Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-04-07
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To Our Readers.

The first spring month is now passed,
and we are flirly afoat with our seasons
business. Those who have not finished
plowiug for early crops, should determine
on deepening their soils, either by using
the sub-soil plow, which is preferable, or
by plowing more deeply with the surface
plow. Those who fear to use the sub-soil
plow or to increase their usual depth of
plowing, despite the overwhelming evidence
to the contrary, may at least plow one
half inch more deeply than last year, and
thus gradually deepen and improve their
soils. For root crops sub-soiling is nearly
indispensable, and we hope the amount OF
roots raised for winter feeding will be in
creased the evidence published during
the past year in favor Of the winter feed
ing Of roots, can not but warrant an in
creased growth. Carrots for horses and
milch cows are of generally acknowledged
utility. No horse has heaves while fed in
part on carrots They give to horses a
sleek coat and loose hide, assist digestion,
and render the cost of keeping much less
than when fed on hay and oats alone.
Mich COWS in winter flourish well on
carrots, giving improved quality Of milk,
and in fair quantity.
Now is the season for draining the brow
of hills of surface springs, in the manner
we have so often recommended.
When sowing seeds, recollect that the
light ones, such as carrots, parsnips, &c,
should be placed as near the surface as
possible; their early growth is feeble, and
they can not break the earth's crust if too
deeply planted Observe how such seeds
are planted when they fall to the ground
naturally from the seed vessels of an old
plant, and they will be found to remain
on the surface, while seeds of less scale
ike formation are carried into the soil by
rains, &c. Use long radish seed with
carrots and parsnips they will mark the
rows, from vegetating early, and enable
the farmer to clean the space between the
rows, of weeds with cultivator.
When manures are to be carted out
which are throwing out strong steamy
fumes, sprinkle them with dilute sulPhurlc
acid and water, to change the volatile car
Donate Of ammonia into the fixed or not
volatile sulphate of ammonia. Charcoal
dust or plaster of paris is also useful In
such cases. Do not cart out and spread
manures any more rapidly than they can
be plowed in, for April suns are sometimes
very powerful. Manures, if in state OF
fermentation, may lose one-itth OF their
value by exposure to wind and AR IN a
single day. Those farmers who have not
a sufficient supply Of manure, and who
have not had an analysis made Of their
soils to know precisely what their soils
REQUIRE, may make a good and cheap
general manure, by dissolving bone dust
IN sulphuric acid mixing the soluble result |
with cuano, and then with charcoal dust,
iecomposed peat, or even head lands, and
.fter lying SO composted for few days,
applying it to the soil.
900 lbs Of guano. =.
: bushels of bone-dust dissolved in
dilute sulphuric acid.
| half cord or less of charcoal dust or
anv other absorbent dlylsor.
Such manure can be cheaply and readily
prepared at present prices, that no crop
,eed be planted without fair preparation
# the soil TO receive it. For root crops,
,nons and many other crops, the above Is
;heaper and better than an equal cost OF
,arn-yard manure, and requiring much
ess time and expense in carting, as the
,ulk is not one-tsnth as great,
Raspberros and other brambles may be
,u, ou, at this time, and if fully manured