M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-06-03
Sgri cultural.
From the Ohio Cultiyator.
CuIsure @ of Vines.

obtained daring the hot days Of sum-
mer. The Mountain Sweet stands at
the very head ofthe LIST, as TO richness
of flavor. Plant on ricL land, plowed
deep and made fine. The rows should
not be less than ten feet apart each
way. In moist land, raise the hills a
little with the hoe before planting
Put 6 to s seeds in each hill and cover
about one inch thick, with fine yellow
loan.
AS soon as the plants are high
enough, give them a little mellow
earth, mlliug them up close to their
two broad leaves, which, fdone while
wet, or that some dust will adhere to
them, is as good a preventive against
the striped bug, as we have ever found;
though they frequently eat up whole
crop, after all we can do. lfany one
knows OF a remedy, they would confer
great favor upon the public, by let
ting it be known. We were told by
friend, last year, that he had put a
handful ofsaw dust on each hill, and
the bugs Immediately left, his reason
for which was, that as the bugs al
ways burrow in the ground at the root
of the plants, and are troublesome on
" in hot weather, and as the saw-dust
naturally absorbs heat from the sun,
it becomes SO hot that they cannot live
in it, so they leave. Ashes, plaster
or lime sifted on while wet with dew,
are good till they get washed of, when
they should 6e silted on again. d
all the pests Of the garden, this is the
worst. AS soon as you can see tht
rows, work ont the vines with horse
and cultivator. 1.-THE weather should
prove dry, stir the ground the oftener
Suffer not q weed to grow, especially
while the vines are small, and YOU
have a chance to tend with horse and
plow or cultivator. If the weather
should be showery, and the weeds
hard to kill by cutting up, cover thsm
up, and they will soon scald, and die.
This can be done the quickest with a
one horse steel pl0w, throwing ridge
to each row.
AS soon as all danger from the bugs
is over, thin the plants to two to each
hill, don't leave more; we would say
one, if sure that one would live, and
could have one in each hill. When
the melons begin to ripen, look out for
thieves; for although there has been a
great religious awakening, there are
yet some servants Of the Evil One who
are mean enough to prowl about oven
after night, and rob you Of the fruit Of
Your labor. Be on the alert, aud the
first fellow you catch, make an exam,
pie of him, that others also may fear
Let no false sympathy prevent you
from handing him over to the rigor of
the Jaw. 1t will be doing the offender,
also, a kiRtlnoss; for whoever begins
by stealing melons, are almost sure to
get to the Penitentiary, unless they
are reformed. Pant largely, so that
you can give literally to those who ask
for them, but the mean sneaking rogue
turn empty away. If you have more
melons than you know what to do
with, they will make most excellent
molasses. In fact, you could not put
an acre or so to better use, than rails
ing melons for molasses.
The Musk MELoN.-Of this varie,
ty, Skillman's fine netted melon is the
most delicious; we have tried twenty
kinds or more, but can get no one to
eat any other when they can get this.
The seed can be obtained Of almost
any dealer in seeds, even in our small
towns, and by all means buy them;
for there is no use in raising anything
worse than the very best. Five o.
six feet apart each way,is room enough
for them, as the vines are short, bu
laden protusely with fruit. There il
nothing better, or that pays better a
a market fruit. Cultivate same a
water melon. The fruit is known t,
be ripe by readily leaving the stem
or by a red looking substance oozin!
out at the stem.
CUcUMBERs.- Theseshould be plan
ted in rich soil, and not less than sev
er or eight feet apart each way. Th
Early White Spine is the best sort 70
either market picking. The strip
ed bug is very fond of cuculnbe
plants. They will consequently neet
a great deal of attention to preyen
theirbeing destroyed. Tend the sam
as the water melon, only being evel
more careful to keep the ground clea
of weeds, as it is very difficult picking
pickles in a weed patch. We have
always found pursely the most trou
blesome: as it comes late, after TIN
vines are large, and consequently hai
to be destroyed with the hoe, which il
not hard to DO il taken in time, but j
left till it grows large, it is very tena
ciouS Of life; so much so that it vii
ripcn its seed laid upon a stump or