The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-07-26
AGRICULTURAL.

carded by the best cultivators. The plants
will do their own bracing better than yor
can do it for them, if you will thoroughly
work the soil and keep down the weeds
The rain is more equally distributed and
better retained with fiat culture.
AsHEs.-Wood ashes are now regarded as
! the best fertilizer for orchards and gardens
| as they contain all the inorganic ingredi-
ents which they have extracted from the
They contain great part of the material
which is necessary for building up the wood,
foliage, and fruit of the apple, pear, plum,
cherry, ounce, etc.
VALUABLE RECIPE.-The followin q recipe
is worth five hundred dollars to sheep
farmer, and we have never seen it in print
If there is any life in the lamb, put it at once
up to the head in blood warm bath, add
ing more warm water as it cools. Keep it
it makes the water fly with it's feet" Then
wipe it dry and return it to it's mother.
ToMAroEs.-It is said that tomato via1s
lying on the ground will produce fruit
earlier than when tied up to tIellis or
stake, but not SO much of it. Pinching back
part of the buds will hasten the ripening
of the others. A heavy coating of fresh
manure causes the tomato to run to vine at
the expense of fruit. The yellow varieties
are generally more mild than the red, and
more palatable with cream and sugar. In
a mellow soil, with proper care in cultivat-
ing and trcllsing, five hundred bushels can
be raised OH au acre.
How Much LAND TO SCProET A FAMILY
Muchness of land is n disease of the Ameri-
can mind. "Ten/ Acres Enough" is a
stumbling block and ioolishness. In Eng
land there are many farmers who support
large families on six acres, and pay[1arge
rents into the bargain. In Germany
farmer calculates to support~his family on
two acres, and get rich on the other three
of his five acre FARM None but market
gardeners, in~this country, have formed any
conception of the productiveness of good
land, when worked up to its full capacity.
SWEET CoRN.-It is a surprising fact that
sweet corn not abundantly grown among
farmers. Every farmer thinks he must
raise his five or six acres of Indian corn
to furnish fodder for his stock, etc. Now,
if every farmer would grow three or five
acres of sweet corn, his crop would prove
of much more value in proportion to the
number of acres of Indian corn for feeding
purposes. Last spring planted six acres
into market green. But, after the market
became "glutted," concluded to save the
balance of my corn and cure it for feed. l
cut and fed my hogs corn lin the stalks)
every day, and they would eat stalks and
all, as clean as they would green clover. l
would recommend it to those that SOW corn
in preference to any other. Be careful to
trace up your seed in the fall, and then you
will not fail to have good seed when you
como to plant or sow.-Cor'' Farmers Home
STAY ON THE FARM.-The cities and viii
lagos are already overcrowded, and every
kind of business languishes more than the
cnI n N #
labor market is overstocked, and one can
get any desired number of hands for any
job. Clerks from the country
have usually to serve two or three years
before they can get living wages. The city
throngs with unemployed men and women,
waiting for something to turn up. Those
who find employment have no security for
permanence. Mechanics lose their places
and have to lie idle for weeks and months
together. All the products of skill and la
Dor are relatively cheaper than provisions
and breadstuffs. The great material want
Of the nation Is cheaper meats, grain, and
vegetables. We have merchants, mechanics,
and middlemen enough, but far too few
farmers. The best cultivated State abounds
in uncultivated lands. Event in the vicinity |
Of our large towns and cities, cheap lands !
and splendid chances for enter
tune. Once settled upon his own acres, the |
farmer has constant, profitable occupation
before him. Nowhere is unskilled labor SO
sure of sustenance, nowhere will intelligent |
industry SO surely win happy home and |
In the country one never
,eed to lack labor, and labor brings there |
he necessaries and comforts of life.-l
Agriculturist. -
GARDENING FOR WoMEN.-Tlere is no
Better exercise for wives and daughters
han to have the care of garden-a flower !
pot, if nothing more.|What is pleasanter
han to spend portion of every passing
lay in working among plants and watching
he growth of shrubs and trees and plants,
Ind to observe the opening of flowers from
week to week as the season advances7 Then
low much it adds to the enjoyments to
Know that your own, hands have planted
md titled them, and have pruned and
rained them. This is a pleasure that re-
Iuires reither great riches, nor profound
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