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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1897)
FARM AND GARDEN. Items of Interest on Agricultural Topics. Banish the Scrub* Th4Wiiag Fruit Ever¬ greens for Windbraalti— The Aquilegia Etc,, Etc. liANtSB THE SCRUBS. To feed good crops to poor animals is the height of folly, and is not excus¬ able under the plea of good farming. Da n d A are worked for profit, and farming is a business, not a sentiment. While all these things are true as to the consumption of bulky crops upon the farm, as a matter of fact it compli¬ cates and does not simplify the prob¬ lem, because it introduces another fac¬ tor the animal -which, if not a good one, becomes a potent factor for evil. TniNjJiso r hvit. w Jn the , experiments . thinning ... in apples at the .New Wk station ast year, the thinned trees ga>e fruit of a lighter color and a larger per cat of No. i grade than did the trees the thinned. I he fruit grown by former would usually bring lifttenip ,r cent, more in price on account of its finer appearance. Ihe‘ w.ll be continued systematically for the purpose of studying its upon the vigor and productiveness of the tree, as well as the size a color ol the fruit. rveiiokeens von wirioBREAKS. The proper time for planting growth ever in jiiHt when the new in about to begin to start. Until this begins the roots will be dormant, and no new feeding roots can form. When the increased foliage calls for more sap it arouses the roots into activity to Biipply the demand. The Norway spruce makes perhaps the best wind break. It will spread to a distance of six or eight feet each way, Therefore the trees should be planted at least twelve feet apart in the row. This will seem a wide distance while the trees are small, hut they will fill the intervening spaces in time. If a sec ond row is made plant it twelve feet distant from the first, and the trees opposite tho spaces in the first row. This requires a good deal of room, wind¬ but the advantage ot a fully grown break in saving of heat in house, barns and other buildings, will moro than pay the cost where land is not exuen ai ve. / •v iniicAni/ V 1 ' #’ n selecting plants for outdoor planting, th« old fashioned favorites should not be overlooked. The Aquilegias should he included among these old favorites for planting ,n the hardy beds among the holly hocks, the Canterbury bells, foxgloves. Willi.™ r ..b., .... ..... nulls. In many parts of the country, especially m the West, they grow w.ld, and some of these are quite as flne as the choicest cultivated speci mens, and they will flourish adrnira lily when transplanted to the home K Aqudegm j '“i Alp.ua » a fine - variety. . . which grows about a foot high, with a large tuft of finely cut leaves at the root and erect leafy stems producing quantities of large purplish and blue flow ers, with white centers. Jheva r.cty known as Cmrulea is a fine ape CARK OF HORSES. Bo long as hard work continues. ,-vcu ifi.be to midsummer or later, horses should not be allowed anv ......... grass or clover. They like it ■xeeedinglv. and are almost crazv to get a bite, but so sure as they arc al lowed to this their appetite for the drv but more nourishing food begins to tail, and they rapidW become weak. Working horse's arc more often in iuled by diarrhoea than by anv other ailment It is partly because timothy hay is so constipating that it is a favorite for horse feed. Clover bav is less so. aud needs to he given w ith caution. A mixture of clover and timothy is better for horses than either Born- If timothy alone is fed s>om« hnseed oil meal, to lessen the danger of constipation, should be gneu at least once a week, and on Hi nday when the horse will he idle in the H l>: ' no harm. The oil meal is very tious, but its beneficial effects is main¬ ly to loosen the bowels, When some clover is fed each day, there will be no need for the oil meal. •run utri or cow maxcrb. Cow manure does not heat quickly, It ie, therefore, not in favor for fore ing beds or for crops w here early re suits are important. For this reason it ought alwavs to be partly compost ed, eo aa to reduce its bulk before it is used. H is excellent to mix with manure from the horse stable, because the latter being dryer, is much more likelv to become "fire fanged” from m, ,| r . rr ^ af m TtgotabU fiber. Yet in actual value the glower cow manure is more nearly equal to horse manure than is generally sup posed. From fattening cattle fed as horses are on hay and oats the excre ment is quite as rich as that is from horses, and it does not differ from the latter so much as is commonly sup posed. Careful experiments have shown that on a full ration fed to young, growing cattle only six per cent, of the nutrition of food went to make growth. With milch cows giv ing milk this proportion was increased to ninety-nine per cent. Considering the amount of nutrition which a cow in full flow of milk manufactures from its food every day this result is markable. In fattening animals the food eaten furnishes in flesh or fat far less nutrition than this. prunix'o ORXPE VINES. Most of our native grapes require more room to grow in than is usual in European vineyards. It has long been the habit of our wild vines to climb trees and bear their fruit much higher than vjneg are ever aMo wed to grow Europe. This tendency lias probably b BO w( ,j] established that it cannot eagily or quick ly be overcome. When f ollr native grape vines are kept ^ to Iow growth, the excess of sap f urn i H ) Je( j J by the roots cannot find room to gT n , The re8 ult ie a 8UC - culent and sappy growth, that is es - pecUlly liable to mildew. The short J . j nt d grape « £ vines w hi c h are natural y weak r owers will be st bear this dose pruning. The Delaware, for ex ample, is more apt to mildew when too much of the previous year’s growth is left. It is a profnse bearer, though _a weak grower, and will set more fruit than it can mature. I he mildewing always begins about the time the grape seeds begin to form. It is due prob ably to lack of potash to form the seeds for a larger yield. But some of the strong-growing vines, like the Rogers seedlings, need to be pruned long. If pruned as short as will am swer for the Delaware grape vine,most of the blossoms will slough off from having too much sap, and the yield will be small.—American vat or. preserving! bogs for higher prices. When eggs are preserved and take placed the on the market, they will not place of fresh ones, and commission merchants never sell them for fresh eggs, no matter how well they look, Buyers are naturally suspicious and the highest price is only paid when the dealer can guarantee The-- his muK stag". g be strictly fresh ate J^bsxlB for '^dll.LL hi^^ j-t easily |vh - select • «ix them from Tin j, e can egg! strictly fresh. In preserving have t jj e fl rs t requisite is to strictly fresh. A single had one in i package ? "ill damage those around it r he second requisite ‘ is that males* they b, from Lelis kept apart f rom In «.... have tried ib the boiling water flavor process. The sweetness and natural of tho eggs are retained. When broken, the yoke will appear round and the w!uto have lts usual firmness. Fill a wire |, fts Uct with fresh eggs, dip into kettle of water just boiling and allow remain ten seconds. The water must be kept boiling, but uot ously . it closes the pores. A basket holding two dozen is a ni( n lt size. One that will answer can he made of wire netting. , f nn egg should crack, do not pack it. To prevent loss by cracking, pour a little warm water over the «gg8 before putting them into the boiling water. For best results, the eggs should dipped as fast as gathered When cold pack them m - a.t bran, oats, etc is to he recommended ou account oflits preserving qualities. B«J » K 00,] Ad'dterated salt will harden around the sheU aud reiidei -."packing ••«*»<’"!»• « "Uould oo "\ r < however pour on lukewarm water. Fhe eggs can then be taken out of the salt l,leaklu K- » lk 111 hmal '’ ases - The eggs ought to be turned f ,u ’® “ »e*‘k. hut twne a month, « ke P t ln a llr -V* °° o1 P lac *’ " 1 *?’ ",” J le r - T " The ! turning •“ 1 * < » ‘ to- |»reveA ? - . d ° * ,Serving p ! ita eggs by the lime ^ Tll( . v a V s ke,-p well, but ^ (w6 h'uess and natural , ; destroyed. ti(nI The following is for the lime liquid, lTllBlakpd Ji me> twelve pounds; tin............. water, twenty-four Ions. Mix in a stone or wooden ee l itaele, stir well aud let settle, then stir again and let stand until perfectly clear, then pour ofl\ Dissolve five ounces each of common baking soda. cream tartar, borax and saltpeter and one ounce alum, in one gallon of boil iug water. When cold add the lime water. This amount of liquid will cover seventy five docen eggs. five dozen eggs will till a medium-sized barrel half full. When through pack ing the liquid should stand an inch above the eggs. Place a cloth over the eggs and spread a bucketful of the lime sediment on it. Great care be taken not to crack an egg. If one to cracked U will aooa decompacc and j:i»>,<• the e SS s in th® W !' Si injj^Evj ctes* ^ #|>pular dissolve method four of preserv- of to ounces beJMb . fight ounces of warm olive “d tuJjB" fB. B |*il ^ the will eggs be aborbed with this by mix- the --hflfl . lately and the pores and tilled keep iviHK' Pack in salt in^Kf prlH| I eided place. success ThiH w method ith many, has f -flfc g Agriculturist, fif i iHE DIATOMS I iCuided Nansen Toward the UH a H North Pole. i» ■bating to record the impor jjhken 3 by the guiding microscopic Nan pi diatoms in Hf the North pole. Diatoms »■ jf veI / minute single-celled fJH aU vflant life, which characteristic under the J^B exhibit very f imes beautiful forms and JWM JjH fiver 1 They are universally dis - the globe, in fresh as 'but are partieularlv almnd polar seas, being: indeed, ) v Norm of vegatable life to be onfl( rrn high latitudes. Individual are too small to be visible, but ,“ they congregate in such masses in iar a8 to give the sides of ice b«rgs £th the appearance of being stained iron rust; and their silicious shei j 8 are ra i ne fl down upon the bot tor , , ot the ocean to form a fine sand, u .j, ultimately becomes hardened fl ln rock, £g spite of the universal distri lil ill t ; on Q f diatoms as a class, there are species of the tiny plants that jH restricted habitat. A con* (i &fl e number, for example, which ar l easily recognized under the micro sc tbe, have until recent exclusively years been to m f,p 0 se<l about to be confined Behring Strait. But ; j,<. seas v q, en Nansen made his trip across Greenland five years ago he collected l)ng t from the ice flows of the eastern jhore of that island, which, on being subjected to microsoopic analysis after . ig re t ur n by Professor Cleve, of fjpsala, was found to contain numer specimens of these Siberian specie! diatoms. The conclusion seemed unavoidable that there must he open I sea connection between indeed, these while two re¬ gions. Darwin had, on ,j famous sea voyage with Captain jtzroy, collected diatoms in dust that f e n from the air on shipboard in mid¬ ooean; but Nansen’s specimens were 0 oli«eted in situations that left no of their having been washed up by the current—not deposited from %, Abe Hence he inferred that there | an ocean current which bad ^ i: .1—'.n tU.ir I<-4 . fr u galleria to eastern Ureen • Af co «rse there were other clews , pointed in the same direction 'evi- but no other single bit of J , , a so influential asthatfur “V ed e d bT ^‘.enthatfaih the microsco dc diatoms in _ in a polar ssa-ss tha coast of Europe, is deflected to t} 3 ,,uthwe«t, ’n and, ;. sweeping across the I|ir regio ( fl o s as a return cur rent along the eastern shore of Green !an(} aI1 <! on to the south. It was this ttm)llt , vhich ha<1 swept the diatoms t t) locality where Nansen had {ount , tfeeJn> a j ul which oft me so near floatin „ tibe Fram to its desired desti nation w0ivld beneath the pole, , t that this great cur rent whi „: h surges across the polar sea, whose ds tence few besides Nansen Wtose > tl - We re disposed to credit until noW) j g really a continuation of tli.it cur i>ent which in temperate latitude? o( thp u i ft , lt ; ( . js called the Oult Rtr ea m ;;a current which owes its ex igtenWi it is believed, to the trade w i n ds that sweep the tropics. So we ftr(| pre8ente ,i yvitli the curious para flox that the motive power which drove t . he bdpless Fram. cased in an almost lnftK8 „f ice, through frigl(1 pollir sea. was really the torrid wjuii blowing along the equator. who „ ould httVe predicted that. a plant would be the chief guil l e > st a.-d * tropical wind the motor in un all but successful assault upon r the polar stronghold? ----- Shooting Folly as it Flies, Mutability is a balky horse. Nature is not ashamed of her clothes Home-grown virtues cannot be coun terfeitod. Talent unemployed is an engine 1 am. Even a wooden Indian gets taken in | sometime He who weaves falsehood is certain I to wear patches. slow but The roa i of reason is sure to him w travels it. * Some e pic never climb high enough t »e in danger from a fall. One eaanot get out of his place without usurping somebody else s. 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