Year: 1870

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number of stock are wintered, the
quantity of barn yard manure made.
will not be sufficient to manure many
acres In suitable manner; it will
therefore heed to be supplemented
with lime, plaster, salt, wood askes,
&c. These manures being portable
may be easily applied to iallow, to
growing crops of grass or grain,
or to soil intended to produce them
PREPARATION FOR ROOT CROPS.
The Importance of providing sub
stantial provender for stock is be-
coming more evident every year. A
pasture composed of the best kinds
of grasses is very good thing SO
long as it lasts, but sometimes the
Summer and Fail are so dry that
grass becomes scorched, and is then
entirely devoid Of nntrIment. Let
season be ever SO favorable for
grass, the pasture yields no support
for stock during the most trying
part of the year. The farmer who
grows an abundance of roots will
have something to sustain the
growth of his stock, or fatten them
for market, when pasture is not
available. By increasing the amount
of provender, farmer will be able
to winter a large number of stock
and to produce a large quantity of
manure Of the best quality; for
animals fed on roots produce man.
ure that is quite superior to that
obtained from animals fed on hay
or straw without roots or grain.
Every farmer should cultivate man.
gel wurzel, sugar beet, ruta bagas,
carrots. parsnips, &c. For these
crops the soil should be deeply TIL
led, well pulverized, and heavily
manured. The growing of great
crops is the most effectual mode of
destroying weeds and predatory in
sects.


PREPARATION OF THE SOIL FOR CORN.
A deep, rich, mellow soil in which
the roots can strike deep, and ex
tend laterally without obstruction,
is the best for corn. The crop also
delights in fine soil which resists
heat, retain moisture. and allows the
roots to approach near the surface
to enjoy the benefits derived from
the air and sunshine. The after
culture of corn could not be pro-
perlv performed in great many
places last year, on account of the
protracted wet weather and the
quantity of water in the soil in un-
drained land. The best way to ob
tain a heavy crop of corn is to have
the soil deeply titled and we'll man
urt before the seed is planted; the
roots will then penetrate deep and
spread around rapidly, and the crop
will flourish and come to perfection
before the appearance of frost
Drills have many advantages over
hill, one Of which is that the plants
being separated from each other,
and placed at equal distances, enjoy
an equal share of benefits from the
soil, the atmosphere, and the sun
Corn was not well ripened or dried
last Fall, on account of the back
wardness of the season and the
early setting in of Winter. In many
places it was put into the bins oil
cribs soft and damp, and much of il
heated, and is entirely unfit fol
seed. 1t is of the greatest impor-
tance that none but the soundest
and best seed he sown; tor the loss
of labor and time, and the delay in
the growth Of the crop, caused BY
the failure of the first planting, are
very serious.


SWEET CORN


Sweet corn for family use should
be set out early in May; and il
order to keep a succession. a plant
ing should be made every week
until the 10th Of July. The frs
planting may be destroyed by frost
and the last may not ripen. but it is
worth while to take the risk. A
patch of early sweet corn will yielc
an abundant supply for the table i
properly managed. The growing
of sweet corn for market is also
very profitable, especially in the
vicinity of large cities. There are
several varieties of this crop. Oar
ling's Early Sweet comes in early
but does not produce as heavily as
some others. The Evergreen sweet
corn is favorite in some localities
Home made guano, the ingredients
of which are wood ashes and poul
try manure, will be found very use
full for several kinds of crops in the
garden or field, handful to each
hill Of corn will be very beneficial
Sweet corn may be used for soiline
stock with very good effect, as the
unripe grain, stalks, and leaves are
nutritious.


DEs TROY WEEDS.


The most careful attention should
be given to the destruction of weeds
both in grass and tillage. Great
numbers of annual weeds may be
destroyed by narrowing Winter
wheat just at the time when they
are beginning to make their appear
ance. Perennial weeds should bt
extirpated. Yellow dock, Canad'
thistles, Burdock, ETC., are as inju
rious to meadows and pastures az
to cereal crops. The Burdock pro
duces the troublesome burs which
are SO damaging to wool. The yel
low dock and Canada thistle propa
gate their noxious species by roots
: and seeds Particular care should