Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-03
AGRICaULTURAL.

II
POCKET MONEY FOR FARMERs' BoYs-l
The Germantown Telegraph says :.How to
raise pocket-money Is a hard question for
great many farmers, sons to solye.3 True,
some may have but little trouble to get it, |
providing their parents are wealthy but |
TO this class shall not speak. TO such |
boys as like TO earn what they spend, and
have . desire to become farmers, Iwin |
present o plan by which both these ends |
may be attained to more or less degrees. |
In the first place, it will be necessary to |
have q small piece of ground, on the farm, |
OF course; to those who cannot get that |
my plan will not be eieasible.A After having |
Operations. All your spare moments may |
besnaployed upon it, suppose most boys |
would know what to plant; but still, q few |
hints from one who has tried 1t may not be |
oouta Of placer If you are near o. ready
market i would suggest, early vegetables.
such as peas, string Deans, Deets. early Por
tatoes, etc; and 20 those that are at q dis
9aiice from, any such market, popcorn
might be raised to advantage; or white
bush beams as they always command q
good price If good article; still, great
deaf would depend on the nature Of the
land ana what Is most in demand ii either
case. After planting, do not think that
your work h done till harvesting; but Keep
the ground mellow hoe your crops as off
tenuas youlcan; doanot let o weed be seen.
for all that goes to nourish the weed will
betSken from your pockets. IL viii take
If you do not have too much ground, which
would be worse than having none; for you
viii find that little ground well titled is
great deal better than good deal left to
take care Of itself, or only half taken care
off, Another thing yon win hnd TO be OF
time, and that Is to have ablank book, In a
part of which you should set down the
time of planting, the kind of manures used,
and which gave the best satisfaction; how
Your crops stood the drought or wet
weather, as the case might be and, in fact
anything which Won might think would
benefit you 70 know in q succeeding year.
In snother part Of my book would keep
An account with my land, charging it with
the manure, seed and labor. and giving it
credit for Its produce. Ia this way you
can see at 3 glance what crops pay the best
crops. = In keeping your book tor q few
years you viii derive much pleasure in
looking back to your first beginning to
larm dorsyourselka II for the first year or
two your pocket-money does not equal
youf expectation YOU must not be dis
nosIgo into your pocket goes into your
head in the shape of experience, which
win be Of great use to you in future years.
Let those who can try this; it will cost
them nothing Il they are living on farms,
for all the work may be done at moons,
nights, and early In the Gm6rning. 1t will
not only be source OF pleasure to them,
hut also Of profit"
BosroN NARROW SQUASH FOR Mich
Cows IN WMTER.-At the annual meeting
ofTthe New York State Agricultural Soei-
ETY.. Judge Osborn, of Albany, made inter-
esting statements in regard to his mode of
cultiyatipg, preserving, and feeding this
importanE crop. BE thought 1t very valu-
able as q part OF the winter feed of Inilch
COWS. After the fall feed was over, he fed
with cabbage until about the LIST of Jauua
nv. and then with eQuashes for two months,
and followed with inangels and then with
carrots. He thought one pound of the
squash equal in nutriment value to five
spSS S q e@ p1d heF eOms Seas ne ds Gsa
greeable flavor to the butter. He some
times fed fifty pounds of squash to cow
in day.. II 4 OeLO A1lO
he cultivated the marrow among his corn,
reserving every fourth row for this pur-
pose, running clear across the field. The
rows were four feet apart. The squashes
thus had fourth part of the land, and as
much sunshine and manure as the corn had.
HeSdid snot-appr0ye of the too common
method of Stealing q crop by planting
pumpkins in the same hill with the corn or
notatoes. He had two methods of guarding
the vines against destruction by bugs. As
soon as the vines began3to run vigorously,
he covered all about the roots with fine
manure to induce the formation of new
rootlets near the surface. This hastened
the growth, disturbed the bugs and helped
the starting Of new roots. A little later in
the season he covered the vines at the joints,
soTast0 make them strike roots there. II
thew lost their first roots by the bugs, as
they sometimes did, they would be nour-
ished by the joint roots and perfect their
fruit. Plaster was used to prevent injury
Ijy the striped bbugsiin the early stages OF
the growth Of the vines. It required con-
siderable labor to guard the .squashes
aoainst freezing after they were gathered
IN the fall, His rulewas t0keep just ahead
Of the frost iE protecting them. They were
0attefed into heaps In the field and covered
Then frost threatened As the cold increas-
Al chew we're carried to the cellar and laid
nnon sbelyes where they could be easily
eTamined. The defective ones were re-
moved as fast Is decay made its appearance.
Ne tho6eht this squash was not In perfect
Condition tof eating until the LIST ofJannary.i
lp Fak EURRiSTssS1sH BoRfE This pest Is
ttS most common Of al the above troubles,
s,resnt stl1e goosebeFEy mildew near and
s5,Ss,IS clncfnfisti. This moth Is blue black <
tss HIsdsr SIDE Of the feelerssi the collar, the
eSSasr al the shoulder Icovefss and enree
,,ssrs - ,,sarfows rings aoh the Abdomen, are
soiasn aysilow.l Il dsp0esits its egg dur