The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-06

y writer IN the Pralrle Farmer, al.
luding to the fact that seedsmen's cat
alogues are so full of "good sorts"
that people are often puzzled to know
what to buy, says My experience
may be worth something A.: OF toma-
toes, | know nothing better than
Acme and Trophy, and think favor
ably of the Golden Trophy though
with some the color is Objectionable.
! The Shorthorn can't be beat for table
use, nor the Egyptian beet. OF the
: former, planted pretty thick in good
soil, in rows two feet apart, 400 bush
, els per acre can easily be grown and
| besides being good for stock, they are
mighty good for men and women. In
sunashes the Hubbard and Boston
Marrow are standbys, and that little
| Perfect Gem is likely to remain A
No. 1. And give me the Stowell
Evergreen sweet corn and the Win
ningstadt cabbage yet all the time.
TOMATOES.
Giving his experience with some
| fifty-five varieties of tomatoes, Josiah
Hopes, of Pennsylvania, says that
most of them proved of little value
| and among the Well-known older
sorts the early Acme rotted badly, and
so did the Tilden; Hathaway was
good, but too small early Canada
Victor was too uneven. Among the
best were the following Living
ston's Perfection and Favorite !; large
and solid, even troopers, without
cracking. The Trophy did well the
| MayfloWer was a decided improve
ment on the Acme. The Beauty, by
BUST, was one of the finest for large
size, solidity, and brilliant scarlet
color.
GROWTH OF CARP.
A Maryland paper states that some
!, eighteen months ago about two dozen
small carp were placed in the ice pond
of Mrs. S. D. Higgins, near Rockville,
Maryland, and not having been seen
since that time it was supposed that
they had failed to propagate, but on
Wednesday last, in cleaning out the
pond it was found to be literally alive
2 with fish, some OF them eighteen
inches long, and weighing three OF
/ four pounds. The pond is about one
5 third of an acre, and averages foul
: feet in depth. This is another evi
: dence of the ease with which carp may
J be raised by those having facilities fol
: the construction of pond.
A POINT IN CARP CULTURE.
. u. IL. DdGOS, vi hOOuOl OdlOIAo
s writes to the Southern Cultivator
in reply to inquiries of one of you
: correspondents, / write to say tina
,, carp will not raise where there ar
a other fish, even minnows, or wher
g there are many carp, as they eat u
n the spawn. None but "spawners an
v, millers" should be allowed to remain
J. in the Matching pond. My carp al
1t ways spawn the first spring afte
Sc Matching. But your correspondent
n, will have no young ones till he free
If his pond of minnoWS; and to accom-
ID plish this / know of no way but
D. draining off the water and catchiD
N them out. If he is careful to feed hi
ID carp in the same place each day, b
T. will find no trouble in catching theI
Just there with hook and line bate
with bread"
Le, IMPROVED FARMING.
be A writer in the Connecticut Fa
id mer writes in this sensible style
Id "The life of the farmer is not who'll
n. in the field. The sense of art of whic
/ now speak, will find expression
at the home of his family, and hired i
1g borers, and in the buildings whic
ty shelter his stock and his crops. Her
an art will concern itself to secure healtl
he comfort and entertainment for ma
ny and beast. Here, art and true econ,
m my go hand in hand. The stitch
to time" that saves nine" is the dicta
,as of art as well as economy. How mut
es, of sheer waste to the farmer com
SO. every year from the want of that tas
go, which is offended at the sight of
eh- fallen fence post, an unhinged gat
IN or loose clapbeard. To be artist
Id is to be truly economical. The cul
Iby walton of such sense of art not on
VS. dignifies and exalts labor, it leads
Sx- ali the forms of cultivation
ak household ways of living, and
literary tastes and eDjoyments. T
newness of our country, the struggl
with nature which are incident
ced the life of new countries, have doul
+ less kept our farmers hitherto fro