Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-05-10
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four horse stable, say 4 lbs. of salt, disso!-
we'd in two buckets Of water and poured
thsough The nose Of watering pan over
the stable f!oor an bouror so before you be-
Gin to move The manure, aud the volatile
salts of ammonia will become fixed salts,
| from their having united with the muria-
ne acid Of the common salt. and The soda
thus liberated from the salt will quickly
absorb carbonic acid, forming Carbonate
of soda thus you will retain with your
manure the ammonia which would other
wise have flown and you have also a
new and most important agent thus intro
duced, viz, the carbonate Of sndo. As
this is most powerful! solvent Of all veec-
| table fibre. aud seeias that all mannres
have to be rendered soluble before they
can act upon vese,arion, il will be al opcc
ap2aren, that The carbonate oil soda SD in
iroduced must be most powerful and
valuable agent"
Misunderstanding time is npou
us. And why should uo' farmers have as
good garden as Villagers! We always
expec, when We see large enclosure at.
lached TO village residence that q well
cultivated garden will he found within il !;
| aud why should wo not expect the same
ON every farm, There is nu good reason
Why. Bu, sadly diiIr-cni, in many in
stances is The case! You sec ,oIien the
large farm and The small Garm well cult
valed, and the garden aln,osI entirely
| neglected, Is the latter Of less importance
! in lis place than the former BY no
means. Do The farmer and his family
relish the products and fruits Of the garden
less shan Others, when they have them I?
Not at all. Then why this neglect: 1t
proceeds entirely from mistaken estimate
Of horticulture. The products Of The gar
den are deemed Of Ii,llc moRent, and
those Of the farm every thug. All hands
arc hurried aud driven day after day on
The farm, aud the garden, which perhaps
has only a wretched little bed or TWO, is
often permitted 10 60 10 weeds, unless cul.
iivated by the poor women. who generally
find their hands foil with their children
aud domestic labors. Never was there a
greater bIundcr than this in the cultivation
Of the earth. There IS noihine furnishes
a richer amount Of beautiful aud delight.
fnl sustenonce TO family than good
vegetable garden. Indeed, some families
with very small garden spots, who care
fully cultivate them, receive from them
their chief support. Go into their dwell
linss when their tables are So, aud you
may see profusc display Of vegetables {;
and perhaps on entering The house Of a
neiehborins farmer about the same time
of day. aud though there be au abundance
Of meat and bread, The display orvese,a.
hlcs will be lean aud s,iuted.
A little judicious expenditure of time
would entirely correct this iuroueruity,
aud furnish to every farmer rich and de.
lighliuI table Of vegetables through The
year. In The first place he mus, have his
liulc garden spot fenced of with rails, il
he is not gel able TO do il with pickets. 1t
mus: be I separate enclosure from the
rest Of The farm, and kept so faithfully.
lie mus, appropriate day TO plonshing
and preparing ard sowing his earliest beds
no matter wha, IL. hurry Of business.
afier these are done well. rs The season
advances. and the time arrives for putting
in The later vegetables. if he cannot spare
time in the morning, let The team stop in
The course Of the dag, and lesIhem be well
flushed also, and the business is done until
wedding time. When this comcs. au hour
in The morning early for two or three
mornings in a week for few weeks, will
keep the beds perfectly clean, until the
vegetables arc til for the liable, aud then.
wha, will b, presented: lone Of the finest
spose on The whole farm-a luxurian, gar-
den, from whence rich and hea,hfui treat
may be gall,ered-rendeTing comparative
iy bur little animal food necessary. and
furnishing decidedly the nnst economical
as well as pleasant living for family.
To those farmers VIII have been 10 the
habit Of getting along for years with u
dwarfish half cultivated bed or TWO Tor a
garden, we say Try the recommendation
here given for one season. aud we are sure
you never need be urged 10 il asain--lor
The advantages viii be so sensibly icls,th
of,he two. The work Of the farm will be
rather suspended Cor day, or part Of
the day, If necessary, thai RE garden
should no, he seasonably aud thoroughly
attended TO.
4 spo; on the north side Of The garden
may be ndsantageously kept as tempo
rary nursery for choice frni trees, {such as
cherries, plums, and pears,) as they may
he obtained from time 10 lime from neigh
bors and acquainionces, until permanent
piaces may be selected for their future 10.
cation. Having paid good deal Of al
ienlion TO trees aud agriculture, we write
from observation and expcricnce.-Bap-
list Register.
Cultivation Of .Siik.-We have been in
formed that Las, Baton Rouge is soou 10
become ih0 zeal Of regular silk pian,a.
ton, whereby ihe mos, ample test will be |
given 10 the pniact of making this arficlc |