The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-01-28

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lay all the ingrediens Of IA nice boiled
dlnacr-every thing prepared in the
incest manner, and the pot filled with
the cleanest of water, and all the vegeta-
blcs as raw as they had ever been. hIy
grandfather stared and my grandmother
joined another roll to the yarn upon the
dlstatt, and began ar other verse of her
song.
''Why, woman, what does this mean ?'
began my grandfather Indignantly.
~''Ehis dinner isn't cooked at alll
g Dear me, is it not? Why, it has set
in the sun this four hours"
''Set In the SUM-
"Yes you told me to try the next
best thing to a fire, and l thought set
ting my dinner in the sun was about that"
My grandfather stood doubtful for q
moment, but finally his sense of bumor
overcame his sense of injury, and he
laughed aloud. Then picking up his
hat he said
Come, boys, we might as we'll start
for the woods. We shall have no dinner
until we shall have earned it, l perceive"
"Won't you have some bread and
cheese before you go z" asked my grand
mother, generous in her victory, as wo-
men almost always are. And SO she won
the day.
Directions for the Culture of Garden
Seeds.
ARTICuoKE-Mayb be grown from seed
or offset suckers. Sow the seed early
in season, in a bed of good rich earth, in
drills of one inch deep and twelve inches
apart, and transplant the following Spring
to permanent place.
BEANs-Beans like dry soil The
| dwarf varieties should be planted in drills
and the running sorts may be sctii either
hills or drills. Plant as soon as the
ground is warm and the danger from
| frost past.
BEET-Before planting, the seed
| should be put In warm water, ard allow
ed to soak twenty-four hours. Plant in
| drills about two inches deep, and the
rows twelve to fifteen inches apart. Thin
out the plants to about six inches apart
in the rows. Make the ground rich and
mellow to good depth, and keep it loose
and freed from weeds.
CABBAGE-The cabbage requires a
deep, rich soil, and thorough working.
! Sow in open grou ind. When fveo or six
inches high, transplant from twelve to
thirty inches apart.
Carrots-Carrots succeed in a deep
rich, mellow soil, well prepared. The
seed comes up quicker if soaked for day
or two, and then mixed with plaster or
ashes.
Cauliflower-Gaulifiower requires a
! deep, very rich soil, and the earth should
/ be drawn well toward the stem. Sow the
seed in a hot bed, or in an open border,
1 Lift the plants carefully, with a trowel
! from where they were transplanted, and
plant them eightd len inches apart each
way: give gentle watering, and press
the soil down firmly.
CELERY-Sow !cither in hot-beds or in
open ground early in the season if sow-
I ed in open ground it Vegetables slowly. As
soon as the plants are three inches high
set them out for temporary growth,
placing them four inches apart, and pro
tected a day or two from the sun. When
about six inches high, set them in trench,
cs eight inches apart.
CUCUMBER-Plant as soon as the
ground is warm and danger from frost is
past in hills four feet apart, using a
shoycliul of we'll rotted manure to each
hill. Cover the manure Two inches deep
with fine earth, and plant eight .or ten
seeds t1 each hill. The seeds should be
covered about half an inch deep, and
firmly pressed down with the back of the
hoe.
EdG PLANT-A tender plant. rcquir~
ing sowing in hot bed to produce an
early crop.
LErrUcE-A very rich soil is neccs~
sary to produce fine head Lettuce. Sow
very early in the season, and when well
! out of the ground transplant to one foot
| apart.
MELoNs-1'o obtain a fine crop early
in the season, the same course as for GU
cumbers.
ONIoNs-The onion should have a
clean, well fertilized soil. 1t is useless
to try to grow crop of onions on poor
ground. Sow the seed very early in the
season. Keep them thinncd out, and the
ground mellow and free from weeds.
PARsLEY-The seeds germinate SLOWLY
and should have heat, if possible.
PARsNIp-This favorite and nutri-
tious vegetable likes deep soil, where it
can go down without meeting stones or
hard Jumps.
RADIsHEs- in drills eight or ten
inches apart, in rich light, and mellow
soil, we'll broken by digging. Sow at in
tervals Of from ten to twelve days through
out the season.
CANADA Mr.. Derby's paper on the
/ Annexation of Canada, read at the So