Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-05-07
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PEAs.-Next to corn for making Pork ,
in our estimation, ranks the pea and in
clean soils crop of them may precede a
wheat crop with advantage. Pens may be
sown early; it matters little how early, as
they are rarely injured by spring fro,'s, &
they are the sooner fit to remove tro.n the
field where Wheat is to be sown. Some
important experiments made by DR.. Plum
MGR last year, seemed to prove that peas
might be subjected TO the action of boiling
water l minute withou, injury, but with the
effect Of destroying the Larvae of the pea bug
which in the fall or at the time of gathering
is but just below the surface of the pea, and
is killed by the heat. We hope this expert
ment will e repeated, and should it prove
successful, it will add much TO the value of
the pea crop in this country.
HINTS. = Sow garden crops in drills where
practicable, in order that the weeds may be
cleared with hoe.
Different varieties of melons and SQUASH
es should be placed at the greatest possible
distance, in order to prevent intermixing and
crossing.
Loosen the soil with spade around fruit
trees growing in grass land.
Examine the roots of peach trees and re-
move all the grubs. Their presence is
shown by the gum ozing out.
Take every opportunity of setting an or
namental shrub or tree around your house or
door yard-now is the time-if you have
any taste, YOU will never regret it.
BONE MANURE.-In the Farmers Regis
ter is record of a series Of experiments
made by Il. A. c. Jones, to test the value of
Bone manure in comparison with stable ma
nnres, and he arrives at the following con-
illusions:
l. That when applied at the rate of
from fifty to eighty bushels per acre on the
exhausted lands Of Virginia, one bushcl of
crushed bones is more than equal to one cart
load Us bushels,) good farm-yard manure,
in its effect on the crop.
Z. That the effect of bone manure is
more durable than that of any putrescent
manure usually procured on farm.
3. That when applied to land which is
IN good heart, the effect is much more pow
erful than il is on very poor land.
4. That when combined with manure
and applied in the form of compost, (eight
per cent Of bone dust with the produce of the
farm-yards,) the effect both instant and re-
mote, far exceeds that of any other applica-
ton with which am acquainted.
And lastly, if stable manure has to be pur-
chased, or even hauled more than halfa mile
from your own stables, bone manure at so
cents per bushel, the price it cost me, deliv-
cred on my farm, is the cheaper manure of
the two.
FLAx.-This is one of the plants, the cul-
tivationtof which is too much neglected, and
which is deserving the attention Of all farm
crs. We are aware that cotton, costs less
than linens, but is it worth as much ! And
beside, is it certain the farmers sons and
daughters will be earning any thing to buy
cottons with, if there is no pulling, and dres-
sing, and spinning flax! We would not be
thought nsensible to the charms of music
but we have dim recollection of kind
that sounded much more like health, thrift
and economy, than that of the harp or piano
and that was the music of the spinning
wheel. Flax grows best in cool, moist
climate, and hence with us requires to be
sown early, and on ground moist, but not
wet. Where flax can be dressed by ma
chinery, as il can IN many parts of our coun-
try, the Flax crop, taken in connection with
the seed, may be considered a valuable one
! for the farmer There is no use, however,