The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-09-11

DIGGING BETWIXT THE Rows OF STRAW
BERRY PLAsTs.-There is a. diversity o.
opinion among gardeners as to the injury
or benefit which the plant may derive from
deep digging. The late Mr.. Keen, of lies
worth, the rai>er of the well known variety,
Keer's Seeding, was an advocate for shall
low digging. It is just possible that his
soil was rather H. hit, ond that, as the straw.
berry delights to grow in q tenacious or
good loamy sol! he objected 10 deep digging
in order to avoid lo"sen'ng the subsoil.
should be willing to abide by his authority
on the subject, were 1t not hat in the
neighborhood of Enfield, from whence the
London markets are supplied annually with
large quantities Of fruit, ], have observed
tina quite the opposite Of Mr.. Keen's prac-
tice il. adopted the ground betwixt the
rows is deeply dug, aud allowed to remain
rather rough, SO that the soil thus disturb
ed may derive benefit from the influence of
the atmosphere in penetrating it. Besides
this, the constant treading be ween the
rows makes it desirable that, once a year,
the soil sho: ID be dug to some depth be.
tween the rows, That they may derive nour-
ishment from the manure which may be
applied, and to admit of the Spring and
ea'ly summer rains, or any water that it
is necessary should be given to them during
their bearing season.-[Gardiner's Maya
zine.
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A LEAN HoRsE MADE FAT.-Many good
horses devour large quantities of grain and
hay, and still continue thin and poor. The
food eaten is not properly a~ssiuiila ed. If
the usual fond has been unground grain
and hay, nothing but a. change will effect
any desirable alteration in the appearance
of the animal. In CASE oil meal cannot be
obtained readily, miugle o bushel of fax
seed with q bnshei of barley, one of oats,
and another bushei of Indian corn, and let
it be ground into fine meal. This will be a
fair preEo' ton for all his feed. Or. the
meal of barley. oats and Corn in equal qnan-
titles, may be first procured, and one-fourth
part of the oil cake mingled, with it, when
the meal 10 sprinkled on cut feed. Feed
two or three quarts of the MATURE three
times daily, mingled with q peck of cut hay
and straw. If the horse will eat that
amount greedily, let the quantity be gradu-
ally increased until he will eat four or six l.
quarts at every feeding three times q day.
So long as the animal will eat this allow /;
ance, the quantity may be increased a little
every day. Of Bat avoid the practice of allow I
ing q horse to stand at o rack we'll filled I
With nay. In order to fstten q horse: that a
has run down, in flesh, the groom should be
very particular to feed the animal no more 4
han he will eat, up clean and lick the man.
ger for more. 80 Mass. Ploughman. 49,.
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EARLY ROSE PorAroEs. = This new vaarie- {
" of early p~ototors is, the best which has '
appeared for a long time The potato ia G
Iong and smooth, the eyes not deep but
frequent, and the color Of, the skin q deli
cate but distinct red. The skin is very
nm ana The flesh is fine and Of excellent
lav9r. Inc yield is also very large. A
!ha,Aee gardener near Boston paid thirty
dollars last spring for a barrel Of Early ,
nose po,atoes, and from the produce he has
aiready sold one hundred and twenty bnsh. =
Els at from two dollars 10 TWO dollars ma 4
lIty cents o bnshei, and has still . ,aroa !"
quantity on hand. A German pardsne ~
this city gives a similar account Of hi. "
Mr., Vincent of Montgomery Q
'"unty, Ohio, planted three Early Rose Do. 3
:atoes April lst. theae divided 40 90 I'll
make 100 bills, planted i'm drills 10. ;aches a
part, the whole occupying q space. ~ bv 81
20 feet in extent HE dug from the ground =
July "a, just six bushels Of potatoes Of ex. y
ellen, quality. This is, however, only an
potato, like the Junes, Dycmans, and
'tfers, and has not proved thus far u good
'otato to keep III quantities. Further trial
variation Of soils may modify this pecu- l
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