The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
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FroH. the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Farm and the Garden.


ENRIcHISG THE sou. OF GARDENS By
FRESH VEGETABLE MANURE.
When we cultivated a garden some
years ago, we put in practice continually,
in the summer, plan of enriching the
soil of our kitchen garden without the
aid at that time of animal manure, or the
offal of orr stables and barn-yard. The
cabbages, potatoes, peas, beans, DC, were
planted in cur garden, as i'll most others,
in straight rows or drills. Before we
moved the grass in the lawn and pleasure
ground In front of our dwelling, We
opened trench between these drills as
wide as the space would admit of without
injury to the vegetables growing IN the
rows. and about nine or ten inches IN
depth. Our grass was moved often when
it was rather short This grass We then
wheeibarTowedE into the. trenches, and
trod closely down till they We're full, and
the earth which had been temporarily re-
move I was again thrown upon them, and
the ground raked smooth and even.
IT Every time the lawn and walk. for we
had some grass walks as well a. earth
were mOwn, the same course was follow
ed, till the whole vegetable garden was
regularly and successfully enriched with
the most excellent vegetable manure. In
very few weeks the short grass buried
beneath the surface was decOmposed and
Incorporated with the earth and when
the peas and beans and other vegetables
were hoed, and some kinds earthed up,
we found that it impaired a very great
degree of vigor and luxuriance TO their
growth
But it was not the grass only that was
converted to this useful purpose. When
the potatoes were dug and the crop OF
peas and beans gathered, the potato hahn,
the pea and bean hahn, the outer cabbage
leaves and the cabbage stalks, in short
the whole vegetable refuse of the garden
to a great amount was buried in its fresh
and green state in the trenches, and far
more than repaid the nourishment that
had been drawn from the ground.
At the end of November, or perhaps
some seasons sooner, the asparagus beds
were dressed for the winter The earth,
to the depth of about five inches, was
drawn into the alleys; vegetable coat
of manure was then spread upon the
whole bed-some years we used stable
manure instead of this-and the earth
from the alleys thrown upon the top
again. The weeds by this process were
entirely destroyed-their tops to prevent
seeding have been before moved off in
time-the bed was enriched, and the
plants preserved from the effects of the
cold and the frost.
Our Strawberries were planted III ranks
or drills, and in October and November
we had their narrow intermediate trenches,
(for the spaces were wide between the
rows, and the runners cut off of those
beds for our home use,) filled with the
fallen leaves Of the trees or the woods near
by, of which there was, Of course, at
that season plentiful supply. Few
plants profit more by this system than
strawberries. From the rapid manner IN
which they exhaust the vegetable manure
in the earth, they are observed to require
frequently change of ground, that Is to
be removed to 3 soil where the vegetable
manure has not yet been removed. This
is the reason why the virgin soil of new
clearing is so excellent for them.
We will touch but briefly upon the adj
vantages to be derived from this system.
Mold composed Of vegetable substances
which have rotted and fermented in a
heap, till their texture has been broked
down, and the greater part of their juices
evaporated, is unquestionably of great
value, Gas for instance, clover and other
green crops plowed under) and admirably
calculated to impart vigor and strength to
the growth of plants. But the vegetable
refuse of garden requires length of
time before it can be brought into this
state some trouble in frequently turning
the heaps; and in whatever part Of the
garden, or grounds, they are placed, they
have always an unsightly and slovenly
appearance Add to this that these
heaps lose nine parts out of ten, not only
of their size and substance, but also of
their most valuable qualities, by the CON
tinual action of the sun and air and rain
upon them. But if the vegetable refuse
of the garden is buried beneath the sur
face Of the ground while fresh and green,
it is then easy of solution. The moisture
of the earth assists the fermentation and
decomposition, and the juices being pre-
served in the soil, become the nutriment
and support of succeeding crops.
When garden is manfred in this way
it is scarcely possible to exhaust the soil.
One crop may succeed another during
spring, summer and fall the same ground
may be fully stocked with every vegetable
that will stand the severity of some frosts
Each crop will leave behind it sufficient
vegetable refuse to keep the soil in con-
slant good condition. To the market gar
deners such a method of cultivation must
be of incalculable benefit 1t will, at
any rate, pay we'll the owners of the
land, or those who have leases.
We will only mention one more advan-
tage attending this system which will
strongly recommend it to all those who
delight iii gardens and own country seats
or villas-we mean its external neatness.
When the gardener depends chiefly upon
vegetable matter for the support and inn
provement of his soil, every weed will be
speedily buried in his trenches before it
goes to seed, and every decayed leaf or
whitening stalk will Immediately be hid
beneath the surface of the ground, and
converted into a source of fruitfulneSs
and plenty. This plan may cost too much
labor for the general farmer who cannot
afford to be very elaborate ON his garden,
yet we believe, if even farmers are fore
handed enough to have the capital and
appreciate the products for the household
of good garden yearly, it will be money
well laid out E.. III.
Newport, KY.
MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF CELERY
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