Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-09-10
Agriculture

lere in our neighborhood. You see, in the
,hurch, they have kind of members, that the I
minister calls s'the weaker brethern," They !
lent seem to have faith enough in them to
make their religion of any account. They are
always at the tail end of the heap, and like the
Stragglers in dock Of sheep, under the wall,
Or stuck fast in the mud. They are disgrace h
10 the cause.
Now we have some Hookertown farmers,
that make me think of these weaker brethren
for all the world. They don't read the
papers, and don't believe in good farming any
more than such disciples believe the gospel
You cannot get them to take the agricultural
journals and they laugh at all the new tools
that have heen invented TO help farmers IN
their work. Instead of cleaning up their fields
so as to use a moving machine, they sweat over
the scythe at the rate of an acre u day. In
stead of having barn cellar to save manure,
it is mostly wasted in the yards and Highways.
Instead OF Sheltering cattle, in the cold snowy
weather, they fodder them out at stack all
winter. do not know but 1 am wicked, but |
l wish every one Of them could have been out
that cold night in January, when the mercury |
froze. think they would have learned to |
pity dumb cattle. / find such farmers arc al |
ways complaining Of hard times, and are never
able to pay their debts. They are always rum |
ing down farming, and talking about emigrat-
ing to the west, just as II a change of place
was going to change their characters, and
make such shitless farmers, thriving men.
Now l have been thinking that these weaker
brethren were living on "blissionary ground'
as the saying is, and that tie farmers who read.
the papers ought to come over and help them.
1t is no use Tor you TO advertise your paper on
this account; for such people do not take any
paper either political or religious. If enc OF
| your agents We're to come along, and ask them
TO subscribe, they would feel insultcd, they
could get near enough to them to make their
business known. am going to propose to our
1 Farmers Cl1b to go out among these Weakei3
| brethren and see ii We can't get thenI to tate
| the papers, and mend their ways. You see
| they can't say we are mere booit-farmcrS, and
| that our notions all moonshine, for they
| know theirs, and that our farming pays, so that
we have money to lend. Alter all, Mr.. Editor,
there is nothing like an argument with the
hard coin at the end ont. 1t does weigh
They appreciate the farming that brings the
clean cash. That is the kind of aiming we
find your paper recommends, aud az 1t is a
poor rule that don't work both ways, send
you the clean cash for dozen subscribers
gathered among these weaker brethren. Com
slider these as the first fruits.
DIG MUcK.-We have very often referred to |
the value of muck and swamp mud as fertili- |
zers for all crops, and all soils not well sup
piled with organic matter, and especially OF |
the great utility of mixing it in large quantities
with the yard manure, but we cannot return to |
this topic too often. five accomplish moth
ing else than TO stir up farmers to appropriate |
to their fields moiety OF the rich stores ofor-
ganic matter now lying useless in the swamps,
swales, and low spots, we shall not Labor in
vain. All these black earthss are the remains
of plants, and, as we haveformerly shown, they
furnish Just the elements to nourish other plants
otevery nd. If not already attended to,
riOip is the time TO dig out and pile up large
stores OF these materials, before the ground is
lied with water. The cartiug to yards and
fields can be done at leisure, in the later Au-
tumn, or Winter months. Remember that one |
load of manure and two loads of muck arc bet |
ter than two loads Of manure not so treated
Amer. .agricuturist.
MILDEw ON GRAPEs-REMEDY. II. +. !
Mckay, Naples N. Y, inquiries SIT an answer
to Subscribers question thus on mldew
will be as acceptable from lady as from one
of the tlords of creation','' to which we give
| the reply of the Irishman who asked il one
man was not as good as another; s'lndado he
is, and a little better" Anticipating our reply
Mrs. Mckay gives specific. used by her hus-
band, Gone Of the lords ha y for years, and no
humbug. Take equal quantities by lreight Of
lime and sulphur; put the sulphur into barrel
of the unslackcd lime upon it; pour on kettle
of boiling water. When the whole is thorough
ly mixed by the shaking and by stirring, pour
in some cold water and allow 1t to settle. One
. pound of sulphur and one of lime is used for
each 40 vines. The liquid is applied with a
r garden engine or syringe, so as 10 wet every
: leaf aud bunch Of grapes; The Crop" -
2 quire constant attention ut tho mIldRw season
:. which with us is from the last Of July 10 Il
u middle of August. A widowed cluster is
n now rarity with us.-.fmcr. .4gricuiiurist.
d SELECTING SEED CoRN.-M. II. r., writing
Is to the Vdticy Farmer, says: have seen sew.
s. eral artic es in the Pdlley Farmer giving direc.
1t tiOns for the best method of procuring corn
ir for seed which I consider very good, hut
c think from practical experience tho proper
j. way TO select seed corn is to go into the field
l. as soon the sap is dried in the cob. Sele Il
ID the ears from stalks having two ears. Pull the
If top ear which should be kept separate from
the rest ofthe corn in some dry place. think
is by adding this plan to the one suggested it
l. would materially impro e the quantity as well
as the yield per acre. / write as one exper-
s. fenced having tiled ii on my own farm for sew
r eral years in succession. / find each year
Is that my corn is greatly improved both as res
r poets quality and yield. only send You this
i part OF my experiment thinking perhaps that
o some one has tried 1t more satisfactorily than
/ have.
: PLAsTER.-Is veritable Old Hayes among
$ the numerous thieves Of manure, that hang
/, around the farmers premises at this season Of
! the year. Heat is great thief No sooner
does vegetable die than it begins to decom-
pose, and the ammonia in it is dissipated.-
! Throw these weeds and vegetable wastes into
a heap, and cover with dirt and sprinkle with
plaster, and no iaaAA@aia will escape. The
fresh faces OF AM Tsery soon begin 10 sen! seno
| off ammonia. 1872 h sufficient quantities.
will save it. 7 sSfhd rains arc constant
" fching away Shost precious part Of thu
manure heap. A barrel of plaster should al
ways be kept in the stables and be sprinkle,
wherever there is the least moisture. 1t vii
keep the atmosphere sweet, and promote tn
health of the animals. 1t should he used free
0 " in the privies, and about the sink spouts an
4 cutters. There are few farm. houses wher
| plaster would not save ten times its cost i
4 valuable fertilizers. Use plaster freely
d warm weather.
i. Down WIN THE WEEDs.-Have you eve
l.. considered how much Of ruin TO future iarl
10 crops lies in the patch of weeds yOnder The
ne are sapping the land now, but that is nothn
re in comparison with their future history. 1t
perhaps, group of thistles. Pull of one
at those ripening heads, and count, if You cal
the number of seeds wrapped up like arrows
es a culver. Every one of those seeds is prOvit
le ed with a feathery tall that will expand an
= float Oft the seed in the air, like balloon. TIL
ir seeds in that single thistle head will probabl
ty be scattered over twenty acres, before til
in snow falls. And every plant has some curiot
no provision for scattering its seed far ADD wild
= Some are so light that they float in the ali
to others will just float in water, and the wintt
he rains carry them to great distance from the
to birthplace. The only safeguard against ii
= spread of weeds is the eternal vigilance Of ii
in farmer. Cut up the weeds, by the roadsd
,rs ander the walls, in the garden, on the manu-
TO- heap, in the cornteld, everywhere. At /
ng future time can you abate the nuisance
he sasily as now.-.Agriculturist.
OF Lighthouses. before the dog-days Al
o od gone, and while ice is grateful addition
" the water pitcher, while butter melts and me
- spoils for want of it, build the ice-house til