Show z HO TO PREPARE A I 1 y BERRY BERKY BED To prepare a straw strawberry beriy beil bed well it is necessary to commence some time previous to planting by applying a good goat coat of lime to kill all the larva that s may be in the soil mixing it thoroughly to the we depth of at least eighteen inches then allow it to rest for a month or more when ready to plant manure with well decomposed stable manure leaf mold wood ashes and charcoal if easily obtained the old fashioned theory that manure manur e was injurious has well nigh exploded we have tried the experiment peri perl ment of growing strawberries with 0 out dit fit dinan finan manure lire but quickly found that it did not pay now we manure highly with well vell decomposed horse or cow ma mire nure and leaf mold after several years ears experience we have observed that that some varieties require a peculiar adaptation of soil for their perfect de en for instance that class of which the old scotch runner is a fair representative thrive well in a sandy soil soll while burrs pine hooker and brooklyn scarlet delight in a rich loamy ts oll oil la constant de granda and most odthe of the foreign varieties like a moist clay soil where they will will not suffer from the effects of drouth during suimei summer in selecting plants for planting the young runners are always th til best but when a variety is scarce the old stools may be separated last planted a large bed of old plants and the difference could not be distinguished gui shed to have fine largo fruit all runners should be removed so that the strength of the plants may be concentrated in a few the effect of removing the runners will soon be seen in the in of the plants and in the zoe Zoi mation formation of numerous crowns which llie life following season wallsend will send kutsev out several fruit stalks whereas if the runners are ire allowed to remain the old plant becomes weak and unable to produce fine Yf fruit ruit thomas ethomas cavanah to foff N Y far club J I 1 olean GLEAN thle TELE CELLARS we advise farmers a and nd others others to I 1 be fr fl cel cei cellars laks lats sinks ae and in removing all filth and f rubbish from the vicinity of i their dwellings we advise it as a cholera preventative and likewise as a precaution against the approach of arious various fornis of sickness to which we are particularly liable in the summer season do not wait until hot weather comes and the foul smell of decayed egeth bles bies in the cellar render the work a necessity but purify your premises t now i boonas dang danger dangen er from I 1 freezing is over all vegetables keep b etter better if removed to an upper room where rethe the alris airis air nir is dryer after removing such from the cellar and cleaning away the debris it is well to scrape afla orna a little of the bottom if it be pe of dirt and take it away and then beatt scatter ersome some quick lime or other disinfectant fec tant in various places dont neglect to whitewash the walls and ceiling overhead then give the cellar celiar afree a free airing when the weather is warm and dry provide also for a free circulation of air throughout the entire season we believe that farmers cellars can often justly be charged with producing much sickness clean up the yards also and bo be watchful that ehat there is no decaying matter in proximity to the dwelling drura new yorker DIRECTING A grare GRAPE VINE first there must be a root formed for the vine is a great feeder and the feeding must be done through the ibe root he nence hence ace we clip off the first and second years growth of the vine at the end of each season beason when the growth is suspended the vine is gone but the root is there and its full force is thrown upon a new growth of wood which will be as large the new growth as though the vine of the previous year had not been cut away you then must have a good root that is the driving power then the vine in its third or fourth year or older you have but secondly to direct it this a matter of fancy knowledge merely if there are many clusters started remove some of them the more you remove the larger will be the bunches and the ber ries of those which remain thus you have it in your power to li have the handsomest of fruit besides the quantity will be about the same kame as though you had not thinned if you wish still larger rounder and more perfect fruit thin out the berries clip out with scissors clip out abundantly the cluster will fill iu up p for there is a certain tain amount of filling up or be done by the roots and what does not go into two bunches will go into one providing it does not go into the vine to form wood this therefore must be guarded hence all nonbearing non bearing shoots are superfluous super flous and want pinching off at once once before much strength is expended upon them but as the old wood is not so good as new encourage new growth to this thi end save canes each year and out with the old wood As these canes bear no fruit the first year you will necessarily have much wood wool wood that is nonbearing non bearing this necessarily each year but then your fruit will be so much better what you have not only better bitter that is lar larger 9 er but earlier better flavo flavored red and ripe m matured a and perfected which you cannot get so well weli we with old wood will keep your vine healthy you will seldom meet with mildew insects have less effect as they have a greater power to combat t the he increased vigor of the vine having a constant tendency to counteract injury you are thus directing your root power not into an excess of wood but new necessary canes for the forthcoming year and fruit pinch off all growth tha that thab t is not ilot directed to the two things of forming canes and fruit you may clip elip a shoot at the cluster or last bune bunch h if there is more tb than anone one we have known the best success attending this mode or I 1 you may add 0 one ne more leaf or two even we prefer close trimming another thing there are apt to be frail shoots these do not well mature and hence are not fit to bear fruit these must be encouraged by checking the more thrifty these thrifty thus checked by clipping off the ends of the shoots will mature their wood the better for this operation and the frail branch will receive the supply cut off from its thrifty neighbor thus making a healthy ripened cane direct it therefore foremoan toan to an equality symmetry according to your notion you have the reins in your hand and your steed is an obedient with proper soil and care coi gol colmans rural aural world ien tEN GLAND STRIKE OP OF THE birmingham bricklayers LAYERS th bricklayers afen ofen ming ham have h ave nearly neaily all struck for an ad advance of wages STRIKES Vs IN LIVERPOOL tile the firemen and stokers smokers employed on board the ocean going steamers have struck for an advance of it 1 per month making making their wages 51 per month this advance has been granted by the inman the cunard the national and the quebec and montreal companies the sailors in port have also struck for an advance of liper month and it is understood that nearly all the ship owners have agreed to it the ship painters are on strike and on tuesday a man named farrelly was committed to prison for one month for intimidation the women employed as cotton pickers who have hitherto been receiving 78 per week have seized the opportunity of an unusual demand existing for their labor in consequence of or the large amount of cotton damaged by the recent fires to strike for an advance to as per weel week week great sensation was created on change by the women parading the exchange flags at intervals and proclaiming their claims at the height of their voices STATE OF TRADE birmingham BIRMINGHA 31 the trade of this town is so far as manufactures are concerned as good as it has been for th the last two months but the factors orders have been light this week which is attributable to the fact that the country shopkeepers are pretty well supplied with stocks for the season trade manufactures will not at present feel the falloff fall fail off on that account as most of them have sufficient orders on their books to keep them well engaged for some time to come such is the case in the principal branches almost without exception at the he rolling mills they are well engaged and tee the e edge tool makers electro and metallic bedstead beds bedstead teah makers are all of them working full time the fall in the price of copper will it is not improbable operate as a stimulant to some of the metal trades SHEFFIELD orders are coming to hand rather slowly from the home and several of the continental markets and more distant markets are by no means active orders had however accumulated to such an extent during the briskness at the close of last and the beginning of the present year that workmen adewell employed in nearly all branches the saw makers are busy and the engineers gi toolmakers tool makers are doing a good goa trade trader fehr cu butlers cutlers tle tie rs are pretty fully aloyed in the more important departments and there is moderate activity in the general steel trade the order for railway material being large the dispute in the file trade is still unsettled the edge tool forgers have asked an advance of wages it has been raised the T iron trade suffers from the general gen orai oral paralysis in the commercial world but at most of the leading works there is a moderate supply I 1 y of orders for the continent the east ast indies and south america and the home orders are tolerably good for the united states a demand continues for immediate consumption which is however kept within the narrowest limits the fact that while the iron trade of south staffordshire has been dull the exports of iron have been unusually large is only another proof of the great extent to which the production of iron is going on in other newly opened districts the hardware trades keep alive newspaper mas may 13 earthquake A heavy shock of or an earthquake was felt in fil this citha city eity a few minutes past six yesterday m morning 0 r the movement was north n and nd south stockton Stock fon cal independent hine nine 6 i 1 THE earthquake felt in stockton cal on the morning of june ath was 11 heavy ait fit sonoma and severe at san leandro the gazette of the last named place says of it it was the hardest felt here since the shock of october last the first indications were slight vibrations of the earth shaking the houses however hard enough to wake all but the profoundest foun dest sleepers then came a loud report ort like that of a distant enn cannon on followed lowed immediately by a tr tremendous emen dous shaking of the earth 1 causing the frame houses of wh which I 1 ch 0 our u r town is mostly built to totter and crackle as if they were going to pieces over the heads of their inmates SAN FRANCISCO this morning at about seven minutes past six a severe earthquake occurred in this city there was one continuous shock lasting from twelve to fifteen monds seconds and closing out with so much vigor that steeples nodded and the houses rattled raffled like dry bones thousands of people were very much alarmed but none werch were hurt urt Th the weather eweather has been for the past few days and still continues sultry flag june juno ath |