Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-29
AGRICULTURAL.

How THE DUTcH Grow CAULIFLowERs.
7Of all the esculents grown for market,
few pay so well as cauliflowers. They are
somewhat difficult to grow. but when they
are well grhwn, the products of the crops
repay largely all the outlay and trouble
The Dutch are famous for the size and del
icacy of their caplif1owers. Their method
of culture is as follows: In the autumn
they dig deep some ground that has not
been manured. At the beginning of May
theys sow the large English caulifiower
upon bed of manure ana cover it with
straw mats at night When the young
plants are three or four inches high, they
harrow the ground that had been prepared
the autumn before, and with wooden dib-
BILE IL inches long, they make holes about
10 Inches deep, at proper distances apart,
and enlarge them by working the dibble
round until the hole at the top Is about
three inches in diameter. They immedi-,
ately fill these holes with water, and re-
peat these three times the same day. In
theLeVening they fill them with sleeps
dung, leaving only room enough for the
young plant, whiehthey very carefully re-
move from the bed of manure and place in
the hole with little earth. Directly after
wards they give them good watering, and
as soon as the sun begins to dry them, they
water them again. When the head is form
ing, they pluck off some of the lower
leaves of the plant, and use them to cover
the head. ee sn 9Tsa sN41
"A New SOURCE OF WEALTH.-Our atten-
tion has been called to the fact that in the
Eastern markets there is ready sale for
dried blackberries at thirty to forty cents
per pound. They are sold principally to
the whaling ships and other vessels for
long voyages, being one OF the best anti
scoTbutics known. a91 - sel
Now here is an element of wealth, which
little industry will make available in
Tennessee. now entirely unknown, and add
largely to the general prosperity. -
There is no indigenous crop in the South
that yields more than the blackberry
scarcely every failing-and none easier
gathered and prepared for market. Chill
dren OF tender years can assist; almost any
child can gather enough daily to make
three or four pounds OF dried fruit. as 9ol
Most of our farmers wives dry fruit
either in kilns or the sun. Therefore, no
instruction is necessary. Let our people
take this in hand with energy and the re-
suit will be of greatest benefit. toi 81
Whortle berries (huckleberries) are also
bought in thessame market for the same
purpose. gaut Pr i2sE ..s.gff -sI5El q
We would suggest that the grocers and
dealers in dried fruit advertise. for these
berries stating price, &C., and that the
press of the State and all over the South
callthe attention of the people toit at once.
-~Nushuitle Banner. 9ris rfy'' @si rs ID aio1
DAIRY Cows.--Select and keep the very
best only. A good COW, well kept, is prof.
table, Poor COWS are unprofitable. My
own experienced selecting cows tor dairy
ing or furnishing milk to sell, is to select
good wedge-shaped animals, heavy hind
quarters and tapering toward the head,
with light heads, long faces, and usually
small wax-colored horns; also, slim necks,
small tails, eapacious udders, running well
forward, milk veins large, teats good size,
rather long and set well apart. I i care not
for breed or color. It is all humbug for
dairy profit. breeding stock is another sto-
ry.i l think it would generally pay as
well for large farmers, say those who keep
from 20 to 80 COWS, to raise some five to
eight or SO of their best heifer calves each
year. from their very best COWS, and from
a bull which you know to be from good
milking family By so doing, and by Sc
lecting the best only to keep from the
heifers you raise, (when they have their
first calf, you will in a few years have a
better herd, and better paying herd of
cows than you viii be able to buy Asto
color, care but little about it, SO long as a
COW has a good yellow skin, a striped hoof,
and a wax-colored horn. If her hair is
sottand silky, care but little about the
color ofit. ll g. =
ENRICHING THE SOIL BY TURNING UN-
DER PLANTs.@The practice OF ploughing
plants under the soil to enrich it is not a
new lone. or one of doubtful expedieDcy
1t was practieed among the ancients, is
continued to this time, and, under same
circumstances, with most signal adVan-
tages. In cases where it is not convenient
to keep much stock, the land may be
brought to a high state of fertility by fill
ing the soil with vegetable matter by
ploughing in plants of one kind or another,
to become deeomposed there. So of land