Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-13


sumption yet
Ne,c~ ENGLAND F'umer.
an early start aud supports them until the
roots finds sustenance further OIL
GRAIN.-As soon as the ground is suf-
icenlly dry to fall into fine PARTICLES upon
being plowed, sow oats, barley aud other
grains. When it is to be laid down to
grass, be generous with the secd-we
mentioned this last month and now urge
it agaln--one bushel of red top, twelve
quarts of herds grass and six pounds of
clover is not too much to the acre. The
difference in the crop for four or five
years will pay more, each year, than the
extra cost Of the seed and the thickness
Of the grass from the seed you SOW will
keep ont wild grasses and weeds.
CoRS.-Some persons are becoming
dissatisfied with this crop. 1t can scarce
ly be doubted, however, that il may
be raised with profit in every part OF
New England. We think the dissa,sfac-
ton arises from the attempt 10 cultivate
too much the manure being spread over
so much ground as scarcely to lie felt by
the plants The result OF such cultivation
is twenty to forty bushels to the acre, in
stead of forty 10 eighty as it should be.
We think the fodder on an acre OF good
cora will well nigh pay the expense Of
cultivation, if it is properly preserved.-
And with high cultivation the land is in
condition after the corn crop to bring
! two or three tons Of hay to The acre for
some throe to six years, with the applica-
! lion of slight top dressing
/ GRAFTING. The earlier this is done
in May the better. II YOU have old
healthy trees they will yield YOU a return
for working them over and cul,ivaIing
them much quicker than you can possibly
get it from young trees. large, sound,
old apple tree, though producing nothing
but crab-apples, is worth fifty dollars, If
il stand near home and convenient for
cultivation; some are worth twice that
amount. Now is the time 10 act upon it,.
We have seen a tree from which, we
have repeatedly been informed, more than
twenty barrels of marketable apples have
been taken in a single year. 1t is a
Baldwin, and bears more or less, every
year-but has every advantage which high
cultivation affords. The modes of graft
ing nre well understood we will only
add-what seems not to be fully appre-
ciated yet--that an apple tree needs cul'
tivation Just as much as hill oil corn
: and will not flourish well without it.
TuE GARpEN.-We feel bound con
stantly To urge upon the attention Of ouI
$ readers the importance Of good garden
$ It's influence is good every way. i
e spreads the table with palatable and M
f TRENT food, and fills the dessert dishe
+ with Injuries, and thus saves the casl
t which must otherwise be paid for beef
i ham, veal and lamb beside promoting
n health and spirits more than the mea
i would. Then good garden is civil
: ger. Whoever meditated crime in III
e midst of uxuriant vegetables and fra
IS grant flowers! Its moral tendency is ap
; pafent-and so is that of the orchard
II Read lIawthorne's reflections in III
= orchard, as described in "Mosses fror
,e an Old Manse." They beautIfy ih
,e home wonderfully and kindle emotion
III which never die out of the heart.
in But we had almost forgotten the ind
Or vidual plants, and must hasten 10 say
in word or two OF.
,e AspARAous.-This is a delicious N
easily cultivated vegetable, and Mr.. Gu
ter, of Pelham, has recently given yo
re the best mode of growing it. What 1t
a old bed requires now is to cut Oft the la
y. years stalks Just below the ground an
" burn them, loosen the earth about the roo
IT, and clean up the whole bed. As Il
if sweetness and tenderness Of this pla
ps depends upon its rapidity Of growth d
re soil should be made very rich.
ad BEANs.-Should be planted as soon
IRE you feel secure from frost. They are c
,st namental planted in hills two or mo
els feet across with birch sticks stuck abo