New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-01

roots which have been disturbed either by the rpheav
ing rosis or the winds blowing away the hgn' eoi III
the dry Winter. The crops are all sowh III dsi 'ne'e
is no exceoiona broadcast sowing have never seen.
The hoenc and wedding Is therefore easily performed,
ard in the first boeine the earth is always drawn up
freshly abor. the roots no matter what the crop may be-
simultaneously with this cultivation ia the application
Of monures which with very slight exceptions are az
pued in LIQUID state 10 the growing crop This is mi.
yersal ON all the dry upland crops; the wet rice fields
are treated differently as shall mention hereafter
The farmer is very busy with this work in the months Of
February March. AID the early part of April going be-
tween his drills with bucket in one hand and wooden
dinner in the other. Ashes which are largely employed
are mixed with other manures such night SOIL the
drainage of eescpoos and applied in the manner
Where other manures are difficult to be obtained. sea
weed is employed having been thrown up in large heaps
TO decay till this be put into scmquid port
able form.
The and frequent rains Of Spring bring on
the crops apace and the first cultivation and maDurng
is not before wedding follows in this light work
the whole household assists wife and children, ard
most thoroughly is it done. Owing to the general use OF
night soil and the comparatively small use of animal
manures, the wedding is not aboTous, and u Is peas
TO how clean Of weeds or strange grasses every
cultivated field is kept The whole cultivated surface
laid OF into patches o. irregular size and shape &C
cOrd.ng 10 the conformation OF the ground, and DeWceh
these patches and dividing them are narrow edgnss o.
turf while threading and nterlacng the fields in every
direction are turf bordered paths wide enonGn Tor men
and horses to freely pass The turf in Oh these borders
and edcings is kept closely pared to check the growth
and spread OF Ncxious weeds. Were our own farmers
persistent in this work, VIC should soon nave done
with Canada s,peshaps they will be when Amer
lea becomes as thicky populated as Japan, labor be-
comes cheap and our agriculture becomes as ts
here, general system Of horticulture!
The manner in which these fields are aid ont give 20
The Landscape Ct its chief charms Here ind out IN
small and regular squares, there in seInicrcaiar
sweep along tie bend Of hill stream, again IL oVa
tYanges or eourdshapod patches, as the natural inc
qualities the surface indicate rising one above TIE
other or incinng with easy slope toward each other
and everywhere Uniform level surface is offered, the
dys presented to the eye at varying angles to each
other TO break up the uniformity, aud lns, with
the farmers Flooding work love CT order and pres
enee OF taste is manifest and the ordinary labcrer
becomes an ornamental landscape gardener.
The ect OF such training is everywhere seen in the
universal hardness OF the japanese laoorer-in his
skirfal management of few simple materials where
and poor enough many Of their fainhouses seem
to the passer by ye: there viii nearly always be found
on closer inspection indications Of love of the
beautiful and ornamental.
In some one nook corner, more commonly IN the
rear OF the house. may DO found border Of Towering
shrubs and pantsat least thus muchand from this
may be extended complete garden and landscape in
miniature where are cdgings Of turf, boz or dwarf
shrubs mountain, lake, and lawn in miniature. Or,
situated IS many OF these cottages ere, under tho bill!
side there will be the cool dripping spring irickng
over NOISY bank tic artificial gro', The pile Of rock
woik curainei with icyrs, or oyeTrUn with creepcrs
from Whose ntorstocs spring The dwarf azaeas and or
namental grasses; there are fay laicos OF bamboo.
screens OF reeds and ceilings of braided bal or wood
saayings that noose SIMMER apartment before whose
entrance the MlseEa swings its purple clusters. and
into wloseyeeesses ssp the odors Of lilies which fringe
tie pool Titlolf.
These effects al lie within the compass " TIC READY
taste and practced hand OF nearly every peasant you
meet: they aye not ralies bn, common evcry oay DC
longincs to many cottage whose smoky tiubeis pi"A
euol .hatch and un,!dy inmates seen from the way
side rive ekens Of the lote Of order and aplTecia
ton Of the simple beauties Of nature which are fosertd
under is Roof. H.