The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-06-09
T6e Gatputia 9eats.
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

IS universally recognized. 1t Is equally
necessary for thriftiness in garden vegets-
bles. Il is of course well known thai the
same vegetable should not be planted in the
same locality from year 70 year. The fol.
lowing rules for rotation in the garden, we
owe to the Sar6Er6an Eort;enltsTist
Turnips should not follow any of the
surnip tribe. sea-kale or horse-radish: peas
should not follow beans. In general, plants
of the same natural order, or tribe, should
not follow each other.
Carrots should not follow beets, nor on
ions potatoes; that is, plants which draw
their erstenauce from near the surface
should alternate with those that run deeper;
and conversely.
Plants which remain several years in the
same soil, should alternate with those that
occupy given soil for shorter period.
Plants the produce of which is gathered
in summer, should be succeeded by those
whose produce is gathered ia winter.
Some garden plants are allowed to ripen
their seeds; such should not succeed each
other.
The rule of rotation in crops is based on
the principle that every plant while taking
one element from the soil restores another.
Rotation should be managed, then. SO as 10
make successive crops take particular re-
siduum left by one plant, and leave behind
specific element for another. A study of
the chemical constituents of garden plants
will very much aid in applying the rule of
rotation successfully.
LARGE SHEEP SALE.-Daniel Kelley, of
Du Page county, in this State, recently sold
TO Henry Attrell, of Texas, one two year
al hY,nE GsT4r,O
bucks at 800 each; 8 yearling ewes at
800 each. These yearlings were among
the finest in his flock and were pure bred
Spanish Merino. He sold to this party EGO
sheep, including the above, mostly last
years lambs for $500, reserying the wool
and shearing the sheep before he delivers
them. This sale comprises not quite the
actual increase of his flock in one year. Is
it any wonder Mr.. Kelley regards sheep
husbandry more profitable than the sowing
Of grain exclusively Chicago Prairie
Farmer.
PLANTING PEAS DEEP TO PRoLoNe BEAR
INe.-Elihu Burritt says IN the homestead:
1.-The theory, recently advocated, of plan
ting peas very deeply in the earth, in order
to prolong the bearing capacity of the vines,
has been well tested in Williamstown and
found to be correct. A farmer told me that
he plowed furrow beam deep; then scat
tered the seed peas at the bottom; after
which he turned deep furrow upon them
with his pillow, covering them, if possible,
to the depth of twelve to fourteen inches.
They pushed their way up through the
thick mass of earth very soon, and, instead
of turning yellow at the bottom and dying
after the first gathering, they blossomed
and bore until he was tired of picking the
pods.
THE Sun AND APPLE TREE.--James Den
iston takes exceptions to the conclusions of
some of the members of the Cincinnati Hor-
ticultural Society, that the injury done to
the apple tree on the southwest side, is
caused by the hot summer sun. and records
his belief in the Ohio Valley Farmer that
the injury, or sap blight that is destroying
orchards so rapidly. is caused by the SUMS
rays in winter. He supports his position
with the following reasons
list. That the intensity of heat commu-
nicated BY the suns rays to the stock of a
tree is in proportion to the number of said
rays that fall on given area of its surface.
ed. That the effect of said rays on trees
is the greatest at that time of the day when
the mercury ranges the highest.
8. The summer rays to the horizon or
plane of the earth ara winter rays to the
object or body of tree. and
vice versa; consequently, there are greater
number of the SUMS rays falling on given
area of the surface of tree in the winter
than in the summer, which would of course
produce greater heat there in proportion to
The temperature of the surrounding atmos-
phere. than in summer.
4th. That the mercury ranges farther in
The winter than in the summer, day 20
degrees above zero, and the sun impinging |
its rays against the body of the tree with
he effect aud relation of July sun to the
horizon, and perhaps in 48 hours or less,
he mercury 10 or go degrees below zero.
With this view of the case before rs, is it
my wonder that our fruit trees are decay
ng?
It is true, for young orchards, to train
bur trees with low heads, as recommended
By the Committee, would, in the main, be
ample protection. But we have some bear
ing orchards of longer bodies than recon-
mended that / still loiter about, and if it is
agreed upon by all hands that these trees
should be protected, how different our &C
ton. In July and August the Committee
would be busily employed in hot weather to
protect the bodies of the trees to the South |
west, whilst would look out at the almost |
vertical rays of the sun, and remain in the
shade and try to keep as cool as cucum-
Der. But the warm days in the winter
would be my time TO work, and would Ell
Their set up boards against the south
side of the trees, or tie rye straw or other
shielding substances in that relation. to all
The thrifty, smooth barked trees in the
orchard.
CARRors FOR HoRsEs.-Per Contra to
an article published recently in this pa
per rejecting on the value of carrots
for horses, a correspondent of the
American Stock journal says: When
analysed, it gives but little more solid mat
ter than any other root, IS per cent. being
its influence in the stomach on
other articles of food is most favorable, con-
ducing to the most perfect digestion and
This result, long known TO
practical men, is explained by chemists as