Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-08

to be. An Illustration Of this came under
my observation last season, One of nv
neighbors, market gardener of twenty
years experience, and whose grounds have
always been perfect model Of productive
ness, had 1t in prospect to run a sixty foot
street through his grounds thinking his
land sufficiently rich to carry through a
crop OF csbbages without manure, he
thought 1t useless 10 waste money By using
guano, on that portion on which the street
was to be, but on each side sowed guano
at the rate Of 1900 pounds per acre,
and planted the whole with early
cabbages. The effect was the most
marked l ever saw that portion on which
the guaBo had been used, sold off readily
at Sl2 per hundred, or about $l400 per
acre, both price and crop being more than
an average but the portion from which
the guano had been withheld hardly aver
aged 50 per hundred. The street occupied
fully an acre Of ground, 30 that my friend
actually lost over $1,000 in crop, by with
holding $50 for manure. Another neigh
| Dor with a lease only for one year TO rum
| also unwisely concluded that 1t would be
| foolish to waste manure on his last crop
| and 20 planted and sowed all without the
result was, as his experience should have
taught him, crop Of inferior quality il
every article grown, and loss on his eight
acres Of probably $1,000 for that season"
A correspondent of the Country GEN
tleman makes the following suggestions
in regard to preparing garden soil
The first thing to be done is to summer
fallow the ground. This will give chanc'
to work in manure. The ground can thu
he made az rich rs is wanted. 1t will alsC
make it mellow consideration that can
not he dispensed with. If sod il turneC
down, all the better, as there will be les
weeds, and the sod is good fertilizer
Thorough working the soil, and applying
compost or well rotted manure, will furthe
favor the DOn-appearance of weeds-al
important point.
1t is, of course, understood that tn
ground il well drained and subsidized
In the fall, apply a good coat of lime
unless the soil has been previously lined
but 1t il likely that some lime at least vii
be benefit. Salt also might be used wit
profit on some soils.
With the lime, apply a coat of well
rotted, pulverized manure, and harrow o
rake in we'll, so that the mixture il hal
soil, half manure and lime. This, if ar
piled somewhat early, will give a Chanc
for the heat and the rains TO operate, an
the frost during the winter and spring
In spring work your soil again. Let
be done as early as possible; drainage will
aid you. But do not work wet avoid thi
AZ you would a pestilence-here il tn
greatest danger. If worked wet the cia
will pack and get hard, and your gardel
is spoiled for years. Work when dry, o
between the two extremes of dry and wet
when the ground ID in that state it will
crumble-will show life and springiness
Let it be a cushion when first worked up
There is no danger it will be worked to-
dry at this season. Work as soon as it j
fit. Let lie until wanted TO be put in thel
put it in. Yearly treat your garden. l
wants to be fed as regularly as your stool
or yourself Spread manure each fall, ant
rake it in. Apply what your soil needs
both in kind and amount.
There is sheep manure, horse manure
COW manure, and the contents of the hog
pen and privy. All these fermented ant
composted with muck, or soil from the for
! est, Will make what you want ana az lheS
together, with still others added-woo,
ashes, for instance, and hen droppings TO
top dressings-will be the manure yol
want. This variety will reach the re
quired variety of your garden. But maxi
rich, and keep rich. Make rich deep, 50 a
not to be afraid TO bring up deep soil
Depth of richness is sort of hOt-bed, heat
ing and driving from below, and a retaine
of moisture. Make the soil rich and deeT
then, and loosen it deeper still.
But work in the fall dry. Do not thinl
the frost will aid you if worked wet Il
will, but only to a small extent.
Never put long manure in a garden
never put raw manure in it, as these ar,
sure 10 unfit it for purposes of immediat
Use. Have your manure ready prepared
at all times for your garden.
IL your garden is screened on the north
west, you will find it a great advantage if
has an eastern or southern exposure, al
the greater will be the advantage. Thi
fayorableness Of location has great dea
/ tO do with the supcea5 of a garden