Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-05-08
8 of4Ue lbs. of guano, or 10 loads Of we'll

3 oF40p lbs. of guano, or 10 loads of well
rotted stable and barn yard manure, would
prove ample for an acre, of all or any ofshe
before named roots, which should be previ-
ously mixed with bushel Of plaster, broad
cas.ed and ploughed in. If neither stable
and barn yard manure or guano can be had,
III bushels Of bone dust, mixed with 20
bushels of ashes, and left in pile for few
days, will produce good crop of roots.
Soil and Preparat;on-Th best soil for
the growth of roots, of all kinds, is deep,
fertile, loamy one. The ground should, af-
ter the application of the manure, be deeply
and truthfully ploughed; ifpossibie, the sub
soil plough should follow the share plough,
in order that the roots may have deep bed
to pasture in. The deeper the pulveriza-
ton goes, the straigh.er and farer will the
roots be; so also, will the product be the
greater. Before drilling in the seed, the land
must be reduced to the fines. possible tiIsh,
by narrowing, cross narrowing and rolling
and indeed, the soil would be all the better
of cross pIougting, as every time this ope
ration is performed, the air is admitted into
the soil, and through atmospheric influence,
the mineral bodies therein, are so acted up
on as to become disintegraled or lie. loose,
and thereby prepared TO be taken up by the
plants through the vol,aic power Of their
roots. '
Before we enter into any particular direc-
lions, we will remark, that every one who
cultivates rootse in anywise upon large
scale, should if he has no, one already, pur-
chase Drilling Machine, as i. will save its
price in labor the first season, besides en-
surfing regularity in the distribution of the
seed.
.Mangel Wurtzel- Sugar Beet.-As the
culture of each of these roots is the same,
we will treat Of them under the same head.
Preparation of the Seed.-Soak the seed
in water for two days, then draw off the wa
dry; then mix them with twice their bulk
of scot and ashes, or ashes and plaster, 81, AZ
TO separate and render the seed easy of be-
ing s'wn' 80
Quantity of seed pc, sdc7s.-Three lbs
of seed Of either kind Of bee.s is about The
right quantity per acre.
WidM Of furrosos or rows.-The most
convenient distance, at which TO cultivate the
mangel wurlzel and sugar beet, is from 81
to ~ inches from row 10 row the plants
when thinned out, should stand I2 inches
asunder in the row.
Modes Of drilling have done pref
ty fair days work in drilling in beet seed
from the mouth of quart bottle, half filled
with sand, the other half seed but as all
operations guided by the hand, are more or
less irregular, we prefer to use the drilling
machine, by which man may drill in two
acres day with comparative ease to him
self. Drilling machines may be had at the
cost Of only a few dollars, which makes the
drill drop and cover the seed, and roll the
ground also, at one and the same time
These machines are SO adjusted, that the
operator can regulate the distance of deposit
ting the seed. These are all considerations
worthy of moment, as they save time, which
is the equivalen. Of money.
Depth Of DriH-1'he drills, made for the
reception Of the seed, should be about / inch
deep. This is easily regulated by the drill
ing machine, where the seed is thus put n
If drilling machine is not used. line must
be stretched across the ground, north and
south, when the operator marks offa funow
or dill with the edge or corner of hoe,
then proceeds to drop the seed from the
mouth of bottle, or by hand, therein, and
cover with rake. pressing the earth down
over the seed, either with the back of his
rake or with small garden roller.
Culture When the seed come up,
sprinkle mixture made Of equal parts OF
ashes and plaster over them. A bushel of
each will 60 over an acre. When the plants
are three or four inches high, if healthy, thin
them out, SO as TO leave them l2 inches apart
IN the row. care being taken to leave the
most vigorous plants. Examine the plants
remaining in the row, aud wherever you
find more than ore crown to single plan,
and there are occasionally from 10 4,
pinch off all bat one. At this time, work
around the plants with the hoe and hand, so
as to open the earth TO the action of the al
mosphere, and relieve the plants from the
obstruction of grass or weeds In ten days
or two weeks from this time, as may be in
Dictated by the condition of the ground, run
one horse cul'ivator through the middle
of the rows, and work near the plants with
the hoe and hand In two weeks more. re-
peat your working in the same way, and I'M
less the weather should have proved very
inauspIclous, you may consider your labor
upon your beet crop as done.
Use Of the leaves.-About the middle of
August, just at that period when your pas
tures w.her beneath the bightening in
huence of droughts, and the scorchng rays
of the sun, and when your mich cows be-
gin TO dry up their milk in consequence of
the want Of succulen' food, you may 60 in