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. /
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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
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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?
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