Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-05-08

s oF40e lbs. Of guano, or 10 loads of we'll
rosted stable and barn yard manure, would
prove ample for an acre, Of all or any ofshe
before named roofs, 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,
10 bushels Of bone dust, mixed with 20
bushels of ashes, and lelt-in pile for few
days, will produce good crop Of roots.
Soil and Preparat;on-The 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; ifpossible, 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 straighter and fairer will the
roots be so also, will the produc, be the
greater. Before drilling in the seed, the land
must be reduced to the finest possible tilth,
by narrowing, cross narrowing and rolling
and indeed, the soil would be all the better
of cross ploughing, 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 disin.egraled or let loose,
and thereby prepared to be taken up by the
plants through the voltaic power Of their
roots.
Before we enter into any particular direc-
tons, we will remark, that every one who
cultivates roots, 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-
suring regularity in the distribution of the
seed
yMangel 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
ter, let the seed drain in sieve, but not to
dry; then mix them with twice their bulk
of scot and ashes, or ashes and plaster, 50 a.
TO separate and render the seed easy of be-
ing sown. 49,
Quantity of seed pc, dc7s.-Three lbs
OF seed of either kind of beess is about The
''S"' qudhtity per acre.
Width Of .furrosus or ro,cs.-The most
convenient distance, at which TO cultivate the
mangel wurlzel and sugar beet, is from 81
to 30 inches from row to row the plants
when thnned ou,, should stand IL inches
asunder in the row.
Modes Of drillimg.-We have done pref
ty fair days work in drilling in beet seed
from the mouth of a 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 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 equivalent, 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 in
If drilling machine is not used: line mus,
be stretched across the ground, north and
south, when the operator marks offa funow
or drill with the edge or corner of hoe,
then proceeds to drop the seed from the
mouth Of bottle, or by hand, therein, aud
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. bushel of
each will go 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, and wherever you
lind more than ore crown TO single plan,
and there are occasionally from 9 TO 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 at
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
dicated by the condition of the ground, run
a one horse cultivator 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 un-
less the weather should have proved very
inauspIcIous, 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
lures wIlher beneath the blightening in
iuence of droughts, and the scorching rays
of the sun, and when your mich cows be-
gin TO dry up their milk in consequence of
the want of sncculen, food, you may 90 in