The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1860-11-15

FARM-@Lay up manure 10 compost
Gather leaves from the woods aud place
them in bog-peus, compost, a., &c
Recolleot that the inorganic constituents
of all growth are TO be mora plentifully
found 10 their leaves than in. any other
part. If you desire to start no:-Seds IN
the Spring, save large quantity OF leaves
under cover ior that purpose. Do not at
tempt to winter more stock than you have
abundant means of providing tor. At
tend TO tic condition of stables, that they
be Sar.n aud we'll ventilated; cut hay,
roots, aud corn stalks before feeding -
Cattle should be fed at intervals, three
times day, and giyea clean pure wa er
twice.s day. In mild weather it is well 10
allow stock TO range in an enclosure on4
hour ea'h day. If yonny animals are bad
" fed, they never thrive well afterwards.
Should the season remain sufficiently open,
ridge clayey soils, and let yolr land be-
storing up ammonis from the atmosph re
for spring use. the frost viii thus have an
opportunity of destroying many insects,
aud dressing OF six bushels Of refuse salt
to the acre on these ridges, will do away
with one. e.lhird the usuaIquaniiy of weeds,
and nine tenths Of the insects. To i'm
prove tho mechanical conI lion Of heavy
clay soils, plow in h,ng, or unf,rmented
manures. Ridged ground will be rea "
for tilage in enrly Spring.
Cut wood TO be burnt twelve months
hence. II practicable, under-drain wet or
heavy lands.
ORcnARD AND FRUIT GARDgS.- Att nd
to pruning grape vines; protect tend-r
vines with hay or straw; save cuttings,
label, tie them in oun hes; stan these OIL
end. and bury in Garth or in san'l. in or
out OF doors; choice grape cuttings, 10 b.
ttarted under glass can be stv in the
same way Apply fertilizers 10 fruit trees;
munure Strawberries; cover rasp erry
vines with aboIt two inches OF earth
Bank around tres to prevent the attack Of
mice. Remove grape layers from th' ps
rent vines Gratis nay bo cut. and pre-
served as formerly dire ted. Fruit trees,
grape vines. backberrirs, r,spbArres.
gOoseberrie4, aud currents, may be set out
this month. II the weather is mod.rale.-
Make those lences intcnIe 10 be use rs
rellisss.
KITcHES GARDES.-Attend 70 cold frames
and see them properly prolcC'ci. Donot
Jet your late crops b, Groz9n in tho e onnl
Put away turnips. beeti, ca"rot' and pIrs,
nips in cellars or pits. II in pits, maze
them in sandy soil On slop9, if possible;
excayating space six let wide, to the
depth Of eight or ten inches, pill roofs in
the pit Until the heap is four feet high 10
the oentar, slantins II the sides. then pu'
u hglfinch covering Of straw. aud over
with two feat of earth, taking care topre-
serve the shape Of the pile so that it IN ~
shed water. For along pile il is necessa-
ry TO offer means Of escaps for nj jis'ur4
every fifteen feet
TO keep celery, pack il in tight posi-,
ton, in trenches fourteen inches deep and
ten wide, then draw the soil well up to it.
leaving only sm'll portion Of tie tops
exposed cover one inch with hay or straw,
Cover spinage. shall>'s, young onions,
out door lettuce. and cabbags, with cedar
brush if you nave il, and il not, sal. hay.
flag OF straw, Pro oct cabbage as former
ly directed. Dress and cover asparagus
bels. sailing them freely, Cover rhubatb.
Dress globo arlichoke as directed under
that head. Dig up horse ra dish aud save
for winter use.
HARvEsTINg BE2Ns-It seems to hO
supposed by some that bsans sho'd remain
in the tisld ung,thered, until they are fully
ripe and ready to shell out. Experience
shows that this is neither necessary nor
wso Watch for tho tim1 when the leaves
Of the plant begin to turn yellow. and the
poIs have become plump anl hard. Then
pull and stack them up in the field loose
ly. putting few stones or cross pieces o
wood underneath each stick, TO keep tn,
bottom tier dry. and to promote ventilla
ton on the whole. Do MT forget 10 stalk
them firmly, to prevent the stacks from
blowing over.
Beans so managed, will ripeu good
deal afler being gathered. and will com
mand much higher price in market than
if they had been leiI standing longer, and
80 been nipped by the frost. and draggled
aud solked in the mud. Let them remaiu
thus stacked until dry enough for thrash
ing,
How To KEEP EGes.--A correspondent
at GoOdwinsyille. N, j.. has hal good
success in keeping eggs in the following
manner: With an inch.nnd half augor,
holes we're bored in shelves. whieh were
put up in cool cellar protected from
frost. The eggs as fast as cole ted, were
sot IN these holes, with the little end down
ward, Some were used in three mont S,
and the balance 10 little aver u yoar ron,
tho time Of storing. snd alI were reported
as perfectly good. The cellar in which
theeggs were kept so we'll. must. we think,
have been very dry and cool. II would
bs we'll lor those making this experiment
to try small quantity al first; lhay might
not keep as we'll under all circumstances
as IN the above case.