, 1869-04-21
TIE FARM AND GARDEN.


,,,ov o1-,t .os,r17 7ru., conuesrnEprsr.r
cr.wr,,0x M Anrtl "a. 1903, :
a.unvs,so
4 .,oo., kitchen pan1en for the farm Ia tho c1-
,ntlon mt the rute. ina woutd suppose thst the
1ner- With his chenp land. abuuaance Of manure
nj eycr ready team. p,oW. harrow and cultl-
afor would nj once reyersc this condition Of
,tnc, and make a r,nor garden the a1centIop not
IA y1,ie MANY nersous eppeaT to think there Is ,
,,,n s1ucr.t nrf in the growing Of vegetables for
,ar olwayn foil. do the best the7 NAV, while the
,arrr, gardener seldom falls Of cool crop5 Now
rerr ts no little ruth tn this i,ea aud 1t Is we'll
mt tg.p correspondents have Of late raised this
uestjon. and will now proceed to stnte these
tcrets. In the nrsl place will tell you where
arden vegetables von t grow to good aslyautase.
int in u coyu1,el1 that has been cropped 10. twcn-
re,rs x1thnnt manure. .nd which has been
o,cnc,1 mon by s,nck aurino the winter.
n1eayorlnn N oet living from the corn stalks:
N thts wonr ansxer at nil for this exnenment |
7es ,s.f n thoroughly tested Al the university a s
hovn b. the second ANIMAL report now III prrss
ye cannot rror them on land that Is OCCASION |
,1,y liable to stacuant wster, nor can we
,roF them to good advantage on any upland with.
nut a good supply Of manure. It Is well to know
rhat we cannot do for that Ia the rst lesso that
ye baye to learn, and It ia q rood thing to haze
c,r failures written up that We may sec them aud
n,out thereby, or course. IL mus. he annoyin0 to
men of yast learning to make these t,1unlcrsu but
es It Is In the patufe Of thIn1s and as b!upders
rtl come. VIC must make the t,est OF them. No |
man ever succeeds until he begins to consider
" hat will do rnfher than tn trr what may do hut
which has often nrorpd failure have often
thought that hook on agriculture and gardening |
Tint would give Il history OF nil the failures and
the reasous therefor, under appropriate heads,
yould ne worth ~, untol sum 10 our rural popu- |
lai}on. 1t goul,, read about as follows:
Nr1n. uplauted fnu onions: made drill four
inches deem. ,,rnnueu In t1,e sets: covered with
hoe: came I'M spJn,llinc. md did not form good
sized onions think II had nut the ground In nice
order with good steel rake, laid down q garden
line and messed the sets INTO the soil, one by
one. bottom down. and partially covered them
with the nike. they would haye' done
better. for I ind the onion makes its
tu,,,, near The srf.ee and root 1ecp In the SOIL
Passing henyf tron roller over the beds after
n1ant,no ia a good plan.u MtnA "Planted early
cn,,,ap,, m nar+ of ysr,leu where esrl4 potatoes
rev last 1ear-loolet rich, but the cabbage
1vouli, mt head. A peichbor told me to turn up
the leayes In the form Of a heal and put small
stone on il to keen them In place unttl tho head
fo7mct,-thnt was failure. An old cabbage.
prover ,o,d me- should have planted after the
sweet corn and anplte,l plcnty Of manure; plo4
t,een. hare thr soil finely pulyer1ze.l 20 through
them twice n week with the cu1t!gator, keep down
the weeds and the cabbage will be al right"
,f.,u- "P]anted n variety OF garden aeeds-had
mn nike and John yas using the hayrow-made the
clot1s fine ~ could with the hoe and had to use
..oua .'us - os 49, sno,s Az nv ,,o1n1 - soo1
",-ar .1o,fo, nnf t.,f m n s,aat rate ,us+ n
,,snt 1s,S -, r,,.n ssea. nor m, crn,s for onr.
don tx,nr-no lime tn haul manure Well. tho
set,s f,td mt come m well: rces the seed oea}-
err che at In seeds Nancy weedel the beds once,
but had no time; and after while she had too
much To do In he house to look after thcn Did
! nnt 1pt cnnuph 10 rav for the kecd and work.
shn1l send or for 1rtter seed next time II pay
double price 1t Is too bad to be so cheated IN seed
! Why, there ls sun Jones' who had the bcst kind
i O! = car,ep, md he was 60 well pleased with the
way his seed grew, that he was putsering in the
garden most every LAY; but then, Sam always has
good lucE With oil that he plants The storekcep-
| ers know letter than to sell Sam poor seeds, for
| they know he would make q fuss about II"
Such q book could Be written very cheaply-1t II
simply the nistozy Of rear repeated. have often
Wished for something OF tne ana TO feullna We VI
numbefess tallures taAt atu 4auie ~ ~au
In fact, do repent II some puonsaes "oula IKE 10
III sucn naod~oooA on sne a'HsAel, ~ ttAln ~
! the majority OF la11aets iol tneu ae.aa! cApel' =
encc, md Will wager thas TOT tnc gf!t OF tweats J
copies nc can NJ "nn lue NUS eo,o's :.
To return to the gasuen "or6 we nteu oe II
no great hurry TO r!ant' hc1sef "at unsli Tue SOL
is In food condll!on 10 pio% OF SPADE anu tncn 3
to "ofS patiently 10 Fut II III hhe eouu"'ou Az
planting, hy toc use OF the hatto", tohel au" w
steel rake. never ""ke aas'o" oe"s, ou' r!aut a
rows the ~hole length oi t1e sal"en' so ,nsA
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o,, .rtn thc 1,,rE Of The Hnade so thar 1t Is fr1
a,a- ,hn 500 II too, deen1y planted the seed
49,. - -, and n II I. mt made r1ne and FIRM,
nss ,.sassa1 ~, fhe secfl IL NAV become too dey t
~. ,h, seo, IN rerm,natc. for ne mus. bear /
a'.o" ~ ~ as,b1s eccda IN rermlna,e ccrtal
nlAa ana ~ ,na snn nn, ,troosnhcre arr essrr
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ahd aso so eose ~ 80 49, norant ~ tne am
near the sul'aee ~ ..ass .ue " ''
rays ano ~ "usu.o sno As ,o,.+ na.,,,, -, >,
IN lHm plaeeoe .os~ - a.e7. ~ ~. 49, =. ,.enss
Feed wc SO" 'rom the satie sause' "Ao -. e0.ue
: culture It ls noI ps"t'a'He '"H' "o4e ~
onc-sl1th et tne see" sns9s NC p'n44'' w WIG ~'s
| nup
~ ~. ,,onet sertnus whArks tn cnt
: Du1 one y, -s. .'s - +tn,l IN .+4ona tott \
| Earlcn IS lAc Will Va 'Ale ~ "'s~A1A ~ ~ .
another acrc Of corn Is 10 ne planet Ok nuolacF ~
OF wheat must be Gown. IL t"o9'o oe oetter ~ pa
5 several acres less OF corn aaa " ~" iess
; wheat, and have M aonnaant supply 81 eooo' We
l. grown wholesome Fegafap'es' We saouiu maAe
n rulc 10 hare Inc gasaen at.enaeo " a. nfs., ~
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n can be no doaot taat tns ~. r.
to . supply ol seSetauea 1uu ~ ~. -, :,
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nes3, auu yeR IAe1s % ~