Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-03-30
Gardening

We arc still induced to urge u far
mers the necessity Of having good gar
dens.
We have said that peas may be plant
cd early to secure early crops. They
will grow when the temperature is very
little above freezing. We saw them
in bloom in this city, last fall, after sew
eral frosts. They are a very hardy
plant. ,
In planting peas early the ground
should not be soggy or mucky. Sandy,
light soil, undraincd, will suit them
best. Plant them three inches deep
early in the spring, and at a later pc
Rod much deeper. We have known
them produce best when planted to the
depth Of seven inches. They will
come up about as soon as if planted at
less depth: and will bear longer and
make more vigorous plants.
Potatoes, if you have suitable land.
can be planted early, the ash-leated
kidney natures very quick; but they
have in the States tie "Early June"
which is a larger and much superior
pOtatoc'
You can SOW beet seed carly. by
all means. for this purpose, get the seed
of the Early Bassan". 1t comes very
onick and is Il delicious vegetable.
Later, the Early Blood Turnip Beet
does well.
You can try some Early short top
long scarlet radish. If the weather
should be favorable and You can give
the bed Il fair exposure to the sun, You
can probably succeed in raising good
rdishcs. You can also SOW early 81
IBERIA Lettuce seed. This variety is
rood when small, and when the plants
are thinncd out to one foot apart, they
will fill the space, and become delicious.
We repeat the recommendation of
sowing early cabbage seed, and tomato
seed in q hot bed. If this cannot be
done conveniently, put some earth into
Il small box, mix it we'll with rottcd
mmurc plant your seed III it. set it in
the sur in the daytime and take it in
at night. You can in this way raise a
few dozen plants, which will be found
of great service in procuring these We
gctablcs craly.-F'Tmfr.
TO PREVENT "SKIPpERs" IN HAMS.
In a communication to the Cotton
Puntr.. Mr.. W. Melville says:
"Thcrc is, according to my expert
cncc. nothing easier than to avoid the
skipper and all worms and bugs that
usually intcst and destroy bacon. 1t is
simply to keep your smoke-house dark.
and the moth that deposits tie egg will
never enter it. For the past twenty
five wears | have attended to this, and
never have had my bacon troubled with
any insect. l have now hanging i'll my
smokc-housc hams one, two and three
wears old, and the oldest arc rs free
from insects as when first hung up. !
am not aware Of other causes for the
exception of my bacon from insects,
but simply the fact that my smoke
house is always dark. Before adopting
this plan, l had tried many experiments,
but always either without success or
with injury to the flavor of my bacon.
l smoke with green hickory; this is
important, as the flavor of bacon is
often utterly destroyed by smoking it
with improper wood
ABsCoNDISG DEEs.-Although strict
~ out of season We propose to record
the following mode which is recon-
mcndcd for disconnected workers.
Watch the hives closely forashort time.
1t can soon be pretty we'll determined
whether they intend to remain. In
that case they will ut nee commence
building comb; and peculiar rubbing
sound can be heard upon applying the
car to the side of the hive. If, how
ever, they hang about idle, as if discon-
tented with their new home, they are
probably meditating removal. Then
close the entrance so that only worker
bees can pass, to confine the queen.
If this cannot be done readily, carry
the hive to a dark room and keep them
confined two or three days. Give
them water and honey with which to
commence comb building. 1t is also
accommodated %D ;u<uO1uoo intr <hn