Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-23
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4 did no trenching with the spade, put
/ Il ploughed the ground as deep IS pos
sible, running twice in The same fur
row. ( MANFRED heavily with barnyard
manure both before and after plough
ing. After narrowing, I marked the
rows four feet apart with the plough,
running several times in the same place
and throwing the dirt each way.
Then I raked the dirt from the bottom
of the furrow with the noe and placed
the plants two feet apart Ill the row and
covered them. The plants were from q
seeding bed of my own, two years old.
l cut the roots quite short and spread
them out each way Should / plant
again, I would set the plants four feet
by four, with the crowns four to six
inches below the surface. Less than
four inches is too shallow there will be
many small and worthless shoots. We
cut some a year after planting, and for
more than dozen years we have kept
! the patch cut clear till near the last of
June. Then we let asparagus and fox
tail, if any, grow. Nothing more is
done till the ground is dry the next
spring. Then we cover the patch thick
| ly with straw, which we have in plenty,
and burn up straw, stalks, and seeds to-
| gether. Then we harrow thor
oughly, mixing the ashes with the top
soil. Then we apply towering of barn
are now ready to market asparagus as
soon as it starts. The only cultivation
it gets is gt'od narrowing with a two
horse harrow few times during the
season, whenever the weeds and grass
begin to start little. The narrowing
is done immediately after cutting for
market; always the same day There
is very little harm done. The stools
are very broad, and our crop better
every year. I never have used any salt
Or commercial fertilizer. Is there a
cheaper and better way to raise aspara-
gus on a large scale?-J. W. Boxwell I,
Washington Co., MINI.
Tn. Best ro'ato. ~: ~
Rural New Yorker:
(which is the best potato to plant"
Every potato man" or seed dealer has
been asked this question hundred
times in every planting season, and
tried to answer it Incorrectly just as often !!
All vesgenerally been quite ready 70
recommend their respective favorites,
whatever they may have been--Snow
fake or Ohio, Beauty OF Hebron or Sun
rise, Blush, Wallis Orange or White
| Elephant. have made up my mind to
be more cautious in future, for until we
come across another EARLY Rose,, it will
never do to recommend any particular
kind without reserve: and the equal of
the FAIRLY Rose has not, as yet, turned up.
Each variety Of potato seems to thrive
climate; every soil and locality are best
adapted to a certain variety, Or certain
varieties. Each can be helped but lit
tie by other peoples advice. Every
man must try for himself Let each
grower make a selection Of the most
promising varieties, among which I in-
clude the Early Ohio and Beauty Of
Hebron for early. the Burbank, White
Star, White Elephant, and prehaps the
! O.. K. Mammoth Prolific for late. Let
him buy and plant & small quantity, say
a peck or SO, Of each, and he will soon
find out which is the variety or varieties
| for his particular soil and climate.
| Milking Cows.
I think the value,of proper milking is
! very much under rated; people milk at
! all times and in variety of ways. I do
not believe in COW balls, perhaps from
the reason that [ have become accus-
toned to the Somerset span; of COURSE.
| COWS sufficiently quiet require neither.
Perhaps brief description Of the span
may be useful to, some readers: Take
g piece Of rope about the size OF your
little finger and three feet six inches
| long, make spliced Loop at one end and
! a. knot at the other, which you can just
pass through ia: good sized knot is
best. TO use it, put it around the off
leg OF the cow (the off side Of COW is
the near side Of a horse) and about the
middle Of the rope;: now twist the
two ends Of the rope together till there
| is enough to go round the near leg, then
| place the knot through the loop, and
you have the span on. You will find it
as efectual as, hobbies: on a. horse. In
milking, moisten tho, teats with water.
and squeeze with the full hand, instead
of pulling down with the finger and
thumb, which is called 'tstriPping,,"
taking particular care not to put the
fingers all round the teats, but to, bring
the ends of the fingers directly upon
the milk vains BY milking thus, the
COW gradually becomes easier to milk,
and the strain upon the: wrists is; very
much lessned. Care should be taken:
to milk in this way as.1ong as any, milk
comes, and, stripping" should be. the
! last resort. Mixers would do we'll to
remember that the fastera COW is nilked
the more milk she yields. and the milk
which comes last is. the richest Hints
| by "PracticaL
+ N othing is more honorable and pleas
ant than civility,. and nothing more rid
iculous and burdensome than ceremony.
Civility teaches U.S. to- behave with pro
! portionate respect to- everyone, aecord-
ing as their rank Requires and their
merit demands, In, other words, ciyility
is the science of men of the word. A
person of good address, who conducts
herself with due circu1nspection, con-
! ciliates the love and esteem Of society,
because every one h1ads herself at ease
in her company: bnt ceremonious
woman is the: plague Of her acquaintance.
Such one, requires too muck attention
to be.a pleasant associates is too sell
/ dom satisfied with what is paid her, and
erery moment feels her pride hurt by
the want Of some frivoloas etiquette.
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