Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-06-08

ture.
| ASPARAGUS CULTURE-This now popu-
lar vegetable is native of the salt marsh
es of Europe and Asia. The seed may be
sown either in the spring or autumn, in
drills about one inch deep, and the rows
wide enough apart to admit OF hoeing
i about foot An ounce of seed is sufficient
for drill fifty feet in length. Keep the
soil mellow and free from weeds during the
summer, and in the fall or succeeding
spring the plants may be set out in beds,
about a foot apart each way. The beds
should be narrow, so as to admit of cutting
to the centre without stepping upon them.
The plants may be allowed to remain in
the seed bed until two years old Before
winter sets in. cover the beds with about
four inches of manure. A good many va
rieties are advertised, with but little differ
ence. Salt is an excellent manure for as
paragus, and an efficient assistant to the
cultivator keeping down the weeds with
very little labor Vick's Guide.
TRAINING COLTs.-A correspondent of
the Western Rural says my mode of
training colts is this: | first halter them
and put them in the stable. | curry them
= gently each day; place the harness on them
and let them remain in the stable with it
, on for few hours each day for few days.
After they have become accustomed to the
r harness, | place them before an empty wag-
on and drive them about few hours each
day for number ofsOnsecutiye DAYS At
ter they are sufficiently subdued, so that /
can hitch and unhitch them at will, | use
them narrowing in grain, and all light
work the first season"
: We should be glad to receive practical
articles from horsemen on this subject.
| SCoURs IN CoLTs.-A correspondent of
the Iowa Homestead says :-"COlt raisers,
t don't dose your young colts to death with
strong medicine, when they take the scours.
| just take string buckskin or soft leather
; is the best and cord the tail as close up as
t you can conveniently; that will give relief
= in halt an hour and cure in from six to
, twelve hours | have tried the same on
two old horses, and it cured them in a few
: hours, and | have been told the same rem
edv is as good for calves, but have never
. tried it myself Let us try to do away with
dosing stock with strong medicine as much
| as we can, when something simple will do
{ lust as well"
al STRAWBERRY FERTILIZERS.-A writer
. in the Rural New Yorker says: "The fol-
, ,
. with apparently high satisfaction; the
% growth was vigorous, the crop abundant
i and the berries large. 1t was, therefore
y. very highly commended as fitted to secure
n admirable results. Old beds, under the
= treatment suggested, are said to be even
j better than new. The proportions are for
4 a bed thirty by forty feet. Commence us
/ ing the fertilizer when the new leaves are
: being put forth, and apply it towards night
% three times, at interval, Of a week between
, each application. 1t should be dissolved
d in thirty gallons Of rain or river water
: Indeed, if anything be varied from this
II let the proportion Of water be larger:
r. Nitrate Of potash, sulphate of soda, lol
'Glauber's salts, and sal soda-of each
Y one pound; Of muriate Of ammonia, one
X quarter Of pound. Keep the bed wei
a. welded Tried on old beds even, the re
10 suits, as above limited, are highly crafty
~ ing
d, TO MAKE CUTTINGS GROW.-I used t.
e. have a great deal OF trouble to make cur
s. rant and gooscberry cuttings or slips grow
= until / tried the following plan boileC
Is some potatoes until they were nearly done
lie and then stuck one on each slip and put i
t in the ground. Every slip sprOuted anC
w grew we'll all summer, with but one or tw'
Us exceptions. The idea of putting the boile,
ty potatoes to the end Of the cuttings was t
by furnish and keep moisture enough for then
e. to grow until the roots become large enougI
is to gather this moisture and substance from
e, the soil. | never tried it on grape cuttings
st but do not see any reason why it would no
as do a. well wth grapes as with anything
r else Wisconsin Farmer.
ed THE "A correspondent
he writes: 1t has become fairly settled as tn
III only sound method Of cultivating the straw
ed berry, that the plants must be kept fire
Is from runners. The effect of this practic
n is wonderful The whole growth Of tn
as plant is concentrated by this means in tn
nt original stock. and it enlarges, until q
lr many as Il quart of berries have been pluck
or, ed from a single plant. 1t will be unde
of stood that this method is followed Onl
IA with such plants a. are not raised with
,sv view Of propagation, but are permanel
es varieties, set out for family use. In ord,
to obtain plants to sell, the runners mu
ed be encouraged. After all the endless Ii
a of varieties which have been eXtOlled
re- the best, the Wilson retains its position
st the best market berry. Much will
be found to depend on the nature Of the 50
he and the mode of cultivation. Before I'll
Wv plants are in bloom in the early spring, tt
rec application of liquid manure will be -four
EAR Of great benefit.
nJ SALTPETER FOR PLANTs.-A correspo
u, dent in Illinois asks if it is true that saltp
Id ter Is Of any value as an application f
aTo plants. \ solution of it in the proportiC
- of one pound to five gallons ofwater is re
If commended as an application to plants
i Il, ,x.ti,,
- many insects. We have never used it. al
ant cannot speak from experience.
he PREPARING Wool FOR MARKET
IN While we are making improvements in g
90, most every department of farming both
ma raising crops and preparing them for ma
ely ket, it is remarkable that the wool crop I
tly ceiycs less attention than it did thirty yea
oss ago; then every farmer took pride in ha
Al ing his wool go to market clean and whit
ASH every fleece well tied up, showing no tea
Che or ragged edges but smooth compact Cul
ali which could be unfolded and spread upt
a table as nicely as a blanket. A dirt
not carelessly handled lot Of wool could hard
put be sold at all. 1t had to be very fine to o
ing tain even a medium price. Every lot
ing wool went to the factory with the prodU
ma er's name attached, and if there was a
rs deception, either III cleanliness or t
ng- amount of tag locks inclosed in the fee
-. damages could be exacted, and the farm
'ql- in future had to look elsewhere for a buy
the Of his wool.
ing Within the last few years there has be
II tendency to find some excuse for sendi
the wool to market in a dirty, uncleaned sta
.lth 1t has been gravely asserted that gre
dy damage was done to sheep by being was
ioes ed; that cit was a cruel process" tt
mo wool sent to market in the dirt paid bett
'lg- and variety of other excuses, all evide
at ly put forth by those who wished to get
sea- of the trouble Of washing their sheep
ION putting up their tleeces in good sty
, Some have advocated driving their she
the through brook a few times, others tie
irds sheep to a long rope and souse it into t
or water a few times. This is called washil
the Others, again, advocate washing the w
ing after shearing. This, if we'll done, will
'acE cure clean wool, but in such conditi
ana coarse and fine mixed, matted, tangled d
sue altogether presenting such an unmerchi
lder table appearance that manufacturers arel
be attracted by it. A fleece of wool should
in such a condition that on coming to
IS IN factory it may be unrolled and spread
ure: like a piece of cloth. 1t is usually |
OF out on a table, and the sorter proceeds