The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-03-16
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had had 40 mAlore iuf u years, 1, hAi
beer sous "a 10 osis IA lbs osh Sopljri
~, ier easiios. thea to tnehshesl ap'ii
even that wouldn't rsy ~ baryesllas
ana ioi three Yeas Il hsd lsiu 10 "a, tana.
Tue soil Was iighl sud sandy loan scarce,
!, niche. dsrt II he yellow sardy SAT-
soil.
ttu.Li il 10 6 IN ibc - add had y
ploaed Il etct 10 a depth d ) lnehes,
s,ll iurpsd ever. The MT spring IL ~s'
plowsd sssis ard again nni'l all toe sods
uetc 10, "a oa Tie Top who're they could be
~heeled % % The dump hssp Thssc
insl low.d surface nessufed 100 ~ by
ITO II. ala osl ,xsolly thr e ioutlhs Of SO
acre.
rfsioas siuIy bad dis,l)sca Tia fact
tlai the diiitisut crops require 70 d Gle
mtnt, 10 Offering picIciucus utd ! 10
teruined - apply my chemicrl' 10 N
light Of the tgst 81 COW rl,s. The i'm
me to purchase the phosphoIic acid, an
mouis sud petss in the uumiIed form
and beips located y miles irom The near
eat r,i 70 a .drp0t and $50 mites from tae
besrtse large city where my iertiliga re
must be purchased searched for the subj
stances Itch would give me n elements
needed in the most condensed i,rm, IN
order to save the exposes 10 freight and
carriage
zen, to q reliable dealer for GOO lbs
dissolved bone tl,ek tansy zing one third
soluble phosphoric scid), 800 lbs sulpbute
OF ammonia blihg ons fourth actual AN
monia aud 200 lbs ,ull hate OF potash one
hall sctusl potnh. | msde mixture u
thtse iuihis proportion. 80 lbs bone black,
10 lbs Of sulphats OF potash. THIS IS lbs
was equal in ter.iiziue capacity TO 100 lis
OF g, cd average fsitil ansly ziug AN
monia per cent. phospboric scld 10 and
potash per cent. calculated to nse
six Tins this quantity on the whole OF
my ga,den patch, and besides to add II
each crsp an ,xtsIo tim Of the specia
Iood required.
For all rps whore the valuable pant
was the fruit as peas. b ans, sweet corn,
IN clone, squsshes, ! added one fourth
more OF the bone black, rhosphoric acid
having been proved to promote the seed
roductipg quality of Hints. wanted
he ed directly in the pess, beans and
sweet c,r and the lrlit bearing the seeds
% the mt llIs aud SOU lshts
For crops where the leaves or fo.iAge,
were the valuable part as cabbage, lett
ice, spinach. celery reserved one third
,xtrs sulI hate CT ammonia which appli.
ID between the rows after the plants had
tarted, in two equbl or;ions at intervals
II 20 days. My reason for this practice
VS. that the sulpbate Of anu onia being /
esdily soluble would leach away 10 our
andy soil and be Iric,icolly lost il up
lied at ooce.
For crops whtrs the valuable part was
he roots = a. potatoes beets, turnips, car. =
OTIS Il added one fourth extra sulphate
I potash aud reserved one fourth
xtrs sulplats CT ammonia to secure ex T.
r. large tops, these being necessary to 4
be formation OF large tubers which diff
I somew hat from thu roots OF beets and 4
.rrots 10 their mode OF production.
All the fertile rs ware sown broadcast
% the van ious patches before planting.
xceptas described, and tboroup hy raked Y
I'D cross rsked in with six ined potato =,
ook.
The crops were unfermly 6ne, and grew
from the start with the rich
ark green color That very heavy dress .
% of the bert stable manure gives, and
icy retained ttiscolor oil through the sea
IN, which wss pretty dry one The
eeds were surprisingly few and easily :,
ept down with the little drill cultivator u
ith which slso all the sowing was done
,cepting on the peas. beans corr, squssh -
and melons. y"
The cultivator was run ovr the whole o.
lrden Immediately alter every rain. Evi W
v foot OF ground was put to service an ~
here q gap occurred through f.ilnre OF ID
eds. lettuce or cabbage plart or hill
beans was put ID to fill up The early
"a patch was town with sweet corn be,
seen the rows the midols OF June, the a
dish plant also. The space devoted 10
insch and lettuce was SIT With late cab
sfe, and the early squash patch was
wn with iurpips 10 Aueutt. Tnis was
the double croI ping.
No rect rd was kept Of the totsl yield,
1t only the cash rec ipis Of so much Of
e crop was sold. d gems Of aged lettuce
I'd pecks Of spinach gone to toed wsn,to
9 hen ytr1; peeks Of beels and early Z
rnips fer which there was no sale went
the Gov; full barrel OF ears Of dry
'eet corn wss / ut by fer wiptsr food for
e henf;snd cur 1T lie family ate 90 ,abun
suce Of Iood things 81 d } ut away iarsoI
,ss, bebps and com. and dried beans.
rets. lutpips. cal bag, and iquai hes for
inter- use. of which o scout was rad. n
think it would be fsr thing too add N
EXTRA one s'xib OF the friiizers proper =
edit fcI the :ot,l production.
And II wss one OF the richest ID nps to
Q the cbsDge 10 tbtt farmer wbo sold us or
10 land which wouldn't grow buck hest 8
pm the sm z7d'scorn With which be saw
pay s3S Tor salts 10 barrels and then
.lttr itsil on little piece Of land to the
tsier smsz ment when lshowed him
y record book Of sslee At the end Of the
aeon.
Oar sales footed up 1890, eIpenses
o., 05, leaving oct profit o. s43s. IS 90 a.