The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14

Of soft soap, and one large tablespoonful OF
Paris green. ! wet the mixture thoroughly,
to make II Ike paste, beating II thoroughly
Of water, or enough to give the trees
thorough coating. ! find, OgRthe old trees 30
washed, that the old bark ID dropping OFT and
leaving new bark perfectly smooth. On all
the trees 80 washed see q perfect improve
/ ment. For years my cherry trees have been
affected with worms and black knots, but this
has proved a sure cure. also Tried II on my
plum trees. All that we're washed bore an
excellent crop; from those l did not wash,
the fruit dropped Off when they were just
shaped. which showed plainly that this reme-
dy WAS success. thought that since Paris
green was 80 deadly TO potatoe-bugs 1t would
also 30 deadly 70 insects on the trees. ! flnd
also that on all the trees which have been
well washed around the roots the bOrers make
no appearance.--[J. p. IN Country Gentleman.
GRASS.
Too much land under the plow is one OF the
evils OF Southern Agriculture We see every
year farmers who are continually getting
poorer by the cultivation OF broad acres. who
would find more profit In devOtlDg part OF
their lands to pastnrage. Grass, says the
Kansas Farmer, IL the sheet anchor OF farm
grass being allowed to fall and mulch and
shade the ground while 1t rots, the soil is I'm
proved more cheaply than by any other
mode. II farm 10 large and the owner has
not sufficient force or capital to farm u al.
he should turn the parts into grass that are
not used for cultivated crops and when his
rotation brings him round to these Bod-cov-
cred fields he will grow immense crops OF
grain from them. close grass sod 10 the
best subduer Of weeds that can b. introduced
on the farm A heavy coat Of grass protects
the land from the trosts of winter aud the
scOrchng sun Of summer, keeping II mellow,
moist and fertile, and preserving the soil In
that condition, which Is most desirable, re-
nn hal IN yiaA1t 1sfNng
by the farmer. Grass Ia the farmers best
friend, but few there be who seem to have
discovered this fact.
LUCERNE.
An acre OF this plant will yield more forage
for stock than any other within our knowl-
broken, subsoied and narrowed; then laid
Off with a scooter In two-foot drills, In which
stable or cow pen manure should be placed
literally and Incorporated with the soil by
running In the same furrOw with n deep bull
tongue. Drill tho lucerne about five pounds
To tho acre, cover II with two light scooter
burrows and level with n rake. Keep down
the grass little while. and In few months
you will have perennial plant. from which
you can cut In green state the richest forage
for horses cattle and hogs. You cut row
after row, and BY the time you have finished
the acre 1t will be large enough where you
commenced to cut again, and 80 on, until you
have secured three or four cuttings the first
ana BLK OF seven SaCu BucUeGelluN yeHT. LOU
will thus have for your stock almost every
day OF the year, summer and winter, green
food u which they are very fond, and which
is sweet, juicy and nutritious. Five acres In
lueerne will 70 farther than fifteen OF any
thing else planted, and suffice for all the stock
On the largest plantation. Another method
of planting Is to manure the whole ground,
ana drill the seed, that It may be worked q
short time, but In rows 90 close that It will
soon meet and form full stand oil over the
Nha of rlOsr n
nually, as with grasses and grain, is all over
III one planting.-[Dix Farmer.
GARDEN VEGETABLES.
Most garden vegetables, as beets, carrots,
parsnips and turnips, may be sOwn In drills
far enough apart to allow small horse Gull
tlvator to run between them. When this 70
done they are raised almost with as little
labor as corn and potatoes. II there Ia no
fence around the garden the pillow and cult
vator may be run from one side to the other
and the team turned on ground that was not
plowed. In planting seeds that are slow IN
or cauliflower seed every five or six inches In
the row. They terminate very quickly, show
where the row 10, and allow the ground TO be
marked before the weecs get start Ii the
rows are quite straight the cultivator may be
run close to the plants, rendering but little
handwork necessary. The radshes will be
large enough to eat, and the cabbage plants
OF sizs to remove, by the time the other
plants are ready to thin out. Late cabbaRes
and turnips may be raised on the came spot
of ground from which early peas, beans and
lettuce were harvested. 1t is best to keep all
the ground Ia garden well occupied by
growing plants during as large portion OF
the season as possible, 80 that weeds will have
been In heap for year and has become
thoroughly decomposed is best for vegeta-
BILE garden, as 1t imparts no bad flavor to
roots, while 1t is generally free from foul
seeds. Ashes and commercial fertilizers are
desirable for the garden. - they contain no
seeds. It ID generally undesirable to raise
garden vegetables on the same piece OF land
many years In succession. A well-rotted
clover or pasture sod. MANFRED the previous
fall, will produce fine vegetables without the
expenditure Of much labor in killing weeds.
WOOD ASHES.
principally upon the potash and phosphoric
acid they contain. The per centage OF
these varies largely, In ashes from different
woods, varying from 10 per cent to "a per
cent for the former and PER cent Mt, to u psf
from to 6 pounds Of potash to . bushel OF
ordinary, mixed, unleached ashes, which,
reckoned at AZ cents per pound--the present
market value Of potash In commercial fer
from Is to 22I. cents. with due allowance FOR
the phosphoric acid and the lime-the latter
making up the largest part OF the ashes-it
may be seen that bushel Of unleached ashes
Is worth from Is to 80 cents at the present
time. Ashes to secure the best results
should be thoroughly mingled In the soil. In
this way the best physical as well as the best
chemical effects are obtained. It is self-evi-
dent that crops requiring larger amounts OF
potash will Do the most benefited by the ap-
plication OF ashes, as the root crops, cabbage,
tobacco, etc. Forty to so bushels per acre is
. good application.
FLOWING.
The proper depth for blowing must be de-
termined by the character Of the soil and sub
soil All deep blowing is not good blowing.
On light soils undertake by porous subsoil,
unless the object be to turn under vegetable
matter, deep blowing Is not only unnecessary
but undesirable On stiff soils, however, and
especially when the subsoil Is tenacious, deep
blowing is Indispensable. The Intelligent
farmer must be the Judge In each case Of the
ing in mind that his purpose is to prepare
root-bed for his crop, and where the nature