The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-07
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field work Il reason for not attending to
the vegetable garden. A good supply of
vegetables III their season is worth much
III money and health.
ONION seed may be sown with any Of
the sewing machines for small seeds, in
drills nine inches apart, thinned out
afterward to four inches in the row.
Five pounds of seed SOW IN acre. All the
cultivation needed is keeping the ground
mellow and free from weeds. The bulbs
should not be earthed up. The yellow
Danvers and the red Wethersfield are
the %favorites with growers ; the Silver
Skin is not so prolific as either of these.
The Lancaster Farmer thinks that
persimmOns may be grown protitably III
northern ATTITUDES. The fruit is known
as " date-plum." The Chinese persim-
mon is represented to be as large as an
apple; quite an indefinite comparison.
The way to destroy insects on plants
recommended by the RwaI CdrOlinian
may be new to some OF our readers. 1t
is simply to dip the plant into a vessel of
hot water-the temperature of the water
to be 40 degrees, not any more. I'M
merse it and take it right ont again.
Probably a very tender leaved plant
would not bear this treatment. As all
plants which are growing have very ten
der leaves at the tips we think this would
be a rather risky operation.
A SOUTHERN planters opinion is that
there is but one of two alternatives for
us to chOOse-either to be slaves, many
of us ind otfsprings after us, or to
| by freemen ; and to be freemen we must
first stop the credit system, if we have
to live on bread and water to do 50. A
very sound and sensible opinion it is, too.
DREARY HoMEs.-Of all the dreary
places deliver us from the dreary farm
houses which so many people call
"home." Bars for a front gate chick
ems wallowing before the door; pig-pens
elbowing the house in the rear scraggy
trees never cared for, Or no trees at all !;
no Towering shrubs, no n~eatness, no
trimness. And yet a lawn andtrees, and
a neat walk, a pleasant porch and a plain
fence i'll front do not cost a great deal.
They can be secured little by little at odd
times, and the expense hardly felt. And
If ever the time comes when it is best to
sell the farm, fifty dollars Sc invested
will often bring back five hundred. For
the men are rare that have money to in
vest in farms who are insensible to pleas
ant surroundings and the inducement
they offer to wife and children.
FORTY BUSHELS OF WHEAT PER ACRE.
A writer in the Practical Farmer tells
how he gets big crops of wheat "For
the past five years have averaged forty
bushels per acre of wheat Of the finest
quality, always being overweight. Think
[ amstill gaining everyy ear, and attribute
this to the system pursued, and especially
to keeping sheep. My rotation is corn,
barley, with clover !; third year, clover !;
and fourth year, clover plowed down for
wheat. [ have never missed a crop of
clover by seeding it with barley. It gives
the grass seeds a chance which oats do
not. l raise full crops of barley, which
do not at all interfere with the grass, but
l think barley rather helps by the slight
shading. After the barley is cut, the
clover makes astonishing growth, giving
me superior late pasture. Owing TO
danger from mice, / pasture it down
pretty close. My soil is clay loan. 1
pillow down the rank clover about nine
inches deep, give it one narrowing, then
haul out my manure and spread. This
| pillow down shallow, as [ consider it
important to have the fertilizer near the
surface for the roots of the wheat plant.
I use the drill, putting in one bushel and
one peck to the acre. Never had wheat
hurt by free ling"
Domestic Economy.