| Show THE DOMESTIC GARDENERS CLUB 1 I transactions REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON VECE vegetables TABLES 11 CLASS II IL VEGETABLE ROOTS 1 t f 1 1 division first the onion garlic shallot and 1 1 leek neek X the onion require a deep dep rich which I 1 should sh ull uil bewell be well weil mainu cimo before rp planting la n ting I 1 j CULTURE 1 I 1 i the ground should be well du dug benore before plant ung ing which should be done so early lathe inthe spring as it will crumble and work freely 1 when dug the ground may be raked leveland level levei and if it is loose and mellow tread or roll the sur i face so as to make it compact and sino bino smooth gih gib DRAWING TI Z R DRILLS J for sowing the he seed drills maybe may be drawn one foot f 00 oo t T I 1 r inches inc h es deep and sow the seed e ll 11 4 a therace abe the rate raie of one ounce to tw two square rods for the top fop onion garlic aind alid shallots shallows sh allots the row rows maybe be one foot apart three inches deep and the bulbs or roots may be planted three or four inches apart in the when planted cover the s eed seed an and buchs lightly with alne earth with a hoe t to remove any clods and not disturb to the roots in covering oVerl ng the aek geh sek may be sown in drills precisely precis e i ly the sale same as the the onion SUMMER E it CULTURE so soon ai as agthe the youn young onions are gre up to sie bie see bee them clearly in ige ite rows give them blight hoeing ho between Ih erows to keep down the y young oun 0 weeds that they may not grow and injure fhe plants p hoeing 11 may be bo continued ils its as often a as s the weeds weed s appear that they may not rob the onions of the nutriment in the ground r THINNING tiit YOUNG PLANTS in the row may be done so so soon onas as the theare y are wre the size of a knitting needle they are to be thinned out to five inches apart in the row to remain for a acron ackop it is ese essential noial to do this business early to grow good onions as when it is deferred too late it is rarely the plis plants produce good bulbs I 1 WATERING when the young c plants are sufficiently grown to draw drills without wi covering C them 2 the work may be d done one by drabin drawing a drill between each rolv two inches deep when nhen the ground becomes dry and hard the watering may be commenced being careful not pot to water too freely at first co continue ntine e to waljer va t I 1 jf as often as p needed until the bulbs bulba appear 1 ip be fully grown grow n when the watering mab mak mattoe oe suspended in order to ti ripen pen the roots rooth I 1 J descriptive LIST OF ONIONS no 1 i large portugal or silver skin the onion is a fine large fat root of a clear white silver skin flesh also white an excellent lent variety for boiling and culinary usei use but does not lee leg keep eow gow so well weil I 1 as the yellow yella v and red varieties v jib lib 2 yellow durta burgA ant ali old oid dav favorite vary with yellow sk ski i and greenish yellow flesh quite hardy keeps well weil an excellent variety for domestic use in fall and winter no 3 4 large red A fine large red onion extremely hardy well shaped root with a red skin akin and redish redah particularly adapted for general culture REMARKS it is useless to attempt ahe the growing onions fron iron seed on poor sandy gravelly soil but the top onion may be substituted to a good purpose on such locations the ile ganic garlic and shai lots lofs may be planted from the main maln roots in spring by dividing the chives or offsets and ithe leeks lee iee k a may in ay be b e transplanted t rans planted when about the size of a goose quill in rows one foot apart and six inches brithe row the same as the thetos top onion illon tabe the iee ice k kg garlic arlic and shallot are excell excellent ent substitutes for the we t onion in winter for soups and culinary pui pup purposes purposes poses and in many countries preferred indeed the leek represents the national emblem oe 0 wales and the garlic land sand shallot is preferred by the danes and dutch in their pottage all these roots roots can be e cultivated to a good advantage on poor meagre soil and are per estly factly hardy and deserve to ta be more mote generally introduced as a substitute 1 fir fyr the onion I 1 E sayers SAVERS I 1 W WAG WAC STArr the health of cattle n cobi contains tank tans the fol foi fo good adiar advice towards t d s promoting P the health healt i of f cattle battle there ere is a good deal in the following paragraphs expressed in at al few words mix occasionally 0 one ne part of salt in four five or six martof parts of wood ashes and give gi althe mixture i to different kinds of stock summer and winter it promotes their appetites and tends to keep them in a balthy healthy condition it is isaid said sald lo 10 ie be good against bots lots in horses murrain in cattle and rot tot 1 ot in sheep I 1 horge horse radish root is valuable for cattle it creates alps an appetite and is good for various diseases dl seass some give it to any animal that is unwell it is good for oxen troubled with the heal heat if animals will vill not eat eab it voluntarily cut it up fine and mix with potatoes and meal feed all animals regularly they not only look looff for or their fl food fodat at the usual time but the stomach indicates I 1 the want at a stated period V I 1 i therefore feed morning noon and evenin evening as near the same tame time each day as possible guard against the wide and injurious at extremes of satiating with excess and starving with want food should be of a suitable quality and proportioned to the growth and fattening of animals to their production in young and milk and to their labor labon and exercise animals that labor need far more food and that I 1 which is far more nutritious than those that ire are idle guard all descriptions of stock against 1 cold and exposure exposures es especially against enst cold storms of rain sleet and damp snow and against laying out orr on the cold ground in cold nights nig ats in the and fall f plant lant frait fruit trees of all kinds labat what matters it if for once some of or the fruit trees have been injured hy by the frost of the past ait alt winter mast of them will doubtless sur survive yive tive we ila lla have 0 every reason rason ir to hope that the dla dia disappointment manifested by csome of our spirited amateurs on rii ril a 1 of the damage 0 sustained hy theu then tree trees will by no 1 means prove p rave fatal fatai Q their good taste and perseverance in fruit culture yes we repeat r e eat eab plant fruit trees arid arld all ali kinds of tr trees ees and shrubs for shide shade f for or ornament and for fr fruit and do not when hougo to purchase them ask the nurseryman if he t take one ortho or two cents less than his bis prica for a tree for so far as we have been advised the prices are already reduced to a very reasonable figure imported 1 seeds we are informed that mr air E sayers has this 7 keason reason at considerable expense imported fm ported a c complete 0 stock of the choi chol choicest seeds from some soffie of the best lest nurseries in the east hast froni which he expects to raise a large jarge quantity 0 t superior abr plants for transplanting this leason season such as cabbages tomatoes etc and a t supply of seeds for next year designing 0 every vicy other othil year to grow his seeds from P pure ur e imported imparted varieties ile he says that from admixture in the ryness of our climate and an dother lother causes ohu chu oku eil ell most si varieties become deteriorated and unfit to propagate agate in two or three years the ros eose 1 eq we are reliably informed that me most at of our imported roses rosea rose have been destroyed the past winter the white rose called the damask we believe of the same variety as that growing in br woodruffs garden alluded to last summer the thin stocks of which woj from seed by br L S hemenway have proved hardy and appear to be uninjured A pale pink rose has also survived we shall be able ale ere long to ascertain which kinds inda are hardy and discard those which are not except 1 for growing in pots in the windows early radishes A good method to pursue to obtain radishes free from worms is to mix seeds emhe en early arly ariy olive radish of other early that of the them onion sowing themi them together er that is in a bed requiring two ounces of onion seed mix one half halt an ounce of the radish t te the enan endurance rance of or li horses S some ome curious ei experiments peri perl ments ts have been made at the veterinary school at alfort by order of the minister of war to ascertain the endurance of horses as in a besieged town toivi for example it appears that ahat 9 a horse will iii ili live on water alone five and twenty days seventeen days with without out eaton eating or drink arink drinking iiii only five days if it fed but bu t watered un ten days if fed and insufficiently antly watered A horse kept without water for three days drank pounds bf dwater water in three Xi minutes II 11 awas was found toe too too that a hor her e taken after being i fed and kept in the active exercise of the squad s quad ron sihon school 0 1 completely digested its feed in I 1 three hours in the same time at the conscripts scrip ts school its fold food was waa two thirds digested and if kept perfectly quiet in a stable digestion was scar scarcely cell coil y commence commenced d in three hours f 1 |
