Middletown transcript., 1877-06-09
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KEEPING Down THE WEEDS The
London Garden remarks The only
remedy for weeds is prompt destruction
il young state, Weeds are easily
eradicated If never allowed to advance
beyond the seed-leaf Once let their
roots run deep and wide, and their tops
run high, and then the weeds are mas
ters in the garden. 1t provokes one to
see the complacency with which some
cultivators allow weeds to establish
themselves in flower beds or borders,
on roads or walks, and their subsequent
futile efforts to subjugate them. Prompt
destruction will Ultimately vanquish the
very worst of them. Plantains, grass.
thistles, and docks, are perhaps the
most difficult to eradicate. But if by
any neglect these have gained a stron &
footing in any garden, constant behead-
ing alone will destroy them No plant
can live long if never allowed to form
leaves or stems, and the shortest, surest.
easiest way to eradicate the worst weeds
is BY incessant cutting OF their visible
parts.
CoRN CULTURE The main object to
be aimed at is to keep it clean from the
time it is FIRST worked until ready to lay
by I; but as we have frequently stated,
we decidedly oppose the use of the
plough after the plants get to be of the
height Of Q or 12 inches Then it should
be replaced BY the cultivator, by the
use ofwhich the breaking and tearing of
the lateral roots is avoided These
feeders undoubtedly stretch out several
feet il every direction, and as the pab-
ulum which they appropriate for assim-
ilation and the building up Of the plant
is taken in at their extremities, ofcourse
any plan Of cultivation pursued which
systematically breaks up these feeders
several times during the growth of the
crop, must cause diminished yield,
proportioned to the injury thus inflicted
american Farmer
RAISING Geese When farmer has
a tract Of low marshy land near his
house. where there is a running stream
Of water, he might raise geese profta-
bly,, BY con6ning them to this tract du.
ring the day in sumner, and yarding
them at night. When allowed to run
on the good grass land their manure is
SO strong that it kills the grass where
dropped and for this reason many far
mers have given up breeding them
But they are certainly profitable, as they
are subject to no disease, require no
food but grass, and are always salable.
when dressed, at fair price, and their
feathers viii pay the expenses Of keep
ing them. With an extensive marshy
range more money could be made by
raising geese than on any othel kind Of
domestic poultry.
PLANT TREES If every farmer and
every farmers son would plant for him
self and for every female member Of bis
family one shade or fruit tree each, ev-
cry year, how immense would be the
increase of value in farms. and how
largely the comforts Of farmers would
be increased. "Plant tree and it will
grow while you sleep" is an old pro-
verb, the teachings of which are not re-
garded as they should be
There is not farm in this great CON-
monwealth Of ours, or in the whole
country, on which there is net room for
many fruit and forest trees. aad which
would not be greatly improved in ap-
pearance and worth by their presence.
The actual outlay in money and labor
connected with the planting Of a treeis SO
small, and the resulting product SO great,
that it has long been a mystery why
farmers are SO neglectful of this impor-
tant duty. But the fact Of their remiss-
ness stands unehallenged A ride
through the country in almost any d.
rection establishes it. Farm houses
stand exposed to the glaring heat Of the
summer sun entire farms are guiltless
of fruit trees of any kind This should
not be. Economy. health, comfort and
beauty all demand that there shall be a
change. Every day demonstrates more
conclusively the growing value of for
est trees. Every day proves the health
ful and nutritious qualities Of fruit, and
yet in view of these incontrovertible
truths farmers will not plant trees.
The CULTIvATIon OF THE PEANUT 80
Peanuts, besides being an agreeable ar
ticle Of food in all countries, are more
valuable on account Of the oil they con.
tain which gives them commercial val
ue, rendering their cultivation quite
proftable-some astonishing accounts
Of the profit over the cost Of production
being given in the public prints Their
culture as field crop has been confined
principally to North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia, but Of late has
extended TO California, where its cult
vation is largely on the increase.
The oil is said to be equal to that Of
the olive for every purpose to which
the latter is adapted, and is often sold
n many parts Of the world as pure olive
Oil L is said 70 keep longer without
becoming rancid than any other vegeta-
bic oil, and as an Illuminating oil to