Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-09-03


by the latter part of August. They have
then finished their new growth. and the
sap Is about TO ''tarn," as the expression
is-ihat is a new set of buds is to be pre-.
pared for another year. and the new wood
is TO be riPened and perfected. IL Gu, at
this period, but few sprouts are sent up,
and those few are easily bruised TO death
with stout stick, while tender, or at the
time when frost checks their growth. If
sheep are kept on the ground, they will, if
the feed is rather short, crop the sprouts as
soon as they appear, and If permitted 10
keep them down for two seasons, the roofs
will be principally killed. 1t is an advan.
tage to sow on some grass seed-blue. grass
or red top-as soon as the bushes have
been cut and burned. The seed will take
ROOT with the first shower. and the growth
of The grass will lend greatly to smother
down the sprouts OF the bushes. As with
ihstles, it is important that the bushes
should be cut close 10 The ground.
The reclamation of wet lands generally,
but especially those Of wet and swampy
nature, may be prosecuted with advantage
a, this season. With these, drainage is the
first object. The water which appears in
the form OF springs should he first Gu, off
by deep channels along their sources, and
the channels should convey the water 10
such points as will best insure its discharge
from The land. A. the water is taken
away. the soil will settle, more or less, and
this settling will facilitate farther operations
in several ways. The soIidty acquired
will admit OF taking on teams for getting
out stones, siumps and bushes, and all
such objects are left by the settling
of the earih, mostly on the surface, from
which they may he readily removed.
The "swamp holes" which, like plague
spots. disfigure The surface of farms, form
ing The breeding places of worthless
plants and disgusting reptiles. and filling
the atmosphere with the seeds of human
disease, may often be brought into the
most profitable cultivation. They ire
queHily comprise the richest parts Of the
arm, as is proved by the large crops they
produce, when redeemed from The effects o
stagnant wafer and wild plants. They
are particularly natural 10 grass, and vixen
properly prepared by drainage, The wild
growth ex,ermina,ed, and the surface prop.
erly smooihed, may be brought into valu-
able meadows by sowing the grass seed
abon, the first Of September. Timothy,
and the large red-top are the best grasses
FOR such situations; peck of the former |
with nall bushei TO bushel Of the latter, |
according 10 lis cleanness,) is the proper !
quantity for an acre. 1t may be scratched
10 with rakes, or oy bush harrow.
Peat boss, drained, may be made to pro-
duce good crops OF many kinds; but
grain crops and grass are very liable |
10 lodge Gown on peaty soils. This is
owing in a great degree TO the want OF 81 |
lex (fin') in the soil, and in some degree
also to the soil being too loose to give the
plants firm standing on their roots.
The application OF sand or gravel remedies
both defects, and when the mineral sub
stance is well Incorporated with the vege-
table matter, the straw becomes stiff, and
The crops stand and manure well. The
quantity of sand which it is expedlent 10
apply varies with the composition Of the
pea, soil, some containing much more min
eral earth than olher deposits. A coating
OF an inch 10 two inches in depth, will,
however, be found sufiicien, IN most cases.
/, NAV be carried on in winter when most
farming operations are suspended.
Pea, to be used in the barn-yard. for
mixing with animal manure, should be
dug out al this season, and piled on dry
land, where it may be Obtained as wanted.
In this situation, the air and rams gradu.
ally dis>ipa'e the acid which the peat cou.
,aias v hen in its natural bed, and which
mus, be dispeled or neulrallscd before The
pea, can afford nourishment TO plants.
Digging rocks (bouIders) from grounds
encountered by them, may now be done ad.
vantsgeousIy. Stone walls are generally
the hes, and most economical fences in such
situations. They have the important rec
ommenda,ion, that when once made in
proper manner, they are perpetual. A
trench, two feet deep, and somewhat wider
lhan the base Of the wall, should be dug
for the foundation, which should be filled
with the smaller s,cnes that are not suitable
ior wall. A skiiful and practical wall-iayer
will know how to select and place the stones
so as to make The most substantial and
rermanen, fence.
BaulGers that are not wanted for walls
NAV be sunk by digging holes under or be-.