The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-13
AGRICULTURAL.
The Kitchen Garden.

: Continue to complete all un-
finished operations, heretofore di-
rcctcd: such IS the preparation Of
the ground, by trcnching, digging,
laying out and applying manures.
This Is the busy season in Southern
gardens. Your beds should have
been deeply dug or sub-soiled
during the preceding month, and
heavily manured upon the surface,
and the manure lightly covered
with the plow. Manurcs applied
! deeply have comparatively but
little immediate effect. Want Of
manure is the great want Of South
ern gardens, and for this cause
only, Lettuce and Cabbage refuse
! to head, Radishcs grow slowly.
and are peppcry and stringy-
Onions will not button, Turnips
, are Of small size. hot and tibrous,
! BcetS are late and lack sweetness
in short cvc1ythingfails in SUCH
! Icnce. favorand carlincsS. Insects
are more troublesome on the feeble
plants ofunmanurcd gardens. We
saw at Cincinnati more manure
piled up to be applied to market
gardens Of two or three acres,
already black with fatness, than
our planters put upon plantations
Of five hundred acres, garden
and all. What is the use Of plow-
ing, digging, narrowing, sowing,
wedding and hoeing, unless there
is richness enough in the soil to
make a frst-rate crop. To those
who lack good compost manure,
we advise the application Of Peru
Wan Guano, as q surface dressing,
sown now, and lightly plowed in
800 lbs. per acre will be none
too much. Apply, also, Super
Phosphate Of Lime, with the seed,
and as there is a great difference
in the value of this article, get the
best. We never intend, hereafter,
to plant Radishcs, Turnips, Cab
bage, and a good many other gar
den ps,without aliberal dressing
Of Super-phosphatc. Fresh stable
manures should no longer be ap-
piled, except to where corn, beans
and the later and coarser crops
are to be grown. Reserve the
rest carefully, and what is not
needed for hot beds, make into
composts, with turf, swamp earth,
or leaf mould. Press forward the
work IN good weather, oryou will
find yourself behind-hand the COM
inc month. Still, do not be hasty
in sowing. In this latitude, the
main crops Of hardy vegetables
should not be committed to the
earth until nearly the last Of the
month. Early crops, ifnot already
put in, ofPcas, Irish Potatoes, Tur-
nips, Carrots, Lettuce, Cabbayes:
Radishes, and the main crop Of
Onions. .LcekS, Parsley and Spinach,
should be planted at once. Cover
fine seeds, and indeed, all seeds.
with fine soil. Do not expect the
vcgetativc force Of seeds to press
upward the tender shoot through
small rocks: or hard Jumps OF clay.
The last Of the month, plant
early Corn, Okra: Beets, Carrots
and ParSnips.
Roots of all kinds should be ST
out in place. as Sage, Thyme.
Rhubar5. Seakalc. &c. lfyouhaTc
no Asparagus bed; procure roots:
il possible, and one at once. II
you cannot get roots. SOW the seed,
and raise young plants to form
the bed next seoson.
Cabbages raised in hot beds, or
kept over in a cold frame, may be
planted out the last Of the month.
We succeed better with winter
Cabbage, il sown in April.
Hot beds and cold frames should
now all be put in requisition to
bring forward early Tomatoes
Peppers, Egg-plants; &c.
Southern Cultirat0r.