The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-03-18
FARM AND GARD EN-.
EARLY VEGETABLES.

over warm IN summer time, bat for
early vegetables, a site which has dry
bottom and lies to the southeast is an
excellent thing to have.
Most early vegetable s do not require
q great heat to bring them for ward, and
this is particularly the case with radish
and lettuce. If the earth is kept from
freez ng, the sun heat will bring them
forward several weeks sooner than
if the seed is not soWn till the winter is
wholly gore. For this purpose mere
boxes or frames sIoped to the sun, and
covered with straw mats or boards when
there is danger of frost at night, is
enough to bring on these vegetables
considerably earlier than other people
get them IN the ordinary way, and es-
pecially are they earlier If the ground
slopes 70 the sun as We have suggested.
Asparagus, rhubarb, beans and the
vegetables that srs 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 Sc
lection of q site. Most have to take
whatever spot they can get, but it is
often to be noted that when people have
a choice they DO not select wisely. We
have rarely seen a garden which was
selected with a view TO the best place
for spring, summer or fall vegetables,
though this could often be made to suit
all 1t is ons thing or the other-a
good spring or a good fall site. These
suggestions, therefore, may help some
people-we hope at least in regard to
early vegetables. -MGryLGyld Farmer.
MARKET GARDENS OF PARIS.
Accordu G to the Garden, the market
gardens of Paris are enormous, and
give an idea of the enormous consump-
ton of vegetables by the Parisians. tt
says: "The ground cultivated by market
gardeners in and around Paris amounts
to over 5000 acres. Il is stated that
800 00G glazed frames, and more than
2 600, coo clotches, are employed in the
production of vegetables alone. The
annual amount expended for manure is
said to be S72. 400, and the total receipts
from the sale of vegetables and other
productions of the market gardens to
exceed half a million sterling-a sum
probably much under the m rk."
~Clotches are small glasses, sometimes
round of one piece, and at others square
and famed. They are not much used
IN America, but it is questionable
whether they would not pay for their
introduction. They are covered over
the tender plants always at night, and
cold days, lifted when the weather is
warm.
WHY THE EGGS OF FANCY BREEDS OF
CHICKENS WILL NOT HATCH.
In one of the late issues of your val
liable paper I noticed a paragraph in
reference to the eggs of fancy chickens
not Matching well, and that you desired
to hear from some of the many
Poultry producers on the subject"
therefore give my views, having kept
fancy fowls from boyhood up, and as [
bred some that have had first premium
caIds tackled upon their cages, 1 may
be supposed to know whereof l speak.
In nine cases out of ten that have
come under my observation, the reason
of bad Matching was overlooking of the
! stock-birds. Confinement in small
| yards will not injure the fertility of the
eggs If the fowls are fed and cared for
in judicious or systematic manner.
Harding or penniDg them away from
| other fowls Is an absolute necessity if
the breeder would keep his stock pure I;
| but as rule when an amateur fancier
| or breeder becomes possessed of q trio of
tine fowls, ne places them in his yard
and straightway commences to pamper
and cram them with all sorts of CON
| celvable and incOnceivable food that
he can get them to eat, and soon has
them fit for nothing but the pot
Il. Wright, author of the " Brahma
Fowl, says: Overwhelming is the
great evil Of our present system of ex-
hIbition. We have had eggs sent to us
for inspection by indignant purchasers
from celebrated exhibitors, little larger
than those OF a bantam, and sterile of
course. A fat hen viii always lay small
eggs, which can only produce small and
weak chickens" Ny method of feed
ing fowls during the breeding season is
to give them just enough to satisfy
their hunger and no more. As soon as
they cease to run for their food when
thrown down to them, stop it at once.
Never allow any food to be left uneaten;
better stop them with good appetite
and encourage them to SCI oh and take
as much exercise as possible, and their
eggs will hatch as well as the common
variety of fowls.
sHELTERING MANURE.
The author of Leicester County
Notes, in the Country Gentleman, dis
cusses the question as follows:
Much has been written of the com
parative value of manure from under
the barn and that from the open ward.
Many farmers will tell us that they can
see to furro " where the manure from
under shed was put, and that one load
OF 1t Is worth two from the open yard.
do not deny it, but must claim that
this difference Is nos all due to shelter,
Tie manure from the stable is ALWAYS
! throw under the barn, ami is better
than that formed in the open yard, not
only because more grain is fed in the
stables, but also because it contains
less straw and no cOrnstubble.
! In many cases the manure in the
| open yard is washed by rain water from
the roof, which is allowed to run off
and take with it the strength of the
manure. If other things are equal,
and no more water gets into the yard
than falls there, and none of this is
| permitted to run out, do not imagine
there VIII be much difference II we
fed all our straw and cornstalks we
could then do without the open yard,
but so long as We depend on our stock
to Incorporate them with the manure.
we must have more or less open yards.
Several of my correspondents com
| plain of loss of their horse manure
by heating and firefanging this is be-
cause they keep IL by itself. If mixed
with the manure from the COWS or cat
tie stalls, this tronble wilt be avoided.
Manure from the horse stable and sheen
pen should be mixed with the less ac-
tive manure from the other stables, snd
the whole placed where it will be well
| trodden down. I find it a good plan to
place the horse manure around the
water trough.
SOW CLOVER SEED EARLY.
Do not delay securing a supply of
clover seed, and SOW itimmediately. 1t
is useless now to wait for a decline in
the price. If you would have the plants
get good start, the seed mast be sown
e.rly. Now, at any time when there Is
light fall of snow, is the best time TO
sow 1t. Il sometimes happens, but not
often, that af er the seed has sc mi
mated, a heavIng frost, the sun and
drying wind, vi kill the tender plants.
II sown early, the chances are
that the plants will grow readily, as
{ e spriOg rates will soften the groun Z.
s. hat the clover roots can peUetrate it
deep enough 10 get well est iblished be