Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-09

rrythlng is good enough for q hog, |
I'D to this senseless proposition Is
Vi 'ced the disease among swine owned
n. breeders who indorse II. Since
time immemorial the hog has been
c lied the farm scavenger, but, never.
,hcless, the successful breeder Is he
Who relles the least upon this over
eutimated characteristic Of the animal.
Bad water, worse treatment In hand.
ling, and a supersbundauoe of filth are
the foundation Of all diseases to which
hogs are subject, and 1t is conse.
quently easy to believe that the health
of the animal and the quality of the
meat must increase In proportion to
the cleanliness Of the food and sur.
roundings,
In planting asparagus the following
directions will secure q satisfactory re.
suit: Soak the seed for twenty -four
hours In tepid water and SOW early In
the spring In rows q foot apart, and
kept clean by,frequently wedding and
hoeing, At one or two years old
transplant to permanent beds. The
ground should be trenched or dug
over, two feet deep, burying plenty of
manure, decsved leaves, leaf mold,
rock weed or kelp, when 1t can be had,
and mixing 1t thoroughly with the soil.
Lay out the beds four and q half feet
wide, and draw three drills fourteen
inches apart and six inches deep
l~engthwise of each bed Place the
roots In them, q foot apart, In their
natural position, and cover four inches
deep. A rich sandy loan Is most suit.
able.
Castor Bean culture.
The cultivation of castor. beans ives
introduced into southern Illinois and
Missouri several years ago, In order to
supply Q mill that had been erected In
St. Louis for the extraction Of the oil
from them. Recently other mills have
been erected In other cities and town.
and the demand for the beans Is In.
crea.ing. In many counties In Kan.
sas the crop has been very remunera-
tive. Castor beans do not exhaust
the fertility of the soil Is corn and the
small grains do. Many farmers be
lieve that land Is benefited by raising
q crop of castor beans on 1t. The e1
pense of seed IL very small. No cost
ly machinery Is required for puttini
In, cultivating, harvesting, or prepar
Ing the crop for market. All thu
work may be performed by old men
women, and children, who can not d.
hard labor In the field. For thes,
reasons castor beans offer many ad
vantages to farmers of small mean
who live In o comparatively warn
|, climate. The castor bean plant Ia o
|, tropical origin, and Ia liable to be In
jused by frost In any of the state
: where cotton will not mature. Al
early frost will kill the young plant
while a frost In the fall will injure tn,
, beans before they ripen. The plant
) are highly ornamental and very snowy
A few of them raised In the front yart
{ or garden present a fine appearance
By raising q few for ornamental pur
poses a farmer can learn their habit
and be better prepared to cultivat,
them in 6 field. The ordinary yield 1
, from fifteen to twenty. five bushels pc
acre. With q view of introducing
3 their cultivation In that state, tn,
! Sou d Carolina department of agricul
D ar publishes an essay on their cul
ture, which was prepared by 9. @
{ Filler, E.q., of Missouri. The follow
Ing embrace his leading directions:
, Almost any soil that will produc
wheat or corn will answer for the cas-
tor bean. When 1t can be had
t sandy loan Is preferable. The sol
should be dry. Wet, heavy soils ar
not adapted to Its successful culture
The ground should be put in good con
) dition for the iced as for other crops
One thorough blowing and three o
D four borrowings with q heavy harro,
will be a sufficient preparation. FaI
blowing Is undoubtedly desirable, as
o more fully exposes the particles of tn
soil to the influence of the frosts an,
9 the atmosphere, thereby pulverizing
and preparing 1t better for the seed
Where a fall blowing has been be
slowed upon the land, and anothe
G cross.plowing In the spring, thoroug
narrowing will put it in excellent cor
dition for a heavy crop. Ii the coil
d inclined to be wet, 1t should be throw
4 into back burrows or lands fifteen c
twenty feet In width, and the dea
furrows between these lands should b
kept open for drainage of ali surfac
water. This Ia not more necessary fc
the castor bean than for many othe
farm crops where the land is incline
}. to bs wet.
>. The ground Is now laid off In row
Eve or ak feet apart each way, excel
~ that between every sixth and sevent
d row a distance CT about eight feet
left between the rows one way to a,
At nit a horse and wagon or Glide to pa
Of to take the beans when gathered. Ii
% water, somewhat below the boilir
point, should be poured owe the see'
and they should remain In this wat
10 twenty four hours before being plan
er ed. The temperature of the wat
10 will of curse be gradually reduced
Ia the temperature of the atmospher
to Applying the hot water once will
as sufficient. II planted without til
IN preparation they are q great while
terminating, many of them not ma
Ing their appearance for three or TO
weeks. With. this preparation tn,
will Don terminate and come up re
es ularly. Some farmers put In eat
I'd hill one- half of those which have h
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