Litchfield enquirer., 1832-05-24
AapkRAaus REps.

l s z Beeahse I dnsilpt choose 10 cut my bed .tes Dieees. vell, but want a bed my folks afe very i6nd 6f il. and II have got to eo A1ddig nb a .aitch three fast deep. and i'll if up wilh stones and horse rnatluFe. and they say it will nsvsf come to fnatafity from the seed. Who says 50 IT. hy,
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 ilsnrd so. ' oil lave lseat t1bs II Snpp pose, tIIlal yoss first see tho new mon over fbs lsff sshopldes. you vill have bad sl1ek through ll1d mont, shaysnt Houl2 Now \ Will tsll you how to have asz aspafaguss shV0.
 Select tile spot iIi g6nr gafsloli where you want il 10 grow. is besl on she sosl. ! side ofd fence of buiidihg. Manure it well
 with stable dung, ashes. lime, of any warhl, strong manure. lien dig. itt lp .deep as you would dig a bed for beets oFsparsnips. Knock tlle dirt to pieces with your spade iog Eake aud make sit lsue Let the bed dsbe
 five feet wide, and as hong as you pleases Take your rake handle and draw four straight Jines lengthwise with the bed, one foot apart then draw parallel lines across itaa foot apart also, witch will leave your bed marked but into qaares of afoOt each,
 Now get q paper of seeds at the store which will cost yon sii4 4peiace. and 2 But how shall | K Ill ws wiletiIer it IS tlie big Sk the little kind ow N wamt the great kipd They say thsfe $ psragus grows in the old garden at Uft usher near tlie falls of liagafa, as I.sfg6 as your thunsb. Vial g the sort | want.
 SeTy well your ill lave that sort
 when your bsll s 6Is eliOngh yoo take good cafe of nl Ilearsssi through
 Get your palsef ois ' tilo iBtefsec- ion af each line lr0p eo orst tl1fae seeds, and coyes Hem an itgc cI deep ~ U E eal
 DO this in siiet Ind spf n two week your raspafsg gus, Will lbeup ss N6w.all you lssiye 10 do is to Keep U clear from JFe6ds and grass. Int he fall if any places afe missing, fake d drown and roots out of some 5f the tIiickest If tl1e 0ssiers and ssip-i ply tIls1n Cover sp tIss bed with stable littef.six inches thick And ii inc spring take it ofl and stIrul tl,e ground light
 id and keep you bed clean this year ioo, and fof ever aftef, md cover it vim litter next alilas before md then. fhe next spring. just two years aftsf planiing, ybu can cut IS msicll fin4 tEesll asparagus as. your failiLy will wan. sN La !! is that Ill Lg Fl alWays gllnnghs as how 1t was a gFeat deal more trouble Ihan that. Wapt 10 know iif flsat ls sl1e way you m de your beJ E l,ys to bs sure it is alld neger befy eeds { root Of aspafa- gus ia nay ,. sIIIs welI. ' Will iry 1t as soon as the gronnd open and away hc Gepessee arssfss sss '
 RAE sisiI R, Ez FARMER. <.
 x ssr iler 5n lIe Gsnesces Farmer thus| dese some farmeFs in; ihe western country, whose only eod is tiI1 pliiskey bottle and wIl0&e sole stud IS LOW 10 live in flse most sniff less inannef.s II
 Tn describin me or two, itvilIbe a tols srabie sanDle If the whole. In lis iirst place lIasy all keep an old SOW, which is suffered fo run lat large, and of course more ll,ai half starved :-abaut three times a8 year, and that makes ID ili gseegate all inc tinaB, .sha has littef II coach rbacked. silarp- nosed And loAg@tailed pigs ht Kef' heels, always read heE moneilI a gate isg opened, to dive into my yard and commit any depredatioD that offers. Ask linn Rly5 he keeps so many hogs, be tells you ss to have spofk IF, The truth is. he never has any pork in Isis house. He may have forl four us6nths illlIl year small quantity of aog-ineaf, made al much expense, with. double tho amount of corn that would have Ii.sfcd and kept constantly in the pen hog that would have weighed him twenty score, Bat he thinks he made . saving, be allsel his hogs were in. the street, and plundering i miserable existence out of his better 1eiehhors. "
 In I isosg casss: forI have had one each tide of me, 4 1aitry cur bitch is kcpf, and of .onsequspc6 . n9stof iIl-b blooded. nnman- 12Fiy wielps are prowling about my back ioof half th6 tin,s. nks profits of this
 ast trade | need otdetail to ypu. The li-Bfsd cnrs will of fcoufse sell fof nothing, or who ever knew onf 1i these shiftless ,eings to keep | dos ci any thing buf
 ceaiidreI blood { lC6e same may be said 1 if their chickens, | c0ftcsnptib stfeaked. due legged, bug-eating bEeed. that will ,cfasch up even potatoe bills faster than i common man can plant ihem- never fit to \. and the very eggs which they lay. not ffuII of meat from their wreteIsed pov-I 'riy. Not country sleigh or waggoh can ,e driven into tossn, or stap near ihem, i1t. sEeir crook kedrbact ted 1, sharp- -bs,Red
 0ks fprthwith piandering tie vehicle | f Inc IittIe sfrsiw V or hay within it, put |