| Show plain talk taik upon plain subjects 0 o time ime is now to be be lost in getting seed in ground the late snows having s ur rated te the earth which previously had become becom very dry when it is again in suitable all ki ill his hip con condition ion lon a most excellent opportunity will be afforded larded aff for planting such seeds as were not pla pia planned filed before it I 1 we k p presume resume that most of our farmers and gardener gardeners have shave already planted their beet and carrot see seed beed td these seeds should always be put into the ground as early as the season will admit however if there are any still having 0 theand theano them to p plant ant who have a rich moist plat of ground prepared by good culture they may do v ernwell ery well weli n thi Is s conne connect atlo lo cewill we will say that inasmuch uc h a as s there was not this Qs spring sufficient and beet seed to supply the demand we trust that t our seeds men have made provision for abundant ant an supply of pure seed for next nex ap sprites apa ang is planting As a rule however farmers should grow their own seed in general they have better facilities for r propagating propagating seed than those living in cities and as it ay may nott nit be practicable in all cases for residents of the city to do so such will have to depend j d upon lipon the th e ereis ere is in our judgment 0 merit no more caad cause for feri fert rohit hat too much carrot or beet seed may be grown than there is that too much carrot or aeeti seed should be planted or that the carrot 40 1 I 1 should become like the abundance of grain A in california a curse there are so many purposes for which these mosi most valuable roots can be used that so long as we have a disposition to appropriate them they will be in good demand they are emphatically pha re aily ally the home product of the farmer because sq admirably and substantially adapted to ilfe life d tan wants rather than to be used as commodities of elchan exchange 0 e for tue the amsy flimsy fabrics I 1 of the foreign jobber we ave trust that every farmer and every other penson person who has bas any portion p of his grounds allotted to the culture of these roots will spare no labor to render the crop as large as may be keep them as clear of weeds as possible and ie leb let lethem them be regula regularly i aly and judiciously irrigated not saturated or flooded if it can be ax amoded avo aYo oded aed but so watered that the tbt soil shall ba mod mode moderated moistened without afterwards baking b ai i p il anthe surface around ground the plants the first irrigation should not be applied until the water is required by the plants bly always be readily observed by the af 4 slight light dro drooping of the leaves but whilo there is boisture oi sture in the soil to keep the the application of water is hr frequent 2 plants so treated sometimes curlit lurd i cool nights tu tuo enn CNN 0 a yellowish color and seldom ily liy eho however wever weier well weli cared for V frequent hlein goeings s during ft E season reason will not only assist to keep down the weeds eeds but loosen the soil so that in irrigation irrigating the moisture will penetrate deeper and give the a better chance Id tri develop themselves etl having thus briefly alluded toa to a matter whick which we deem as one of the most important that ca iffe attention of min ming community nam elythe blythe cuitee culture of roots we will leave the subject for the present and pass to a momentary consideration of af a few things indirectly connected therewith and more directly pertinent io to the labors and duties of the season the potatoe another of thal thil root tribe belonging however more properly to the tuberous species ip ecles is universally prized for table use it is also valuable for feeding both raw and cooked to animals for a main crop they should not be planted plantee too early as the late planted do best in this territory for early use of course the have been planted several weeks since but il any shoots had made their appearance previous athe to 0 the late frost unless protected by a covering they probably shared the fate of the early planted beans the potatoes howver however will put forth again while the beans it is needless to say are past redemption the same misfortune occurred last season to many who had planted their beans too early As a general rule we may here state that beans we mean the common kinds should not be planted till about the of may but B lit tit to return to the potatoe pot atoe during t the past two or three years the crop of potatoes grown has not supplied the wants 0 the people in the spring of 1859 there was a great scarcity of seed potatoes and in this vicinity at least are now very scarce why is this Is there a lack of lands well adapted to this crop or have those lands been appropriated to raising raisin grain because forsooth the latter seemed to yield a greater return which whick in truth is not the case the relative difference diffie rence between the two crops in the exhaustion of the soil and other things of equal moment being 0 donsi considered dered we are in hopes that this yearns crop of potatoes will be heavier than the last lasts and if there should be an apparent deficiency that there willbe will be at east least a full supply of seed preserve preserved ed for tor the following years crop that we may once orice again have them in int abundance for feeding to milk cows which when hen cut up raw highly promotes the flow of milk and for table use the sorghum sucre of which C 4 so much has been said and written during the few years I 1 past both here and elsewhere was last year quite generally cultivated and a considerable quantity of good syrup was manufactured from its is juice fulce however a large quantity of the cane was waa injured by frost which so chan changed a ed the saccharine matter as to render it bitter more particularly at the joints thus in the manufacturing process causing a most disagreeable c effluvia or stench to arise from it and the syrup notwithstanding the aid of acids and other neutralizing substances was wholly unfit for ini immediate mediate use what effect time would have upon it remains to be seen A prominent farmer in this county had a field of several acres planted with the sorghum sucre which abich was cut before the fatal frost and lay on the ground a few days previous to bein being 0 worked up and as we ve learned from the superintendent of the factory nearly or quite the whole quantity of syrup when drawn off was very far from being as good as could have been desired other lots lota of cane when worked up turned out worse and some a little better but so far as we have been able to judge from facts and the observation of practical geni gentlemen lemen all the cape cane that was cut before the severe frost allen alie not n ot quite ripe and permitted to remain but a few days oli olf on the ground pre previous to being worked up was seriously damaged so that even an ordinary quality of molasses could not be made from it while that left standing until ion lon long iong after the first frost though not fully ripe was wholly or comparatively uninjured these facts will prove valuable if remembered in our future operations with the sorghum and doubtless ere ion lon long iong we shall be able to so manage manae 0 the cane as in a great degree to avoid t the he disa disagreeable 0 infection and the serious losses which have been experienced the past year that the sorghum cane can always be profitably geown grown for making a delicious syrup we are thoroughly 0 convinced but that it possesses all the excellencies claimed for it by many behave we have learned is fallacious the cane after it has grown to a medium height becomes possessed of a hard bards flinty casing indigestible and said by some to be dangerous to feed to animals when fed to milk cows it has a tendency to diminish the flow flo bof of milk being a gross grois feeding plant ils its demand upon u p on certain elements elements in the soil is very great nearly as much probably as any other crop usually cultivated in this territory in consideration of these facts though not by any means mean wishing swishing to discourage any io in this city or elsewhere who have rich and suitable grounds designed for this crop we ve conclude that beets and other crops for the f feeding of stock may be as easily cultivated by the farmer and from which he can if he desires obtain the much needed sweetening for home use with less outlay of labor less exhaustion of soil and more benefit to himself it will be considered superfluous here to state that a good article 0 of molasses can be produced from the white suar su sugar ar beet we behave have tasted some this spring made from this root which was waa very palatable almost devoid of the tanga tang that which is most objectionable in the juice of the beet beit that this tom tang could be expelled to some extent by additional care in the culture suitable apparatus and chemical agents we have but little doubt with the proper cultivation at least one thousand bushels of beets could be raised per acre and even more in rich deep soils with increased attention estimating the yield of molasses at half a gallon per bushel we should have about five hundred gallons which at the rate of one dollar per gallon a very moderate estimate would give the handsome sum of five hundred dollars from this amount deduct one half halt for manufacturing and we have two hundred and fifty dollars remaining the product of a single acre S should ou d this seem to be ari an exaggeration this amount may be reduced twenty five or even fifty per cent and then with the comparatively trifling exhaustion of soil and the large amount of p palatable ala aia palatable table tabie feed remaining r in the shape of beet cake after the juice i is expressed if we are not mistaken the profits in every respect from an acre of sugar beets will equal and perhaps exceed thos e resulting from an acre of the sorghum if not of any ot other ther crop that can be raised here when manufactured into molasses but in our opinion the greatest profit will be realized when fed to boik k the syrup from the sorghum in all probability for some time to come will be superior in flavor to that made from the be beet et and better adapted for preserving and other similar uses abid wilt will consequently command a higher market price but will it not be better to more generally cultivate the sumar sugar sugar 0 beet to feed to stock and from w which h I 1 c h to manufacture a considerable sid erable portion of our mol moi molasses asies in addition to the above facts deduced as f arguments for the more extensive culture ot beets as also other roots to in part substitute the inordinate growing browin 0 of grain we ve will also state that from the juice of the beet can be manufactured a quality of beer possessing properties highly t of health as a mild drink though it could be made as strong 0 as desired and in the opinion of good judges 7 in all respects equal if not superior to the malt beer N here a ag 0 ainis alnis another incentive to the more extensive culture of roots could we present to our readers an exhibit of the full amount of grain annually consumed here herein in the manufacture of malt beer alone leavin leaving out of the estimate almog altogether ethers that used at our distilleries it would doubtless show an aggregate far beyond that which many have imagined and if beer must be had hac from so some soma in e quarter and we have no serious objections to using a little of it occasionally as a mild drink drinks when in a pure unadulterated state we submit to our manufacturers and others av hether whether a more healthful more palatable cheaper and better article cannot be made from beet juice by which means our grain gralli which will keep from frona year to year while whid roots will not might be stored for the dayi ihen ehen it shall be imperatively needed indian corn corry melon and other vine seeds if plaited planted now will succeed should there be no mora mors frost to plant cucumber and melon seeds about the first day of june is the practice with many old farmers and men of experience but if planted now lest there should be a failure it will bewell be well weli not to plant all your seed so that if reinfred relt dred you may have enough for replant re plant in ing beans also may be placed in the same ca category bemory te mory generally in this altitude those seeds pl planted a nt earliest accordance with their season flourish the best in this case cise it is admissible that more regard should be had to ther thi theory of planting in the bil A han ban to that of planting id ivi the moo noon |
