The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-04-17
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ng has been attended to, and the young
'lants are beginning to appear.
In some instances, ground is cold,
leayy, and uuf! to be plowed, or spaded,
On account ol an excess Of moisture Ma.
nure of any kind, cannot DO expected
TO fertlize soils that are naturally wet,
until relieved of the surplus molsturc.-
While the subsoll is yet soft, let bitches
be cut, and stones, tiles, or wood laid in
the bottom, before the plow is started,
Extensive tracts Of country are plowed
and sowed annually, which do not
yield halt c Iop, simply because there
is superabuh uhdanco OF water in the soil
Clover SEED and grass seed should be
sowed as SON as practicable, after the
frost has disappeared from The ground
Before the litds or gardens are sufficient.
ly dry to be plowed, good job may be
performed apng the beaten track Of the
highway, BY grading the rough and unN
even bordds, sluothing the surface,
collecting tlt stones in heaps, and sow
ing grass soId. Grass seed that IS SOW
ed early in he season, Is worked INTO
the soil by feezing, thawing and rain,
which insulh its early termination and
growth, When seed is sowed late, say
several woeh after the growing season
has commelced, the roots meet with
moro roslsthce when entering the soil;
aud should here be much dry weather,
the young ,rass will soon withcr and
die.
Fruit tres, ornamental trees, shrubs,
vines and lishes are to be transpl0nted,
In ordering any kind oltrocs or plants,
aim to secro such only as have good
roots. Thihy and beautiful trees and
shrubs are pf little yalUe, when most Of
their roots ire left in the ground whore
the tree ws taken up. Another lm-
portant dnsltlera,ion to be borne in
mind Is, tddig spacious holes Tor trees
and vines Ind fill them with rich mel
low soil, den if such earth must be
hauled lrm distance. klcA sojl is
tar bettertor trees OF any kind than a
liberal APPLICATION Of coarse mmurc to
inferior gNund
While dc 4roand is soft, let the sur.
face be do, up around raspberry and
blackberryOushes, and Il mulch OF some
material 5fead over The surface II the
sol! be sufficiently fertile, chip dirt saw.
dnst, shayhgs, Or tan>bark will subserye
a satisiachyy purpose. In case the
land is por, spread manure two inches
IN depth around every bush over an
area Of lis feet OF more in diameter -
1t will pa 10 manure berry vines and
bushes q'te as well as it does to apply
tertiizingmaterial to the soil for the
produotid OF crop Of cereal gralu,--~
Ground lust be unusually fertile to
produce fair crop Of bleckberrics, if
grass is ermitted to grow around the
bushes.
Remoa about half an inch in depth
of the solaround strawberry vines, aud
apply q beral dressing Of hen manure.
Scatter fpint, or more, around each
hill, spreaing it thin over an area of
twenty ichcs IN dlamIter' Such a
dresslng,ll produce a bountlful crop of
berries, 1.-THE vines be in a healthy con.
dition.
Befordhe season is sufficiently ad,
vancod t speed the plow, call out all
hands the meadows ana collect the
loose stoes and other distractions that
will hinsr the moving machine. In
case lIm5wool ashes, gypsum, or com.
merclal manure be soyed on either
meadow or pasture fields, the earlier
in the sson such articles can be sow.
ed, thebettor 1t will be. As socn as
practica { after any Of tins kind OF lor>
tilizing ategial has been sowed-.If the
sod is a hide bound--let the surface
be harrwed. Bone dust, or ground
bone oflny kind, should be narrowed
into taSod Of lawns and meadows, as
fragmeb of bone will dooomposo much
soonerihen covered with q little soil,
than wen allowed to remain on the
surfacef the ground.
Man farmers and gardeners also,
make aferious mistake, by planting
Indian orn so early in the season that
the sec cannot vegetato on account Of
cold vhther, When seeds Of tender
plants terminate, and their growth Is
chcckeby cold winds, they seldom
reoovofrom the injury which they
receive Plants OF more hardy nature
suffer nt little by exposure to cold
storms Therefore, it is always better
to put h the seed of hardy plants as
soon athe soil is sufficiently dry to be
ploweS Spring wheat, spring rye, oats
and bsey ore of this character. The