The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-01
ICULTUR
Large Farms.

the attention or agr1cuiUurlStS. AWO
wealthy, enterprisin1 gentlemen z
Harrison County, Ohio, have pur-
chased a township six miles square In
Nebraska of Government land, and
propose to convert the whole into one
grand farm of 93,040 acres. They
intend to inclose it with a hedge of
the Usage orange, twenty-four miles
in extent, ard will put up cross
hedges twelve miles in length. They
will hire all their labor and use the
most improved agricultural ma
chinery, intending to put the whole
farm into wheat as fast as possible.
1t will require about 10000 bushels
for the seed of such a farm. A colo
ny is also being formed in Chicago
under MIR. Amos Dufield, for the
purchase Of another township in Ne
braska for the same purposes. East
eru Florida is also being laid out In
large farms, for the purpose Of Guilt
waiting fruits and early vegetables for
the Northern markets. Jacksonville,
the chief shipping port of the State,
is but four days from New York by
steamer, and still less by railroad. 1t
is estimated that fifty thousand young
orange and lemon trees have been set
out since the war, and that ten thous-
and are now in bearing. in the north
ern part of the State, the fruit selling
at SIS to $50 per thousand, as 1t hangs
on the tree. The settlers at the ex-
treme southern part of the State are
chiefly engaged in the manufacture of
tapioea, which root as well as other
tropical fruits, grows there freely.
BUTTER IN Doc DAYs.-A CORE
spondent Of the Peterborough Trans
cript gives the following directions
for making good butter in hot YEA
Their:
After the cream has been churned
five minutes, or just as it begins to
break as it is called, throw into the
churn a piece of ice as big as a pint
bowl, churn steadily till the little
Jumps of butter are all brought to-
gether in a hard, solid mass; then
take il from tie churn and work it
over quickly, the first time adding
what salt is necessary, and then set
upon the cellar bottom with a small
piece of ice upon it. Early the next
morning give it a thorough working
over, getting out all TIE buttermilk
and the salt evenly mixed, and yOn
will have good hard butter every time.
We have tried it, and know from ex-
perienee that butter can be made to
good advantage through the dog days,
or any days during the warm wea-
Their"
APPLE TREE SUCKERS.
Many otherwise good orchards are
allowed to become defaced, rs we'll as
seriously injured, by allowing n pro-
fusion Of suckers to grow at the base
Of the trunks. Attempts are some
times made to get rid Of them by cut
ting them off down to the surface OF
the ground, and leaving considerable
portions below, in the form of short
stunps. These sprout again, and
they soon become as bad as ever. A
better way is to wait till they are in
leaf, at which time they are loOsened
more readily, and taking each sepa-
rateIy in the hands, and placing a
thick boot upon it near the tree, they
are quickly separated. If done at
that time, they will not be likely to
sprout again.
1t is a well known truth in horti-
culture that like produces like, aud
we think the best way to avoid suck
ers is to be sure the tree is raised from
one that was budded on a Seeding
stock. Too many of our tree growers
gather up suckers in their grounds
and bud on these waste roots, which
must reproduce bad trees. Never bud
on a sucker. Root grating also pro-
duces them. This, too, Is a bad prac-
tiee.
KEEPING VEGETABLES.
Sink a barrel two-thirds its depth
into the ground, Ia box or cask viii
answer a better purpose;) heap the
earth around the part projecting oui
of the ground, with a slope or al
sides; place the vegetables that YOU
desire to keep in the vessel; cove
the top with a water-tight cover, AMI
when Winter sets In, throw an arm
full of straw, hay, or something of tina
sort or the barrel. If the bottom i
out of the cask or barrel, it will b
better. Cabbages, celery and othe
vegetables will keep In this way a
fresh as when taken from the ground
The celery should stand nearly per
pen6icular, celery and earth ~alterna
ting. Freedom from frost, ease c
access, and especially freshness an
freedom from rot, are the advantage
claimed.-G. y. q. Journal of Hort
culture.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t cosSs no more to raise n hun
dred bushels of Baldwins than OF
hundred bushels of cider apples, {
ten barrels of Vergalicus or Bartlett
than the same t1antity of choke pear
An AK costing 50, with which a Il
borer may cut fifty cords of wood
month, is a cheaper tool than an a
costing but 81, with which he can ca
only forty cords.
A cheap pillow at So. costing
one season 81 in repair, and So mo-
IN lost time to teams. men, aud by r
tarding crops, is a dearer pillow tina
one at $40 requiring nc repairs.