Year: 1876

lers from them in opinion they will condemn
the holder of this foreign sentiment as q
man who knows nothing.


knowledge, that is of the genuine charac-
ter, would show any one how to farm so as
to increase the productive power of his land
how to manage his cattle so as to avoid dis
ease, abortions and ills of all kinds except
ing common accidents; how to apportion
his sheep, cows and horses on his pastures
so as to make each Of these varieties Of live
stock do the better for the others presence,
and also at the same time improve the grass
by encouraging and thickening the most
nutritious varieties, so as to cause it to carry
more stock and become fatening in its
quality.


knowledge would make man so discreet
as never to plant any crop which would i'm
poverish his soil, without such oyerwhelm-
ing returns as never to sow any seed without
duly considering what effect previous man
agement would have on his crop, and what
the issue would be OH following crops, and
never to NOW grass or manage it in any way
SO as to run it down, but on the contrary, to
run such varieties as will monopoliZe the
ground to the exclusion Of such natural
grass as constitute permanent sward. and
having established a thorough, durable tract
of meadows on suitable land, never to spoil
it by the customs which cause all the COM
plants made by American farmers.


knowledge carries a man above tradition,
and no one having it will fail in obtaining
what he desires, for it is only the senseless
who cannot have every field in exactly the
state in which they wish to have it. True
knowledge on agricultural subjects would
produce deeply felt commisseration for the
ruinous errors which exist as to cause and
effect, particularly in obdurate dispositions.


TWO NEW AND PROMISING cUCUMBERs.


We received last spring two new cucum-
bers, very different in character. One was
little dwarf fellow, not much more than
| six inches in length, and the other half as
many feet. The small one came from Rus
sia, and proved the earliest cucumber on our
grounds, and wonderfully productive. When
young it appeared very much like the old
Early Russian, which is a variety of very
excellent flavor, and of pale green color,
but as this new Russian obtained age it be-
gan to cover itself with a rich brown netting
until when fit for seed it was of an exceed
ingly rich russell color and elegantly netted.


Of course we are not able to Judge of it's


productiveness by one trial, but we may


mention that we ripened one hundred and


eighty on bed eight by twelve feet. 1t is


called Melted Russian.


4 The other we obtained from Germany,


and is named the Swan-Neck, on account of


its length, we suppose, and of the other fact
that at the stem it is curved, like the neck


of swan near the head. 1t is of superior
quality, but of it's hardness for outdoor cul-


ture we are not prepared to speak, as our


plants were started i'm hot bed. 1t is. a


White Spine variety, rather light in color,


and measures two and more feet in length.
On a bed eight feet by sixteen we grew one


hundred and five. 1t is certainly grand
variety for hot-house and hot-bed culture,
Land may answer for outdoor work in this
t ccuntry. We have tried a great many new
| varieties lately, but the two described seem
t to us the most promising; and yet, with oul
!, long Green, White Spine, etc., we are pretty
well provided with good varieties.- Vich's
Floral Guide.