Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-03-13
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

In planting trees, some authorities say,
set them no lower in the ground than they
stood in the nursery.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Rural Neao
Yorker says two and one-half, or three
cords of wood make 100 bushels of char
| coal.
THE Ohio State Agricultural Society, at
their last meeting, Endorsed the following
varieties of straw berries Fillmore, Wilson,
Triomphe de Gand, Golden-seeded, and
LUCINDA. The Kittatinny Blackberr was
highly spoken of.
A PENNSYLVANIA correspondent of the
Country Gentleman plants corn from the
entire ear with good results. In one ex-
pertinent, the seed from the points of
the ears produced the largest stocks, finest
ears, and was out in tassel and silk first. q
SHEEP should be well and evenly fed !;
no sudden changes in food from good to
bad, nor be exposed to storms or sudden
changes Of temperature, or else the fibre
of the fleece will be uneven and un-
healthy.-C0r. PS0ug71a'aaao. b
THE Country Gentleman strongly re-
commends the plan of planting corn in
drills or hills thick in the row, believing
that the increased product of corn will
more than compensate for any increase in
labor in cultivating the CROP. :.
MANY farmers in the northern counties
Of Virginia are extensively engaged in
sheep raising, and are much encouraged by
their success. The Richmond Wing says
it is destined to become one of the leading
and most profitable pursuits of the State
ARAToR, in the Country Gentleman, says,
He who would receive heavy crops of
forage, must first of all put his manure in
deeply, and thus make his land deep and
rich. Afterwards, by far the most econom.
ical mode of application will be by top
dressing"
THE Minnesota State Agricultural Soci.
ETY. resolved that this association is en-
tirely opposed to any encouragement or
permission on the part of the executive
committee of any gambling or jockeying
whatever, in connection with trials Of
speed at our State Fairs"
ONE who believes club-footed cabbages
| to be the result of impure seed, directs to
plant the stalks in the spring, as early as
| the ground and season will allow, with
the heads on, and far enough from all
plants of the same species, that the wind,
| insects, and bees cannot carry the pollen
and spoil the seed.
SHORT RULE TO MEASURE GRAIN
| It is convenient to farmers and choppers
at this season to have an easy and correct
rule by which to measure corn in cribs.
Here is one: having leveled the corn in
the crib, measure the length, breadth and
depth, and multiply them together, and de-
duct from the product ne-fifth and you
have the number of bushels in the ear
for shelled corn take one-half of this. To
be strictly correct, add half bushel for
every one hundYed-Pr0jrse Farmer.
| EARLY ToMAToEs-To have tomatoes
early, says an exchange, plant few seeds
any time this month in the pots in which
| the plants are growing in the kitchen win
dow. They will soon terminate and grow
very rapidly, and when the plants are two
inches high, set one of each in boxes three
inches square, or very small flower pots,
and give them the same attention the house
plants get. AS soon as all danger from
frost is over, transfer the tomato plants,
which will now be budded and perhaps
covered with miniature fruit, to the south
side of high fence on the sunny side Of
building, into not over rich soil, and you
will have ripe tomatoes on the 4th of July
and you can't miss it, if past experience
and favorable season are worth any.
thing.
PLANTING FoREsT.TREE SEEDs.-The
seeds that have pulp should be washed at
once on gathering, and dried in the shade
gradually, also. Sun-dried seeds are gen
orally worthless, especially those of a dark
color. The sooner seeds can be got in the
ground the better. They should not be
sown any deeper than is necessary to keep
them from the light, nor so near the air as
to get dry-moisture, air, and darkness are
the three essentials for the successful rails
ing of tree seeds. Seeds that are usually
spring sown, and are found to "damp off,
should be sown very early, SO that the
young wood may get hard before the hot
weather comes. The soft maple will not
keep more than few weeks good enough
to grow. 1t should be sown as soon as
ripe in June. Not sown deepen the
surface and slightly covered with sand, is
the best way. A long article would tell a
longer and perhaps clearer story than
this but this is the pith of the whole mat.
ter.-Gardener' Monthly.