The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-05-31
Farm and Garden.

Communist has been cultivated with
VARYING success in the North, but not
with profit above the latitude of st.
Louis. A good deal of interest is being
manifested in Kansas in this industry.
The seed should be planted four feet
apart each way, on warm land naturally
rich. or made so with manure, and the
plants thinned TO one in each hill the
nlaptinp 10 be delayed until all danger
of frost is over. The plant came origin
ally from India, and is extremely sensi-
tive IN frost and even To cold winds.
At the South il is perennial; instances
heinz known when il has continued TO
fruit. wear after year, for eight years;
conseouently the yield will be in pro-
norton 10 the length OF the season.
Fine crop must be kept entirely free
from weeds. since, when ripe, the pods
burst. and the seeds are often thrown
ont TO a considerable distance. These
are regularly picked up and carried to
the drying floor provided for the pur-
pose, or the ripe pods are cut just before
they open, and carried to the place pre-
pared for drying. The crop must notbe
bulked together until thoroughly dry,
since it is liable to heat Plant the
lght.colored, small, firm, Northern
beans, not only on account of their
earliness, but because the quality of the
oil manufactured therefrom is better
than from the coarse Southern varieties.
In Texas, Florida, and other favorable
localities South, from seventy TO one
hundred bushels of seed are reported
per acre. In Southern Illinois, Missouri
and Kansas, from twenty-five 10 forty
bushels of clear beans would be good
yield per acre.
Bleeding Of Grape Vmes.-A correspond
ent of the Gardeners Chronicle recon-.
mends as preferable to the method OF
placing potato on the freshly-cut end,
to stop bleeding in grape vines, to use
flexible collodion, which has been found
so thorough styptic for wounds of the
human body. Two dressings were given
with the end of feather, thoroughly
covering the wound twice in the course
of few minutes, the third or final coat
being put on about half an hour after
wards, when the cut was completely
sealed up, and in the course of few
minutes became quite hard, so that
there was not the least sign of any
bleeding. In the course of ten days
the vines grew away strongly and vigor-
ously, ana have since continued TO DO
so. Some choice pelargonlums were
also cut down and dressed twice this
was quite sufficient TO heal the wound,
and in the course of three or four days
the eyes were starting again, showing
great vigor. 1t was found equally eff.
cient with Apheldnd,a Leopold,i, Euphor-
6ia jacqmaigt0ra, and LucuLia gratiSSima.
In the treatment of the EuphOrbia, and
all the tribe of plants that bleed at the
same rapid rate, it was found necessary
to have small piece of sponge to wipe
off the milky juice, SO as to get the
collodion TO adhere, anu they require to
be gone over as many times as the
vines.
Root Crop for HogS.-But very small,
percentage OF farmers grow root crops
for stock. Occasionally patch of car
rots or mangolds are found, butas gen
eral thing they constitute no part of the
standard farm products. Still all ex-
perience points TO them as among the
most economical crops to be fed out
upon the farms, and at the same time
they constitute a healthful and nutri.
tive article of diet. In recent letter
to the R1traL World, w. j. Medley, Of
LaSalle county. Illinois, says that last
year he grew five acres ofmangolds, which
yielded about thirty one tons to the
acre. He says that hogs are very fond
Of them, aud III the fail will, when the
other food is scarce, eat them, tops and
all. He thinks one acre Of them will !
produce as much food as five acres of
corn. Mr.. j. S Tibbits writes to the
Michigan Farmer that he raised sugar
beets FOR his. hogs last year. He is
ready 10 believe them very valuable
food for tattening hogs, and superior to
any other root crop for stock of all
kinds.
Grass LandS.-The proper manage
ment of grass lands will be, before long,
if it is not now, the key to successful
agriculture in America. We find
difficulty in maintaining the productive.
ness Of our meadows and pastures, even
with annual top-dressings of barnyard
manure. There needs to be something
more. Not only abundant artificial
resources are necessary TO maintain
perennial vigOr, but the mechanical
process Of narrowing ana rolling are
needed. These destroy moss, loosen
and open the surface, admit the fertil. |
izers TO the roots and prevent the for
nation of tufts and heritage, which in
time would render the surface uneven. |
BY these means grass lands have been !
kept productive for centuries in Eu. |
ropean countries.
Value Of StrdU.-Straw, if properly |
managed, can be made TO serve more
profitable purpose than mere littering,
or to add bulk TO the manure pile. In
England, and among the English farm.
ers in Canada, most of the bullocl<s are
fed and fattened on straw, with roots and
meal. No hay is used, that being kept
for the horses. Thus larger number
of the stock can be fed. Straw cut,
wetted and sprnkled with ground food
or oil-meal, will carry cattle very well
through the winter. Dat, barley, rye
and wheat straw are proportionately
valuable in the order in which they are
placed. Pea straw is more valuable
than oat straw.
Food for Queens ,ohen Laying Eggs
Flour is fed to bee for pollen by
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