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Show j VARM AND GARDEN. Correspondence for the "Farm and Garden" department of the IIkkaldIs aolicitftd from all parts of the territory. Utah farmers must, to a Kreat extent, establish a system of agriculture adapted lo her special necessities. Agriculturists Agri-culturists will assiit each other br Bonding Bond-ing in for publication, information per-taining per-taining to farming and gardening, and agricultural pursuiU geourally. RECLAIMING MINERAL LAND. There ie a Btream of water running through my farm. If I dam the creek at the lower end (he water workB into the land for never! acres around, thus doing away with irrigation. irriga-tion. I wish some farmer to tell me through the Hekald whether tbia soaking of the soil will cause the mineral in the laud to riee to the surface, sur-face, and injure the land. C. . Nejlsex. Monu, Feb. 11th. HOW AND WHEN TO SOW OKASS. Many paruons think that grass need sown in the spring will not make a crop of bay the firet season aud Lbtt it requires two aeasoue to do it. Xhin ig an error. On all tbe lands that 1 have) aowu with gross seed in tbe epring tbe grass bas been ripe enough to cut in from tea to twelve weeks from tbe time tke seed was sown, while I invariably get better crops of grase from such methods tbun I do when I seed down to grain. If the grain lodges it will kill the grass, and i! the weather is dry the grass is liable to dry. up; wbjle in both cates the land will need reused ing, else weeds and foul grasses will occupy the soil.! If gtass seed is sown by iuelf in the spring, it will generally get bo good a start that do ordinary dry or bot weather in the summer will iojure the orop. When seeding land in this way a sufficient quantity of seed nhnuld be sown, a that if it all crows. the land will be all occupied with grass; thus preventing the growth of weeds, giving a larger yield with better bet-ter quality ol grass, and forming a thicker turf to be turned uuder for the enrichment of the soil when the land is again plowed. On lands which X have seeded in this- way tbe first crop of hay has averaged two tons per acre, while tbe Becond yeur I usually get two crops, aggregating tit least four tons per acre. It is wall knowo that on our old cultivated fields, as the vegetable matter ie exhausted the soil packs down and becomej bard, hence the crops suffer from dry weather. In plow'mg grass lands, il the turf is turned under and remains, without being disturbed, it keeps, tho soil lrom picking. It facilitates tho free eutrance ot air, and water enters to a greater depth, benefiting the crops to a greater extent. Another advantage is that when our lands need it we ran work them over more rapidly -and more frequently. lu ray experience I have found that tbe same amount ol labor and manure applied to the land in this way wdl produce better crops ot bay, and that (he land will not need to be plowed so Boon again as under tbe old method of treatment; and, finally, the fertility of tho soil is increased, Latter to American Cultivator. A CHEAP HOTBED. ' lubtead of using saeh for covering frames, tbe following, called the German Ger-man plan, may be adopted with advantage; ad-vantage; we have tried it: lake white cotton clotb, of a close texture, stretch, and nail it on frames ol any size you wish; taka two ounces of one of white of eggs, two ounces of yellcw ol eggs; mix the lime and oil with very gentle heat, beat tbe eggs separately, and mix them with tbe former; spread the mixture with a paint brush over tbe cotton, allowing each coat to dry before applying another, until they become waterproof. water-proof. The following are tbe advantages advan-tages these 8 h tides poeaeaa over glass: (1) The cost is hardly one-fourth; (2) repairs are easily and cheaply made; (3) the light is better. Tbey do not require watering, no matter bow in tense tbe beat of the sun; the plants are never Btruck down, burned, or checked in growth, neither do they grow sick and weakly as they do under un-der glass; and still there is abundance of light. The heat arising from below is more equable and temperate, wbicb is a great object. The vapor arising from the manure and earth is condensed con-densed by tbe cool air passing over the surface of tbe shade, and stands in drops on tbo inside; therefore the plants do not require a frequent watering. If tbe frames ot stretchers are made large, they should be inter Heeled with croea-bara about a foot square to support the cloth. These articles are just tbe thing for bringing forward melons, tomatoes, flower seeds, etc., in Benson for transplant mg. North Pacifio Rural. HOUSE PLANTS. Most of our plants are injured by too much heat. For a general collection collec-tion of bouse plants, it is not best to allow the thermometer to be abov6 seventy, and if they could be kept in a room where the thermometer would not usually range much above sixty-five sixty-five it would be the better. In the night time fifty is enough. Give a little fresh air every day, and all tho sunlight attainable. An effort should be made to give moisture to the atmosphere, at-mosphere, for our own good as well as tbe health of the plants. This can be, done in various ways by evaporating: water; but when the plants are in a separate apartment, like in a little green-house, it can be done more1 this Be para te apartment be only a bay window, glass doors separating it from the living room. In this place w&trr can be used freely, by syringing etc., and a moist atmosphere preserved. The temperature, with this arrange ment, can be kept lower than would be comfortable in the living room, and the plants are saved lrom dust and many evils whioh we manage to endure and live, but which generally prove too much for tbe plants. Jas. Viok. LIGHT VOR LIVE STOCK. Neither cattle nor horses should be installed in a dark stable, as animals require light in tbe day-time. A horse kept for months in a dark stable would be liable to become blind. In regard to light pig pens, a recent writer says lliat two sows, haviog litters on the 18tb and 22d ol January respectively, were kpt in two rather dark, but warm, temporary sties, and had to ocaupy them till about tbe middle of tbe month of April, when, for each sow with litter, one of the permanent Btiea was opened by belling the occupants. At that lime tbe pigs which bad bean kept in the dark temporary sties proved to bo lees lively than, and much inferior in weight and size to, those of auy uf ttie litters rawed in tbe less wrm Lu' well-lighted permanent sties, natwitb standing that the diflerence in age was very small, and that fiod aud eare bad been the same in every m-?pcci. m-?pcci. One of tbo litters born on the lSih t f January, which had accidmilly the te.-t-ligbted sty, thaugh situated in tbe northwest, and const q isntly the coldest, corner of tbe frame building, build-ing, exhibited tbe most rapid growth, aud tue litter born on the liUlh oi January, which had the darkest sty, bad made tbe poorest. TOO LABGK OX-BOWS. Often when on tbe road and in other places, I see oxen tuggjDj almg with heavy loads, (he yoke back on the Bhoulders, and the oxen, with nones to the ground, irymg to feel the bow, or something to draw by, the teamster goading tiieni along lo their i painful tank, it always makes my blood chill lu see i'., and I never passj without calling the attention of the:' driver to it. The oxen in such cases are almost always poor, and some timet belong to good farmer that feed well, and naeu well. I write . this to call the Attention of tboee who I have tbe care 01 oxen, to Bee that tbe bow fits the yoke, filling Lbs boles snug, aud ihulitie Imw comes upoloee under- tbe neck, Dot the a-boulder. The oxen will hold more flesh if tbey have tbe bow to ohoke a little than if it is too large, and they will draw j nearly double the weight. Tbe bow can be a little larger, say half an inch, when doing light work than at heavy draught. L F. Scott in Country Gentleman. LOSS OP TIME IN FLOWING. The comparative time lost in turning turn-ing af the ends ol long and abort lur-ruws, lur-ruws, in plowing long or short fields, may be seen from the following I circulation: With a length of furrow in ensuring 230 feet, atid a breadth of ten inches, in a day's work of ten I hours, and time lost by a team in turning would equal five hours and eleven minutes, while but tout hours and forty nine minutes would be devoted to plowing; with a length of furrow of 449 fdet, two hours and forty-four minutes would be lost in turning, and seven hours and sixteen minutes devoted to plowing; a length ol turrow of 60D feet would necessitate two hours' loss of time in turning, witli eight hours of plowinp; while with a length of furrow of 822 feet, only one hour and tweuty-eight minutes min-utes would be lost in turning, giving eight and thirty-two minutee out ol the day's work for actual plowing. Wee em Rural. |