New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-01

syersgc cost Per bush deductns onsqusrter manure,
81 cents. mlls" f.ns rrn.l
We think 1t would be fair TO deduct onehsl the cost
Of the manure. for the effects Of well MANFRED field Of
decidedly apparent in the grass crop for sew.
Hoe to Gros CaJ5a9es.-H T. T.. in The H,.c England
Farmer says: When transplant, which am as like
ly to do Summer day as on any other pour little
water round the plant and Immediately lay leaf
Of burdock rhubarb or grape and let It wilt down over
the leaf and remain there two or three days then re
move them, hoe them. ard place platform OF newspa
pers around the plant which may DC rapidly done ny
tearing up pieces eight inches square, tearing slit In
one side to the center and placing little earth on the
edges This will keep on the ,s snUpV IT, pase pSS
another In this way never fail Of cabbages II don't
let the COWS get in aud eat them upT
Hoa 20 Train To,7aioss.--The same writer says: To
train tho tomato knock flour barrel pieces take one
of the hoops and Of the slaves sharpen one end OF
them and nail the other ends 70 the opposite sides oil the
hoop set it over the plants and drive 4 INTO te groaau
The vines viii hang the edge ofthe hoop free rom
the ground Set the in toe next hill ct right an
giles with those in the first and let the hoops just come
together and tie them with string IN sucn way 40 $50 70
and money you may efectually train all your tomatoes
These may be- little matters, but they will insure great
crops" =.
Fin. Clay as Dres,ins for Sores.-Dr SHREDDER Of
Leipsic recommends the Of clay as the most ener
geic, the most innocent, most simple and tue most
economical OF palliative applications to surfaces yea
ing foul and moist discharges He moreover consid-
that 1t has specific action In acceerating the cure
Clay softened down In water. and freed from all gritty
particles is laid layer by layer over the affected part
10 the thickness OF about line If 1t become dry and
fall off, fresh layers applied TO the clcanSed surface
Tho irritating secretion Is rapidly absorbed py tne
clay and the contact OF air prevented The cure inns
goes on rapidly This c!ay.0ntment Las decisive &C
ton IN OF stid perspiraton Of the feet or arm
pits. A single layer. applied in the morning WIZ
supple and the pieces which fall off in fine powder
produce no Inconvenience"
Cotton cui,iration in holy-A traveller says: Got.
4. - iva hnain
II has been inaugurated since the Rebellion IN this
country Landholders are just learning the value OF
their soil 1t is the production Of great crops OF cotton
Ancient Pompeii Is surrounded with tins modern
product Over $500 have been obtained from single
acre and preparations making TO cultivate the crop
extensively in future The reign OF King Cotton IN
Gunny BaQs-The inquiry Il often made what Is
gunny bagi' The London Mechanics Magazine
tells all about It, 1t IS beg made from the coarse
spun hbers of plant which grows IN India, OF which
there are many varieties. On the Coromandel coast
this plant Is called goni, and gunny" corruption
Of this name. The cultivation Of tho chuti, jute or
"gunny hns been carried on for centuries in Bengal
and gvrs employment TO tens OF thousands OF nhaDlt
ants 1t is said that 800 600 tuna of ute are grown III
India Of which 100 900 suns are exported as gunny
bags. beside 900 tuns in raw state. The gunny
bag IL used for sugar coffee spices cotton, drugs IN
deed. almost every article which we pack IN dry CASKS
and boxes is In the East packed ia gunny bags ~
e!so made into mats carpets ropes paper and various
Erport Wenit1 Import Porsr,y-A late number OF Tie
LonisciIie (Ky) Dsmoerat has the following item:
Yesterday 80 OF oil cake shipped to England.
by way of New York from the oil mill II the virtues
OF oil cake wore properly understood In this country
this shipment abroad Of the cheapest feed we have at
any time would not take place. 1t 10 the same price
here as hay pound for pound and is worth more than
three times much for feed for either horses or cattle
II costs only 80 Der cent more than BRAN and worth
as feed five times much at least. hen corn worth
dollar bushe would suppose that the owners of
stock would be on the lookout Tor some cheaper mate
We should have some hope that farmers would look
for cheaper material II we did not see daily evidences
" lust such folly this. We are constantly exporting
wealth. and importing poverty We SHAH see the
fruits of this faaoy when the native wealth Of our
western soil N exhausted as that OF Delaware, Mary
land Virginia and other Atlantic States has been by
the same course where tobacco has been grown and
exported until the wealth Of the soil has been utterly
wasted Beside whole ship loads ~ oil cake sent from
this port have seen cargoos OF animal products tlat
is bones and chambers grcayes shipped 70 England
tor manure. No country can long withstand such
wicked waste.
Sgf as Manuys-Yllna5k Experiments pig Potafoes.-l
We select the following yaluable experiment In the use
OF salt: An application OF farm-yard dung at The
rate of 20 tuns per statute acre. produced tuns cWt
q potatoes of which "a per cent were diseased while
20 uns Of armyard dung and y cwt OF salt per acre
produced - uns is cwt Of potatoes and ~ tlns OF
dung with a oBt Of salt and cwt OF lime per acre
produced 10 tuns OF potaoesi the proportion Of dis
cnsei potatoes in the two last named trials being IN
reality next to nothing or abou per cent
S,0riHg Manure UrdSr Corer-ifs ValEe.-.n Scotch
experiment with manure made from the same lot OF
cattle part Of Il stored under Sheds and part exposed
weather the following was IOtAtOjS
anured at the rate II 20 tuns per acre. with the IN
covered manlre yielded tuns cwt per acre with the
covered MANURE tuns x ew The succeeding season
wheat was grown Oh the held with further appliea
ton Of manure and the product OF straw and grain &C
curaicly nsccrtained showing AN apparent difference
lao much I'm favor OF the protected mnnure but the
piece Of wheat Winter killed unequally the two
PARTS Of tho ll this result has not so great weight as
that Of the previous season."
Where manure Is exposed to the weather, large ad
mixture OF litter loan, peat az muck. answers instead
of roof Wen bulls comp0st-heap will not absorb
water from the rains sufficient TO lesson tho value OF .h
manure.
Massachusetts, fsrmer has found corn spoiled In
burnt building 4 very valuable manure.
S,fas PuagkiHs-Ihe English papers have been lately
exDatiaiug upon the valve OF crop under the Dene OF
..CAttle Melon" They commend Is in tue following
nogery terms In which although the fruit Is void of
atic flavor there Is OdOr OF some pumpkins
new green crop, yielding 40 tuns per acre Of a
food especially adapted kF mich cows as. beng,yoid
II al Aromatic favor II COMMUNICATES mona to milk
. IL is readily eatal by cattle sheep and pigs. |
Is easy of cultivation exauSts the land less than any
root cr1s being less tmo IN the ground. and deriving
40 much nutrmcnt from tho atmosphere through the
large and luxurut foliage il is more certain 70 plant
than root crops having fewer cmiss and may be eul
tiYated upon al soils suliabls for root crops
Lrst American farmers should be induced By this
atemeni 10 send England FOR seeds Of the "catto
melon We take this opportunity Of giving them The
Information that tie orgine seeds were from farmer
IN lndiaha, Who sent tLam to IA English nend recon
mending tie prolgci 90 q valuable cattle food.
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