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At the last meeting of the Doyles*
(Bucks county,) Farmer’s
Club, the question, “what is the
best available fertilizer for pota
toes?” was answerd by Dr. Dickie.
g e said the potato was classed by
agricultural chemists as a potash
pfant. The best fertilizer therefore
j 8 wood ashes, yet perhaps not the
available. The next best is a
manure made from leaves, as these
contain a large amount tf potakh.
TV’ben marl can be had there >is lit
tle need of seeking lor any other
fertilizer, and should be applied af
ter the plants are through the ground.
Fresh barn yard manure is not good
for potatoes. His plan has been tb
manure heavily for corn, and fo
grow potatoes on the ground the
following year. After preparing
the ground in.the sprang he would
use about 200 pounds of phuine to
the acre, applied tow. If
-wood ashes could be obtained he
would use this on potatoes after
they were up. He would plant early.
Mr. Trego had experimented with
phuine and pother superphosphates
on potatoes, and the result has been
quite satisfactory. The quantity
he had used was from 300 to 400
pounds to the acruj on ground that
had been manured the previous
season. He had found these fertil
izers better than wood ashes for po-1
tatoes. Mr. Brower had not ob
tained satisfactory results from the
use of wood ashes applied during
the past season. Mr, Trego gave
an account of some experiments
made in Scotland in which sulphate
of ammonia had been found highly
beneficial to the growth of potatoes,
but in which potash- had not been
shown to possess such qualities as
are claimed for it as a fertilizer for
this crop. Edward Korer said
that the best fertilizer he had, found
for potatoes was well rotted manure.
Of the commercial fertilizers he had
found phuine was the best. He
stated that Dr. Stavely, of Soles
bury, uses large quantities of wood
ashes and regards it as the best fer
ulizer for his crop. Last year was
sn unfavorable season for testing
manures. Wilson Malone preferred
to plow the ground in the fall,and
was not favorable to using fresh
manure for potatoes. Dr. Dickie ex
pressed his belief that the quality of
the potatoes last season was injured
by the heavy rains that fell before
they were dog. Before that his
potatoes were as good as at other
seasons.
P. J. Hawk said he had
raised potatoes very successfully,
and had used no other than stable ma
nure. His observations as to the
effect of the wet weather upon pota
toes last season were similar to
those of Mr. Dickie. The question
as to what variety ot potatoes is
best adapted to this section was
tlven taken up. Mr. Rarer had set
tled down upon two kinds—the
Karl y Rose and the Peerless. They
are both of good quality and pro
ductive, Mr. Malone thought we
have no potato equal to the. Early
Kose, but he had heard the Peerless
condemned by most people who
have raised them. Mr. Hawk had
found the Peerless very satisfactory,
but he would recommend the Early
Hose and White Peachblow for
planting. Dr. Dickie had not been
able to find much difference in qual
ity between the Early Rose and
Peerless, He would recommend
the planting of these two varieties.
Matthew Gihney last year planted
several varieties, and had found the
Monitor the best and most produc
tive, and he intended to'plant the
same kind the coming season. He
had used bone dust and phuine and
could sec no difference in their rel
ative effects. Mr Trego said he
always planted some Peachblows.
They are'always good and last sea-
POn was no exception. = The Early
Hose had deteriorated with him
every year, and were poorer last
season than ever. Dr. Dickie re
marked that the market gardeners
in some parts of New jersey are
discarding the Early Ro-e. A. H.
Harber said he still adhered to the
Mercer. ,Last year he had-a fine
cro P of smooth good-sized potatoes,
and now they are the best 4 kind for
table use he has. Mr. Trego sug
gested the propriety of the members
clubbing together and procuring a
quantity of seed potatoes from some
distant locality. The members were
generally agreed thatfair, goddaized
potatoes are the beat for plahiing.
In reply to an inquiry asto th§ v
best time for planting it was agreed
on all hands that they shouldbe
put into the aground Jlb| as Soon as
the weather the' nlture of the
soil will hUoi'fv
t Fruiter®®*.
,/:I tis truly wonderful howjmaly
finiit trees ate planted, compared
w'iththo few which grow to
tion, an 4 mostly f or wautof ;proper
preparation pi the soil, andcarefui
treatment It would be far better
toplant a few trees only, and well,
than tostud the ground with many,
tfeees, jll treated, wbichare suresto
be an eye-sore rather than a pleas*
hre, or a profit. A tree needs proper
food end training as well as an ani
ipal. It cannot thrive if stuck in a
little hole in an unsuitable soil. The
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roots must have room to strike ina
well prepared soil, and the tree mast
Jbe .well pruned. and protected from
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the ravages of insects' as well as
from tbe Attacks of cattle, other
wise it would be Impossible to have
trees pleasing to the sight, or profit
able tf> the grower. In tact. it is
useless, and a waste of labor, to
plant trees without; providing for
the necessary .conditions of their
growth. Practice has well estab
lished the fhct that it would be fhr
better to plant a tew trees only, and;
to care- themr well, than tOL plant
many trees and treat them ill. A
lot of straggling, 1 starved, stunned*
wild-looking, 1 bark-broke, - insect
eaten, non-bearing, grass-bound
fruit trees-do not speak well for the
thrift and intelligence of the owner.
Such an owner will have planted for
his heirs rather than himself, but
even -they will not have much worth
of his memory. What a contrast;.
between such an orchard and one in .
the full vigor of health and fruitage. ■
The one looks wretched; the other
gives pleasure and profit, so that it
may be said of the orchard as well
as anything else, that what is worth
doing at all is worth doing well.
How to manage a Farm.
The farmer who owntf but little
atno.k and keeps it-fat, ia. ripliar than
he who, owning much, allows it to
waste and become poor in the en
deavor to keep more than :s his farm
can carry. Mach of the thrift and
order about the farm lies with the
children. However much the pa
rents may strive, if the children are
not interested in preserving order,
if they have not constantly before
them incentives to do so, one little
dereliction will follow another, until
in the end disorder will prevail, the
farm will b°gin to run down, and it
will be found that it costs more to
bring it back twice told than it
would to have kept it intact at
first.' Whenever you are through
with a tool or implement for the
season, put it away in a secure
place. The objection sometimes
made that it takes so much room
for storage, is not valid. There is
on every farm plenty of loft room
for the lighter tools, and many ways
will suggest themselves for raising
comparatively heavy ones, as plows
and harrows, and a little time spent
at the right time will be, money in
the end. Even mowers, harvesters,
and threshing machines occupy but
little room, if properly taken apart,
and the exercise of doing so and
putting them together again often
gives valuable lessons in mechanics,
and renders the operator thoroughly
conversant with the workings of the
machine itself. There is more in
the care of little things than most
people imagine, for if these are
thoroughly looked after greater ones
are not apt to suffer.
Deslrable Qualities la a Pig.
Of all the desirable qualities in a
pig, a vigorous appetite is of the
first importance. A hog that will
not eat is of no more use than a mill
that will not grind. And it is un
doubtedly true that the more a pig
will eat in proportion to size, pro
vided he can digest and assimulate
it, the more profitable he will prove.
The next desirable quality is,
perhaps quietness of disposition.
The blood is derived from the food,
and flesh is derived from the b! ood.
Animal force is derived from the
transformation of flesh. The more
of this in unnecessary motions, the
greater the demand on the stomach,
and the more food will then be re
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qhired merely to sustain the vital
/anotionsj-aud the more frequently
flesh lir transfbrmed and foraied
theft ough er andless palatable
of disposi
tiod wjjib a small amount
of ÜBol^s^atos, been
the ainrof all lts,
importance will perceived
if we assume per
jceut. of food is cyrdlhar
that the demand or
only one-aixsimore food, is required
for Idle'extra pffal v partB and unnec
essary Such a coarse,
worjjd gain in
and h|t to the food
as fast as the
quiet, refined , animal. To assume 1
that a' rough, coarse, savage, • ill
bred mongrel hog will require only
one-sixth more food than a quiet,
refined, well bred Berkshire, Essex,
orSuffolk, is not extravagant.-^
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TAlfiUesvety ■ '" jl
In this thinking and observant
aga new ideas and discoveries are-
Constantly being made knoWn,many
of which, if true, ; are neverbskCi:
after, while others pass into
treasury At established fact, when
their merit haS been proven. We
have jasi, met' with, the following
paragraph' in an I 'exchange :
“An intelligent and reliable farm
er, who has for many years- beep
making experiments: withcorn, has
discovered an iraportanceani value
in replanted corn which is - quite
novel and: worthy of publication.
We have always thought re|ilahted
corn was'of no consequence]; be re*,
plants vrhotber itla needed o|r not—
or rather ha planta-twootj three
weeks after crops are planted, about
He
saya if: the weather becomes dry
daring the hll ragtime, the sjjk and
tassel .does npt recover. Thus, for
want of: pollen, the new silk ts un
able to fill the-office for which it
was designed. The pollen from the
replanted corn is then ready to sup
ply the silk, and the filling is com
pleted. He says nearly all the abor
tive ears,, so common to ti^Oorn-.
crop* - are caused bythe want 6t'
pollen, and that he has known ears
to doable their size in the second
filling.”
A correspondent of the London
Field says: I litter the, horses on
it to a depth of nine inches, raking
off the damp and soiled surface eve
ry morning, and spreading evenly a
little fresh, removing the whole four
or five times a year. Its advantages
appear to be many, 4f which I will
state a few which give it, in my
estimation, its greater superiority
over straw. It is mhch cleaner, and
more easily arranged; and,' of
course, much cheaper at first cost,
making, in the end, excellent, ma
nure. It is peculiarly beneficial to
the feet, affording them a - cup],
porous stuffing, a substitute for the
soil of earth we always find in the
hoofs of a horse at grass, and pre
sents the nearest resemblance to a
horse’s natural footing—the earth.
We never had a diseased foot since
the introduction of sawdust in the
stable, now some years since.
Horses bedded on sawdust are freer
from duet and stains than when in
ordinary litter;, simply because
sawdust is a better absorbent, per
haps, and testily their approval of
it by frequently lying down tor
hours in the dav. It has also the
recommendation of being uneatable,
an advantage wtfich all in charge of
horses with the habit of eating their
litter will admit.
Roger H. Kirk, of Pleasant Grove,
Lancaster county, one of our most
observant, farmers, who hag tried the
the experiment, says that the pres*
time while the plum trees are in
blossom, is the proper season to ap
ply fish oil to kill the curculio, the
great enemy of the plum. About a
pint poured.around the rootsof each
tree is sufficient. Mr. Kirk, by this,
practice has succeeded in raising
abundant crops of this fine fruit.
Let all who have plum trees try
this experiment at once.
Good. Biscuit. —One quart of
flour, on© tableapoonful baking pow
der, butter the size of a walnut; use
water; don’t mix stiff; bake quick.
Sawdust for Stables.
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Exclusive Agents for Allegheny, Beaver and
Lawrence counties of. the lands of the A. T. & San
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our register. We offer forsale the following prop
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no. so.
A GOOD FARM.
This Harm contains 53 afcres of first class soil •
mostly cleared; with enough of good timber; sit
uated about four miles from New Brighton, on the
iNew Castle road, in North Sewickly two, Beaver
bounty. Pa.; has a very good orchard, the farm is
in good repair; there is
A NEW FRAME HOUSE OF SIX ROOMS,
well finished, and a large frame -bam. with other
outbuildings. Plenty of good water at the house;
running water on the place. Price $5,000 in pay
ments. Adam Kirk, Jr., owner.
NO. 70.
A GOOD DAIRY, STOCK OR GRAIN FARM
In Big Beaver township, Beaver county. Pa., con
taining about 140 acres—of which 120 acres are
cleared, 85 acres first bottom land: 20 acres in oak
timber; balance ot cleared land; gently rolling *
alt under fence, on the P. Ft. W. &C. Railroad •
building, on a good township toad one-half mile
from Homewood station; soilis first class and all
can be worked by machinery! Improvements, one
newly weather-boarded log house of 5 rooms, two
stories high, veranda and frame kitchen, with
pleasant surroundings, one new two-story frame
boose of 4 rooms, portico in front; a good cellar •
spring of water and well close to honse; one new
bank ban, with stone foundation, 40x60, with
plenty of stabling for horses and cows; com crib,
smoke honse. and all usual outbuildings; a first
rate orchard of various kinds of trees In good
hearing condition, anda young orchard. This place
is in a very pleasant part of the county, with eve
ry surrounding object to make it agreeable and at
tractive, and Is a first-class farm in a good neigh
borhood, close to schepls, churches, post-office and
station—will subdivide this tract if desired by the
purchaser, for sale.. Price. $BO per acre, in pay
ments. George £. HcCready, owner.
NO. 73.
A SPLENDID GARDEN OR DAIRY FARM,
containing about 107 acres, of which 83 acres are
cleared and under a high state ot cultivation, well
fenced, mostly post ana rail, and in splendid order;
ten springs on the place, two orchards containing
225 apple and 100 peach trees, hearing and in good
condition; abont27 acres of the beat qua'lty of
timber; a goodframc barq with stabling
underneath: a new flame stable 16x30; a. new corn
crib, a good frame house of font rooms' and cellar,
a good milk boose, an excellent enclosed garden
patch: plenty of small froit such as cherries, plums,
quinces, grapes. &c.. Near to a new school, house.
I*4 mUesTrom Industry on the (Ji &P. Railroad,
good roads to station. The soil is . good and the
farm is well adapted to dairy or stock purposes,
and is considered one of the best. Price 80 per
acre, in payments. Benjamin Todd. Owner.
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We will give men and women
> BUSINESS THAT! WILL PAY
front tl to |8 per day; can be pursued in yonr own
neighborhood; It Is a rare chance for those out of
employment or having- leisure; time t girls and
boys frequently do as well as meii. Particulars
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