Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-03-04


Small signs OF verdure appear
= race the opening Of the year,
Anj eiothe the naked fields.
This enth, noninallv, commences the sea
OF spring, though i'll he latitute Of our home,
and that of our mere northern readers, stern
winter still fingers. With the farmer this is a
busy month-a month for calculation and prep
aration. 1t is time now 10 begin to put every
department of the farm to rights-detcrniiue
the lot that shall be devoted to each kind of
crop-and here allow Us to advise rotation Of
crops. Don't plant and SOW for the s-nle kind
Of crop two years III succession, on the same
ground, ii it can be helped
All the farm implements should be overhaul
ed, and such as need il, put IL repair for use
when needed. Seeds should be looked Overland
prepared for use. Field seeds should be cleans
ed from all foul seed before sowing Procure
all seeds wanted to complete the desired assert
meat, from reliable sources. We would say TO
our western farmers and gardeners, buy home
grown seeds whenever YOU can find them
Western grown grass seed is cleaner Of foul
seed than eastern grown, aud IS preferred by
eastern farmers to their own. We were told.
last fall, by I seed dealer, who was purchasing
clover and timothy to send east, that our west
grown seed commanded 4 much higher
price in the eastern market that than Of their
home production. We would come still nearer
home, by having every farmer raise his own
seed. Recollect that clover seed IS gathered
from the second cutting, and not from the fist
hence you get a crop of hay and seed in one
season, from the same ground.
TEST GARDEN SEEps-It IS a good plan TO
test all garden seeds and Germ before planting.
Our seed time Is short, and second planting,
after waiting a reasonable time for the first TO
come up, must be late and Is not generally fol-
lowed with a full aud well matured crop A
little time spent in testing your seeds will often
prove a guarantee against failure You viii
find 1t but little trouble, and may be done in
this way Take pot or small box-fu in
about six inches of fine loam-sow your seed
about 3lths of an inch deep; place it inside q
window, where it VIII have the light and be
moderately warm-keep the earth moist. and If
the seeds be good-onion, carrot and beet viii
he up Ia 10 or Is days-or If you VIII soak the
seeds in torpid water Il hours or 50. changing It
once or twice in the meantime, and then SOW.
they VIII be up ia bali that time ia the April
4AAiSCt NJ I 4l!ttti give tittCtlba1 GNf
seeds for sewing, which if followed, viii force
them up in onc-third the time required when
sown dry We have tried i for three seasons.
and have generally seen our carrots coming
through the ground in five or SIX days after sow
ing.
Look wei to the stock-caIves and lambs are
now coming along-special attention should be
given to the latter. lambs, when dropped in
cold weather must have mediate attention, or
they VIII chill and die. Ifyour teams for spring
work have been kept little short, and are thin,
begin to feed better, that they may be recruited
and in condition for spring work. 1t is both
cruel and bad economy to undertake spring
work with your animals not in good heart If
You have any roots lei them be fed out uov-if
you have not don't forget, when the time comes,
70 put in the seed for crop 50 use net wiutcr.
Take a peep INTO the bee hive if YOU have ore,
and if no., get one. Attend 10 the hot bed-get
II ready and seeds in, that YOU may hare early
egetables-Aoytt'cestsr Farmer.