Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-22

AGRICULTURAL oRH1ATI0HA
Breakfng - lhe land for corn Is
nov onoof tie principal operations
On The Arm. Let Il Be deeply and
thorouehly done, but do not turn
Deer iha soil TOO deeply. A sub.
soif pl0W or bull-tOngne should
follow the turning pl0W. Avoid
blowing when the land Is too wet
Ditohing, draining and fence
mGkiRg, II not already finished,
should be pushed 70 4 termination
at once.
Manure cannot be too literally
used. The work OfprepariDg, buy
ing and hauling Il should continue.
Stock mast continue 10 receive
the best attention, II you wish eG-
fective work from your horses,
mules and oxen, and profitable re-
turns from the rest.
Make close calculations and do
not try to accomplish too much,
lest you fail 10 accomplish anything
rightly.
GARDEN WORK.
PeVs should be now planted,
wherever the state Of the ground
will permit,
Irish pOtIiOeS may be put in any
tune during the month.
The Garnet Chilli is highly spoken
Of in the neighbOrhOOd OF Charles
ton, as an carly potato.
Beets may be planted here in the
low country Charleston aud South
ward). Select ground, il possible,
that is sufficiently rich from pre-
vious mauuring, spade il very deep
~, pulveriZe 1t well. and sow in
rows twelve inches apart and one
inch deep.
Onions for the main crop may
now be put in. Have the ground
very rich and finely pulverizcd.-
Cultivate those planted in previous
months, but work them very shall
low, and avoid earthing them up.
The bulb should form mostly above
ground.
Turnips, cabbages and Kohl Rabi
may be sOwn during the month,
where the weather is not too Sc
we're.
Lettuce, raddishes, and spinch
must be sown for a succession. A
little loose hay maybe thrown over
the plants in cold weather.
Ofcarrots and parsnips you may
SOW q few for an early crop. Pre-.
pare the ground as for beeis.
Hot-beds should be got ready
toward the last Of the month for
forwarding tomatoes, cucumbcrs,
etc. See article on "Garden Crops
What TO Plant in Horticultural
Department.
ORCHARD AND VINEYARD.
Fruit trees and grape vines must
now be put out at once. in order
that the roots may have lime to get
well established in their new loca.
ton before the growing season
commences. See directions ia this
and preceding numbers on the sub
ject Of fruit growing.
Hoe RAIsING.-BelUw we give
the result Of sixty years experience
OF the most successful swine breed
err in the State OF Kentucky. He
says:
prefer my pigs should come IN
the middle Of February. Iprcparc
a long row Uf square rail pcus, one
10 each SOW, fronting South, Just
high enough for her 10 stand UNI
der the eve OF her shed to reach
the ground on the North side to
keep OH cold winds. | ill the bot
tom ofthe pen with good dry straw,
and train each -ow 70 wait before
her own door for her regular ra-
lions. | never let my sows with
Young pigs run OIL gruss clover, rye
or oats. Wheat OF blue grass will
not hurt them, but the native woods
are preferable 10 either clover, ETC.,
will produce worms. In the spring
when | mark them, | prepare Il tub
of strong warm soap.Suds, into
which | put a pint of grease and a
pint OF tar, and a decOetion Of two
pounds of tobacco. Into this | i'm
merse the shOats; they are never
troubled with lice afterwards. To
keep of worms | feed once a week
on ashes, (say one gallon to 50hogs)
with one pint Of salt, mixed well
with 4 quarter pound Of cOpperas.
Ny hogs never have the cholera,
though | send five or six hundred
to market annually. In feeding |
never surfeit my hogs. | give them
just what they can eat, but none 10
waste. lprefer to see them rise up
with avidity to receive their daily
meals.
The Carolina Farmer discusses
subsOil blowing, and gives the re-
suit Of an experiment as fOlloms:
"When preparing land for corn,
we caused three burrows under
each row of corn to be SUBSIDIZED
By running a bull-tongue behind
the turning pillow, by that means Sc
curing q depth of nine inches OF
we'll p~ulverized earth beneath the
growing crop. The result wss that
during the worst of the drouth In
August the corn never twisted,
and when the crop was gathered il
was flair one considering the char
acter Of the land, which was of very
moderate fertility"