Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-07-02
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ITEMS IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND LIME.-- |
Pell, the extensive grower of apples in New |
York, says that he has found a composition of |
one part salt and two of she'll lime, a capital /
manure for almost every crop Of fruit, grain or |
vegetables.
GuANo.-A heaped tablespoonful of Peru
Wan TO one gallon of soft water for hot house |
plants in growing state. A barrel OF yellow |
loan, half bushel of broken charcoal half peck |
Of guano, is fine compost for pots or garden |
vegetables.
LEAF MANuRE.-The best manure, says Lie |
big, (HumuS) for any plant, is the decomposed
leaves and substance of its own species; hence
when the small unions, or solutions, as they are
left upon the bed, and turned under the soil,
they greatly benefit the succeeding crop. Leaf
manure is not, according TO him, an entirely
vegetable substance, but rather mineral vegeta'
BILE, as they contain large quantities of earthly
matter. An annual dressing of salt, in 1noder-
ate quantities, sown broadcast over the whole
garden early in spring, is beneficial, destroy
ing the germs of insects and acting on the toli-
age of plants, retaining moisture, &c. Ten
bushels to the acre will answer the purpose.
LIME.--A farmer commences with the use of
lime on his soil the first season he sees an i'm
provement he continues its use for some tive
or three years, and finds but little, If any per
ccptble change in his crops; he now cries
humbug, this use of lime. Now the truth is,
that in his first application, the land was rather
deficient in lime only but in not using other
manure in connection, other substances in the
soil were exhausted; potash or soda was now
wanted, and hence the constant use of lime
only for series of years will injure and deter
iOrate the soil.
TRIMMING GRAPE NINEs.-For many years
we have raised grapes by the bushel from
single vine, and cur trimming is done in the
following manner: The first week in July we
commence and cut back to the second leaf or
bud Of the present seasons growth. Have a
sharp knife and trim portion eveiy day, "a
little at time) until the whole vino has been
gone over. Atumn, winter and spring prun-
ing are avoided; but we have large, nice smooth
| grapes in abundance.
GuEEsE FROM Observation-Disclosures of an OK
tremely fine quality is manufactured from po-
tatoes in Thurgia, and part of Saxony in the
following manner: stAfter having collected a
quantity of potatoes, of good quality, giving
the preference to the large white kind, they are
boiled in cauldron, and when cool, are re-
duced to pulp, either by means of Crater or
mortar. TO five pounds of this pulp, which
! ought to be rs equal as possible, is added a
] pound of soar milk and the necessary quantity
| of salt. The whole is kneaded together, and
the mixture covered up, and allowed to remain
Tor three or four days, according to the season.
At the end of this time ii is kneaded again, and
formed into cheeses, which are placed in little
baskets, where the superfiueus moisture is al
lowed to escape. They are then allowed to
dry in the shade, and placed in layers in large
pots or vessels, where they must remain for
| fifteen days. The older these cheeses are, the
more their quality improves. Two kinds arc
made. The BEST which is the most common,
| is made according to the proportions indicated,
| the second with four parts of potatoes, and four
parts OF COW or owe milk. These cheeses have
the advantage over every other kind, that they
do not 0ngender worms, and keep fresh for
| great numher OF years, provided they are placed
in Il dry situation, and in well closed vessels
WHAT IMPROVEMENTS SHALL WE MAKE FIRsr.
| A farm in complete order is rarely met with.
Some need complete renovation, new walls
and fences, new buildings, new stock, and
new soil. The old farms are much exhausted,
and the fences so diapidated as to invite,
rather than repel, the depredations Of cattle
SO long has it been the custom Of our Eastern
farmers to invest their capital lseShere than
in their business, that when one really begins
to invest in farming, it is u difficult question TO
determine where lie shall begin his improve
mentS.
The usual beginning made by gentlemen re-
firing from business in the city is to tear down
the old buildings, and invest Il small fortune in
o dwelling house and barn, where there are
ample accommodations for carriages, horses
and a cOachnlan, whatever may be said Of the
cows, oxen and pigs. Then follow fine walls
with smooth faces, ard beautiful cap stones,
lawns, shrubbery, and hedges, thoroughbred
horses, cattle, and sheep, and lastly, the land
which, in the true theory OF farming, is to sup
| port the landholder in whatever style of living
| he sees fit to maintain. 1t not untrequently
| happens, that the means of the rural improyel
are exhausted, by the time he reaches the land
n ma fU
buildings, fine equipage and thoroughbred
stock in tho midst OF desert. He cannot be
gin TO raise enough upon his farm to meet thu
bareSt necessities of his family and his animals
This course is in shocking bad taste, and vic.
lates the csthetics Of husbandry quite as much
as il does the rules Of economy. The farmer
is u producer of food, and only incidentally q
con umer, and when he is fed by others he
makes his position as ridiculous as that of
dry goods merchant who should attempt tc
raise his own breadstuiis on city lots, and make
merchandise incidentally his business. o
course, il men ofiorune see fit to spend theil
money in this way, there is nothing to he said
But there are multitudes who have their for
tunes yet TO make, and have but limited CAPT
tai to make them with, and have determined t.
invest this capital in the business Of farming
1t is a vital question with them to invest thi.
capital to the best advantage, so that every in
vestment shall pay good per cent. Of interest
and add to the farmers means of enlarging hi
business.
He has q house to live in, old indeed, and
unsightly, but comfortable; fences cro0kei
and old but yet capable Of turning cattle, anC
any quantity Of exhausted land. He wants
new house, better fences, and richer land
What want shall be first nett
In buying farm of this stamp, not more thar
one half Of the farmers available means SHOULD
be invested in his land and buildings If ht
put all into the land, he will find himself per
Petually crippled and hindered from making
those improvements which he is convinced are
desirable. The foundation of his success il
business must be laid in the fertility of hi
soil. The cultivation of fertile land will pay {
profit, while the cropping of barren acres is al
most certain to run him in debt lie SHOULD
then shape all his etiortsto the Improvement o.
the quality of his land. He should put ne
more soil under the pillow than he can enricf
with abundant fertilizers. Manures made upor
his own premises are his first and most pressing
want. If his land will produce but twenty
bushels Of corn to the acre, he may safely pur
chase or manufacture manure enough to give
him seventy or eighty bushels TO the acre.
This investment will bring him early return!
in paying crops. A ton OF guan0 or stable
manure, purchased and used on the first Of
June, is returned to his hands again on the
first of October, ia the shape of u corn crop
ready to be used in his family or for feed fol
his stock. Every thing that will bear immedi.
ately upon iertilizing his land, demands early
. attention. Every acre that he fUrtlizes is a
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