American citizen., 1880-03-27
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

THE authorities seem to think that
the Wilson strawberry is gradually
losing its popularity, though no two of
them agree as to what berries have su-
perseded it.
A sTOCKKEEPER reports curing many
bad warts on cattle and horses, during
several years, by application to each of
&c one good daub of tar
FLAT stones make the best mulching
material, when easily obtained. The
ground is always moist under them and
they are good to anchor evergreen trees
when set out
WHEN there is great abundance in
orchards, those who destroy one-half of
their young fruit, to increase the size of
the rest, are generally the only ones to
make paying crop.
If ground is made too rich when
young trees are first planted, there is
apt to be too rapid growth, and the wood
does not well ripen in the fall, thus in
viting disease and insects.
MIR. JOHN MORRISON of Pennington,
Me-, who is said to have harvested sugar
beets at the rate of 40 tons per acre, is
reported as saying that he can make
money by raising this crop and hauling
four miles at 81 per ton.
To be successful with early cabbage
and lettuce, hardening must be faith
fully followed, by frequent exposure to a
temperature but little above the freezing
point. This causes them to grow short
and stocky, with dark colored leaves.
A tall or spindly growth is sure to fail.
THE Washington County Pa.) farm
ers, as q general thing, seed down the
,1t, <,f l.
been gathered, which, where it can be
done, is heavily manured in the spring
for the corn crops. and then in the fall,
with an application of some fertilizer,
the field is seeded down and generally
produces good crop of wheat the year
following.
FLAX requires dry deep loamy soil,
thoroughly underdrained and subsoiled.
A long series of years of experience
show that flax should not be grown on
the same land oftener than once in five
years, and that the best rotation is as
follows: LIST, grass; I'd, oats; Sd, pO-
tatoes or turnips; 4th, wheat; 5th, flax;
9th, clover.
FARMERS who spread on q thin coat
of II or Is loads of manure to the
acre, and expect to raise = good crop
would be astonished to see the quanti-
ties of the best kinds of manure which
market gardeners often apply to an acre
of land near the cities. What would
they say to the application of 5000
worth of horse manure to a single acre?
Two OF three hundred dollars worth of
manure per acre is common thing
among market gardeners, and they find
their account in SO doing, too.
To drain a depression in /; field where
a clayey or hard-pan subsoil prevents
the sinking of rain-water, and the lay
of the land is unfavorable for ordinary
methods of drainage, first dig a hole, as
if for well, through the impervious
stratum at the bottom of the hollow,
fill it up to the brim with refuse stones,
remove the excavated earth SO as to al
low the surface-water free access to the
pit, and standing water will never injure
the grass or grain crop in that part of
the field.
A MAINE farmer gives the following
opinion as to the best position to plant
an orchard: "Werc l to plant an or
chard and had two locations-one in a
valley, surrounded by hills, except on
the south side, and the other on a high
elevation, exposed to high winds-I
would choose the latter in preference to
the former. The same holds good in
regard to peach orchards. A great OBJ
ject is to keep back the blooming as
long as possible, and this can best be
done in northern exposures without
shelter.''