The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-02-01

with pine straw and trash, this will enc
able them to mature a more uniform
crop. Sweet potatoes, to secure
"draws," should be set out in some
vacant place.
The difficulty of getting enough
manure is an excuse often made for
bad gardening, whilst many suDstan>
ces of most enriching nature, and
easily got, are passed over; many OF
the following substances are easily
obtained, and all are of great service
as fertilizers: Night soil, this is a
powerful manure, and should be laid
in alternate layers, with double its
bulk of soil, mixing little quickIime
with each layer which removes its
smell. By being turned over once
it soon becomes powdered and may
then be spread on the ground.
Chicken dung is powerful, like the
last. it should be used in fresh
state, mixed with soil and spread
tninly. SCOT is another powerful
manure, and one whose effects be-
come almost Immediately visible, If
kept dry, and sown with the crops of
seeds; besides being disliked by in,
sects. Pure dung, as that OF horses
and COWS, should always be mixed
with a considerable quantity of soil
which will imbibe the ammonia.
Manure water and Stops, will be
found most useful if properly applied.
Bones, horn and hoot parings, are
both powerful and lasting substances
when crushed. Fish are excellent as
manure in any state, but are best
when dug in in fresh state, or COWS
cred with soil and spread after a
time. Oak ashes, mari, clay or
muck composted or trodden under
animals tor time, is quick in action
and lasting in lis effects. Our ads
vertising colomns, afford choice Of
films offering fertilizers; all of which |
have been tried with success. Gardens
should be effectually fenced against
the depredations of hogs and chicks
ems; both most persistent destroyers
when at large. Strawberry beds,
keep clear of weeds, and if not
should be done at once
Sugar. cane, cassava, arrowroot aud
ginger, may be planted, cuttings Of
figs and sand pear, may be made
from last years shoots; cutting them
SIX to nine inches long, and plant
them in shady spot, leaving two
eyes above ground, and water fire.
quently. Grating, may be com
menced this month, with the; grape
vine, peach, plum, pear, and all trees
that cast their leaves. Budding the
orange and citrus family may be be
gun, generally. Orange trees are now
put out. la planting the trees great
care should be observed that they
are not planted too deep in the soil.
A very good rule is TO plant them
just as deep as they had previously
been iii the nurseries; which is easily
ascertained, by observing the collar
where the portion that has been un.
der the soil exhibits the bark much
smoother and paler, than that which
was above 1t; but allowance should
also be made for the soil subsiding,
which it will inevitably do; and if the
roots are not kept we'll up to the
surface, they will be liable to get too
deeply covered. 1t is also au excel
liant precaution against the drying
winds OF March and April, to mulch
all newly planted trees with litter
or pine straw, as protection against
the roots becoming dry. Ifit can be
done, and by all means endeavor to
secure it, water literally all newly
planted trees, which will bring the
soil and feeding roots in contact from
the beginning, in position for doing
what they are put there to do--to
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