The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-04-09
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How 10 RAISE EAmY TuMAfors About
the frat Of April take few large turnips and
cut out the hearts VI them to form a sort Of
cup, rim the oa,idcSwilh earth and plant
Two or three tomato seeds in each, When
the seeds have well sproutcd, pull up all bat
ihe heallhiest plant Ia each turuir, and lei
those that remain stand where they will have
the benefit Of the sun the plant viii grow
very thnhy-the dseaying turnips furnish
ing IN food. When the weather becomes
sufficiently warm, set the turnip' Ia we'll pre-
pared lull, not less than ;hree feet apart,
make alh frames 10 keep the vines from the
ground, and keep the sol well hiled up
around Them and you will have a crop that
will astonish the npiycs Tie advantage
consists In getting the plants started early
without setting them back by transplanling,
--HaftsLpgh Republican,
pprAro CuLTURE-At meeting of tho
Farmers Club at New York, there was alqug
discussion on the best mode Of planting po'
tatoes, and rs usual, there we're diverse
opinions on the subject Several contcnded
in favor Of the best iubers for seed ia Ills
as IN al other vegetable productions. Pro
fessor AIApcs said the British troops station
cd At 81. Helena were employed In extensive
~ experimenting upon the growth Of potatoes
aud Gan. Bcatson, the commander reported
that "lhe largest potato, planted entire, cult
waited Hat, and at the depth Of ak inches,
yielded the best results
EASY TO MAKE ilor BCrs-Ncry many
are deferred from making one because they
suppose horse manure essential, aud having
none, do without hot bed, Til, is wrong
unnecessary. II you have waste straw,
leaves aud rubbish about your bnrn, rake il
in loose heap pour over /; a few pals Of
hot water, which will cause fermentation
right off ON top, place box Of cheap frame,
no matter how rough, but make IA tight rs
convenient, with sash and glass on top one
=tl,rrr sasiir-, aetardiHf, IA, the sihe If
your bed, aud your own notion. 4 day or
two after put in soil Of any description such
rs is convenient, lettuce, radiNhes, crcss Sc
Put two hills of oucumbcrs, or melons under
each sash, to remain after the lettuce, crcss
&c. is gone. You may start all the ANNALS
for the flower garden in this way. Better
put them in small pots and label them, As
pardgr or pie plant may be forced here in
stead Of the melons and eucumbcr.-
,y's journal n agriculture.
REARING CALvEa-.My method is this.
Take them from the COW at two days old,
and learn them 10 dHnk new milk When
they have learned we'll, mix u little warm.
ed skim milk with the new, adding more and
more until they will drink all skinned, and
that without warming. Then | add little |
sour milk, aud gradually increase the quani- |
ty until they will take all sour. This they |
viii generally do by the time they are two or
three weeks old.
have temporary stalls in the calf pasture,
aud a separate dish for each calf, so the hog
gish glutton cannot rob his moro eonsdcratc
md sensible neghbpr A little trouble, With
gentle treatment, will learn each calf to know
his stall as we'll as tho OK. There is another
advantage in tying them up it makes them
familiar with confinement in the best possible
manner. | think the stolls u decided i'm
provement upon the long trough and club
system, to admonish the more greedy that
they have had their share.
Many calves are ovcrfed for the first few
weeks, much to their detrimcnt in my opn-
ion | think onr.third or onc-halr of the |
milk Of an ordinary cor is ample feed for the
first four weeks. The quantity should then
he increased until they take the whole OF one
cows milk and it you add moro in the lat
ter part sr the summer it will be all the bet
tor
A calf fed with sour milk until fall will
show decided Improvement over the half
runt tAat was weancd Mt six weeks or two
months old, and With equally good keeping
through the winter, the well-fcd one will buy
a bakers dozen Of the lean ones, il you sue
coed in getting them through the Winter
consider uniformity in the quantity Civ
en-, and puuctuolity IN The time Of feeding of
great importance in the successful rearing Of
calves.
have tried letting a calf run with COW, 4
but that is poor policy, think, for if you do
no; keep up high feed through the winter ,
you have miserable booking animal Fl the /
spring and If You do yeu-haee , great, epef- u
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