The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-09-03 00:00:00

ggritultural Ittnts.

(Extracted Ems battow's Amateurs' Aside ie
Hawlinature, ISTB.)
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The weeds will be-1170.er to the overworked sod
ranks., while the beet kept lead will be fall
of seeds Mown apes it hum thifidnicgiird,.
sad
the sr-t glower will briar them up in terrilic form
All that we have to eel about them k that thsy mot
be kept down, for they will not only choke the ride(
crops in seed-beds and spoil the look of everythiag„
but =' ay much tead to rep the ground &upend
cold, if they were away, it would get dry sad
...m for the berth of all the proper mope apes It.
A. there are now many need-up crop that ear be
cleared away. lerV quantities of oaths" =
pie
iettuos, mid .ven wsmimp of spinach may be
out to stead the winter.
CABBAGIL—We wirers crowding the laid,
with ad.de plants, for growth will be tiow mad the
doniach— -jibs W,dbea constant. " °rowdier," how-
ever' Is not quit" the sem Oing a • o-tr,
it isonly • were of labonr, lead, and crop to put the
plants .0 dose together that they have not space for
loU development. The nwoal rule in pleating out the
larger sort of orebege at this time of year in to allow •
dimmer every way of two feet botwece the piers.
But we carry the crowding principle so fares to put
the mall crowing oolurcets and and other miniature
cabers in the latsuipeces
CAULIFLOWIPIant or for the winter, se
directed mot month, and sow another mall pinch of
seed in • frame or in a pen in the gresahom.
ClLLERY.—Continne to mirth up when the soil is
driNDIVE.—To be planted out r directed list
month. Plant a few on the border of an orchard.
house, or in • ground vinery, or lc old frames for
which some port of lights, however crazy, can be
found.
LETTUCE.—LiseI with tree preciesly as directed
for endive. .

.-111::EKY.—Tlis latest sows will reqnire thinning,
but this must not be too etrictly carried out, for
between thts aod spring th,re will be many ort=
tunitlea. We thin the plot by dravring out cow
plant. as parsley is demanded for the kitchen. ere-
fore, though moderate thinninp mat/kr required, it
may for the present be left rather II no late
cowing was made, or if marls has failed, cut down to
the ground the strongest plants you have that a new
growth may be second quickly.
POTATOES.—To be taken up as soon as rips, or
Lulea Were they are zips, if there is any prospect of
cold wet weather.

UPINACK—In favourable swam and forward
localities wintor spinach moan is the fint half of this
month will make a good plat beim whiter. Thin to
six inches apart that already up, sad plant out Use
thinnince if mother plantation is requirodL

The Veterinarian says that not len than 10,000
head of cattle have been attacked by the (auk plague
In the province of SinyrfuL

It is estimated that 5,000,000 sheep, valued at
£2 500,000. were destroyed, directly or iddirectiy,
through the lack of pasturage consequent on the
drought that has lately prevailed in Australia.
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The larger they grow ihe mon loss do they entail and
the more dicult are they to eradicate. Taken in
their infancy as they first a. ring from the soil hundreds
of them may be destroyed every time a light sharp
hoe is drawn over the surface, and in • brief half hour
as much work is done, and dope, too, to far better
purpose, than could subsequently be effected under
bengal boon. Frequeotly aurfacredreasings, nacre.
over, are highly beneficial to growing crops; it is •
well-known fact that the metropolitan market Farallon'
find it profitable to have the surface often stirred with
hoes among growing crops, which are thus brought
sealer to maturity than when left alone with soil
drawn up to the stems after the ordinary fashion.
There is no saving, no economy. in leaving weeds to
grow at random for • month or two and then taking on
extra lnbooren to clear them away, for then heavy
hoes Sr. required and they must be wielded with
considerable power. Nor can the weeds be left to die,
most kris weeds retaining sufficient vitality after they
are chopped op to start again into growth thew the
filet shower, so there is no hing for it but raking than
off end wheeling them in barrows to the rubbish heap,
all which work is a great waste of time and money.
We therefore Adidas every reader to keep the size of
their gardens well within the scope of their means, so
as to be able to keep down the weeds.