The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD



trenched, burying in plenty Of manure,
a. no more can be supplied after the
beds are planted, except by surface
dressings. The soil can scarcely be too
rich, for the sweetness and tenderness
OF the shoots depend on the rapidity Of
their growth. A plot Of ground twenty
feet wide and fifty feet long will be
large enough TO supply moderate
sized family. Over 1t SOW about one
hundred pounds Of salt, incorporating
with it the soil TO the depth OF four
inches. After being properly leveled
divide 1t off into beds four feet wide,
with alleys OF two feet between them.
Drive in strong stake ct each corner,
take up the plants carefully from the
seed rows with spading fork, expose
them to the air a. little as possible, keep
them covered during the time Of plant
ing, and do not allow the roots 10
become dry. Stretch line the length
OF the bed, nine inches from the edge,
and with spade cut small furrow six
inches deep set row OF plants along
the trench. nine inches apart, with the
crown Of the roots two inches below the
surface having finished q row. cover
them directly, rake evenly, and proceed
20 open another furrow a foot from the
first plant in the same manner, and so
on until you have four rows TO q bed.
Cut down the stems the last OF autumn,
and, after clearing of the weeds, cover
with dressing Of manure or rich com
post, which is 10 be forked early in
spring. The plants must be properly
established before cutting for use,
which will require at least two seasons.
As the alleys between the beds will be
so much ground idle the first two years,
they can be planted with cabbage, let
tuce, radish or other similar crops but
nothing should be planted on the beds,
rs il would rob the ground OF great
portion OF its nutriment. The New
York market gardeners at Oyster Bay,
who make asparagus growing specially,
practice the following method They
find the crop will grow in any kind of
soil that is free from stone, from stiff
clay to light sand but good sandy
loan is the best adapted for an early
cutting for market. The ground should
be thoroughly plowed as deep as pos
sible and furrowed off each way from
four t. five feet. At each intersection
dig the dirt out so as to make the hole
at least twelve inches deep then put
in about half bushel Of good strong
stable manure and press down cover
with soil, and set the plant so that the
crown will he about eight or ten inches
from the top Of the ground when lev
eled off spread the roots ont fiat IN
setting and cover with soil keep the
ground loose by cultivating hoe ont
all grass and weeds. Asparagus can be
set ont either in the fall or spring.
the fall is the best, as the roots get
ready to start sooner in the spring.
They will want no additional manure
until the second spring after setting,
when they should have liberal dressing
Of manure plowed in and the ground
kept loose and clean. The third spring
give the plants a sprinkling of guano
as soon as frost is out Of the ground,
cultivate and loosen the soil. This
season you will cut but not too heavy,
as il il better TO cut light to strengthen
the roots. After cutting, give heavy
dressing of manure, and keep loose and
clean. In the fall, before the seed drops,
, cut the tops and burn, to prevent filling
the ground with small plants. All that
is necessary after this IS TO use guano IN
early spring, and pillow and work in
and, after cutting, to apply good coat
ing of manure between the rows, keep
ing the ground loose and clean. One
year.old plants are best for setting. An,
, kind Of manure is good, with occasion
i ally dressing Of salt. The very bes'
Q manure, where it can be obtained, i
/ night soil, plowed in; but any kline
/ will do il You use enough OF il. There
3 need be no fear Of giving it too much
4 as the crop will pay fourfold to th
n quantity Of manure used. For market
|. ing the sprouts should be oil large, q
q green as possible, and cut when punched
}. eight inches long. The punches shoul'
d be five inches across the butt end, an
"a tied near each end. II TO be kept owe
n night wet the butts and stand on th
70 ground in cool cellar keep the top
IL dry after bunching,-Nen York Herald
y Pasture for Batter Cows,
u The best pasture grasses have creeI
i ing or wholly fibrous roots, the creel
u ing root running horizontally und'
u ground and pushing mp stems every 70
@ inches from this creeping root or rh
&c ZONE. This creeping root is not like
. TO be injured by close cropping, and r
y tains its vitality better through seve
u droughts after close feeding, when
. dubious root would be destroyed II
~ function Of the bulb in Dubious grass
"a is evidently TO store up materials (
II future growth and il these bulbs a
2, injured oreaten of, the root is destroye
Id The nutriment in all grasses is gather
IN by fibrous roots alone, and these Abro
4. roots are joined to the rhizomc or I
% bulb in creeping or bnlbous roots.
nA Vft.a fAaak a,.a,tnaana ~ gFassAiuu root