The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-06-08
FARMING INTELLIGENCE.


Muck should never be taken to the
field direct from the swamps 1t should
be exposed to the atmosphere for six
months or more, the longer the better,
and composted with lime or unlcachcd
ashes.
! The early rose potato is smooth, nearly
cylindrical, sometimes flattlsh, large in
the center, tapering slightly and gradu-
ally toward each end; eyes shallow but
distinct; skin thin, tough, of dark rose
color; flesh white. solid, brittle, rarely
hollow; boils quicklv and is mealy and
| firm.
The 0liiofarmer. with las gang plow,
seated high up. in ease and comfort,
without the fear of soiling his boots,
plows out tworows Of corn--ten burrows
at once-while Mississippian will walk
ten times over the same ground at the
expense of his shocs,if not his toe-nalls,
to accomplish the same work.
Nitrate of potash, sulphate of soda.
or (Glaubers salts. and sal soda-of
each one pound of muriate Of ammo
MIA, one quarter of a pound. Dissolve
in thirty or forty gallons of rain water.
This is great fertilizer for strawberry
beds Of from thirty to forty feet in size
Keep the bell well wecded. Apply the
fertilizer when the new leaves are being
put forth, and apply it toward night, three
times, at intervals of q week between
each application.
A so called nutmeg tree has been
found in Nevada, which, apart from the
nut, as all ornamental tree is worthy the
attention of arboriculturists. 1t is said
to frequently produce two crops in a
season, but high up in the mountains the
second growth does not fully nature
The nuts hang pendant in large clusters
from the branches, similar to grapes,
only they are larger, and present very
beautiful appearance.
Plums can be preserved from the raw
ages of the curculio by sprinklin9 lime
or wood ashes on the trees, after the
young plums attain the size of Il pea, to
be continued till all danger is past. The
lime or ashes-either will do-may be
thrown into the tree, with shingle or
fire shovel, from the ground Or from a
step-laddcr. The application should be
made about twice week. early in the
morning, when the dew is on the leaves,
or after rain.
Every bushel of wood ashes applied TO
the corn crop is worth one dollar. The
truth of this assertion has been readily
demonstrated by the result of expert
ments accurately conducted. On all light
soils the action Of ashes is highly encr-
getic and salutary; they exert warm
ing and invigorating influence, and pro-
mote the rapid growth of almost every
species of vegetable production.
How few avail themselves of the
great benefit they could derive from do
mestic manure The barn-yard, the rich
guano of the poultry yard, the leached
ashes, wood piles, fence corners, where
manures have been accumulating for 80
years, ditch banks, the rich virgin soil in
close proximity to the hills from which 1t
slid, the rich muck on the creeks in con-
tiguity to their farms, and yet we will
not profit by their use. How promotive
of health if these things were removed
to the fields to contribute to our wealth,
instead of being nuisance
Take an ordinary nail keg, as near wa
ter tight as possible, bore quarterinch
holes in every third stave an inch from
the bottom. Spade and pulverize thor
oughly circle of ground three feet in
diameter. Place the keg in the center,
filed nearly full of good stable manure,
we'll pounded in plant Lima beans end
downwards, two inches deep, light inches
apart, and as many inches from the keg,
all around it; pour on pail of water,or
as much as the manure will absorb,which
may be repeated once week in dry
weather. Place or poles foot from
the keg, letting the tops meet over it,and
the work is done. Four hills will be
found to raise enough for any family.
No man who cultivates the earth need
expect remuneration without preparing
his lands properly. If level, and likely
to suffer from wet, it should be effectu
ally drained; if rolling, or hill land, it
should be encircled with bitches to retain
the soil, and plowed horizontally. No
vegetable matter allowed to be burned,
but turned under. Both hill and level
land may be made productive by deep
plowing. Mere surface SHINING will not
pay-will not make support. The best
level land will soon tire, and yield but
moderately, from shallow plowing, and
even with good plowing will tire by con-
tinuous cropping.
DESTROYING STUMPs.-An exchange
suggests the following method for getting
rid of stumps without making large
hole in the ground: We have heard of
two methods of getting rid Of stunps,
which, as they appear feasible and mex
pensive, we hope some reader will try
and report them: Bore with two inch
augur. to the heart of the stump; fill the
cavity thus made with sulphuric scid, or
with crude oil of petroleum. In the first
case, the acid becomes the destructive
agent within few months in the latter,
when the stump becomes saturated with
the oil, it is fired, and will then burn out
to the last particle, like candle.
FIELD BEANs.-The high price at which
good white beans have been selling for
several years past makes them a profit
bale farm crop. They are best grown
on light, casily-workcd soils, and require
but little manure for the production of
fair crops. If planted in rich, loamy
soils, or if green, fresh manures are
freely applied to the land, they are apt
to run too much to vine, without a cor
responding yield, and ripcn uncvenly.-I
In growing beans for market, the best
varieties should be selected. 1t is just
as easy for the farmer to grow Il No. ]
as a No. 3 beam 1t is much more prof
liable to raise the blue pod, the marrow,
or the extra peabean, well known and
high-priced varieties in the Boston mar
ket, than it is to grow medley of va
rious colors, which will not sell for near
tho ,,r;oo of thu hast binds