The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-16
FARM ITEMS.

/ cODs TOR the same price as corn, as
grease and dirt for the same price as
wool.
The grapes Of which port wine is
made are pressed by a gang of half
naked laborers, dancing 10 the vat to
the sound of the fiddle. The result
is a little more fddling and a good
deal of fuddling.
Among the arrivals of CHOICE fruit
advertised in Denver are oranges and
onions.
The capital invested in fruit-grow-
ing, of which Chicago is the market.
is 81 100000; amount Of sales So
100000. 49,. Eli r. sfsa
Surface manuring and cultivation
are for grain, and, In particular, for
fruit-burled manure and deep Gull
ture for vegetables.
A Horticultural Society has been
organized inFenndssee, and a fruit
shows to be held at Nashville in May,
which IS the first fruit.
In England farmer does not work
nor own And-he only hires it. He
who does the work is neither farmer,
contractor. nor proprietor.
California farmers are beginning to
learn thattheg want grass more than
wheat, or wine, or silk, or gold.
The Western Rslrql of Chicago says
that the zlumbermen of Northern
Michigan have cleared large farms,in
the wilderness to =get hay for their
teams. -
A new variety ofcorn, the result of
selecting seed and Of high culture,
has originated in-s Minnesota. The,
yield last year was as high as 1877
bushels to the acre.
A fg-tree cutting was carried in a
estpocket to Ophir, California, where
it was planted and well cared for. and
In four years8it bore 265 Rgs, which
sold for s42 40
The latest style offpienic has been
organized at Rochester, called the
Maple Sugar May, Party. The chief
part of the entertainment is to be
warm sugar and custard pie. a.
1t is discussed among the English
whether the cheapest bread is TO come
from the Russian serfs recently eman-
cipated, or from our Western farmers
recently converted to free trade doc
trines.
Peat and coal beds are continually
discovered through the prairie region.
Within thirty years as much wealth
has been discovered in the earth, as
was on It in the time ofShakespeare.
j. J. Thomas in The Country Gen
tleman says that in Europe nurseries
are carried on by foTemen, and there
is no certainty in varieties of fruit.
In America every nUrseryman is his
own foreman, and varieties are GER
tain. q
To RESTORE A-FARaI QUICKEST
A j Watson, Camden, n j., having
bought a naturally goodfarm, wishes
TO know what kind Of fertilizers Will
soonest make the land rich. The
answer cannot be satisfactory, because
the Club does not know the nature
of the soil or distance from market. \
As a general thing, barn-yard ma 4
nUre aud clover are cheapest and best
Bone dust, If genuine, Is valuable.
PoTAToEs.-J. S. Smith, Roselle.
Union County, y. J. raised last year,
from FIVE acres over 81 ,000awoFth of
potatoes clear of all expenses. Natur-
ally the ground was. wet, but, il was
underdrained and moderately ma
uured the previous year, aud there
was no rot. The quality was only
See s3Ip3 II a8 but they Aettsq Fl 7q
0P13td J years farmers have had 4 more
difficulty IN growing potatoes than
any other crop, and many have been
forced to buy their own supplies
Still, some seem always to succeed, the /
same as some boys always catch fish. /
Generally, most. of our potatoes are
grown on sandy, gravelly soil Of mod
crate fertility, and not much south Of
AZ, while the crop Is small and the /
quality poor south of 39' 1T is not |
uneommon in the warmer sections,
to raise fair crops of the Long Reds,
planted about the 1st Of June on
new, well-ploWed, and mellow ground,
such as IS suited to the hat-bot- .
TONED turnIp, and here they re I
qulre little thought or labor. Farm /
ers should study potato culture with I
diligence. Perhaps they REQUIRE as /
much study as the Greek language.
Some OF our late improved varieties. |
such as the Goodrich and Harrison, /