Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-03-13
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
maryland Farmer.]
EARLY VEGETABLES.

Maryland Farmer.1
EARLY VEGETABLES.
A warm garden is not very we'll
suited to celery. cabbage, horse rad
isb, turuips and other fall crops. Nor
IL it at ali favorable to raspberries aud
many fruits, most Of which indeed
prefer. to grow where the ground does
not get over warm in summer time,
but for early vegetables, site which
has . dry bottom and lies 10 the south
east is on excellent thing to have.
Most early vegetables do not re.
auire great heat to bring them for
ward, aud this is particularly the case
with radish and lettuce. If the earth
is kept from fleeing, and the sun
heat alone brings them forward sew
eral ecks sooDer than if the seed is
not sown till the winter is wholly
gone. For this purpose mere boxes
or frames sloped to the sun, and COW
cred with straw mats or boards when
there is danger Of frost at night. is
enough to bring on these vegetables
considerably earlier than other peo
pie get them in the ordinary way, aud
especially are they earlier if the
ground slopes to the sun as we have
suggested. Asparagus, rbubarb,
heans and the vegetables that are
priced for their earliness all come on
much sooner on these sunny slopes
than many persons have an idea of.
Of course every one can have no
selection of q site. Most have to
take whatscar spot they can get. but
it is often to he noted that when peO-
pie have choice they do not select
wisely. We have rarely seen q gar
den which was selected with q view
10 the best place for spring. summer
Or fall vegetables, though this could
often be made to suit all. 1t is one
thing or the othcr-s good Spring or
a good fall site. These suggestions.
therefore, may hep 81 me people-we
hope at least in regard to early vegeta-
bles. -
England has expended many
millions of dollars in undertakings
rs q Government project, and money
was loaned to farmers on the follow:
ing terms: LIST. That it should be
expended 10 undertaking their farms,
under the direction Of public function
aries. I'd. That The owner of the
farm should secure the Government
by Q mortgage only active on the
increased value of The farm hey ond
the assessed value at the time the
undertaking commenced. I'D. That
the farmer should pay three per cent
interest and Xix and . half per cen,
each year until the whole was paid
thus paying annually . part Of, The
principal-the term of the loan ex
tending 10 twenty years, and that, il
case Of failure to do this, the Govern.
ment might foreclose their mortgage
6rst paying the farmer tho origina
assessed value Of bis land, and nexI
looking to the increased value alone
consequent upon the undertakings t.
pay themselves.
Tho result has been not merely in
dividual but national, and the increas
q profit Of the farms so underdrained
hes enabled their owners to pay of
tAs drainage mortgage without in
convenience, thus leaving themselves
fossvsr alter. the recipients of an IL
csessea inc0nH.-Erchange.
Some Of the most conclusive test.
n draining it has been our fortune L
sea. have just been carried out il
England. The operator, Mr.. Parkes
was desisous Of seeing-lst. wbethe
drains Sosr bet deep or drains tw'
let deep aes ~ more elective ant
.2odly. The dissaoce from which watc
Aews into drsins laid in stiff clay soil
This 10 illusraeed By the follOwin,
eApefimeat. Ne caused drain 4
b dug four teet deep In . piece Q
paature. ard q tie b9ttom were lai'
1lpss Il oos tsek bore. On Ties
vse rammed bed clay two feet deep
aud on shs clay wss laid another row
Of Inch pipes, and the trench wa
alled vp TO ,be surface. The result
vas. that after heavy rain the lowe
or fbur feet tiles uss eoly commences
running iirst, but The aow Of waite
vss much grratsr than from tbenpre
~. and Continued longer. But thi
vss not al. AnotAer drain Of fou
Ssst was opened, psssllel with th
other, at twenty-foss fret distance
and served 10 The same way. 1t the
sppeared that the 6est drain ba'
drawn Of The water - tho extent Q
i GU1essy.Gsue feet. for tbs second drai
~ . vsey ialbrioe low from it.-E'
DskEliisIxp lAa,uxo-son REASON
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/. Bscepse under tke present. sya
~ market b over sseshsd Wit
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