Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-16

only tap-root should not De accepted, tney
are entirely worthless.
Seedlings procured in May or June,
even if only two or three inches high,
NAV be planted in shallow boxes of earth
and bone meal-rememher that they have
voracious appetites-and if kept well
watered for three or four weeks will make
strong plants, developing just the kind of
roots wanted for planting in the open
ground in July. Set these where the peas
are pulled out, good dressing of bone
meal or other strong fertilizer being first
spaded in, to induce rapid and continuous
growth If well watered at first, they will
not droop for moment After this, water
supplied often enough to keep the ground
moist, and frequent STRINGS of the soil
with an iron rake, will be all that Is
needed until the middle of September.
Growth viii materially increase when
the cool weather of autumn sets in. Vari
ties like the white plume or golden dwarf
may be earthed slightly at this time for
early use; those designed for the winter
supply, however, will keep better if put
into storage green, and allowed to blanch
slowly. These plants may be taken up in
November, with good balls of earth about
their roots and set either in pit outdoors
or in sand in a cool cellar. If pit is
used, make it about three feet deep, set
the plants in the loose earth at the bot
tom, cover with boards and straw or earth,
leaving sufficient space for ventilation, and
closing gradually as sthe severe weather of
December comes on. The celery may be
taken out each week and kept in water
until used. No one with a garden and
the facilities limited at need be without
this most healthful and delicious vegeta-
BILE from October to March.-Boston Tran
script.
THE CULTIVATION OF THE TURNIP.
The turnip crop is one that is planted
late, being strictly a summer crop in every
respect, and grows quickly under proper
cultivation. Though the yield of turnips
on rich land is very large, yet farmers do
not make speciality OF the crop as COM
pared with potatoes. One of the causes is
the labor of preparing the ground, sowing
the seed and keeping down the weeds I'M
til the plants are well beyond the injury
of the pests that get in their way. That
the turnip crop is a profitable one under
certain conditions is known from the fact
that land which is yearly rented for a
high sum is devoted to turnips in Eng
land, especially when grown for sheep, and
there is no reason why equal success may
not be met with here.
There is yet time to get the land in
proper condition to save much of the
labor of eradication of weeds later on, and
to give the young plants an opportunity to
push ahead from the start To do this the
land should be plowed and narrowed.
Young weeds will spring up, and the har-
row should be used again, thus stirring the
soil and inducing the weed seeds to germi-
nate. The cultivator will do even better
than the harrow, as it loosens the soil
nearly equal to one-horse pillow. Every
rain will assist in sprouting the seeds, and
if the land is well worked two or three
times the young turnip plants will have a
chance, after the turnip seed is planted, to
get ahead of the remaining weeds. The
labor of narrowing is but trife COM
pared with the labor that is required TO
protect the young turnips if the land is
given no preparation.
To grow a large crop the seed must be
put in with seed drill, the rows of suffi-
cient width apart to permit of cultivation
with horse hoe or cultivator, the plants
being from three to six inches apart in
rows, according to preference, as it may be
necessary to use the hoe once. 1t should
be rule to use plenty of seed, as the fly
sometimes damages the young plants, and
also to insure large number of plants in
each row, it being easier to thin out any
surplus plants than to reseed the thin
places. Do not cover the seed more than
one-fourth of an inch. In fact one-eighth
of an inch is better, as many seeds fail to
push through if covered deeply, especially
if the soil bakes. AS soon as the leaves
appear the hoe may be used, and then the
cultivator. The crop pays well in its adj
vantages as winter food for stock-Phila-
deiphia Record.
FARM NOTES.
"a farmers true capital consists of a
clear head, sound judgement and willing
pair of hands,"
Search for the borers whenever you have
nothing to do. and search for them regularly
also, if you wish to save your peach tree.
Ice will not prevent odors if the vessels
in which milk is kept are not clean. Even
the refrigerator should be well washed oc-
casionally.
Skim-milk cheese is said to be worth one
pound as food for hogs, its cost being about
two cents pound. Sucl is the proper use
for cheese of that kind.
1t will be time to reclaim the waste
places of the earth when the already cult
waited ones are made to produce full crops.
The work before us is to make the most of
what we have instead of hunting for more.
1t is sometimes difficult to SOW turnip
seed, but the Farm Journal says that a
pound of turnip seed and peck of sand,
mixed, for one acre will enable one to get
an even stand Of plants, neither too thick
or too thin.
Keep down all growth around the trunks
of trees. Suckers grow very fast, and
take the nourishment that should be
given to the tree. All undesirable shoots
on trees should be pinched off as soon as
they appear.
A correspondent of the Lire Stock Ildica-
tor says: 81 can invest $1,000 in sheep and
burn every pound of wool produced for FIVE
years and make more clear money than
can he made on cattle, horses or hogs in the
same length of time"
Some farmers consider certain marks in
a COW as indicating her quality as mixer,
but far better guide is to weigh her milk
regularly. That tells the story without
any guess work, and tells exactly what
every owner ought to know.
Producing poultry for market is profit
able adjunct to fruit. growing, as the poul-
try can be used for winter employment, Tor
but little work can be done with the orch
ard at that season. The raising of early
broiers is done entirely in the winter.
There is quite difference in the breeds
Of ducks. A Pekin can be made to weigh
five pounds when ten weeks old, while the
common puddle-duck will only weigh
three pounds when a year old. Breeds
make the profit or loss as well as the food.
Some kind of covering to shed off water
will be of advantage to stacks of hay or
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