The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-06-17
FARM AND GARDEN.
EARnY Or nArs rnANrNa.


Is It best 60 plant as early as possible,
or to defer this work as long as can be
safely done? This il q Question in
which all FARMERS are interested, and TO
which each year they are practically
obliged to reply. While there are many
advocates for. each of these extremes, I
think there Is q a golden mean which
VIII lead TO much better results. Either
Of the extremes are open to grave Obiec-
tions, which do not lie against q time
halt way between. It is true, as the
advocates of early planting claim, that
if the seed is got into the ground very
early, the work is done and out of the
way of other things which then need
attention. But the objections to this
course are that the ground and weather
are so cold early In the season that the
seed either riots In the ground or else is
a long time coming up; often falls a
prey to Wire-WOrms the plants, If
any appear, are tender and grow very
slowly, while the weeds, which are
more hardy, at once go In and possess
the land. Late planting is not open to
these objections, but il is open to some
which are quite serious. If the season
is backward, and the planting is put off
as late as possible, the plants are not
large enough to be hoed more than
once before haying time, and there is
danger that the crop viii not be fully
matured before the autumn frosts. 7
think the best way is to begin the prepa-
ration of the land quite early, pillow,
and get it nearly fitted to receive the
seed. Keep blowing and fitting, but do
not put in the seed until both ground
and weather are warm. Then go over
the land with a harrow, in order to de-
stroy the weeds which have started up,
and also to make fine bed for the
seed, and do the planting as soon as
possible. Then the crop will get as
good start as the weeds, grow rapidly,
be ready for the second or third hoeing
before the time for getting the hay, and
have abundant time in which TO get
perfectly ripe Country Gentleman.
LICE IN FowLs.-For lice upon fowls
the best thing is, prevent by cleanliness
generally. Not too many birds in one
hennery. Should lice make their ap-
pearance the best application is, train
or other oil one pint, arsenic one
drachm, we'll incorporated, and rubbed
under the wings a little at time also
upon the back and head. One or two
applications will be sufficient to kill all
lice. Then wash off the filth with warm
soapsuds.
THE GREATEST CROP IN THE WORLD.
We find in the Colorado Agricultural
and Stock Journal the following statis-
tics concerning hay and grass, which
are worth the careful attention of
those land owners in this section who
are In the habit of renting their land
every year for the purpose of raising
corn, oats, and other crops; for, besides
the injury done those lands by the care
less cultivation of majority of renters,
the immediate profit to the owner is
greater, particularly when he can afford
to Craze his own stock The hay crop
In the United States for the last year is
reported at over 81, 900, 900 tons cured.
This at $50 per ton is about $500, 000,-
600, and does not include that what was
eaten but not cured. The live stock of
the United States was worth 81, 525,-
600, 600. These had to get their living
out of grass. The value of animals
slaughtered for food in that year was
5000, 900, 600 The butter crop was
about 5I4, OOO. 600 pounds. This ali
came from grass. There were produced
sos, 900, 900. This, too, came from
grass. Next, 100, 10000 pounds of
wool, at $25, 900, 900. This got its liv-
ing from grass. Next, 81. OOO. COS
pounds of cheese, worth $4,000 900.
Add all these items together, and the
grass product of 1874 of the United
States was no less than 81, 292. 600 600.
The total value of all agricultural pro-
ducts in the United States was 81, Az
53S, 658. In other words, the grass
crop of the United States can pay of
the national debt In two years.
EVAPORATION OF MOISTURE FROM SOIL.
An important consideration at this
season of the year is to prevent, so far
as possible, the evaporation of moisture
from the soil One means of doing this
IS to frequently stir the surface. Au-
other is shade for the ground. The
last Is best obtained by mulehing-that
ID, by covering the soil between the
rows and closely around the plants with
hay, straw, half-rotted leaves, pine
straw, or any convenient vegetable
trash. This mulch should be several
inches IN thickness, and will not only
prevent the rapid evaporation of mois-
ture and the reflected heat from the
ground, but also the close packing and
baking of the soil, from the beating
rains and the hot sunshine which gen
orally follows them. This rnulchin9
should be done while the soil Is still
moist. With heavy mulching the Irish
potato crop may be saved, and can be
dug as wanted, far into the summer.
and the earliest planted tomatoes often
kept In bearing nearly the whole
season. 1t may be applied with profit
to nearly all the crops, but especially
to those most liable to be injured by
heat and drought.
Tomatoes should be tied up to stakes
or trellises and well mulched. Seed
may be sown for a late crop. Onions
will be fit to pull from the middle to
the last of the month. Take them up
IN dry day and spread them on floor
in dry, airy place. Save Irish pota
toes by spreading them IN a cool, dark
place, as seed for fall crop. Carefully
work your strawberry beds to kill all
weeds, and then mulch the ground. If
you desire new plants, leave a space
between the rows, very lightly mulehed,
IN which the runners may take root
Rural CGrOLiniGz.
THE PROPAGATION OF CELERY.
Celery is a native of Norway and
Sweden, where it grows near the edges
of swamps. This plant is rarely cult.
Vateu as IL should be, hence the stunted
specimens which appear in our markets.
A deep trench should first be dug, at
the bottom of which layer of sticks of
wood, say six inches thick, should be
placed. a drain pipe being placed end
wise upon one or both ends of the layer.
The sticks should be then covered with
about foot of rich mold, wherein the
plants should be set, in a row and about
five inches apart. The plantsshould be
kept we'll watered, the water being sup
piled through the drain pipes, so that,
passing through the layer of sticks,
which serves as a conduit, the water is
supplied to the roots of the plant. In
earthlng up, care should be exercised
to close the stems of the plant well to-
gether with the hand, 30 that no mold
can get between them. The earshing
process should be performed sufficient
~ frequent to keep the mold nearly
level with the leaves of the outside
stems. If these directions are carefully
obser sed, the plant may be grown at
least four feet II length, and this with
out impairing the flavor, which deteri-
Grafton Is commonly noticed in over
grown vegetables and fruits.
HOW TO APPLY SULPHUR TO aRAPE-vINEs.