Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-16
AGRlCULTURE.

might pIOW TWO acres 1or corn or drill
ten acres of oats or barley, or plant
Twelve of corn with the patent GWU-
horse ''roWer." But II the garden is
Iong and narrow, and planteu III rows,
lloL beds, the plowing and narrowing
aud most Of the marking and cultivation
can be done with the team, and "a very
lILtle time each week Will give us the
essentials. The perennial or permanent
vegetables, like asparagus, rhuDarb,
etc., and all berry plants and bushes
should be at one slue or both IN rows
With spaces Tor horse cultivation, and
the long rows of ANIMALS down through
The mludle. A row each OF beeLs,
onions, Swedes, celery, cabbages, caull-
MOWERS, ana satisfy, and hall row
each OF cucumberS, SQuashes, melons,
tomatoes, radisheS ana lettuce, Will do
nicely, and two rows each OF peas (ln
successlon), Lima beans, sweet corn aud
early potatoes will make out quite 4
respectable farmers garden-a1 that
most farmers can afford 20 plant and
till. Then TWO or three hours each
week with horse and man and culti-
yator and hoe, will make . far better
garden really than as many days of 3
gardener with spade and hoe, working
on patches and beds and alleys, laid out
TO please the eye. If you can afford
the latter, all right. Most farmers can
not, and the row plan described Is, L
think, the enly one likely to secure good
kitchen-gardens on most farms. If the
garden is unfenced except from the
road, and these garden rows can be
Joined on to rows of corn or potatoes
in an adjacent field. the garden is sure
of tillage at least when the field gets IL,
and the extra labor is little felt. And
it is easier 10 fence the to,clS than the
vegetables.
FRUIr.-It is quite feasible for the
farmer who intends TO cultivate fruit
extensively TO grow his own trees from
the seed. Apple and pear seed may be
planted in the fall. The ground should
be plowed now, after coat of manure,
and should be kept in mellow condi-
tion until the seed is put in. This
should be done late in the fall, in drills
two and a half feet apart and three
inches deep. The seed is obtained from
fresh pomace at cider mill, the seed
separated by washing in water. If
sand be mixed with the seed TO take up
the moisture it can be distributed more
readily. The best soil is deep, rich,
clay loam-sandy soil encouraging the
growth of lateral roots instead of the
long tap desired in stocks. Pear seed is
found much more difficult to manage
than the apple, it very frequently ly-
ing dormant the first season, coming
up nicely the next. When the young
plants come up in the spring they
should be thinned out to six inches
apart and the ground be kept we'll
worked with the cultivator the whole
season and also during the next year,
when they will be three feet high, and
as large as pipe stems. The advantages
of raising ones own trees are thus sum-
med up: They are more sure TO grow,
as the roots do not undergo any change
OF climate or soil, and being set out In
the orchard the same day they are
raised from the nursery, are not ex-
posed to the air to dry and wither, which
Is often the case with those brought
from q distance. By choosing your
Scions and doing your own grafung, you
are sure what variety of frnit your
trees will yield. Besides it is much
cheaper; you can supply your neigh
bors at profit, your trees in the end