Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-04-14

Preparations Eor Spring Gardening.

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Preparations for Spring Gardening.
The season Is now rapidly approaching
when plans must be matued, and prepar-
ations made for the actual oui-ot-door
operations Of Horticulture, and gardening
generallyi and all who woald succeed
well III such matters, cannot be too con-
Scious OF the importance Of being well pres
pared for everything IN lis season.
Il is probably needless for us 10 urge
the importance of the matters in general,
upon the attention of our more enterpris.
.ng readers, all of whom already know
that single acre devoted jajiciously and
Thoroughly to fruit and vegetable farming,
can be made to yield one half OF the sub
sistence Of 8 good s.zcd family, and alto
gether ne ttSt half, a thar. Let al then,
who have rood of laad, and have not
hitherto done so, determine TO have n gar.
den iGe coming year, and 10 thai end com
meaca the preparations. And one o. the
fI1st steps IN tl.s matter IS 10 provide tho
means o. advancing all that class Of veg
eiall5s that should be started early in hot
beds. BY 50 doing, many things can be
fastened from two 10 four weeks, besides
often being obtained in much greater per-
fecuon. The matter of making hot beds
Of sufficient capacity for mere house use,
involves much less labor and expense than
the unlui'a,ed arc apt 70 suppose. IN fact
they can be gotten up so cheapiy that no
one need do without II some form as ly
lnstrumentaiity, the vegetable season Is
hastened and prolonged nearly one half.
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ABour IuAT Cons FoDDER.-Just
! whisper to your farmer readers that IN
laying their plans for the coming season,
they must not forget TO try that one fourth
acre of corn fodder, uSt 20 see if what
they say about lis amazing productive
ness Is really SO. Any time from the 10th
, Of June until the Isl Of July, prepare a
piece as you would for crop of corn, on
y be sure and give ii q good strong soil.
Mark with corn marker III drills only one
way, 3 feet apart, into which spread your
fine compost and SOW from n basket hold, =
ing > o" quarts carrying the basket in :!
one hand and spreading the corn on the
manure in the drills, as evenly as 1oss-
Bile; at the rate OF bush. per acre, or
say 80 or 70 kernels TO the foo, in the
drill. Then take your light corn plow
and run it carefully each side Of the drill,
throwing The dirt towards the corn, and
the seed is covered. Use either the South
ern 6int or the Ohio gourd seed, either
of which is vastly preferable TO cur varie-
", as II a,tains much greater growth
No cultivation Is necessary except running
between the rows once, when the corn is
up . feet high with the cpiiipator or
horseshoe, rs on land not espicaliy weedy
no hand-EOeing will be necessary Use
Tor summer soiling. or for writer use as
needed, and be careful to have it fully,
dry before housing.-l"n. J. PErrhE.
PoLITIc1Aas AND FARMERs.-Politi-
clans who want an ofice frequently make
great prelenSions TO agricultural knowl-
edge, and figure largely at the cattle
shows. l. Is said that Gov IS one CT
this sort of farmers" and in illustration
thereof the following good -.ories are re-
lated:
Net many springs ago, his excellency.
in company with another Distinguished
citizen o., was riding In the country.
l. passing a beautiful field Of grain, iust
beginning to head, the Governor reined
TAP his horse and bsrst into rap,ucous ad-
miratou of the wheat.
Ouch Ned Governor, how much
viii -irat wheat WELD to the acce!'
Oh, from seventeen 10 twenty BUSH
els !"
What kind of seed is that from, Gov.
ernor e
Common winter; that is the best for
this SOIL
Yor We're the President of the Agri-
cultural Society OF New \ ork last year g.
Us, Sir"
You are the author Of an eloquent
. passage about the cultivation Of roots and
'ops:'
Well, yen are the only agricultural
writer i cvor saw who could 10: tell
oats Tir0na zCleat -
a cer.ain farmer, one Of the Govern
or's Constituents, WHO had profound ad-
nration for his talents and practical
knowledge, wrote to him for advice IS to
the best method OF improving his stock Of
sheer. The Governors answer was in-
stant, brief, senteniioUs, sincere: "Get Il
HYDRAUL1c RAM-better than the South
Down for mutton, equal 70 the Merino
for wool"
4 DIsCoyERY.-DIoscoR BATATAs
AN ANERICAS NOT a CHIrsMAE John
Moody, Of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, writes
as follows to the editor of the Prairie