Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-26
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

BY green manures is, of course, meant
vegetable manures plowed down.
Cultivation would produce Sumac of a
superior quality to that now gathered.
Tue wheat crop in Middle Tennessee
presents magnificent appearance.
Chicago shipped 70 bushels of wheat in
1888. The amount shipped in 1868 was
upward of 4O,0OO,OOO bushels.
An early Spring is apt to be caught bv
niPPng frosls hence the recent cold snap.
preventing premature vegetation and keep
Ing things back in the orchards and gar
dens' "ay prove blessing.
Were it not for the improved machinery
now 10 use upon our farms, particularly
reapers' mowers and ,hreshing machines,
1t would he utterly impos lille to supply
the home consumption Of grain in This
country.
In plowing dowu grern crops attach a
heavy chain to the front Of the p'ow beam
which drags down the e. asa, 80 that it does
not CHOKE the plow. In this way it can
be pIowed down SO nicely that one would
hardly believe two feet OF clover had been
turned under.
If those who grow poor crops wouli
blame the weather aud the season: less
would drain more. plow deeper, and enrich
the soil by grasses and mnnure-,hey
would find that the weather and the sea-
SONS are not so much to be blamed for the
failure after all.
The manufacture Of surerpbosphates in
this country was commenced about eight
cen years ago. From that time i. has
gradually Increased, until now about 70 900
tons. representing Il money value Of rather
less than four millions of dollars, are annu-
ally sold.
The "men-fol.ss should see to il tha,
the fower-bed has its allotted spot of
ground-to be changed it need he. if a
fence has to he moved 10 make room TIL.
wife or daughter who learns to till the soil
properly for rop Of flowers, may give
the farmer many shrewd hint adap'ed t..
bis broader cultivation.
Good rules for tending the barn are !:
Feed in the morning as soon az you can
see to do so, and repeat till all are filled !;
turn out to drink before noon, so thu,
the stock may be out from one to three
hours, as the state of the wea,he, may be ;
tie up afer dinner and feed begin TO
feed in the afternoon early enough so that
you may give the last foddering before
dark.
Alsike, or Swedish clover, would do we'll
on prairie soil. 1t will hold much better
shan common clover. When the common
red does not attain good growth the
Mammoth clover will do better, though
the first crop must be cut for seed. Some
seasons the green clover will salivate
horses mu.h more than others.
Scotch Fife wheat was imported from
Russia into Scotland, and thence to this
country. where il has generally yielded. It
belongs to the white chaff, beardless. am
bar variety, and is distinct from most
Spring wheat in its harshness. and strong
wiry straw. 1t is seldom attacked with
INST, as the straw is- not iuxuriant, and
though sown on very rich soil, it seldom
lodges.
A writer in the Rural Gentleman saws
Herkimer county first taught the English
to use American cheese, and nov ships
them more than 100000 pounds per
year. As the entire amount shipped from
the Little Falls Market 10 1868 was
6,324,6l0 pounds, England, If the figure,
quled are correct, rereives by far the
greater portion Of all the Herkimer county
cheese made.
A stock Of raspberry or blackberry
bushes can be increased rapidly and easi-
ly BY simply taking away from the parent
plant all The roots II can spare, and cutting
them into pieces, two inches or SO in
length, and planting them in good. rich,
dark colured soil. Nearly every one Of
them, II watered when dry, will make a
arst class plant.
The potato crop Of the United States is
worth rnany millions Of dollars annually,
and it's total loss would b. nat ionsi ca
Iamity not readily repaired. W. fear tbs.
very few persona realize how inportan,
this eseulen. has become to us as people,
or how many millione Of dollars would be
added 70 our wealth By even very slight
Improvement ppon The bsss varieties nov.
10 cultivation. !" 90 -
Some yarie.ies es wheat will adapt them
sslvss mora readily for Spring. sowing lhae
Others; therefore Il l. the dp.y Of tarmers
to experiment. in the pat,er Of getting
early Eaad prolific Spring S6ssts. The
Wipsss what's shs. adapt ihsmssFess sbsst,
70 SSfaAg ssnins are: lhs smooth whistles
TSsy ssisiin nsspy of ihsir original Wm,sr
shs4 4dsliiiss. add7afs NOT infsriori 10 any:
.respde tGWmtss wHssts. 80 . otctt 10. sfss