The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-02-23
For the Upton Advertiscr.i
- Tho In rtleuns

had no experience in the management OF
4 kitchen eatarn, are offered, in the
hopes Of turning the attention OF some
Of your readers to this branch of agrlcui-
lural cmpl, ymcnt There is nothing
that pays 50, ,well--nothius more cond9'
Give to health. and may not add
pleasure, than the cultivation Of luSu'
RANT and we'll arranged garden. Moth
ing to my mind affords Ia greater sra''h,
cation than TO see all acre OF ground
covered With luxurast vines, delcleas
fruits and thrifty roots, SO bount''u''y
fer Us, by the benete''l u''sr
Of all good.
The :rea, secret Of alIthis i, moderate
labor applied ia the right d.rec''"g'
mostly consistin. in, deep and e!ea" GU
tivation. The rlow, the hoe. the s?@d"'
can produce wonders. ne NO; spare
them, it you would have god gsT@rn,
The more children YOU have between the
ages of Eve and ten the better. hep
them all in the garden. Ii is unpardon,
able for eny poor man, who has u large
dependant family, no, to make an acre OF
ground produce one hundred dollars
worth of Vegetables Give the necessary
tools-put the garden in the incest n',h
by pioving deep in the fall, again IN the
spring-harrowing it down fine, lfy"u
have manure, spread it on after plow'".
in the fall, two inches deep; there arc
some vegetables you cannot raise to per
fiction without it,; such as cabbage,
onions, melons, &c. II you have no
barn yard manure, save your ashes thry
ure worth a, Last 20 cents per bushel J;
SOW five or six to the acre.
BcIcrsoaded bcsccch you, every
man, woman ard child to have a garden,
and to cultivate it in the best manner
possible. Of course there arc vast
many things connected with gardening,
that cannot be noticed here. There are
many very reliable works on gardcn'n"
TO be obtained at the bookstores for II
dollar. sum that bears no proportion
to the benefit that may be derived from
perusal Of them.
ASPARAGUS. This is very excellent
and desirable vegetable 1t is par,icu
larly valuable on account of the carly
season it comes forward, and is fitted for
the table Whcr it has attained thr
growth Of four years, it may be cropped
full two MOUTHS
Lay of your bed some sixty feet IN
length and five feet in width. This will
afford a ,o!erat'c supply for one ordinary
sized family. Throw out the earth two
or three spades dccp-thc deeper the
better. If i, is three feet deep, put i"
the bottom, to the depth Of six inches,
old hats, shoes, boots, rags, bones, &c
these will serve to keep the bottom 0;
your bed dry, which is important. Don't
be afraid Of spending little time in per
fce.in- your bed 1t will pay, and last
you some twenty years, with but little
additional labor. lui into the bottom
Of your BID, some four inches Of manure,
then four Of soil, and thus alternately,
till finished, wi,n It viii he from four 10
six inches aborc the surrounding surface.
Having thus finished your bed, stretch
your line alons Iengthwisc, one foot from
the outer clse, aud open trench six
inches deep and as many wide Take
your roots aud set them in the ditch,
with their crowns against the outside Of
the trench one foot dit mt from each
other; haul back your earth aud TIE
crown Of your plant viii be some four
inches below the surface Finish your
bed in this manner, which will give YOU
three rows one foo. apart. Now sow on
the bed some two quarts Of salt, and tw"
inches Of manure
| would remark hcro if you raise your
own roots, sow your seed carly III the
spring. When your rrut> are up, thin
them to six incics IN tie rcr-thc spring
following You may ,rya,p'amt ia"u,
Asparagus should IT,; be ga ~ooncr
than Tie third year, ~nd then but spar
ingly. The fourth year Viii produce u
full crop. In the fall as soun as the
frost sets in, gather off the stalks, and
cover Tie bed with from two t. three
inches Of mannrr, and sly quar-, Ct salt
or some old brine.
Hor to cut I--T.l;c sharp knit,
and run it some one or Two inches into
the earth and cut it S,a1;lug III iuch 0
SO helow the surface
Hou to cooA u.-ln the frs, p,ac
Gu, off the tough, white part Of tn
stalks. Put them into small bundle,
and boil them tro,u iitt,cn to invent
minutes. according to their ace. y III
tie salt should be put into he stew par
Toast large slice Of brc d. and lay
in the bottom Of vegetable dish. The
mois,cn the toast with ht;lc water i'ro
the stew pan, and butter it When Il
asparagus is taken up and drained, it
to be laid un the toa... and the S;rin.
removed Serve with m,I,,d butte. at
salt TO the taste.
HuuDAHH \ Pr PLANT This i,
delicious vegetables, among the Garlic
Of the season. II preparing tic @rouu
for this p'aut cover it f., with fro
two to four inches Of good rotten Ia
nurc Thirty plant:, i: well taken ca
Of, will produce a pretty COOL supply {
an ordinary sized family. i|1g lren,
three fesA vide and Two deep. pia
your roots three feet apart. i'ut aroul
each root a shovel full OF g1JI ashes, Al
keep the grouul Loose thraughput Il
season. In the fall pa, on uoyc manns
The pie plant should not i,c cropped /
first year have bout lVO0 one &c
old, Of the large kind. They will alto
pretty good supply if transplant
early, the first year. Price, from two
three cents
OSloS Rich ground ia wanted