Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-06-05

double horse cart loads of aoeH rotted, or
compost manure, to the the acre, in which
a, least l part should be ashes ont Of the
8 comprising it,-if Guano and bones be
of the latter, to be mixed together, with l
bushel of plaster will answer: if grown in
drills, about one half of these quantities will
be enough twenty bushels of bone-dust,
will, if mixed with an equal quantity of
ashes, manure an acre of Ruta Baga tur-
.nips.
| Quantity Of Seed per Acre-If sown
broadcast, l l-2 lbs or 2 lbs. per acre, will
NE required. If in drills, lb. per acre, will
be enough.
Preparation of The Seed - The seed
should be soaked in fish oil from IL to "a
hours before being sown; when wanted
for seeding, the oil should be drained of,
and the seed mixed with slaked lime, plas-
ter or ashes, SO as to separate and render
them easy of being cast from the hand or
drill. To facilitate the operation Of sowing,
il is best to mix twice the quantity of sand
with the seed.
Preparation of Me Ground for Drilling
The ground being prepared as before dl-
recled, if it be intended to- drill in the seed,
the ground should be rolled then furrows
should be run with the plough, north and
south, 4 inchees deep, and from 20 to "a
inches apart. In these furrows place the
manure, be that whatsoever it may, taking
care to distribute it that all parts of each
row may receive about an equal quantity :
the manure being placed in the fnrrow, cover
it with the plough, and run harrow over
the furrows: that done. if you have drill
ling machine, which you should have, drill
the seed in, and your work is done, the
drilling machine performing, at one and the
same time, the operations Of making the
drill, dropping and covering the seed, and
rolling the ground over them.
If you have not drilling machine, you
must stretch line, and with the corner of
a hoe make drill about an inch deep, then
drop your seed therein from the mouth Of
a bottle. To prevent the seed from falling
TOO thick, it is necessary to have the bottle
filed one-half with seed and the other half
with dry sand, and to constantly shake the
bottle as you proceed; let hand follow
the sower with rake to coyeE the seed AND
of the rake, or with hand roller. ''<'''
after Culiiuation.-As soon as the plants
show themselves above ground, early, for
several mornings in succession, while their
leaves are wet with dew, lime, plaster, ashes,
or asher and SCOT, should be busted over
,hem,-or what is still better, they should
be sprinkled with fish oil, which can be
very easily done with ragmop.
SO soon as the plants are large enough
to admit of it, run narrow cul,ivator thro'
the middle of the rows, leaving the line Of
plants undisturbed, to be worked by the
hoe and hand, which operations must be
performed at the same time. Repeat this at
intervals Of week or ten days, two or three
times, and the crop will have been sufficient
Iy worked AT the second working thin
the plants out, so as to stand inches apart
in the rows. Spots where the seed may
have failed, must be fleG up by plants care
fully drawn from places where they are too
thick, by dbbIing them in as cabbage
plants are-selecting, of course wet sea-
son for transpantaton.
If there should be no ashes used with the
manure, sow 10 bushels, per acre. over the
patch at the time you give them their first
working.
Should you sow your Ruta Bsgas broad
cast, the plants, at the proper time, must be
thinned out. so as to stand IL inches asun-
der, and you must take especial care TO keep
the earth we'll stirred with the hoe, and
clean of weeds and grass.
If we were TO thus SOW them, when the
plants GO, three inches high, we would run
a harrc,U through them, with the two-fold
object of thinning them out, and of cult
this mode Of culture we uniformly pursued
with other kinds Of turnips, and successful
ly too, with every crop of turnips grown by
us.
Beets.-The Mangel Wurtzel and Sugar
Beet, intended for the use of Stock should
have been drilled in last month; but if there
be any who desire to raise crop for their
milch COWS and other cattle, their sheep and
their hogs, but were prevented from doing
so hitherto, they will have time, up to the
10Th Of this month, of getting them in, with
every prospect Of raising moderately re-
munerating crop? though not so large an
one as they would, had they sowed in the
early part Of May.
Carrots-may be drilled in during the
first week in this month, though it would
have been better if done month ago. u
you have no! done so already, put in an acre
for the use of your milch cows next winter.
A peck at a meal, twice day, washed and
cut into small pieces, with the usual allow
ance of hay, fodder, or straw, will keep
them we'll TO the pail and enable them to
yield fine flows of milk !; and, as a conse-
quence put in the power of your good lady
TO provide your table with rich cream and
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