Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-04-17
agricultural Reaoina.
From the Boston Journal.
APPLYING GUANo.

Guano, like farm yard manure, may be
applied with advantage to almost any
kind of soil. as well as to most of the
cultivated crops, as it contains every ele-
ment necessary to their growth, indie
pendent of the quality of the soil, one
great point being attended to, that the
land be in good filth for, otherwise, the
tender roots of the vegetable would meet |
with Instructions, and become crippled in |
theft growth. According to Mr.. D. J.
Browne, one of the most intelligent agri-
culturists in this country, poor, well-tilled
soils receive the most advantage from
this fertilizer, as they are most generally
deficient in some essential necessary to
the growth and perfection of the plants.
In regard to the quantity to be applied to
an acre, this will depend upon the vari-
ETY. of guano employed, the nature of the
climate and state of fertility of the soil,
the kind of crop to be raised, the num-
Der of applications in a season, and
whether the guano is to be used alone or
in conjunction with other manure. There
can be no doubt that in attention to these
considerations, or to some one of them,
on the part of the cultivator, has been
fruitful cause of unsuccessfulness in the
use of guano, and from this has arisen
the extensive prejudice entertained by
many farmers against its use.
EARLY CELERY.
To have celery early, it should be
sown in hot bed quite early in the
spring, and, when three iuches high, plant
it out in a well-prepared bed, which must
be covered with boards or mats in frosty
weather. For the principal crop, SOW
early in the spring, very shallow in a
seed-bed which should be beaten lightly
with the back of spake, to settle the
earth about the seeds. When the plants
are about three inches in height, thin or
pick them out to four inches apart and
when six inches high, transplant them
six inches apart into trenches for blanch-
e ing. Dig the trenches four feet apart, a
foot wide, and ten inches deep. Fill in
: five or six inches of well-rotted manure,
and mix If thoroughly half a spade deep
: with the earth at the bottom. The tops
e and roots of the plants should be shorten
: ed, and the suckers pinched off before
: they are set. Earth up to blanch two or
r three times during their growth, holding
e the leaves close with the hand while the
g earth is drawn up, taking care that none
: Iof it falls into the centre of the plants.
e A slight sprinkling of salt applied to the
4 surface of the soil just before earthing
: up, is decidedly beneficial to this crop
I Celery, like asparagus, is greatly improv-
e ed by superior culture.
5 TO GROW GOOD HoRsERADIsH.
v Horseradish may be grown in any part
5 of the United States, and the times for
! planting are from October till May
It Should the ground require manure, it
d should be dug in the depth TO which the
e roots are intended to run-say from two
e to three feet. 1t is propagated by sets
d provided by cutting the main root and
e offsets into leghths of two inches. The
: tops or crowns of the roots form the best
II those taken from the centre never be-
n coming SO soon fit for use, nor of so fine
+ growth. Each set should have at least
d two eyes; for without one eye they re.
Is fuse to vegetate at all. For supply O
J. the crowns, any inferior piece of ground
1t planted with sets six inches apart and siz
IS inches deep, viii furnish from one to Ave
k tops each, and may be collected for sew
eral successive years with little more
70 trouble than keeping them clear o
= weeds. The sets may be inserted il
70 rows eighteen inches apart each way
. and covered to the depth of an inch. TIL,
an shoots, after they make their appearance
~ require no other cultivation than keepin,
of the ground well stirred and free from
nj weeds. AS the leaves decay in autumn
e. they should be removed, and the groun
- hoed and raked over, which may be re
or peated the following spring. In the au
tum of the second year they merely re
be quire to be hoed again as before, and tn
an roots taken up as wanted for use. /
he taking up the roots, trench is dug alon
. the outside row quite down to their bot
toms which, when the bed is continue
h in one place, may be cut off level to tn
~ original stool, and the earth from tn
- next row then turned over them to th
III requisite depth and so on in rotatio
70 to the end of the bed. By this mode,
bed will continue in perfection for five {
,;s six years. Some pursue the plan
= taking the crop up entirely, and formin