The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-05-08
FARMENRS' DEPAKTMET.
"The farmers crop their living from their crops,
And each manshares the blessing of their shares"
From "The Plough, the Loom. and Anvil"
Every Man his own Gardener.

From ssThe Plough, the Loom. and Anvil.''
Every Man his own Gardener.
Gardening Operations.--March is busy
month with the gardener, requiring energy and
Judgment, with determination to accompli III
without an abundant supply ofvegtables through
out the year; it is pa!ly comfor, precursor o.
health, and with many luxury, that from dila
tory disposition he really enjoys.
The first crops in the ground should be peas.
beets, radshes, potatoes, carrots, cabbages, and
onion sets. II Manure well and dig or plough
deep.-Sow extra early and morrowfat peas in
rows, the former two feet and the latter three
feet apart, and three inches deep. Beets in rows
eighteen inches apart, and the seeds about three
inches apart and one inch deep. Scatter few
seeds of early radish the ground before it is
raked; they will be up in few days, and fit to
pull before the others have made much progress;
pull the radishes soon as ready, hoe the ground
we'll, and thin out the bcets next month to four
inches apart. Sow a patch of yellow white
summer radish. Sow early butter and Indian
lettuce; the first will be ready in May, the other
in June. Sow celery in rich, light, warm SOIL
make the earth fine, and water freely, it is
profitable market crop. Sow onion seed very
thick. in shallow drills to grow sets for next
on. The early born and Altringham carrots are
the favored; SOW the former in drill eighteen in
ches apart, and the latter twenty to twenty foul
inches. They do not like richly MANFRED soils
Tomatoes in pot or box for an early crop; place
it under glass or in the kitchen window where it
will appear quickly and be ready to- plant out a
bout the first of April or towards the middle May
A few early turnps are advisable; if you do not
SOW early, you will not have crop till the fall
sowing. iCabbages are indispensable $50 think;)
SOW early York oxheart, and drumhead, and
make second and larger sowing of the latter
plant out in June, for fall and winter use; also
remember red Dutch cabbage for picking, they
are beautiful garnture for the table, and to many
very palatable.
| In southern ATTITUDES, they should now plant
beans of every kind, early six weeks, or snap
shorts as dwarfs, and LIMA poles; the latter re-
qure to be four feet apart, and three feet from
hill to hill; plant the dwarfs between the rows
of poles; they will be off before the runners shade
them.-Economy space is nice art in garden
ing; and study to arrange crops to have all the
ground proftably engaged Sow peppers, Gu
cumbcrs, MELONS (the netted citron is the bes
table mellon, and the mountain sprout is the bes
water melon); plant okra, tomato, bush and greer
squash. eggplants, in very rich ground, eighteen
inches to two feet apart take off an early CROP
Of early cabbage lettuce.-Com. Adams, extra
early for the first, and sugar for second crsp.
FRUITS.-The greatest error in country life
is the putting off system of planting; the hurry
of spring delays it till the fall. Time never pro-
crastinates, and is again at hand, the same delay
and apology are again employed we put off till
another year, which soon rolls round, and we
again use another subterfuge, and pass it off be-
cause we cannot get or purchase trees with the
best you can get and if you cannot buy trees,
SOW and plant seeds, if there is no orchard ROOM
plant along every fence apples and grape vines
alternately, twenty feet from plant to plant; use
the best soil you have or can PROCURE; dig the
holes eighteen inches deep, and three to five feet
"AuS3 oPiCoo' dAtCA iC" Aolh AullS VI
manure or litter over the surface round the tree
it is both protector in dry weather and nourish
er in growth. A handful of guano mixed with
shovefull of leached wood ashes, spread over
the surface, under the litter is very stimulating
Plant pear trees in or adjoining the garden-or
prepare small orchard for them. Plant fruit
trees, and you will have great chance of reaping
the harvest. Cover the barns with grapevines
and apricots; surround the pig-pen with plum
trees, and plant the cherry trees dry deep
| SOIL select early and late sorts, which gives a
| longer period to pie-time. Plant strawberries
foot and two feet from row to row, giving space
to walk amongst and dress them when required
nine inches from plant to plant in the row will
do; plant for the season a row of cabbage in the
wide spaces.
you have old apple or pear trees of worth.
less sorts, thin out the old spray wood and small
shoots, and gratis on fine shorts; good Xxi {
requires no more care nor culture than Grad
apple or choke-pea with the difference of tou
hundred per cent, in your favor. Graft plum:
and bud cherries.
To,pcrs.-Those cheerful and loving emblem.
of innocence must have their allotted spot; nc
home can have all its associations without the
rose, the lly-they are fit objects to be cultured
by the female hand, object that sweeten house
hold cares, that elevate the aspirations of the
heart, that diffuse the finest feelings in the
youthful mind; where the flowers are peace
reigns
[Old people of Maryland and Virginia, on the
wrong side ofsixty, let your memory carry YOU
back to your childhood. Were not the garden
of your mothers and grandmothers larger, better
tended and more variegated with pinks, ane
lilies, and roses, and fteurs delis, and snowballs
and the mock-orange bush, in which the confnd
!. ing little sparrow built his nest, than gardeners
are now? Why is it so' Its melancholy
retrospect, but still the question will occur
Why it is so'
i GOOD ADVICE TO EVERYBODY.
| If VISIONS ways you wisely seek,