The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-07

| ready for action when the rain comes. Ihe
operation Of throwing on the ashes is easily
repeated until the insects are all DESTROYED,
and new, healthy bark covers the tree. To
remedy existing evils SOW on the ashes be-
tween now and leating- out. after the first rain.
II possible; for they can be scattered over
the bark now with less waste than when H.
tercepted by leaves. and placed more equally
where they are needed. As preventative OF
| future depredatiOns SOW them on In summer,
when the insects deposit their eggs, which
will never hatch under the influence 81 the
ashes.
Heavy corn land ID good for onions, and is
better the second year than when first Dc.
voted to this crop. The manure should, II
possible, be applied In the fall. OF course, and
should be we'll worked In few inches deep.
In the spring have the ground fine, mellow
| and smooth when the seed is 6Own. Plant
| five to six pounds Of seed to the acre, allow
ing one-half for the maR9ot and other insects.
just ~ they are breaking ground, liRht
hand cultivator is run close to the rows, COW
4 Ing the plants and small weeds with thin
coat Of earth, enough to just smother weeds,
but through which the onions will readily find
their way, though II the work be delayed till
the onions get some size they, too, would DC
straight, a little dirt will not injure or check
| them In the least. Byusin9 the hand cultlva-
tor often between the rows, turning the dirt
both toward and from the plants, very little
Il
must be kept down at all events.
II the onions are stiff Knocked when they
ought to be ripenlng of. roll the stems down
with barrel drawn over the rows by hand.
When ready to harvest, pull six rows, throw
Ing the onions together In a long heap. after
which pillow or cultivate the ground where
they grew to kill weeds; then pull six more
rows and throw upon the freshly-cultivated
earth, and 40 proceed, pulling and Guilt
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thoroughly dried store In bins thirty inches
deep, IN barns or other outbuildings Till they
can be marketed.
SALT AS A MANURE.
After full consideration OF the subject OF
| salt as q manure, the conclusions arrived at
by the Massachusetts Agricultural Society
That salt has the property OF fastening
the maturing all grain crops; that wheat on
sailed land will rlpen elk to ten days earlier
than on unsalted land, all other conditions
That il increases the yield from 25 to 50 per
cent. That It stiffens the straw and prevents
| rust and smut. That 1t checks, II 1t does not
entirely prevent the. ravaRss Of the chinch-
bug; and that there ts no danger OF mans
pocket permitting him to put too much salt
upon his land, as two barrels per acre will
injure no grain crop.
III answer to questions as to the best time
and manner OF sowing salt. as also the
The best time to SOW salt is in the spring ;
and 1t ought to be the first thing done on
either fall or spring blowing. as all the after
button through the soil, The best and easiest
method OF sowing salt, In the absence OF q
machine for that purpose, Is to sowit from
out OF the rear end u wagon-the sower
at slow walk; Ia this way, thirty to forty
acres can be 6OWod In one day.
The quantity used may be from $50 to 800
pounds per acre; but the greater quantity is
the better.
This is generally accepted as the pruning
season. Orchard trees often receive too much
| not to have the main leaders crossing or In
| terfering one with another, or when few
shoots are observed to b growing much
stronger than the rest cut them away. In
Ing only on perfect equality. On older trees
which have been In bearing number OF years,
1t will often benefit to cut q large portion Of
the bearing limbs. BY long series Of bear
stunted, preventing the free passage Of the
sap to the leaves. In such cases the sap seems
| to revenge itself by forcing out vigorous
young shoots long way down from the top
Of the tree. It Is down to these vigorous
young shoots that 1t is recommended to cut
the bearing branches away. or course much
or this work can only be left to the judgment
of the grower. II the tree bears az fine and
luscious fruit as ever no such severe pruning
ls necessary. but II 1t falls to yield satisfac-
tory crops now Is the time to do the cutting.
TRANSMITTING IN THE NIGHT.
gentleman anxious to ascertain the effect
Of transplantinR at night, instead Of by day,
made an experiment with the following re-
suits: He transplanted ten cherry trees while
In bloom, coWmencing ct o'clock 10 the
afternoon, Those transplanted during the
or no fruit, while those transplanted IN the
| dark maintained their condition fully. He
did the same with ten dwarf trees, after the
fruit was one-third grown: Those trans
planted during the day shed their fruit;
| the crop and showed no injury from having
been removed. With each Of these trees he re-
| moved some earth with the roots.
EFFECTS OF LIME.
Upon deep alluvial and clay soil lime in
creases the crop OF potatoes, and renders
serves them. and when riddled over the cut
sets 1t wonderfully increases their fertility,
Upon arabic land 1t destroys weeds of various
kinds. It rapidly decomposes vegetable mat
| ter, producing large amount OF food for
plants in the form OF carbonic acid gas. 1t
neutralizes the acids In the soil; it proves
fatal to worms and sugs and the Larvae OF In
furious insects. Strewed over plants, 1t drives
off the turnip ny. When properly applied to
the soil It purities and stimulates It's action,
thereby promoting the growth OF healthy
vegetation OF all kinds.
OYSTER-SHELL LINE.
| When applied to land, oyster-shell lime
may act as fertilizer strictly speaking, or
as an amendment. Commonly. both kinds OF
action are exerted, and the distinction be-
| tween fertilizer and amendment Is not gen
orally recognized In practice, although very
important In considering the effects Of this
substance. Lime Is used as an amendment
on heavy clay soils, two to three or more tons
being sometimes applied per acre. On loans
or light lands 1000 pounds or twenty bushels Of
Oystor-shell lime, applied once In two or three
! years. IL usual application, equivalent tot the