Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
FARM AND GARDEN.

FARM AND GARDEN.
MANURE FOR GuovrR.-A cores
pondent Of the Rural New Yorker saws
that sUlphates OF soda and maguesia
lelauber and epson salts) have been
found peculiarly enicacious as anure
ioI clover, this being a crop that re.
sponls much more readily to minerr'
than to u~itogenize manures. The a
son Of this is believed to be t''5 the
plant draws its ammonia NOR rom Ihe
air than from the soil. o. lal' tnat
without such fertile ooH Inree
and ohe-halt tonfo foD Tro ond n nno b .IF
fonps T no, by manuring with the
o sous per "c' Combined with sinner.
nSosrI these substances would be
rrL,s'to show still better results, and n
l"tlhzer thus constituted is we'll worthy
o, extended trial on our clover fields
I1e value OF clover, especially when
P's'nred with sheep, is fully recognized
oF our farmers; but its systematic
growth preparatory to wheat, rs is prac,
tlced IN English tillage, is too much
neglected, lnasmuch as, from the small
amount of ammonia tston NV - - So,
the soil. it allows nearly a wboIo roo,s1
accumulation to ha stSro5 NV 81 90 >
use of The srccoo5i,m oouoo ~ lor we
W1igh ntrogonized plant food is abso.
CULTIVATION OF Sm1IAx,-Nr T
nicA' tnan whom there is no better au-
gioflty rs a florist, gives the following
TINS plant. now so much nsed s IN az oi
decorations, for twiuing in the hair and
for trimming party dresses. "W;tb
little care and attention it can be grown
successfully as q house plant mo
seeds should be sown in a box or in
pots IN The house, and should be KEN
moist till the young plants annear
The seed beng rather slow to germjn.
ale, You must not think il bad If h 1oas
NOT make its appearance in two weeks
Inc young plants should be Noted off
NO three-lnch pots as soon as they are
tlr5e or four inches high. Once n wear
IAe oulOs should be allowed te dry off
and rest, They will start into growth
aSln IN about six weeks. The vine
goes not require the full sun. but will
grow well in a partially shaded sitaa-
ton, Il can be trained on n small
tnfead across the window or around
p.asHros. II is a climbing vine. and
VIII attach itself to q string in inst
ahoQt the right condition to nse for
TIej,As, etc., or, when required for
l'S1VeI WORK, the branches which be-
come o~ntapglod can be separated"
-rr,-,, ,,I-
- -AlIlleb seems to succeed ev-
Nv, ,Nrst VII any reasonably fair
s,,.t,,- ~ c'h ne soWn early in the
r~-rs -sa WI pfQdnce a succession of
Wv: 73' ~. TS4'lnued sow1ngs, up to the
ra ,,r(''J o. 'u!y IN tins latitude, Scarcely
~; ;t',o ,., 1lin SIX weeks are required for
r. ~. r'G.I' 1nd me crop should be cut,
boafn 4o ii,o ~,' . lIe Tops Oh the seeds
st91j w gr l,P't Il saved for seed, it may
AlIlet requires a good soil, well Tnp,
p2teo and asrich as may be made. Deem
~pao9&Alng is effective in the cultivation
OF TINS crop against drouth. as it is with |
almost all others. There is NOTHING a
ptlteE as q manural application than q a
Hl.A.lfe OF bone-dust aud Peruvian GU. t
"+o OF a good uper-phOsphate. Barn II
f'II' manure, when used, should be q!
Well rttcd. Fouror five pecks of seed al
ate sufficient to the acre when hav is Il
l!e OBJECT. When s0wn for the seed ST
winch when ground is nutritious and la
l|.,.''Ing, rather more seed should be IN
There are a number Of varieties
hliet but our remarks above an. w
to that commonly in use, known so
JotanloaIIy as Panicun2 1lilqcelm1 OF en-
js great value there can be no Doubt ed
'ad we hope all our readers who can do an
20 VIII SOW at least a small natcb of II VIC
1 only as an experiment. to test ;ts til
TO their situation. We on to
y AHA that the hay it makes is evceI. in
III quality, much relisbed nv cattle SIX
horses, aud frequently reaches tbrao cl,
o lour tons to the acre in nuontity WIS
P,u, as
lthlE AS a HONEY PhANT.--H, o. an
A,g1sl' perrin WIS, writes the Ameri- 70
GA l'so journal AS a homeopathic, as
rs Pl"lIy ll5 rape is scarcely second to bu
- ProuHclng q beautiful golden an
my D! good flavor, and is in blossom co
,ulI nearly everything else is out of -
't'5sonl' commencing about the middle asI
D, august and continuing a couple of sw
rot better than wL Lt'P - M ~ az good II IA
il is rom tbn Mai ~ tiue loG T(
II june. This Gives aso ti in,oute 10 yIe e4d
.ol after Other croS ,lnio ~ prepare me IN!
wheat or corn sbonI Gt fail RE- III OF II mi
ape can be sown in 1b lol. IL coming up, |
harvested from the Midi t ~ YES ~ IL IS ne
September. after all 1l otbor ~ @ya que iaSI Oh WI
-essel. It does not imnovo saI,I us IS mar mar OF
}ut benefits, From aTa ~ 1l niaL viiG SOL no
is more per mere Of 1 r,o 70 elsn! p9Sll- t1
ground which had r rnrp' the J,e I nrorio On ne he
,ear. IL allows no ro6Ts tno previous an
t is fairly startcJ a 800 20 6rog alter OF
md its leayos 6n99nIotniSS very 1ense' In
mound, therefore Il 5nos ny s s,i%e tIe IN On,
like Other 'r groin no' S nue. WIN
las q GOOD cash noorkoot t" a. - 5no SEED
Wis. Wbcre oil ;s oyt ao aoiio au Lag ae
-tS IA 10 C&lIdtbtu lEOln If no