Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-02-11
Agricultural.


EARLY GROUND "A great advantage IN every
farm and garden is to have some piece of early
land. Ii land freezes deep, it takes long time
to thaw out in spring and become dry enough
To work, and this keeps back cropping till quite
late; indeed, il is often two or three weeks alter
the whether would really permit of planting be-
fore Ii often can be Gone, simply because the
l'ud is too wet or 100 cold to let it be proper to
be done. Many have sloping piece of ground,
that lay well to the sun, which give them this
advantage. Water runs oil easily, and the sun
by day warns the surface so that the frost can
not penetrate very deeply, that it soon thaws
out in the Spring, aud is soon dfy and warm
enough To pant. Bat those wnJ have not This
ad aEtage OF rolling surface, but To whom a
little pItch of extra carly ground /, of great
use, have To take plans 10 get il. One
;hlug Is worth remembering, namely that the
deeper the ground irerzes the longer It is in
tina ins in Spring, and tue wetlrr il Is the
deeper It freezes thai TO drain tlIe land So
that water viii run etsIiy away, either over the
surface or through The subsUil is one OF the best
methods of increasing its early capacity for
! work. Many take OuS their manure the win
Ter when the srounl Is ITOzeu and there is little
else lU do, aud spread II in advance for spring.
HIS does very well when eIriiness is not of
much moment, but othsrwlse IL Is a drawbacs-
Ii ground frozen be eoYeret, the rays OF the sun
/ have iI;tie effect Tho wing, and We have to
! wait Tor the warm rains To struggle through and
soften down the whole. If coYered-before frost,
it prevents it penetrating deeply; but then it
Keeps back rapid thawing. Nothing is either
gained or lost therefore Tar as the sun is COZ
cerned; but If warm rains come, there is d gain
in the e,lriineSs OF sucn ground.
Ii oniy s,nali piece Tor vegetables in a gar
den be desired TO be very early, and there are
but few III which such u little tact be not very
deslraDie, Il good plan Is to cover with strawy
manure early, before the frost gets in, aud then
FAKE oil early In the Spring. a little care of
this Kind makes couple oi weeks difference in
many cases, ana this is worth looking for
Gs'ms"to'rH Telegraph.
SMALL FARNs.--An agricultural paper tells US
'hd' shall farms make near neighoOrs they
make good roads; they make plenty of good
schools and churches there is money made in
propo.t'cn 10 the labor less labor is wanted ::
every thing l. Kept neat less wages have to be
pdu ior heip; less time Is wasted more is raised
10 tue acre besides, 1t titled b.tter; there ia
no Watching of hired help; the mind is not krUt
I'D ii worry, stew, fret, al The slime. There's
not So much money TO be paid out for agricul
turai implements. Our wives ard children have
time to read-to improve their minds. A small
horse is soon curred, and the work on a small
farm Is always pushed forward in season Give
US small farms for eOlaiurt; aye, and give Us
small iarms for profit" And all this is true If
We carry TO the small farm the same Cash cap
ilal that We would put Oh L larger one. The
! writer Of this has had very varied ex oerience
this season, extending from into Canada To the
Gull OF Mexico, aud undertaken chiefly IN pur-
suit oi agricultural! kuo. hedge, and lie Is Quite
sure that if most of our FARMERS wcaid sell half
their land and put the Labor aud CAPITAL spread
over large farms TO the smaller ones left. il
, would 6e IA great move in the right direction
Forneg's Weekly Press.