The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-06-17
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PEAS AS A Gppy
p~sctions of this couHiry-as parts OF
Peopsylvania, New Yolk uHd Vermont,
peas are grown to considerable extent
10 Canada they arc ese 81 the mos
important crorsAll UWD4k
Peas ahouId 10 nitrcgenous or what
are considered by chemists, flesh form
ing substances ; and experience proves
themttb be Wy TftasblenpQt only
for labering But also attehiog a%piusals
Perhaps no experiments have been
made with such accuracy as would de-
monstrate their actual value for these
purposes, is-compared with Indian corn
and diksr EHS; Rtt Ress6nsI yhqhevs
fed them TO various kinds Of stock, gem
orally consider peas worth more per
bushcl than corn.
1t is tho practfces in seine Places, I"
sow meas and oats together, the proper
lion being generally one part peas TO
two oats. The crop is considered ex-
ceIlent horse and sheep food, and
ground, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ssh4
ing hogs. Many. fcrsobsh thihk IDn
makes Gthef' E and md bet ter Eg Rlsts1
IndIanE corn % 1rog1 icy. ed
Pas d M G2ccttehh eASSe u"
the ftudt4> They succeed best qnFseped
what tenacious soils, which, they ren
der mellow, aud are. a good prefaratoEy
crop f5r wheat. They arr frequently
sowed on GROUND that was pl6wed The
preceding fall, in which case a good
working of the ground BY the cult
vator is all that is. EsededS bHt they
mrs he nut on Ground inst tr6ken up
They should be SOW as early as the
ground ea6 be property worked as1 81 :
IF Beas arc wanted for early feeding,
thew may be cut when the main portion
is iarly flied. in such quantities rs are
wanted from day to day, and fed to
hogs or sheep AWhefhetaent.att1h
stage, or allowed to sripen, they are
taken off in ample tim for the autumn
sowing OF wheat, aud the ground Will
break up IN fue condition-ad4s ssldaT'
As to yield, the Canadians requent-
" get eoity bushels TO the acre PEI,
haps twenty-five to thirty bushels insy
be deeneda1pyerage yieidIJLanfi"9
RcpuLtieon.
How TO SPADE A GABDEN.-The
best soil should always be kept on sui
face, as far as practicable, as the seeds
need a mellow und rich bed, not only
TO hasten termination. but to promote
n Iuxuriant eiewth. The soil must be
thoroughly pulverized 10 a good depth
The deerer the better. In order to
spade a garden properly throw, back
the4soif1 fron az strip abbutl i've feet
wide and one foot deep The soil must
be wheeled to the opposite side of the
garden when the spading is finished -
After removing the surface soil as di-
rected, SPADE the subsoil, fulverizine
it thoroughly, and return it, as soon a:
practicable, to the place where 1t was
taken up.
Then, spade another strip of the
surface soil, throwing it, as the WORK
is done, on the pulverized subsoil, Until
another strip Of the subsoil tPs beer
laid 6asei Shich may then Psdsd
This Is called trench or double spad-
ing. The blade of the spade enter;
the soil, in both instances not less than
one foot and as the ground will be
much more porous after 1t IS spaded
the seed bed will be nearly or quite
thirty inches deep. 1t The soil be
broken decp, the roots Of plants vii
strike mich deeper downward thar
they otherwise would. and thus avail
themselves of the moisture furthes
-irnnfthe surface. whichis not accessi
BILE when ground has not been spaded
nor plowed only a few inches in deptf
Err.
0Sloss FoRo P-ouLrR4H+Scarcsl
too much can be said in praise of on
ions for fowls. They seem to tie
preventive and remedy for various dis
eases to which domestic folkslare liable
For eupes and Inflammation of tn
throat, eyes and head, onions are almos
a specific They should be finely chop
ped and asqtallg addition of corn mea
is an Improvement.
FiHsT WHEAT FrErD IN Ohio
July 3d,l7SS5 Truman, Guthrie arriget
at Marietta he soon after cleared som
ground just north Of what rs noHA fh'
Mound Cemetery; That fall he put il
half rn acre Of this ground m wheat
nndsharsested the crop in l7S9Tth'
first wheat raised in Ohio.
REMEDY FOR THE HoP LoUsE.-A
correspondent Of the Country Gentle
man states that there Is a remedy fol
the aphis, entirely effective and easily
applied over horizontal yards. BE say
that every man who dashed plaster free
Iy over fhe, vines upon the frstapPear
ace of the 1onse, saved his crop las
year.
CURE FOB FoUNDERED HORSES
Take q lump of alum the size of
walnut, powder 1t and dissolve in warn
water. The horse must be drencheC
in liquor and it will throw sim into
p~rofuse perspiration, and he will soor
be as we'll as ever it should be done
as soon as you ascertain his condition
So<ays n exchange. II
PAINffNd BUILDINGS ND@ FINN
IMPLEMENTs.-Farmers should learn
how to paint their buildings, too.s and
farm immplements in a neat and work.
maulike manner, and they may just az
welldo Ieh their own painting Aspd
vanishing as to pay some painter twice
as much as it Is actually worth TO per
form a given JOB. In the Spring, and
during warm days In Winter, aud al
aDyother 'season-of the year, 1ifa farm
CT has only a little instruction in pre-
pairing paint and putting it on, he, aud
those in his employ, may do all the
painting, when they could do nothing