The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-07 00:00:00

Countrp fitisallanp.

KITMIN GARDEN OPIMATIONI4-Btop the leading
shoois upon Vegetable Marrows. in order the better to
form • larger number of smaller laterals. which in their
tom will pioduos Marrows more plentifully. Pow •
little Gibbsl. eed for am at autumnal and eorly
winter " 00l " •notber sowing might likewise b•
made of earl of the following—Dwarf French Beans,
Peas of tbe intermediate and early kinds, Latin..
Endive, and Carrots. 1 would especially urge all to
make forthwith another good sowing of this Luger.
Thom sown now, no matter what the sort, if
moderately moist period ensue, will form exoellest stuff
for " polling" itod immediate use in early autumn, and
°award uotil a menet/WA severe frost «ears.

MRS TO WBICH OLIIIMOZ-TTALUI 31• T U TUT.—Tb.
Rs,. H. Monte thus weirdly d.tall. the meneer in
which he dinpoess of the kitchen refuse which poorallY
festers and slinks in the wash-tub. and also of the
refuse leoves of his Norden. 1 keep from 15 to 20 liens
on about a pereb of pound, enolcareel by s wall and a
wire fence. The soil, which is about two feet deep, is
I..ft in it. natural state. On this sod the sash of such
day I. thrown. Out of this the fowls piok all that is
good for them, the rest goes to ob. formation of manure.
do 111. with the refuse leaves, ke. lithe leaf-stalk be
split the fowl will consume almost the whole of •
oabbap-leraf. That which is not so consumed adds
vegetable matter to lb* soil. I ought to observe that
partly for the ask, of ptting at the worms, partly for
the treabinlng the eerth and keeping it healthy for the
and to preveet uffens've smell, a potion of tbe
earth is turned over, or out to be turned river? a spit
deep, sometimes two spite deep, every. 'left "7 this
mewn• at least two tows of v. ry vslusbas dry manor* Is
manufastored every year. But now for the stalks of
cabbage, ke. I f• It so annoyed some time ago it the
long continuance of • heap ofr them in my garden, that
in order to ees why they took so much lime to dry 1,
split open a bromoli stalk. I at ono. saw that lb.
.11. t proportion of ink pith was the canoe of slowness
In drying; and thinking for a nioment, "Why should
not this be used instead of wasted?" I threw the
two portions of the stalk into the fnwl.peo. In
, about an hour I had ix-cation to pass the pen, arot, '
Potting in, I observed that every article of the pith
had been picked out. And I afterwards found that
the woody fibril thus freed from moisture dike so
that if placed uoder cover it t. in • day or two
It for the Ire, nod maker very good feel. Now when
It Is oonsidned that titers are on an avast* Wissral
anneal of nutritious food in every sell-grown stalk,
and that ibis um of it for food goes at the same time to
form • wadeable manure, and if to this coosideration be
added that of the fuel which rosy thus be provided for •
small femme, I shall not be accused of exaggeration, I
think, In the emertion thst snob um of stalks livery
iaportant. I feel sere that if waste of soob food were
Prsevuted, the culture of fowls by all dames might
twoome very profitable. Berl, and oats are not the
nattoal food of a fowl. In addition top great quantity
of green food it seeks for worms and grubs. When
k-pt in confinement the green food may be supplied in
the way shove described, a portion of the animal food
from the kitchen refuse, sod for 20 fowls so addition
to this of two or three penny worth • week of dog's
meat would be far bettor than the supply of barley. I
sm Senior, to see the ooitasOr'S condition improved,
and the wealth of the country inoreseed by the general
prevalence of fowl•keeping.