Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-21

supposed. The custom which oul
fathers inherit from England, of cult
waiting this vegetable in beds three OF
four feet wide. trenched three feet deep,
the trenches paved with stone, old bones,
boots, etc., is discarded nowadays by
all market gardeners, and should be by
all amateur producers. It can be cul-
tivated much more economically and
harvested more conveniently in rows
With the present competition in market
gardening NO one can afford to cultivate
asparagus otherwise than in rows, and
by horse power. The favorite soil for this
vegetable is deep, rich sandy loan. The
ground should be plowed deeply, and
if the subsoil is hard-pan, subsoil
pillow should follow the common pillow
to break up the hard pan and render it
pervious to moisture. The object of the
deep blowing is not so much to furnish
foraging ground for the roots, as they
are inclined to forage near the surface,
but to make the land dry, warm, and
well aerated. Asparagus may be start
ed either from seed or roots. The lat
ter is preferable, and plants year old
of the colossal variety should be Sc
lected. These can be set out in rows
four feet apart, and a foot space be-
tween the plants. Two rows so feet
long, or one row 100 feet long, will fur
nish an ample supply for the family.
The cuttings should be moderate for the
first two or three years, but when the
roots are well established and send up
large shoots, they will honor the draft
ct the cook each day from early in May
till peas put in an appearance.
Tomatoes are modern vegetable,
but have conquered for themselves q
place in almost every farmers ga: den,
and we need waste no space in recon-
them. All We wish to say is,
cultivate the best varieties and cultivate
enough to keep the table supplied the
year round. There has been a great
in the quality of this vege-
table. The first we raised, some 40
years ago, were uncouth in shape,
watery and ill-favored in comparison
with the later varieties. A smooth,
solid, rich-flavored Trophy or Acme is
As much better than the old sorts as a |
Lima bean is better than q China. In
order to keep tomatoes through the year
al that is necessary is to cook them and
bottle them up tight, while warm, in
gallon jugs. No vegetable is cultivated
more easily and cans more kindly than
and as the acid is so healthy,
and to most palates SO agreeable, it is
worth while to lay in a large
store. Celery is another vege-
able to which farmers should
give more attention. This requires a
title more care than tomatoes, but not |
half so much as was formerly given it.
There is no need of deep trench. The |
iwarf and medium sized varieties,
which are the best to cultivate, can be
crown or the surface of the ground, or
n furrOw made by common double
pillow. The seed should be
own in a hot-bed, or in some warm
hel!ered nook, and the plants trans
planted when quite small into bed four
inches apart each way, where they can
emain till early peas are gone, and
hen take the same ground which the
'eas have occupied, first giving it an
ther dose Of well rotted manure. The
'lants should be 10 or II inches apart
a the rows, and the rows four or five
Get apart. Celery is delicious and
ealthy vegetable, designed particular
: for winter, and can be kept in the
ellar covered with leaves.-Alez.H yde,
. N. Y. Times. /
THE Mishawaka Qnd.) Enter rise
ays that Miss Sarah Z. Stanley, who 20