The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-20

Report Of an Asieultutll Meeting 10 Springfield
(aa1.) Republican,
In the afternoon, B. P. Ware, a market
gardener Of MarbleheAd, and member
Of the Board, spoke Of the cultivation OF
some Of the more common vegetables,
Illustrating his subject BY specimens OF
garden tools and products. OF the pota.
10, he said that over.manuriDg injured us
quality, but il can be raised successfully
on the same ground for successive years
with Peruvian guano. In It's culture he
frst plows the land then spreads the ma
nure. burrows out the rows three and 4
half feet apart, drops two eyes Of po-
tato In hills ten inches apart, and covers
lightly with = pillow. A light harrow Is
run over the Geld, Just before the pota.
toes come up, TO destroy the weeds, and
the horseshoe and potato-digger finish the
work with very little hard labor. OF the
onion, he said the yellow Danyers was the
best market variety, but the Cracker
onion Of Rhode Island was superior in
quality. In the culture he would select
good corn, potato or carrot land; plow In
rotted manure or ashes about Eve inches
deep, in the fall; pulyeri1e and smooth
the land in the spring as early as the
ground Is friable; SOW in rows, Is inches
apart, at the rate Of three pounds Of seed
per acre, and weed chiefly with truckle
hoe. II the necks OF the onions are stiff
when they should be humble, an empty
-four barrel rolled over the roWswill bring
them into subsection. In harvesting
pull and put six rows together, and lie.
them lie ont few days or q week 70 dry
and ripen Of, turning them over once
with a common wood rake. They may
then be housed in dry, airy bins, three or
four feet deep. His crops range from
$50 to 1000 bushels per acre. To escape
the maggot, the modern curse Of the
onion grower, plant the seed an inch
deeper, but not exceeding two inches. To
prevent smut, change the location. The
spores OF smut fungi are contagious,
and may be carried by tools, or the
wash OF fields. Nice carrots retail
for 50 per barrel and the balance sell
for from s. to SO per ton. They are
capable Of IS tons per acre, So bushels
TO the ton. OF the English fat turnip,
he said they should be sown in August
not later than the goth, and for second
crop, after grass, potatoes or pease.
Heavy seeding makes much wedding.
To prevent their being corky, late IN the
season, he would cut off the top and
bottom smooth in harvesting and cover
them with sand and other material in the
cellar. OF the Swedes, which are OF
more value and greater cost than the
white turnip, he would SOW about the
18th Of July, but never undertake two
successive crops on the same land, norI
haryest in large piles. OF the carrot, he
said the intermediate short top was the
best variety, and yellow enough to tinge
the best Jersey butter. He would pillow
shallow, and manure as for onions. Be-
tween the 25.h Of May and the l0.h Of
June, he would re.plow, smooth and sow
at the rate OF l pound Of seed per acre, In
rows Is inches apart, and atterware care
fully weed and keep clean. The carrot
grows fastest in October, and the harvest.
ing may usually be deferred till the first
week 10 November. To harvest to the
best advantage, have four or Eve men
and pair Of horses, with two carts. The
tops may be cut with sharp shovel, and
raked Of, and the roots raised with a
subsoil pillow run Just to the left Of the
row. OF mangolds, so to 70 tons per
acre have been raised on keep alone, and
salt is congenial. Sow in rows, %
inches apart, and thin at the second weed. |
ing to or 10 inches. Four or Eve
pounds OF seed is necessary to the acre.
The mangold ia sensitive 10 frost, and
should be gathered early in October.
Wiring of the tops rather than cut them.
They sell readily at $40 to Sl3 per ton, and
can be raised al half the cost Of carrots.
Swine will thrive on raw mangolds, all
winter. OF cabbages, the Stone-mason Ia
one Of the solidest, the Fottlers the most
snowy, and the Savoy the most desirable |
for Yankee use. Hard cabbages are apt |
to split, and may be prevented by start.
ing their roots. Ofsquashes, the marrow
ia best for pies, the turban the best early !
add the Hubbard the best keeper. The |
crookneck ia IS good "a 1t ever was, but
not equal 10 the best OF the Others. All
need good land, with manure narrowed
in, and some stimulant in the hill. The
ground should be marked out in squares,
s feet apart, and 5 seeds should be stuck,
point downward, in the hill. Their |
enemies the striped.bug, may be driven
of by air Stacked lime, and the maggot |
be circumvented by an abundance OF
plants,