Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-08
Care i'm snwInr seed.

care IN sowing seed.
The importance OF care in the pre-
parHtion of the sou is sadly underrated.
C. l. Allen of Long Island, N. Y.
writes in Garden and Forest as fol-
lows: This care Is usually given in
proportion to the cost of the seed, that
is, a novelty OF high price receives
due attention, and for this reason,
rather than for any real superiority,
IL may excel older sorts. The mar
ket gardeners of Long Island rs a rulo
buy their cabbage seed OF a neighbOr
who has a reputation for a choice var
iety, sometimes far superior, he think ks,
30 anything to be obtained at a seed
house. Market gardeners pay from
tl2 10 $l5 per pound for the: seed,
when equally good seed could be
bought at a reliable house for s.. But
she fifteen-dollar seed is the cheapest
for the gardener In the end. because
he sows thinly in soil prepared with
the greatest care.
''The result is that most OF the seed
terminates, the plants have sufficient
room for development, they do not get
''leggy," but are strong and stocky,
compacted soil they areswell furnished
with roots. When these plants are set
IN the field they do not suffer from the
change; their vigOr pushes them
ahead, they are quickly established.
and yield large proportion of WELL
developed heads. Low-priced seed.
purchased by the same gardener.
would have been sown more thickly in
loose and coarse soils, where the
plants would have been long-drawn,
poorly rooted and without vigor when
trans planted. The product from such
. beginning will be late, small and OF
Inferior quality This is not an imag-
inary case. | have seen seed from the
same stock give the best satisfaction.
and In other cases none at all. The
sole reason for these opposite results
was that In one instance the seed was
sown properly and Improperly in
others. / have more than once noted
experiences OF precisely this character
among the growers OF caulihower in
Suffolk county"
Jersey Cattle for Beet
In some recent experiments by the
Michigan Agricultural College, the
surprising result was found that the
Jersey beef. though costing more per
pound to fstten, was enough better SO
that for those who appreciate the diff
ference between good beef and poor il
would pay to fatten It This is con-
trsry 10 the common impression among
farmers The small size of Jersey cat
sic has turned attention from this
breed for the butcher. but it had in
these experiments a smaller percent
age of waste meat than any other, and
was especially fine Favored in parts.
These experiments have not been tried
tar enough yet to be conclusive. In
dividual peculiarities OF farm have
much to do with the amount of waste
In animals. and the flavor of meat is,
As every one knows, greatly dependent
upon what the animal has been fed.
Growing Sweet Potatoes in the North.
The first and most important step is
the selection of the soil. for while sweet
potatoes can be grown on almost any
kind of land where drainage is good,
yet soil In which sand predominates is
very much the best.
Land should be used which drains TO
the south or southeast, and on which
the water will not remain on the sur
face after rains.
Ridges at least foot high are nee
essary, and they can be made in the
small garden or field by pulling the
earth together with "a hoe, care being
taken that all trash or weeds and grass
are burned beneath the surface; for
these have II tendency to dry out the
ridge II they protrude from the sides.
Where the plot of ground planted is
long enough to use a team and plow,
the ridges are easily made by throwing
out one furrow to the depth OF four TO
six inches, and returning with the
plow, the same soil is thrown back into
the trench thus made. Now turn and
70 back on the other side of the partly
formed ridge making the furrow just
wide enough TO make a pointed ridge.
II, however tho last two burrows do
not meet, or if the sides of the ridge
Are rough or full OF clods, use hoe to
smooth and oven it up, and TO make II
Hs high us desired.
When the seasons are short and es-
pecially IL the soil is heavy, well rotted
stable manure can be mixed with the
soil in the ridges with good results, as
IL lightcns the soil and warns il and
pushes the plant TO maturity.
The ridges are usually three to four
feet apart, and the plants ono TO two