Year: 1876

Hungarian sor Cows.


The following il the testimony OF DIR.
ioring respecting Hungarian grass:
believe ] can make more milk with this
grass, cut and mixed with corn meal and
shorts, than can with the hest timothy
hay. cut and mixed in the same manner.
And when you remember that you can
raise on ordinary land, by sowing the
seed OF Hungarian grass late in June,
from two and a half TO three and half
tons of good fodder to the acre, and that
this crop can be sown after we have AS
certained whether we arc going to have a
good crop OF hay or not, you will see the
value OF this grass. have such high
opinion OF it that on my farm this year
and last l raised from seventy-iiye 10 n
hundred tons of it for the purpose of feed
ing to my milch cows during the winter.


MaWwrisg I.ansis.


The collection and application of man.
are should 80 on continually for the
grasses and cereals and all kinds of cult.
waited plants make an annual draft on
the soil for the ingredients which enable
them TO build up their stems, foliage and
seeds No liquid or solid manure suited
Tor enriching the soil should be allowed
to 80 to loss about the homestead. Soap
suds, wood-ashes, SCOT, charcoal, saw.
dust, etc, may lie applied to the soil with
much boneft to crops. Leached wood.
ashes are very useful for top dressing
grass land, deepening the color of the
plants and increasing their productive
ncss 80 much rs to dcublc the acreable
yield OF hay wherever they are applied
IN sufficient quantities. All farmers who
are striving to make farming pay, and
are IN favor of improving instead of going
backward, will zee and appreciate the
well meant suggestions on manurinp
land. To all such we look for thai
improvement and progress Sd much
needed in farming.


GrewinE Cabbage.


Mr.. Hyde, in the New York Times
offers the following suggestions on this
subject: Wis


II is of no use to try 10 raise cabbage
on poor soil. They require good, strong
clay loan and plenty of manure Mo,t
soil is adapted to their growth. but IL
must not be NO retentive of moisture AS
To keep the roots soaked. No plant or
an'mal-except aquatic in their nature
can thrive with their feet constantly
IN water, but the cabbage is inpatient Of
dry soil and hot summer. II thriyes
most In the wet days of spriny and
autumn. Never plant cabbagcs for two
years IN succession on the same land
They are exhausters Of course. for they
contain much nutriment and reou;re
much. For fertilizers use n variety
barn.yard manure is the best if only
one kind is used, but compost of harm.
yard manure with night soil, ashes and
salt, Is better than any single fertilizer
When the plants first start they ARE ant
to be eaten by little black beetle If
prevent his ravages and at the same time
stimulate the growth of the plant, dust
the leaves with SCOT or plaster. There il
no danger Of overlooking cabbage with
any ordinary manure. salt is excellent
ior them, but an overdose NAV caus,
them to wither. Whether Ia sow the
seed IN the hill where the plant is ex.
Pcc@u 10 grow or to transplant il il a
que; tion about which cabboye-yrovers
disagree The former involves the least
labor, but there can be no question but
'nat transplantlng tends TO render the
plants stocky. IL the seed is sown in a
bed the danger is that the plants will
grow too thickly, and run up with long
anu sum stems, NJ that, ON the whole,
we give the preference to sowing in the
hiii' thinning out early, and leaving the


"s' V,.orous plants TO go on to per


The value Of Gyrswm.


ihe slow progress that has been made
IN this country in the use of pypsum is
niue remarkable. Ii was first intro.
"uced by DIR. franklin from france
previous to the revolutionary war. On
clover field in the neiphborbood of
Philadelphia he sowed some pulyerzed
gypsum or land plaster in the form q
,etters, and the effect was such that the
letters could be distinctly seen a long
distance during all the season. For
some years the supply of gypsum came
from France. Subsequently it WAS
brought IN from Nova Scotia and New
brunswick. Later it was discovered in
New York, Virginia, Michigan and Iowa.
In some portions of the country farmers
would hardly expect to carry on opera.
tons successfully without tic employ.
ment oi this mineral manure. This is
especially true OF central New York
Michigan, and eastern Wisconsin. In
each Of these farming regions farmers
expect TO SOW gypsum on portion of
Their land every year. They have seen
the advantage Of its use and will not fail
to enjoy the benefits of it.


In other parts of the country similarly
situated 1t is used very sparngly or not
at all. As a rule farmers are not fond of
trying experiments that cost money.
They prefer TO wait and let some one
else make the trial of the value of a Ter
tllizer, and it it proves successful they
will adopt it There are many portions
of the west in which the use OF gypsum
would very likely increase the growth OF
grass, clover, peas and beans fully one
third, where an application has never
been made and where an application
may not be made for many years to come
Gypsum is not fertilizer that is Of
great value in all portions OF the coun-
try, on all soils in a given section, OF for
all the crops that may be grown on a
given soil. regions that are we'll sup
piled with lime and sulphur in any form |
are seldom benefited by the application
of gypsum. Low lands, as a rule, are
not rendered more productive by the
application OF gypsum. Crops that are
raised for the seed produced are less ben