Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-15
AGRICULTURAL.
FAku. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


/ sowed buckwheat OF the 22d of
May. last year, and expected by so do
ing to realize lots of honey" and a
"big" crop of buckwheat, but failed in
both. That is, my bees got but little
honey, and L did not think the buck
wheat worth cutting; on part of the
ground sown / raised a magnificent
crop of weeds: on that part of the
ground where the buckwheat got the
advantage of the weeds, il appeared to
do well, and when the timelc came round
to harvest it, / couldn't discover the
grain.
Was the blossom blasted by the
heat, and did / not make blunder by
sowing too early?
/ would like TO know of the farmers
living on the line of the Terre Haute Il
Alton Railroad, when they SOW their
buckwheat IN order to realize good
crop. find so far as my observation
extends, that whenever a good crop rs
realized, the bees obtain a good supply
of honey also.
Many farmers do not like to SOW
buckwheat on their land because it rs
some trouble afterward to kill it out,
but it appears to me that the import
ance of sowing it will soon become app
parent to all; for, since the almost total
failure of the wheat crop for two or
three years, it will certainly be prefera-
BILE to have buckwheat, as "a change IN
winter and spring, than to live on corn
cake the year round.
CULTIvATING FLowERs--It is sur
prising how little attention rs given by
the majority OF people TO the cultiva-
ton Of flowers. And it rs the more
surprising, when we consider how al
most universal is the admiration which
they call forth. One can hardly pass
through the street with little bOquet,
or even a single pretty flower, without
at once becoming the object of attrac-
ton. The little girls ON broadway who
offer for sale their nOsegays, and little
lunches of sweet violets, If not patron
lied at all, are at least smiled upon, as
someway elevated above their unfOTtu-
nate sisters who sell matches and shoe
strings. Who that has noticed the at
teniion bestowed by the passers-by,
upon neat courtyard, adorned with
few bright flowers, but has wished
the flowers were more plentiful and
more Tree VIC hFNNt HtC bhb
ing a beautiful flower without feeling
that. through the flower, that person
is approaching nearer the Great Giver
Flowers are not only among the kind
est. but also among the most free gifts
OF Providence. They may be enjoyed
more or less by all. Those who can af
ford the attention and necessary ex-
pense, may cultivate the rare exOtics of
other elimes. Those who have the i'm
clination may, at no great expense, en-
10Y the floral luxnries of the green
house throughout the year. But all,
who have a few square feet Of soil eX
posed to the sun, with little care,
may, during the winter and simmer,
have plenty of flowers. There are
scarcely any, even of the residents IN
cities, who may not cultivate a few
blooming plants.
In the country, the householder
is ineXcusable who has not his flower
beds and his rose bushes, his lilacs and
his creepers. And yet how much these
beautiful things are neglected. How
many there are, even OF those 1--WE are
sorry TO say it) who will read these
lines, wi o never give thought or time
TO the flowers; and whose homes are
only redeemed from the gloom of sur
rounding barrennes, by the unassisted |
labOrs of the women to have something |
bright near their dwelling. Shame on |
the men, we were going to say; but we |
hope that IN very many eases ii is oW-
ing 10 mere thOughtlessness. And |
therefore we say to all, don't fail TO chi |
tivate flowers. They cost almost moth |
ing, compared to the enjoyment they |
will give. A spare hour now and then, |
at morning or evening, will do the pre- |
paratOry work, and all the attention |
they require through the season, will |
be amply repaid by the bright sun
shine not only of the flowers; but of the |
family.
Now is the time to prepare the flow.
er-beds. Make the soil deep, mellow |
and rich. Use none but we'll rotted |
manure. Dig 1t up whenever the |
ground rs sufficiently dry; it will be |
none the worse if it have second |
digging before planting. Nothing il |
gained by planting in this latitude |
before May. Plants may be started in
the hot-bed. or in the house. but seed |
planted in the open ground will germi |
nate satisfactorily, only when the |
ground has become warm. Bedding
plants will also do much better when /
transplanted in May, than earlier. |
Nothing makes a prettier show in a |
lawn, than bed of verbenas or petu- |
Mas, and they will bloom with very
little care till the frost comes
We were going 10 suggest certain
varieties of seeds, &c, bat it IS unnec-
essaTY. Your wife. or yOur daughter.
your sister, and yOur mother too, will
tell yOu which are the prettiest, and
you had better follow their advice; you
may be sure their taste is true. Seeds
and plants are advertised in great album
dance, and will cost bnt trifle 30 have
flowers that will yield you in satisfac-
tiOn hundred fold.-N y. Observer.
FOoT RnT Last summer we eXter-
minated it in a flock of $50 sheep, in
which $50 were badly affected. We
use one preparation of blue vitrol pull
verified and mixed with pine tar, with
turpentine TO cut the vitrOl and make
it hold for mild cases, and butter or
chloride of anthony for severe cases.
We handled every sheep in the flock,
placing the mixture IN every hOof with
"A small swab; this adhered to the hoof
for some time, curing the first stages
of the disease and keeping the sound
feet from contagion. ..s '..
In those cases IN which the foot had
commenced to ulcerate, we cut away
the hOof with a sharp knife, being
careful not to cut deep enough to cause
the blood to flow, until every part of