Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-28
AGRICULTURAL.
FARM, GARDEN AVID HOUSEHOLD.
THE TOMATO AS rood.

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A medical authority ascribes to the
tomato the following very important
medical qualities:
First That the tomato is one of the
most powerful aperients of the liver and
other orgaus; where calomel is indica-
ted, it is one of the most effective and
least harmless medical agents known to
the profession.
Second That chemical extract will
he obtained from 1T that will supercede
the usc of calome- in the cure of disease.
Third. That he has successfully
treated diaTrhea with this article alone.
Fourth That when used as an article
of diet, it is almost sovereign for dys-
pepsia and indigestion.
FIN. That it should be constantly
used for daily food. Either cooked on
raw, or liz the form of catsup, it is the
most wholesome article in use
CABBAGE CULTURE.
The New York Tribune says the great
cabbage growers about New York city
generally calculate upon 10000 head
per acre, allowing four superficial feet
to each plant, which gives surplus of
3, $50 feet for missing plants. We sup
pose the crop may average five cents a
head, giving $500 an acre, which, con-
sidering it is a second or third crop of
the season, affords pretty good return.
Cabbages often follow peas. with which
radishes or lettuce have been
grown; the ground from which
an early crop of potatoes has
been taken. is often planted with late
cabbage. The soil of this crop must
be rich, and manure used unsparingly.
Hog manure is not approved i'll this vi
cinity; it is said that it produces ''club-
footed" cabbages. The gardeners pre-
fer rotation for this crop, though we
have known good cabbages grown upon
the same spot a dozen years in success
sion. Near city, there is no doubt
about the pTOftableness of the crop;
and we believe it valuable one for
food for cattle and sheep. 1t increases
the flow of milk, but it does not im-
prove the quality. Irrigation is valua-
bic where cabbage are grown, for they
require vast quantity of water as we'll
as manure. with deep tillage aud thor
ough cultivation.
ADVANTAGES OF UNDERTAKING..
| 1. 1t prevents drought.
q 1t furnishes an increased supply
of atmospheric fertilizers.
3. 1t warns the lower part of the
soil. A
4. 1t hastebs the decomposition OF
roots and other organic matter.
3. 1t accelerates the disintegration OF
the mineral matters in the soil
6. 1t causes more even distribution
of nutritious matters among the parts
OF the soil traversed by roots.
z. It prevents grasses from running
out.
s. It enables us to deepen the sur
face of the soil, by removing the excess
of water.
9. 1t renders soil earlier in the
spring.
10. 1t prevents the throwing out OF
grain in winter.
II. 1t allows US to work sooner after
rain.
u. 1t keeps off the effects of cold
weather i'm the fall.
IS. 1t prevents the formation OF
dcetic and other acids, which induce the
growth of sorrel and similar weeds.
H. 1t bastens the decay of vegetable
matter, and the finer communion o'
the earthly parts of the soil.
10. 1t prevents In great measure,
the evaporation of water, and the con
lsequent distractions of heat from the
soil.
Is. It admits fresh quantities OF
water from rains, &c, which are always
more or less imbued with the fertihzine
gases of the atmosphere to be deposited
among the absorbant parts of toe soil
and given up the necessity of plants.
IL. 1t prevents the formation of sc
hard crust on the surface of the soil a:
is usual ON heavy lands.
20. 1t prevents-in great measure
grass and winter grains from being
gci,ter killed. -F'arnser'S Magazine.