arctic regions
by a sailor.
More than half the champagne sold
in France in 1898 went to England.
United States courts in New Mexico
cost the government about $75,000 a
year.
High Rental for » Hotel.
The Park Avenue hotel, at Fourth
avenue and Thirty-third street. New
York, has passed into new manage
ment. It was leased last week for ten
years for nearly $1,000,000. This ren
tal Is 25 per cent more than was paid
for the last ten years. The edifice was
built by Alexander T. Stewart, who
Intended it for a wc man's hotel. It
has been a quietly fashionable hostelry
for a numebr of years.
It is estimated that the number of
Germans and their descendants In the
United States is 15,000,000.
By a recent militia order British In
fantry batalions will henceforth be
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A son of Li Hung Chang is to enter
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W. N. U.—OMAHA. No. 29—1900