Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-03-03
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EDITORIAL NOTES.


cannot hear more frequently from them, ON
topics connected with the household, and
housekeeping Let us have some hints,
experiences, and recipes.
FARMERS CLUB OF KENT Co.
The next meeting of the Farmers
Club of Kent County will be held at Dover,
on Saturday Of this week, the 9TH inst The
discussions will be upon "The best manure,
and the best mode Of applying, for Spring
crops" and "The draining and cultivation
of low lands.' We hope.for an interesting
meeting, the proceedings of which we shall
try to report for our readers.
OTHER FARMERS CLUBS.
The Brandywine Hundred Club main
tains an active existence, and holds some
interesting and practical meetings. We
should be glad to have some reports from
them. At Harrington, (Kent Co., Del, on
the 10Th ult., Club was organized. j. F.
Tharp was chosen President, and L. Ii.
IIaymap, Secretary. A committee was ap-
pointed to draft a Constitution and BY
Laws. Altogether, there are decided indi-
cations of awakening activity and enter
prise in Agricultural matters.
TOMATOES FOR CANNING.
- The fruit Gamers of Brdseton,
Moorestown, Burlington, Camden, and 9TH
or New Jersey towns, have resolved to buy
their tomatoes, hereafter, from the farmers.
by the pound Ia ordcr.to obviate the irregu-
larities arising out Of different sized baskets.
The price they agree to give is half cent
per pound, or about an average OF twenty
five cents basket. Is 1t generally known,
by the way, that Delaware tomatoes are
more meaty, and better than thoseof jersey,
commanding five cents can more in the
market2
TOMATOES AS A CRoP.
---ANcw Jersey ''canner' argues that at
half cents pound dtomatoes are better crop
than corn at dollar bushel. Land that will
40 bushels of corn, will, lie thinks, yield 400
baskets of tomatoes, the former being worth
(grain $40, and fodder 500 $50 per acre,
and the latter $loo The cost of produc-
ton being about the same for b.th crops.
TIE sEARLY ROSE" PorATo
"A writer in Moore's Rural New Yorker
speaks kindly of the Early Rose, as having
proved, last year almost as productive as
the Goodrich, and when cooked, superior to
that variety, but thinks its thin skin units il
for heavy clay soils where /. W i'll rot, and
also for rough handling in going to market
He concludes, that for an early sort, to grow
on light soils, for a near and immediate
market, it unquestionably stands just now
at the head OF the potato list. The " King
of the Earlies" he pronounces to mature
nearly as soon as the ''Rosc," aud to have
a thiol, tough akin, Gitins it f,r. clay soils.
The PEAom BLOW, A STANDAEp.
The same writer says that none o
the early varieties, however, bear any com
parative value to the Peach Blow for th'
farmers staple commercial crop; and, hence
while the noise and bluster of advertiser
have had atwo-fod result, viz sold their po
J toes and induced attention, increased though
and improved culture in the farming com
, munity, it yet remains question as to how
much Of the land d signed by the farmer TO
his main crop of potatoes should be devote'
to early maturing sorts. The Peach Blow
in almost all soils and locations, has prove'
, a profitable variety, and not until within
e wear or two has shown any disease.
: ANOTHER MANURE EXPERIMENT.
E The Mirror and Farmer, Mancheste
NH, says John McNeal pleughed abo,
= II acres pine plain land that had been move
= but once. turned under twenty five one-hors
n loads of light manure to the acre, harrowe
and marked 81 by feet, rows IA reds lon
Planted with corn.
"Bradley's Phosphate, tablespoon
q full to hill, on sour rows, cost
9S cents, yielded. ..................... 241 Id
Bowers Complete Manure, four
= rows, cost 9S cents, yielded..... 337
~ Ashes, four rows, cost 40 cents,
yielded. ......"........"............ 3uI
=, No fertilizer, four rows, cost
y cents, yielded. ..... 1893
~ All weighed in the ear.
i. GAIN.
b, Bradley's Superphosphatc ............ 43 II
is Bowers Complete Manure...".... lis
r. lu9
= CHopTANK NURSERIES,.
"A very neat catalogue of the FTu
IN Shade, and Ornamental Trees, Vines. 81
y, of Messrs. Kemp S Kerrs Choptank Nurs
ts 'is ries, Caroline County, (Md.) is sent us
~ the printer, J. Marion Emerson, of Dento
ng OATS EXHAUSTIVE AND NEEDS CHANGE.
he -Richard B. Taylor, of West Goshe
In Chester County, writes that "The OF
on crop is exhaustive to the soil, and uncerti
or in this latitude; all varieties soon detcri'
on ate. New varieties must be tried or gr'
as something better ia its place such as PEI
lot beans, &c. have no hesitation in sayi
that the Ramsdell Norway Oats is an acq
is sition, so far as my observation has {
ZEN tended"
r,v THE RAMsDELL NORWAY OATS.
by A number of farmers, writing to
he West Chester and Norristown papers,
nu m press a variety OF opinions about the n
mr.. ssRamsdell Norway OATS" two or tn
is complaining of disappointment. 1t wo
OF seem, however, that the majority who h
vi experimental with it, are satisfied, and
the others probably had impure or bo
ed seed. Mr.. -Ramsdell, himself, writes to
: of West Chester Record, that he will ARA
lea with one of the dissatisfied farmers,
,ib. ss-ior trial of 10 acres, half Nor'
,ar. and half any kind he may select, and
|. 10 harvest to his one, or the whole crop S
zen. be his, and will pay cost Of culture,
and my oats will yield 20 per cent. more Il
enr than his"
'ro- ADVERTISERS NOTICED.
Higgins, Reybold & Co., of DELAY
,ub- City, Del, advertise their fertilizers,
to "Persicator," or Concentrated Ashes,
lcts' tended for Spring crops, corn, tobacco,tr'
N of clover, fruit trees, &C., and superb
ltely phate, for wheat They have received s
Iys a fattering testimonials of the effect OF I
use manures.
Joshua A. Horner, G3 South Gay ST
An Baltimore, has been advertising in the
Cary puNE, permanently, his manufacture of
low dust, which he represents to be a sin