The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-04-29
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AGRICULTURAL NOTES,


! To keep up the fertility of our pas
T. lures, it Is evident that we must do our
t best to check the gI IOwtIl of s,cl vega
t tatloa as is rejected by stock. MS well ma
I that which would injure stock. II h
were eaten. Bnt it is not enough to
Destroy tile useless and injurious plants.
we Hiist encourage the growti of the
va.uable ones, S
COWS coming IN must have care. Csiva
lheth 'oiny. Iooe boxes for some DAYS.
before, and good bedding Of straw, eI,t
TWO or three times. Bring water n
them. II the ground is icy, but do not
crinlp them. Feed also some raw roets.
a,'d OIL meal, perhaps, to keep the ow-
rIs moderately loose. All bred lg
ANIMALS should be familiar with thair
died..
EDccATIoN OF rHx AGR,cuITua,sr
DaLhi Webster said. No man is %
iligh rs to be independents of the sue
cess OF this great interest; no .nan il 20,
low as not to be affected by its pros
perlty or dscline. The cultivation OF
I've earth Is the most important labor
vi man. Man may be civilized, in some
usXree. without great progress IN nlanL
uia,tlires. and with little commerce.
WIN Ills distant neiglibors. but with
OUT CULTIVATION OF the earth. he is. in.aIl
co1htrie'. q savage. Until fm gives lip
tne chase and fixss himself to some
pace anu seeks living iroastlle earth,
,'e Is a roaming barbarian. When TILL
f'g" begins. other arts follow. The far.
hhers' therefore. are the founders of hu-
iliane civilization.
PLANTING BAD SEED,-Manv thou-.
sands of dollars are lost annually. IN,
consequence OF painting poor seed
Acres - old worth es, carrot. beer.
onion, aiih similar seeds are sown eve
~ year. which might be avoided If eve
!! one VINO is growing such crops would
ahe the Trouble OF testing a few of Il y
'eeds previ"lls to souing. The loss of
plvparihg the ground and sowing-is p
asii'riy lar more than the cost of seeds.
l'u generally wnen ACKNOWLEDGMENT
= olsc"N'reu, the season is too far adj
'"nceu 10 ieinedr the evil. II avery
-asy liiatter'o . start IA few seeds in pots
= ~ DoAg1i Al, anu determine what prep0r- =
~" ~ w YIo" without running the
'isk OF loosing Il crop in addition 70 tha
cost OF preparing the soil and sowing
a HINT TO GARDESERs. some n1ac
nSy nave somewhat novel nieth-
,up' ,.. .fe"tiils t'niat pla,.ts, which, pro-.
s,'.'ns = nt ~ aal excellent quality wiliciE
:. e"i H.l The stems are cut off
~, 20 tne frst cluster of iDowerg
H.. s,,' =" ApPensloh them, thus forcing
ne sal, mo ~ buds lielow: and lhjs Il
'onr nse tinas successfully. Bv Ills
iefns,h~ piahls become stout DIV, N -
'"J'" ,'I '>aTt over eighteen INCHES hiun
-" are Kept erect in the ro
'.'n" = isg$ q very simpls
, eXptr
mounts
roxA1
atoes.
III feet
ZEN vrry sfT
INK heg nal'yS
With TO speak abont~l
il The training of tienE j Gs -
'out iert long To The plants, then
sucker them as yoM would tobacco.
III let only one sta.k grow; this lie
The pole As it needs il. In suckering
g plants some may think there is
niger OF taking oil trait stems; but
ere is no such diager at all. for the
lit stems put forth from the body of
stalk. while the sucktrs come forth
tn the leaf. besides The fruit stem is
en- hng before :he suckers; so there
no danger of pulling ofi'fruit sets for
ckers. When flIe plant has grown
oht Tour feet. cut of the top and
ft OF the leaves, and keep il woll
,kele Ell, for the purpose vi iipcning
run. tihak tlas tie best mode
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