Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-07-07
Agricultural.

Circumstances sometimes render II In
possible TO thoroughly prepare or
ground before planting, and it is of't
advantageous to manure it after it is u
This must be done at the time Of the fir
hoeing. A shallow furrow is made vii
a small pillow, on each side Of every ROY
few inches from the hills, turning tt
earth away from the row; should the fu
rows be too shallow in some places, ii
earth is worked out little with the fot
or hand. hoe, then small shovelfnl {
manure is placed on each side OF ever
hill and covered by turning the earth to
wards the hill. TIE manner of distribr
ting the manure is, to drive a loade
wagon astride of one row, so that tw
hands can each apply the manure to tw
or three rows Oh each side. When turn
ing a wagon around over the Young corr
if wheel is liable to run upon hill
place short pieces of plank or rails o
each side of il, which will lift the WACO
over without injuring the corn. Lime
gypsum, ashes, guano, hen manure, o
any other similar materials may often b.
very proftably applied, at the first hoeing
They should always be sprinkled over al
area Of several inches in diameter, al
around the hill, and covered and mingled
with the earth in hoeing. Guano, o
strong hen manure, if applied in thi
manner, will never work injury to tn,
young plants, unless they come 10 direc
contact with them, or an inordinate qnan
tity be used
To Preserve MEAT.-Mr. Rung has
published the following method for pre-.
serving meat: "ln an earthen pot pro-
vided with a good lid, pour an ounce Of
concentrated acetic acid place over il,
SO that it may not touch, CRATE of osier
or wood, and on this lay the meat 10 be
preserved, and then cover with the lid.
The acid evapora ing slowly envelopes
the meat, and at the end of twelve days
or fortnight it is both tender and sweet,
with an excellent favor
Tor DREssING.-Upon this topic
correspondent of the Albany Country
Gentleman says.
Top dressing is now the favorite, and
very good in its place. | have had my
mind called to it more or less for forty
years, but yet must say that the why
and the when are proper inquiries
From October until March there is but
little evaporation, and it may be spread
during that time especially on grass,
when the early start will soon cover it
But most of our manure hereabouts is in
stantly put on corn ground, and that
makes the compost bed for future crops.
/ have drawn and spread rotted manure
in the fall as fresh as it was made in the
stable in winter or spring, and all plow-
ed under in the spring for corn. On the
rotted manure | find that the corn start,
best and has the larger stalk, but on the
fresh the corn is better cared and the
ground for the succeeding crops. The
best root crops l have ever raised have
been when / applied fresh manure on
grass in the spring and plowed it in di.
rectly, then let it lay and dry, and culti>
vate several times before planting. On
one occasion did this and sowed ruta
bagas on the 4th of July, broadcast,
which produced the very best crop
ever raised, but there is risk in sowing
so late of its being destroyed by drouth.
PoTATo BLossoMs.-ln an article
stating the burying potato tops on the
spot where the potatoes are raised, Prot.
j. F. w. Johnston, who is, perhaps, asl
good authority on most agricultural mat
tiers as any living writer,-makes a states
ment which will seem singular, at least,
90 American readers. 1t is this that by
taking off the blossoms of potatoes--be>
sides the usual increase of the crop
the tops keep green till the the po-
tatoes are ''lifted," or dug as we call it.
''Thus much green matter is obtained i
and if this be made into manure, and APP
piled to the next potato crop, il is said to-
raise the largest produce of tuberS."
There are still many things in the com
mon operations OF the farm that are
strange and inexplicable to us, and there
probably always will be. Indeed, every
thing about us is mysterious. When
henbane and wheat plants grow side by
side, and Irvine around each other, aud
their roots permeate the same soil and
mingle together, one will secrete juices
that will speedily destroy life, and the
other that are nutritious and lifegiving.
Prof. Johnston speaks of this, in an
article commencing the use of green mat
ter to be plowed under, as a comparative
ly cheap and easy mode of enriching
the soil.-N. E. Farmer.
SURFACE MANURING.--For many
years we have advocated and proved by
the most indisputable evidence that sur
face manuring OF the land is the best
mode to apply dung in a general sense,
and that some of our best farmers had
adopted it with respect to many of their
crops.
We notice in the last number of the
GeneSee Farmer, short communication
from that intensely practical farmer.
John johnson, on this subject, in which
he sustains, in few words, all that has
been said in our columns in its favor, toI
wit II have used manure, only as top
dressing, for the last twentv-sx years.
and do think one load used in that way
is worth far more than two plowed under
on our stiff land. Germantown Tel.