The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-04

soil that will not form a crust after q
shower, undoubtedly loses some Of its
nansent ammonia, which passes off
from the loose surface in the form of
a gas, but, when In solution, the soil
retains it for the use of plants. asd
S REMEDIES FOR SMUT IN WHEAT.
m A. Pickett, of Winnebago County,
Wis, writes that, In his experience of
of twenty years as a wheat grower, he
has not found brine of any use to
prevent smut in wheat. 1t is good to
take out oats, and light grain and
other substances, and perhaps facili-
tates the growth of wheat. The reme-
dies found for smut are ley, lime and
|Fitriol. s Ashes answer when sifted on
the seed while it is moist. The wheat
will not hurt if it remains some hours
after being coated with either of these
substances before being sown."
ROOT CROPS AMONG CORN.
To grow successfully 100 bushels of
corr on two acres of land, the ground
should be plowed In the Fall, in
coarse burrows, and left as light as
possible without dragging or rolling,
and should be stubble ground This
will give the frost a chance to kill, by
freezing, the worms which have bur
rowed for the Winter. In the Spring,
pillow fine, running the burrows always
east aud west. Mark out, or other
wise, the rows, running them north
and south always. Cultivate as often
as it will answer to do so-that is, as
soon as grass or weeds begin to show
much. Plant every other row In the
field to cabbage, ruta-bagas or carrots.
This Will give a good circulation of
air between the rows of corn. Beside
the corn crop, a. valuable supply of
roots is thus grown for Winter feed
for cattle and horses. 1t costs but
little more to raise from 100 to 125
bushels of corn to, the acre than it
does to grow ten or twenty, as usual.
One hundred and twenty-five bushels
have been grown to the acre, each al
ternate row being cabbage. The way
to do it is. keep the soil light and
loose, especially If a dry season, al
land stirred draws moisture through
the night. Never roll the ground for
corn crops.-A good, free circulation
Aof the sun and air is the life of the
crop. and with the roots we'll covered
the farmer will be richly paid. A
farmer-who once adopts the practice
of planting his corn in north and
south rows, with every other row in
small crops-potatoes,s cabbage, ear
rots, ruta-bagas or parsnips-will
never go back to the old way of all
corn in the field and potatoes outside,
and a few cabbage and other roots in
small beds in the gardens. Such
practice helps men, to- starve their
stock for want e. roots in the Win
ter, and mortgage them in the Spring
ztozthe lice, murrain and Crows
PROFITS OF PEAR CULTURE.
The following instances of the
large profit of raising pears are CLEAN
ed from tho proceedings of the Fruit
Growers. Society, of Western New
York. Mr.. George, of Victor, sold
S24 worth of white doyenne pears
from one tree, eighteen years old.
Mr.. Finley, .ef Canandaigua, has
three white doyenne pear trees, from
which he sells the fruit for fifty or
sixty dollars yearly. Judge Howell
has a white doyenne pear tree, which
has not failed in producing a good
crop for forty years, and has averaged
about twenty bushels a 6 year for the
last twenty years, which have sold on
the tree for three dollars per bushel.
This tree has produced for the New
York market more than $1,000 worth
of, pears Judge Taylor, has three
l1argeltrees of the same variety of pear
which, il. some seasons, produce $50.
worth of fruit. $50
A. 1AstfAT @E1aHa4 ~ es ffst@ -AfHf ~ r FrFIFtf4+ "a
sisiA1s~ USEFUL HERBS.
70 Every garden should have a ~coIlec-
ton of useful herbs. A small bed.
or large tuft of each, will be sufficient
iar up4 amiIy. 's Sage eea and thyme "a are e
much priced for ,stufing. seasoning,
etc. Pennyroyal, peppermint and
spearmint, sweet majorum and Winter
majorum, balm, basil, etc, are all
more or less useful In various ways.
Nearly all these. plants may be pro-
pogated by cuttings or, slips, and also
from seed They should've planted
or rsown now 30 1eu1ot
MAMMOTH MARBLE-HEAD GARBAGE.
Some years since we first purchased
of Mr.. Gregory a package of the seed
of the mammoth marble head cab
sbage.idWe we're 500 wellpleased with
its quality and size that we recon-
mended it to our neighbors and to
the public. We never succeeded I'M
growing it to weigh sixty pounds,
but have had them very large and
very solid. One neighbor grew one to
weigh thirty pounds, after stripping
off the loose leaves. Another neigh
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