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Show A POINT IN ASPARAGUS CULTURC. JVc.ill It I'ar t Ker.no it I Irl.l Lie llrelr of Mla Aipuraeui I Ui.Uf Mr. Urcen, of tho Ohio oj.crimcnt tbillou, lenorli that iikiIo planti of i-1 i-1 iragui prot ed nbout 50 per cent, inoro linaluclho than tho female, nnd tho tliootJ, lx lug lurgtr, liavungrealer mar-Lit mar-Lit vnlue. Among proininint ugrlcul-turlntn ugrlcul-turlntn conunenting In Tho Ilnral 2'cw Yorkir npon tho nueatlon whether it wonldpaytoccci.ro it Hold of mnlo na-inr-uj planti ixclntlvely Mr, I.. H. doff, of tlio Wttcomln rsperlinent attt-llon, attt-llon, caji: "If the reaultt oblnliicd In Mr. Green can bo depi tided upon for nil .l intntloni of uiparngui, it mrai to mo that nil grow en of this rgetnblo located lo-cated upon high priced land can nfTord tho extra laW required to growcxcln-th growcxcln-th ely nulo planti. "For null plantations tho Fccdlingi conl 1 lw grown lu tho country, where land b chiap, and Mt out closely, whero they could remain until their ihnrailer can lo determined, when Iho lunlepHnla could bo luaortid out and removed to their permanent place, 1 llilnlt it may fairly la) iUu.tloned If nil pl.intatluua uf npar.tgni would whow io marked n UiT-ferenco UiT-ferenco In favor of tho tinlo plant! nr did Mr. (Ircen'a, In u trial conduclfd by in)tilflu 18SII,oii n garden lied, tho inalo planti allowed no npprectablo nd-Miutiigolupiodncthuieiw. nd-Miutiigolupiodncthuieiw. The report cf thin trial hai not la en pnhliihed be ciuso tho ld waa not a largo onu and tho plants weromther nancii." Mr, V. M. Muuron, of tbo Malno fta-Hon, fta-Hon, Mysi "Iu my opinion tbo ralrn tronhloof celcellug tuulo plant! would bo juitifiod, Tliuro iitertaiulrutnurUil difference in the) fold of mnlo nnd fe-m.ilu fe-m.ilu iilautc, and -belt ii never too good " J. M. BnilUi ayi "Tho only Fnfo w ay I know of to dUtlugubih tho male from tho f, male phinta would bo lolet-lioth gniw In Iho need bed for ut le ut two jonre, for tho plant a rarolybour leili thotinit )oar, nnd then mail; thoacxn iu mill n way that i nch can bu know u. If by till tneani vo get n uleo Ik-iI of puro alnmliialo pl.iuta, it la bald Hint ir. u ,.hi will mine up tn tho i.piiug nn uo)lng tnwith a gri at bout of ). ung plant i. and tlii bo iniiht bo ihilroHd ur tlio bi arln ball will bo ruined within . a few j eun. 1 "After 1 liuv o CnUlicd culling for tho eK n. hit ii ii nuiiie n. tn nieu... ua gruwih ml . lu,;n ii... ..f f. ..liiiu ever) fill Thin Kronililinll nlloiv.d tu remain ctt tho ground during tl.o winter, na It In tho moat lerfect mill. H 1 hnvo ever aeon. After taking off and burning the tola tbo bede get n er) heavy dreuln,; of uiAtntre, wMih Is worke.1 lu, caro being taken not to die-Inrli die-Inrli tho rooti; aid the lnj.li are n any fur their aoaaon'i work. After a time tbo weed lief in tu cotno tip, and nn iho wenlher tiecomea wiriuer tlie joung planti from tho bcciIb left tion the laxli itart alto, and both mart bo ileatrOvnb The licit way tn dothli litoeet rimiti goo.1, careful men nt work with broad hoee, Jmt after v.-o hnvo cut tho be-li very clow, 'j'hey doitro) tho wic.li and tlia joung niparufcua plunte at the i.uuo time, "Wo llnlili'dl oelng our liedo on .Tut o 0, nil II doubt v i r) i r.ili whrllu r i Ii . roit mo onu dollar cxli i tudentn v tlm )imng nuparagui plauia with ihe w . Ii nnd I do not roniemlierevcr to hnv o fomui It neeoBinry to go over the ldi on par jhm) toibtro) tho )outir planti. I do not lwllero that I imild make an tnoiny byVoIng In the tmublo nnd eipemo n'f miking U'.li of purely male plonta. If I bad thought to and 1 liavo tliougl t tho lanttcr over many tlrhea I wo it I lerlnlnly h ive had bedi of tlicin a iiuut-borof iiuut-borof jeaiiago," Jlnl.lili.j. Iu farm parlance n innleli Iv any material ma-terial hit I upon Iho inrfncoof the loll in luclt manner na to prei cut thoivamru- I lion of watei. Whero mnlchlng la prai Ileal In rigrlinllure, lionovu-, nub nib Manna na itniv, Icurca. ibimgcd liny uud tho like are the oiua inot natinlly unplu)id. Tho iir.nt of mulehirg, which ii more rniiknl iu hurlloitlliiiu thvu lu ordinary fanning, muy readily be Been by lifting up n board oratorio that bai laid Hit on tho turfacc, when I tlio ground will ln found mout bene nh It. Tho tatilllary connection bai lie. n I maintained up to Iheuuderanrfnceo' Ihe mulching suWtonco, which bn. I itopod lliu upwunl mnrcmont of the tnoiaturu and liin.liroil Ita caenpo to the atuioi.here. 1'roin the ualnro of the cam, mulching of tho c harm tor tuimcd unnot lxi ej,-temlvel) ej,-temlvel) uwil in farm practice, l'olti-toes l'olti-toes have aotnotliiua teen grown under n innlih of it.'nvv, but inoro nn nn ex jMniuuiit than an a profitable mat hod. lu tbu garden tiuh mulching la of ti n nc fill to n lii.iit.nl extent. Thui I.) taiilibing Btiiiuln.rriti lntumu tlio toWBinolaturu iaretalueil ami t'te berrlei are kept from tho ground. 'Iho Imet Fulmliiuto for nil actual lnuleli Ii n thin inrfacc layer of looao earth, tiicli na i nn ln mndo with the b 1 or cultivator. While not uirfeet mul. b fur tonwrring muinturo it will hum Hint effect to ii conaMeriible extent, nnd, i along with tho diitriulioii of woods. tiro purrnvea inuv be well aem-d ly the Aume eiiwratlon. lilt rolal.i t'R. According to tho report of tliektnlia-tltlau tliektnlia-tltlau at WoAlililgloil, the uvtxage devoted de-voted Io ixitntoce Ii returned r.t vl 2 nr rent, of the largo area of lait ; car. In thotmulti, wlutrotho breadtli of tottun lim lieeu hortciie.l, a t-onatderahlo in-croneelu in-croneelu the area dot otod to thU crop baa lnvti made, but in the Now Ungliu.l nnd weitom it-itee. where the lirgit lebl it nbtniiied nnd tlio built of lb. iropiagrovvn, theie ii u couiiderable dHereaie. |