The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1865-12-28
AGRICULTURAL

AGRICULTURAL.
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CARMEN woRKI. FOR DEoEMBER, 4
There Is nothing that can be done in
the open garden during this month;
but where the farmer has provided
himself with frames and glasses, the
following suggestions. may be useful .
Every mild day tinco YER the frames
in which your canlifowers are growing
Prop up the frames a short distance,
but do not take them off entirely. In
the afternoon let down the glasses and
cover aAup carefully with mats for the
might. Oh ,sasq bel .gsqolsaH4 .s75es4 90
Sow lettuce seed in fire. mes Mes IF you
have any lettuce plants gyrowing on a
warm border, protect ther with light
coveriag,eff straw and br, ish, but not
sufficient to choke them. asir us.
ALL the seeds of small salading may
H y q
be sown inehot. beds; taking care to
give the plants air in mild weather, and
covering them Of nights with mats. I'd
If the soilof the gard, IN is of a
heayystexture and the sea son proves
to be an open enc, much ad, 'antage may
be derived from dressing the beds heay-
lily with manure, spading the. soil deep
iy, but leaving It rough, so as: to expose,
the largest possible surface to the action
of frost ~ Maryland Farp,t'r. +.
LII you invest your money lin good
farm and a. rot cultivate itw ell, it is
'the same as marrying a good wife, and
,se enslaving her as to crush ] Ter 4ener-
gies and break her heart.
wa4 BIG POTATO.
A sweet potato, raised by VIM. j.
Robinson, gu his farm in, Str ats Dis
triet, has been left at our office It.
measures three feet and ten inches in
length. Can anybody br ing us a bigger
one?-Dorchester News.
,THE soNIoN +GRuB.jG 5aaA
Ths2parent Of these grubs,s says the
Saturday Evening (Covington) oAmerii-
can, begins to. edeposit her eggs just
within the sheath Of the young onion
plants early in inIliAM May, a preventive. Of
this, we are told, is to sprinkle fresh
pine sawdust all over the surface of the
onion bed as soon as the onions are we'll
abov. Pie ssii The 1sawdust need not
be put on thickly; but d little fresh
might be sprinklcd Q n once week until
the bulbs are safe We have faith Tin
this preventive beca use the turpentine
fumes emitted hyitbye sawdust arc OBJ
noxious to all insects and might keep
away the Hi4a.2 snHo2 Esa 81
KEEPING CABBAGE.
Wshase 40 reason to change our old
mode of keeping cabbages through the
winter; and to those who have not stored
theirs weAa gsin commend it as all that
is desitsbleH Take up the cabbage by
the rcots-set, i closely together in. rows
up to the head in Soil, roots do,on, the
same as q gFows--driye in posts at the
ceraers of the bed and intermediate
spaces if necessary, higher on one side.
than the othef nail strips. Of boards,
lathiiof Anything else that, will answer el;,
onslthess lay upon these old
boards, doors, or if you have nothing
else bean poles and corn fodder, SO that
the roef viii be clear of the cabbage and
allow tie ah q cirsulate -e,lOse up The
sides with yard Or garden ofal of any
kind-and yopr cabbage win keep all
winter, fresh and green, and be accessi-
'ble at all times, or nearly so. the frost
mot being nearly 80 lseFere under this
proteetioHaas in exposed places, We
haye pursued this plan for years and It
has always given satisfaction. Remem-
Der eselude moisiafe never mind the
frost which j. 2 benefit rather than an
injury. Ger Ie1 Telegraph;
FARM TOOLS.
"a coating 81 three parts lard and one
paFssosias applied to farm tools Of iron
or steel 1Fiif effectually prevent russ
.asEh5d afta little bear, II think, '.said
Quaker u 4 fsshionable belle 1t an
evening parta E'sir?9 exclaimed The
diznlayed one About the shoulders,
Tlnsab snilingly replied he. 3,
A. German being required to give !