Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-07-03

early April. amounted - - per sash. or
one shilling per surface foot OF ground -
Tomatoes are sown under glass aud * If
Is important in early spriUE II ec0Uouaise
tie room IN the hot beds. they are first
transpianted from the seed bed 70 a vacant
space III the hot-ted 3 inches apart. and
when too large IL stand so closely. ttey
are again transplsCtct twelve inches apart
and when the weather IS right. they are ia
ken up and placed IL the opeu plat, where
they are q mature At one picking II
tomatoes this season thirtY-two b,.shels
were obtained. which from thetr carl.ness
sold at 81 10 per bushel Pole beans are
produced early by digging large deep iuios
for the hills anu filling them partly with
fresh hot horse manure over that suit
able covering Of earth Is placed and he
beans are planted. For early vegetables
the ground IS stoutly dressed with horse
manure, which IS pIowed in, and which IN
its fermentation, keeps the land warm and
mellow, and brings the plants along verv
fast Early potatoes are first started ei
ther On manure heaps undergoing fermcU-
tat.ou, OF in hotbeds aud when the ucs-
ther viii admit, and the sprouts are si2 {,
eight inches long, they are carefully taken
up by hand and transplauted L. tie drills
10 the open plats This process forward
the crop from - to 20 days. On one
quarter of an acre managed in this way
this season. 81 bushels ct marketable pa
tatoes were dug which. for their earlinezs
sid II : { 5 per buahe. o. al the rate cf
9557 per acre.
Tn visiting Mr. Pie~ce'a grounds l 7rqs
most interested IN field or tic borders
of Spy Pond originally "A high bank shuf
down nearly 20 the water This bank p.s
dug away AID l.Ppel into tine pond. until
loaE strip. or three acres Of land vas
made which raised eighteen inches above
tie surface of the water. The earth taken
to make ta:s land was sands ard fae
Zraeelv sub-O.!. y Ii tae except rH ef tw,
ar t-rea inches II the top Winch was sar
face mould. placed there 70 form an i-an e.
diateir t.ilable soil The waters nf the
pond will come into and stand in a hole
dug anywhere on this land more than eight
cen inches deep, and the moist exhalatioas
from below keep the surface 50 moderately
uOIsteEed that the crops 30 net suffer IN
the dricst season.the land being of a sandy
aad dae gravell~ nature, it admits IF
much moisture without becoming cold or
ueaEv ard baked. and rs 1t has been abun-
dantiv enriched by manure 1t produces
The iaest vegetables, when, perhaps, other
fields arc suffering severely with drought
Tie crops are grown upon ridges CT beds.
termed by back furrowiug With the plou,
and varying from two to siA feet in width
This Is d5rc 10 prevent any bad effects
that might otherwise arise from heavy rains
falling tit on q fiat surface ALREADY moist
cucagb. In general, three crops are ta-
kcn from thi~ land each year. For inst
ance. on the vide beds. row of early beet-
grow ou each border a row ut hills Of
simmer squash in the centre. and celery
ID tae dead burrows The beets are first
Of. and then the s4ua~hes and the soil of
the beds Is used III carthing gup aud bIeacl-
ing ;Ae celery.
Mr. P;erca.s average weekly sale of
vegetables fer nine months. ia Is ~. were