Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-03
SPRING WORK.
THE SUBJECTS FOR AGRICULTURAL
ATTENTION..

we're Wlsi.CT-DegrtD'ii!S uS'OiS sICSS"'SA |
set it and Snow still with US at this writ
ire-yat there is very little frost in the
ground, and there is every indication that |
We Shall lave an early spring. To-day is
the secnnd day Of spring, according to the |
calendar. and commonly gardeners have
their hotbeds prepared and sown by the |
end of February. Il is true, the benefit of |
it is not always Or very rarely seen still |
it is getting the work ont OF the way for |
other of :. more pressing nature. An |
early spring is not an open February and
the first half Of March, SO much as steady. |
seasnnabie weather after it sets in, if that
is not before the Goth of March. The |
first crop of notatnoS-v!ich should be of
the Eariy Rrse--iS planted by st. Pat |
rick day, is considered quite early, as it
is seldom in the ground before the 25th,
and farmers are wcil-s:tis!ied if the crop is
all in during the last week in the month.
II is the same case with oats.
III first GARDEN crop OF peas ought to
be in the Lrcunt III March, So Of the carly
(GlUGd} t3rmrp, the hG.n carrot, the Boston
marhs1 celery, the scarlet ra'iisii, and thc
beciS q; ,,nioI sctS, &c. Steady, seasni!-
able weather pual.os along the crops far
better thaa suotion spurss, checked ever!
few day. by cold snaps and frost.
American SaSar.
The time is approaching very evidently
when the manufacture OF sugar III this
republic will reach I! sufficient magnitude
70 suppl: the whole country. Our terri
tory is 50 extensive and the temperature
so varied, that there i, scarcely anything
consumed by inam that will no: flourish
when me inir;c:icia' of the the art of pro
Gucin. it ::lc once sufficiently well under
stood. We go NOT say that the sugar sup
ply WI, rrmc from tcc!&, tilnu~h to Somc
extent i. may. AMI ,Ta hopr will Da:
noe i.!..iy :; will be The v:rauct o! Sol
ghum a.i,i he asAbcr cane. which would
Kan - i!c les; costly in the way of labor.
Sugar from hte!S can undoubtedly be
made "raS excellent quality as any pro-
duced from any other material, but We
fear no. SO cl,capl". Labor is the great
drawbIc.l {: and this being so much more
economically supplied iii France and Ger
ma, Y t.:an il: hc United States, readily
accounts for liz, success f beet &E.ar
making lht.G: aua ii seems tiiat il Will
always continue - bc 50, 1T least SO long
as t..S discrepancy i'll the price Of labor
cxi<'S Should We I've abe. however to
coun:.rhali!!cc this by increased product
OF ~" h,'rt per acre, nr By improved ma
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ma ma Nc 'i''' S:c" I"S' - '":S asparagus
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as ,aroe and as ..,ri ,.,,sr. ,,,s as h., c,n
desire. from ,.e.: f.nm a,.r ,v,ll r,-wn
asnar,n,,s ;cG.
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n,,i.;,r is ,ho. they set the riants t,,
thiri, Tn ,rc: ,;,,m,,o,;h :. ,r,,ss = tho
poor: >hnu,.l he s,.t ,,,;t ,.los.r than two
feet .plrt. very ich soil is css.n.;,,
q, .,.,,r, asoarar,,.. but tIis may hc near
t'.a .gn:a:.;. and ;li,ve the roots The
ca.n;n.,7 ..,,ict:, :,s al G:.ro;.,.r down deem
:t,., c!;y &,il i, an i..is,.v, lad MANY ulan-
t.tiy.i, III! f...:n iu.; .ni. extra Labor in
don. Tli. ':rv:l.' = rnc a>,,,ra,rus is n
seas;.it. plas.; Mutually. and grows il. sand
or San.!, soil. iii which the wafer pas.e,
ran.!l, av..y. Tia necessity of hayinr
the ry,:, hi Ii and dry. instead of deer
down in :. well. is we'll understood by the
English. who generally plant the aspara
gus in raised beds four f.et wide, and
often as much as eighteen inches above