, 1874-07-04

Lll0 suT1hCe III III very nla CQuultluu HH, IN tlAt
case, The young woods may be doetroyod wlhon
damage to tie armly-rootoa grain; but, IN. tho
cano Of trnpa, TINT aro not TO bo aown until tho
middle ot Julr NO l,ayo ample limo to dcatroy
e ;s Ky 1 ii TO qss: S sss sy RI. h s sls~ns 2s.:s as
rolling 10 rotuoo the aoil to tluo tth, ia feost-
Ing t',s soil for tho air, tho dow, anl the nun,-
NOR. showers. CURRY down autl deposit plant-foo1
~ tiis soil and, AZ tie weedn aro not allowed
it1s rotalncd iii tho soil for the tnrnlp.ero
1hls Is tie truo plan for Tho preparation OF tho
Hoil for this orop, aud one that Is Of
ALMOST UNIVERSAL APPLICATION
to all Of our farn,.crops: Some day this doc
trino will DO taught In Tho hooks, hnd maybe
soma Professor In our Agricultural Colleges may
toach 1t to his cars Is MI original ldoa, that has
lts growth '" THU the walth Of his institution.
endeavor to kill ;t!,e vaols: now, we may turn
our hant, aud Kill tho wosda In tho preparation
Of the soil for tho drop: srd In tho supply Of
plaut-food. Sonln gouiua at1yortses sort Of
clamp Tor pulling up tho maedo In tile garden.
stoop down IN ottlar to get at tho noefls; and
another virtno IL, TINT the soil ia not disturbed.
Tbs lootn Of .ho wendA are drawn out on sotno
an.estlotc plan, 30 tint the soil is not loosonod
npacs to garry plant-food,. The thing 'hows that
tile "foo-killor" has. III bis great mercy, spared
another victim, to DO and romain living monu<
mens Of Ills high regard
The power Of the Thomas smoothing harrow
10 not IN lite hlantinE tooth, az tho agents, whd
havo 25 pol cent commission III yiow, wouldlava
ua suppoae. but In
ITS NUMEROUS TEETH,
that rodueo the surface to tnouess, md that dc
not permit tha small uoelH to Escape. Thore Ia
no pntent on this, and YOU can put a. many
| teoth ln your harrow, In order to pulverlze tha
surf.se of your tnr,'tp.tell or any other doldI,
so; or you may slant part or all Of them, but
I do not think 1t will make ttom hotter for tho
| sia1ltng and you may put SCAT OIL your har-
70" also, for did the srn'o thing ut least forty
| years Rgo. If you to not want the patent uoat
will the foar logut put In six. ten. or dozan,-
| your turnipB will grow all the same.
have been oogitat'ns over tho Friedman har-
row, to soc II cannos DO improved for lifting onr
double its bars and tue number Ut its teeth, put
on Beat for the boy Srl driver, and thus maka
it the improved Friednan harrow that We will nse
| III tho nice preparation Of the soil, and for tho
! purpose OF feeding our plants. Wlsn Wo food
[ pig Or \ cow in order to make 1t grow, NC not
onEy hava to deliver tho food to It, but I've must
! also supply the food. Now, when we feel onr
plants, wo pl1lverizo and open the soll, and tho
nnnlor-shower. tho nightly dew, and the warm
| mir, are
! CHARGED WITH plANT-Fn0D,
md Ut once neoll The SOFT pulynruout soil among
tie roi!ts Of tho growing plants, and present It
it. The warm Houth wind, that comes to us
from tho Gulf, is frelghtod with plant food that
The ocean has sent LII asId II We keep tho soil
cloan aud Its suriaco pulverizsl. 1t wil stop and
j, .ne t.; uopa
but here It fills our plants with starch, aud NO
have Tho cereals and tho HtarchY tubors, 10
tn,,";, So ~ n'at ,u H.
] OF Culture remains the sama.
1t is pleasant to contemplate these things tu
know that your tur1lps arc Of foreign growth,
H. fon aot ss. -, hay; ti.non ~ IT,, sr.
thet ,n"tc tSa a"ar.eans ue's anI tMs cottnn nm
came from the iar,o ocean ~ yet ' suc is tho fact. @
oro s1o roat so,,rca ~ ti,o 2nas
ev ,o1',, -, ,,.; p s' .e en' "na
son md o,,t nr sSason T ;,nnTata;,'e nnon ia tha
ernnt ,occsaitv or cno,nostn" savng snreoJ. nj.
ti6' @ az P,:s ,:s p".st 1 auu 10 W I'm to.as
,G' ..G s!ns VI mosus aiS uauue 1egi su.a .,
tam III tot o,~ fois,. ~ tan~ht hat. liz @ i,na }o,
sl .s tuas ~ M iate.s s .ausue n'o .no "Gs, aos
nao nlon ana ,ueEt1.ns " stay Hns; la Ia
nen.noot;9 a,i "ue ,,,.1 -. t''S6s -, .no
ar, ~ ra, sno 1;ah ..osI snJ
= sns iidin,is 1hA tho hoeng OF tho weads thai
follow, i,ave all bsen weary lossona. Do you
wouder that hnye wished for
NEW AGRICULTURAL EDucAr1oN,--
ono that in more iu accordauce with tho lavs Of
Nature, and less with the laws Of hard, toiline
labor. Somo people delight IN religion thai
proscribes pess iii their shoes and the woody
|
none Ut that, but Erocn peas With lamb, and
an agriculture TIT il more pleasant by being ii
accortlauue with he principles Of tia laws o.
Nature II tho sIate should over mike mo
gift OF an Agricultural College, would fill il
With students from among the oycrworked sonl
of toll AID tsacl, them sumo easy lessons Of ia
bor, They SHOULD learn TO loyo the culture o
the soil, for it should bo based on reason, aui
not made harl and exnctng. II sent an agen
| to Europe, it would not be for plaster-casts o.
Virgins, G1eak Slaves, and Matlonnas, from
Italian workshops, but the trees aud plants thai
might be made useful on the prairios Of this North
wost. would mike great plantation Of usotl,
trees, and plant Lass OF art. I would make
| ]audscapo thut should teach tho farmers usefu
easpns, ani lessons OF beauty. The stuuen
| yllou!d know what tree made the best and cAeap
est railroad sloeper,-not the aloeper Of
plustur cart, or bust Of tue form divine. III
should also learn ,yI1ut tlmbor ia best suited t,
the USE aud dcInanlls Of tile farm and Of com
! merce, and how 10 grow. them; and, as to th
fruits OF the Temperate Zoilu he should lroY
how to select aud to cultivate thou. Ever.
graduate should
GRADUATE DAoK TO THE FARM,
not turn ahystor, book-peldlor, lightnlt1i,-rut
!: n,nu, or agent for sowing or other machines
I 1u,tt tenrs III t1,nsn onn,rnttnna tn tl,a yu1ua