| Show lucerne its productiveness mr air john parry of the ward G S L city writes us the following follo your paper for the th last week no 23 contain a request to all that have auy knowledge of any tied seed plant or improved mode of cultivation that would be of benefit to the community to communicate their ideas the medium of tile the I 1 was llad to seo the request what I 1 have to say is in regard to tomb tome seed that was waa sent me from england soma aoma years ago which is ailed called Li lucerne merne it seems that but few in this territory know of this valuable plant from the knowledge that I 1 have of its produce produces I 1 am enabled to state with certainty that it will produce from four lonix 0 o six times as a much fodder as any other seed that I 1 eter ever knew if the ground is middling ric rie hyou may have from four to six fix good rood crops every year especially if it it can ba watered I 1 once took particular notice that it grew twenty inches in a fortnight and I 1 have seen it twenty inches high ia in april VALUE valur of LUCERNE 1 fend find it very valuable to have lucerne in in my lot to cut a little every night to feed to the milk cows and working animals there is no oiher other fodder that can be had for them there is no occasion to put the seed in the ground more than onca once ancoin in your lifetime so far it lir as I 1 know whether ther then lucerne is grown by any other peron son in a this Terri territory lory rory ido not know but I 1 expect to have a few of coed that I 1 can ean dis pose of lo 10 those who may wish to experiment with it lucerne is one ono of the tho varieties of plants the cultivation of which was recommended in the weta neta few weeks since for enriching rather than exhausting the soil it requires very rich land and deep cult cultivation lvalion should ba be ft planted in rows aud and hand hoed or worked between several times during the first and second years although it does not attain its greatest productiveness till the third year yet from the fact that it operates as a of the soil and when matured will yield three pr four good crops duding during the season it will probably ba be a very profitable crop to raise in the lower wards of this city ity were the soil is 11 more molt moist deep and rich ro aryit try it willmot will not be any serious loss aschen as when dunder for manure manare it will fit ghe the soil for a heavy yield jiel dof of grain or other crops white while portugal onions grown in mr LS L P gaiden garden from the black seed planted about the fasi first of june and pulled up aug 31 measured four inches in circumference also in the same garden we siw a superior perlor nu variety of cabbage which sayers calia calla the im proved st johns the seed forwarded from washington the head though not of mammoth size is uncommonly solid and instead of being broad and ind flat is in the be ahapa shape of a sugar loaf with a winding I 1 open leaf atthe top fop op it is said to be he one of the best if not the very best late cabbage yet cultivated heie some perhaps prefer the adama adams early which probably is the eail earliest eai eal liest lest and is unquestionably an excellent variety LARGE WATER MELON A water melon of the valley green species was raised this thia season in the garden of W IV phelps which measured 19 12 1 2 inches ia irr length V 4 inches round and weighed 30 pounds the flavor mas was it assaid is said baid equal to a puw pun apple vinegar of the he first quality mas ma ba to made by imply pimply mixing two party parti of water wilh one part of whisky which my mav be poured on lo 10 the co ca umbers cumbers orether ther pickles immediately the farmers high school of pennsylvania is ano sno no longer an experiment but a most encouraging suc euc success cess 11 in the geological survey of the state some fire of various kinds of collections were gathered and end presented to the farm school museum specimens of plants planta seeds machines animals animal physiological preparations and curious natural object objects are promised from dil Terent different quarters the germantown telegraph says saja that the young men now engaged in instruction here are ai as a body full of ardor and spirit assiduous in study and at labor let every fountain of useful knowledge be freely opened to them of course it is expected that the students will commence with the rudiments of farming as the youth in school schools begins with the alphabet if not the amount of or their real attainment in thea the science clence of practical farming will be limited several institutions founded with objects similar to that above named haye hare already failed because they were not conducted on tile the proper principle we W think that past experience will dictate as to the he proper course to in he be pursued FROM SAN PETE COUNTY by letter from manti mantis under date of august we are informed th atall was then peace and quietness in that part of the territory the people were universally en engaged 6 aged in securing their wheat and other crops which tho late are represented as being very good san pete county seems destined to become the egypt or granary of utah |
