Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-05-08
agricultural.

L SWINE UPON THE FARM-SUGAR BETTs.-
What may write in this article Is intended to
apply to the granite soil of New England; no
| acre Of which can pe profitably handled for any
| considerable number Of ears without manure
| rather than to the rich prairies and river bot
toms Of the West, or the Intervals and aluvial
deposits found here and there In the valleys and
beside the water courses of New-York and
| New Ensland.
After an experience gilmore thai twenty. five
years as Maine farmer, with no means of sup
port other than my farm, feel safe in making
the assertion that we must depend mainly up
| Oh our own resources for the dressing with
which to enrich our farms. have tried near
ly all the special fertilizers sold in the market,
| and while many Of them are great help to the
| crop, and while would not think of carrying
my kitchen garden through the short seasons
OF Maine without barrel Of superphosphate
for stiinuant, yet for general application, with
the present price OF labor and farm produce,
| commercial fertilizers cost more than they are
worth, and even If they did not, doubt the
| economy Of using them. All, says the reader,
how is thatp Listen and l will tell you. A
flour barrel OF standard superphosphate costs at
the railroad station in Maine about So. There
is no man in the Interior of Maine, with an ay-
| erage quantity Of brains, good spinal column,
fifty acres OF land, and disposition to work,
| but can make the value of a barrel of SUPER
phosphate for considerably less than So. If YOU
pay W for what is worth $S-and that is rs
high Us 1t will do to SET it-and spend So in
| labor to compost five OK cart loads of manure
worth $40, your farm will soon tell you which
| Is the most economical operation. can make
good, fair article of compost, ready to hall out
Tor W per cord, and experience has taught me
that two cords of it are equal to the barrel of
phosphate. How do it: have u hog-pen,
WIN open yards, good granite cellar, 40 by so,
leet ueep, under one barn, and cow-yard
where yard my cows nights. My Spring pigs
are kept in the hogpen till time to shut up the
Old hogs TO fatten, when the pigs are put in the
cellar and the hogs in the pen. After the old
hogs are killed the pen stands empty till time
Tor Spring pigs, while the cellar is occupied all
the time. In the hog-pen comparatively little
Is DOT, us have great consideration for the
youth and inexpcrience of the pigs, and for the
quiet and comfort Of the fattenng hogs. But
the ceiler Is where We see the literal operation
Oh tii Saying, "RooL hog or die" Into this
goes all the droppings Of the cattle and horses
when III the barn, and this stock is literally
Dedded every night--all the weeds, brakes,
woodward and dool-yard scrapings To be had,
with plenty Of muck, loan, sods, leaves, &c.
being sure to put in little corn with every
auditlon-as well as every morning, when the
tie ups anu stalls are cleared out Upon this
is put all the Stops and soap-suds from the
house, with an occasional sprnkling Of salt and
plaster wilma half dozen hogs roofing in this
mass from January To December get pile OF
manure that goes great way in reconcing me |
20 Maine, hard and rocky though her sJl may
b. My hogs are wintered with the exception |
ol The corn sprnkled in TO make them ROOT and |
the swirl from small family, 81. raw sugar
0sy's, 49,, ,,....,
and know Of nothing so cheaply and easily |
raised. Take piece of strong deep soil which |
was cultivated last year and kept free from |
weeds, plo it deep, spread On II good coat of |
minu'', harrow il well, haul OIL all the stones |
clean, pillow and harrow again thoroughly, fur
row two feet apart pretty deep and very straight,
put in fine compost, cover with horse and pillow,
rake down the ridges, drop seeds, three in a
place, one foot apart, ii the soil is very fine
cover one inch deep; If not fine, you must cover
deeper; thin to one plant in place; hoe well,
and you are safe to reckon on from 500 to 800
bushels per acre, often more. The best variety
know of is the "Amercan Improved, Iinperi-
ii French, Sugar Beet" viii somebody that
has the seed for sale please advertise?
ID. ii. 4.