The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-03-19

p.Ru. GARDEN And HOUSEHOLD
Oer>etalks for Manure.
Now York correspondent Of he ca
,.c = NarD,er writes: A few years
1 's ~ having a field of sowed corn, o.
n 49, heavy growth, ] made an estlmaoe
Eth the rreen weight Of the stalks RloW-
~ - IN an acre by counting and weighing
~ ose.sn 81, led sections of different parts OF
Tho field. and found the amount 70 pe
. ". tons to the acre, which, see,
cr.oaTresponds with the weight O W psss
crnne reported by others. A l hSen Ivy;
tn riow under part OF the nelo, ~
mated that the amount OF Vek1 ~;
matter. counting the stumps anu ~.
Vould not be less than forty IONS sa p 90
acre Is use for green manuilng,r "a ao,, "a
this was heavier GROWTH tnan Il. o *nar
expect to get from anything ~. .a s. -
that for the purpose, was N ~, LOVE End
find that it would DO tue l my
the most good: To- q, 5000
der such .rop and have u "a cov:-d
deep and nicely under grouno <I InlI;r
acme practice. / did It ~ Tue loaIOM. -
manner: With . long cnain e ts' LIE nns
nitched to che rear OF the iaIm oi tSo
and as they were driving alOneslu as. ~ ~
standing corn the roner was 49, :, :.
crush the corn fat TO the gloumI ; ~ :
man holding the tongue ana stsel. = xa AZ,
g. tnr nlnwinp. Then with large piow
ar az II vheel conlter was able to turn IL
,,nder deem and nice. After ploWng
~ heinc about the first Of September
Tho Burrows were rolled down, draegeo
and sowed to rye, thinking to plow tnat
nnder The spring in time for planting
the whole field to potatoes, and expect
;nr then Ia zee n marked difference IN
the CROP IN favor Of this piece with
these two green crops plowed
Under. compared with the he!d
having no manure. but IN
this was much disappointed, for nave
not to this day seen any dlneIence IN ~
Tho wav Of making this better than the
remainder of the field. After ploWlng
IN q clover crop in the same way,l nave
after q week, found it rottlng last IN IN
der the furrow; but this corn, after
throe weeks. seems to be about as green
"a when frst plowed under; and again.
after six weeks, found it was not rot
t; a % that finally, after blowing un;
dor the rye the following spring, mac
tn RIM the plow very shallow to avoid
tearing up the tough and partly green
stalks If the sound corn. By this ! was
nrattv well convinced ofits keeping
nnalities when buried underground OF
hacked in the soil, as is 80 much re
Commended in the practice Of ensl!age
A tn the value Of such corn for feed
;nrnurposes. I find it worth most K
feed green from the field to cattle ane
horses in August anc September, Wnei
tho nast,1res are becoming dry and feet
short. Then, If any is left, cut ane
stand it into large sacks to remain UNI
about the time they are wanted to 1eet
in the winter, unless it was cut ant
stored in q green state as referred u
above or winter green food.
IA conclusion, I wish to state that
although the plowing under OF sowet
seed seemed rather failure in enrich
ing the land, still have great ia1tn l,
green manuring that it will enrich GU
land the cheapest of any, and Tor ID
nurpose would use of ali clover; out
that failed, would Immediately ate
harvest till the stubble and SOW 1t t
rye OF oats to plow under. l IND w
9reat reasons for doing this, for ! thu
Obtain q good. clean vegetable growt
to piow under, and also by preoccupy
ing the land with such crop it IS keI
from seeding itself to foul grasses an
weeds. to be detriment to the land :; Il
7 find the manure Is always ready
soon start something growing there,
I should fail to. l also after any noe
crop SOW it again in the same way VINE
there is time to obtain any reasonan
qrowth-to oats if only for a fall growt
or TO rye If it can remain until son
time into the next spring.
A correspondent of the AnaeTsct
CuNivator, dwelling on the importan'
Of tmulching, says: Upon dry an
rocky hillside, in the town OF ShreW
bury, Mass, stood an oFehaFd-- -
trees were old and had not given a go
crop of apples for several years; ~
owner. having large quantity Of hn
drew it to the field and placed it arou1
the trees to the depth of twelve inc ne
covering the whole ground occupiedk
the trees, emitting every alternate 70,
This was done in the month OF Ju]
The next wear every tree where t
mulch was applied, was loaded wi
large and fair APPLES, while the tr'
had made great growth
wood, and the leaves had beau
full green and spring-like apes
ance: those without the mulch bore
fruit. The varieties were the san
Covering the soil with q mulch
valuable in many ways, besides the
cav of the material placed upon.
ground. of the added fertility OF
manure or straw. A certain amount
moisture must be retained in the soil
allow the fbrous roots to feed to
best advantage. If there is more tt
the required amount of water, the
Is too cold for the best results, and
air is excluded by the water to an
tent that prevents or retards chem
action. When ammonia escapes fr
decaving vegetation or from the SOIL
masses into the atmosphere, it does
chemically unite with other substan
but simply remains suspended, to
brought to the earth by the first ra1
Watering Plants.
Use water of about the same temp
ture as the room they are growing
Even if anybody tells you that you
grow them better or bloom Il
quicker by setting their pots in sau
filed with hot water, do not p! &C
any such nonsense. In applying ws
donot pour it on in the middle OF
not lust at the base of the stem,
near the side of the pot instead, an
far from the stem as you can.
stream may be as large as you plt
providing you pour out gently. AlS
use soft weter if you can. Washing
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