The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-09
AaRIOULTURR.

Ions differ from most other crops In not
requiring rotation. In some places
the land has been In onions annually for
half q century. If the crop is to be
grown for the first time newly cleared
land is the best, and next to that. soiI
which has been In corn or potatoes. A
good, deep, rich loam is essential, as is
heavy manuring. Fifty loads of stable
manure to the acre are an ordinary ma
nurinR, and may be supplemented by
ashes, bone flour or guano as @ top dress
sing. The seeds should be sown early;
should be of the previous years growth
and from reliable raiser. The rows
are foot apart, leaving every seventh
lor q patti, and from three to six pounds
of seed are sown to the acre. On land
not before in onions, thin sowing is bet
ter than thick. After sowing, roll the
surface. Some SOW an ounce or two of
radish seed with every pound of onion
seed. The radlshes come up In n few
days and mark the rows, 80 that the
hand cultivator or push hos can be rnn
close to the rows even before the on,ons
are up. One essential point Is wedding.
Unless one Is prepared to give thorough
wedding, and at the right time, he should
not attempt to raise onions. It is no
fancy work and there is no machine tl,at
will do it. Unless one can 90 down on
his hands and knees astride OF the row.
and remove all the weeds that are in
tne rows with his fingers at least twice
and sometimes three times, he will not
De much troubled at the harvesting.
Excellent hand-weeders are made to run
close to the row, but until the machine
can think, the rows themselves must
be weeded by hand. Clean culture.
which means the use of wedding appl1.
ances as often as is needed, must be Sc
cured.
IHE value of pasture consists, first,
III close, stroug sward. To have this
the soil must be firm, fertile and filled
With moisture. By this we do not
mean 1t shall be wet; on the contraly,it
must be the reverse. The moisture
must be such rs is held naturally (me-
cnanlcally); not the moisture of satura-
ton, but that of vaporization. Thus a
permanent pasture should never be
heavily cropped until 1t is we'll set.
Hence homo of the tuberous rooted
grasses like timothy are suitable to
permanent pastures. They cannot
stand close cropping nor constant
tr"mplng. Pasture grasses, therefore,
must be the tibrous und deep rooted va
rieties.
Eaa plants require light, warm soil,
and being very delicate and tender, must
not he set ott too early. They require
high temperature at all times. Sow
III hot beds about the first of April with
good, steady bottom heat, and delay
transplanting out until such time in
June as is necessary to avoid a tempe
rature much below 70 deg. Set two or
three feet apart each way, according to
the nature of the soil, moro room being
needed it the soil is very fertile.
KEROSENE OF. may be used for de-
stroying insects OH plants by taking a
tablespoonful of oil and mixing it with
half cupful OF milk and then dilutinR
the mixture with two gallons Of water.
Apply tho liquid with syringe, and
alterward rinse we'll with clear water.
Ihls substance is death to plant insects
and We have never heard of it's ipjuring
the most delicate plants when used as
here directed.
Or all roots, except potatoes, beets
are most sensitive to frost. Currots
being mostly deep in the ground, will
stand considerable freezing without
much injury, provided they are left to
thaw Ill the ground. Parsnips and
vegetable oyster plants ore better for
being lett out all winter, and OF parsnips
especially only enough should be put
III the cellar for use whom those out of
doors cannot be gotten Mt.
A FARMER writes that wheat lands
need thorough working, and "then over
again, and in few days still again, and
then it will pay You $5 Il duy to work ii
again with tho proper tools, although
you may think it onnnot be improved
un. This is not very hard work, except
Tor the horses, as the driver can ride
while cnltivatlng and rolling, md while
narrowing, ii you have an improved
harrow
NOT enough adherence IL made in the
price OF chickens we'll or poorly fed. 10
many persons one chicken is just rs good
as al other; but to one who appreciates
differences III flavor there will be as
VIDE range as between different fruits,
The difference is partly in the breed.
but much also depends on feeding.
Fowls left to got thoir own living eat
many things when hungry that we'll
fed fowl would not touch.
THE effect OF strong ray of light fall
ling Oh milk, is to develop the fermen-
tive organisms that lead to the decom.
position of the liquid. They arc of a
vegetable character, and need light as
well as warmth to enable them to thor
ongh]y do their work. 1t is best there
fore, 10 keep milk in the shade, not ne-
cessarily i'll dark room, but away from
the Light of u window.
The sooner scions are cut for graft
ing the better, but they may be cut any
time before the buds begin to swell.
The object III cutting early is to escape
any intensely cold weather which may
happen to occur, and which would have
some tendency TO check their vitality.
and hence the reason that they are often
best ii cut early in winter.
THE cluster of eggs that may be found
on apple-tree limbs should be picked
OFT in order to prevent the Matching of
the tent caterpillar. Just at this season
is good time to make thorough in.
spection OF the trees, and little at-
tention will save time and labor hereaf.
ter.