| Show m ino SNO GARDEN southern tour of df agent little 4 shave before us a letter addressed to bisho bishop p ae E hunter president of the D A and arid M society Y foin forn which ve we learn that during a recent tour through a portion of utah county the ag nt of that ills boty aty mr james A little accompanist by mr GH G H 11 oliphant a meeting was held at tahl mehl were offered bred ered suggestions useful lo 10 alt all engaged in hape hame name nama manufacturing and agri gri uita the claims of the society were airo aiso also aiso presented they saw at L lilii hl a bir of very bright clean wheat raised by mr goats of that place e tb two curtly securely ee prevent smut mr arab wahid his seed and rolled it in lime ilme in which air account of the weather it tay lay ii some 1 1 e ten en days day before sowing the result asue vask te bad a crop of bf wheat instead of smut it n believed that seed wheat wheaty treated in this k W way ay should lauthree lay three or fourdais four days before sowing to let iet the lime lima operate upon the wheat at AI lake city a meeting was also held where a fe eltag was manifested relative to improvement tent an lin agriculture and the success of home manufactures A arks rage page 9 months old was exhibited there the unus unusual gai gal size of which suggested t that hat there was toom maom fr for the introduction of far superior breed breeds taran tiran now propagated among ua iks 1 1 A meeting was heldt heidt pleasant grove where also an interest was awak awakened ened enod at provo they attended a meeting of the utah branch iiran b agricultural and manufacturing alanus sef set aring society 21 to an t tho iho evair evening they held a meeting mee the he bi ethren brethren at provo are ate wide awake to ever over every hiag thag that tend to develop the rt sources resources of our m in k A was also held at where considerable hid aliw alii eady been done by ag agent sent lent p 11 lv welock A J tt they proceeded and in the fiteni g held a 41 9 at t fork which ebly represent tos IBS not behind any ally othey settlement in their zeal ifor horng write entert int ert grels Tr Tire els js a armong the be farmers generally to adopt a brigie tn ore thorough practice also ial to enter mori axtens ively into finto the graw grow row b at f carioti bees s ruti bagas ac for lor IV winfer afi fhi j r r heed leed of ouch also trobe rdoe rno ico e generally to saxe save and apply their manures ruit fruit culture coure is bo beginning gruning A to attract due attention wilh with nith some som of the brethren south aberer i nou io non eion olon with us hat that they will be able to even ther lher expectations if they will set out the trees and properly prop propel eily ly attend to theta atten they fre pre are set out at py lagville about agres aprea acres acrea have been set alast apart far tor the cst collare are of sorghum huere tha tl is is commendable ah they ey will doubtless secure an of excellent syrup but should any a 11 hinted wih wish to experiment in it sugar making if iv will be nece gary tary tp to plant the seed as early as your eardy early corn tat it may frilly tally mature with out wi abt uhl oti it will not grain T raes tills tilis delicious fruit has been cultivated cu with encouraging success in this hi territory yet not BO generally as we ire could wish for a fruit w 0 o liah lmh and so easily obtained august is the ramath usually preferred for transplanting the grouten grotto having been well spaded previously in may slay 1 pi pr june and again azain before transplanting but bat it 1 ia Is now spring mand wand ond if there be any who have a spare space ay which hah they would like to devote i to the ake strawberry let bem obtain some good plants and aad lot chem out now then hav having secured tw the hia bia plant n t bow are they to tobe be treated breaid to render them anost prolific on ibis we fro will make a few jie tie ons taking it for granted that doo doe attention haa baa bean given to ahe preparation of he soil which should be mad er arely 1 lah jab and aw 1 set out your you r in rows three feet apart apat the planta plants in fifteen inches apart by observing these theoe distances dista aces be the bed can be kept clean vuth ith the hoe hae 1 by cutting off the runners oace or you will have lave no further trouble W with them during the season and the ariit will be of Is lle lra lre r reze size aize more easily gathered and ind the crowns rf ftfe plant farle r or next years yeara bearing will wih be increased and ang and ald strengthened which will eau baue e them onn large bunches of and he the frullo be lucli much larger than if cultivated in an ordina ordinary ry or orind As soon as tie the weather weather become lit lif hot and your plants have attained a more healthy gro jtb mukh or sprinkle the beds or rows with a good cat 1 jag of saw duit dustA pent spent tanbark tan tar barl bark sha aha shavings vinglis wood wool ashes decay log chips from fr the woodyard wood yard yord straw w any light rances Mances to keep kp the sor or awty face fage sustain and bilg tap orate the abe plant and ud where short varieties aro are cultivated the berrien edress er ress resh when ripe ah arc clean and do not hot become halt hait coveted covered in in the soll soil there is 13 some diversity of opinion aa a to the soil fell tor for the strawberry one on amateur says the ground for strawberries ought to ie be well prepared before planting by trenching drenching tren trel ching or subs 15 or 18 inches deep and mixing plenty 1 of stable or yard manure manhire with the soil when performing the operation 11 another says his largest and finest crops of the strawberry are grown on land lani without ariy any manure and where no manure has ever been applied manure 51 anure highly himy avld and you get got rank rampant vines and but little fruit however we will venture that more depends on the adaptation of soil and judicious but limited manu mann iring though the efficacy of mulching is 13 universally acknowledged ed and in this country probably for trees treks and all perennial plants is the best dr G W russell of hartford conn of the wilsons Wil sons albany seedling raised between june 17 and jul july 10 last year from a plat 18 by 20 feet the enormous quantity cf of seventy four quarts besides those decayed in wet weather wrather estimated at about twelve quarts in one day without close cloie picking the plat yielded twelve quarts it will be found beneficial to ili til mulch the ground between the rows with green grasi grass or straw to prevent that portion of the bed itsek used as a path from frow becoming too hard in november cover the ground between the row rows mulching again as above and cover the bed with horse manure and litter taking care not to bury lury the plants if in the spi ing any of them do not net readily appear the muck should be pushed ablie asile me 1 but the manure and litter are to remain on the bed hd THE TEA PLANT tea was as first introduced into russia from china in 1653 since that period the demand has increased till it has become a staple article of or commerce there are vanes of lle ile lie he plant but they may fript be distinguish distinguished by the color of the leaves leave back rack and greeli green tea are from the same tree the black wack being produced from the he old leaves the green from the ther yonn young the plant grows from two to fout tout feet high wit with h a bua bushy top the leaves are cut when the plant is three yf years ars old ou each ench tree yi elling about three ounces of dry tea its ils culture is said tobe to be quite simple the seed serf Is 13 planted about three feet apart four or five in a hill after the lapse of ten tell or twelve weeks wook sy the gelm shoots from the ground after which its growth is very vey rapid two or three of the strong et shoots are allowed to 0 o remain the he weaker ones if any are pulled up ur if protected from severe winds it wilt will row grow on barren larren stony soil will it grow in utah who has tried it and I 1 can inform us of their t G ar CANE these th ese of our farmers who design cultivating the cane in large patches would do well per perhaps haps happ to plant the seed in hills three feet by two apart dropping eight or ten seeds in a hill and at the first hoeing reduce each hill to six stalks see to it however that neither broom corn dorrah corn nor non chocolate corn carn co n are within half a mile of your cane field for if mixed with any of these s your seed will be rendered unfit for planting and the cane juice deteriorated both in quantity and quality plant about the time of planting for your corn crop and spare no flo labor in procuring the beat best seed HEN lien manolie those who have hens and he who has not should have but be sure and keep them from injuring tho gardens of your neighbors may obtain by a little litti care a manure in no respect inferior to the best peruvian guano from the droppings of their hen roosts boosts cover the tile ground under the roost with old muck or common soil WI and as the droppings accumulate gather them into a barrel where it can be kept dry it la Is sald said id that forty bushels of this his will manure an acre A single handful hand full fuli is sufficient for a hill of corn OATS WHEN TO sow As a general rule role there is no time to sow oats so good as just as soon oon a as the frost f ros roe t ia I 1 a out of the so that tb at plowing can be done and if the land is not naturally dry or has baa been under drained so aa a to plow very early la in the sprine spring it should b be plowed in the fall with a hil Ali michigan chigar plow and then than it dan oan be bar har harrowed rowed or scarified mcarn mcann fied with a cultivator and bown gown and lightly dragged and it is to even better to sow without any stirring of the soil previously if it is ver very I soft rather than to wait for a good time 1 the year 1858 will be long remembered as one of unusual wetness in the spring and one of failure of the oat crop yet in every instance where the seed was pot ant into the ground early where it bm bad been previously prep prepared ared or where it had been under the crop was good both in straw and berry A little farm well tilled we commend the following sensible article from the genesee farmer to the careful consideration s ide ration of our farming community the evils therein spoken of ss s existing ex asting 1 among the farmers 0 f western new york are by far too prevalent here HOW FARMERS LOSE MONEY moxey farming without profit is a money los ios losing ing business farming neglectful of practices known know to ensure large crops is is a money wasting business farmin farming I 1 with mistaken ideas of economy saves eaves cents to throw away dimes spares a few days work and gets gels but half what the soil would give with better treatment let us give a few illustrations trat ions to begin begir with a minor instance farmers s lose money by neglecting to study the adaptation OF CROPS TO SOILS it is well known that hat almost every crop and product succeeds best in some one kindol soil and that these preferences vary as widely as soils vary one kind of soil is a corn soil another a wheat soil another suits rye let us try then to so plan our operations as to give each crop the tha soil which suits it farmers lose money by neglect of the maxim that ALL MUST BE before they can be productive of valuable crops to grow a plant must receive suitable food it can be starved as readily as man or beas aas and yet how much of f the tha unprofitable arming farming to be seen results from attempting to grow row crops on worn or poor soils without withof t man manure tire the he corn crop for instance ins ance is a comparative failure allure on all but good soils from want of food to 0 thrive upon from lack of abundant and ready prepared re pared nutriment to hasten is growth so that it t may reach maturity in season an acre of ind and of suitable soil rich deeply tilled planted in good season acid thoroughly and cleanly cultivated will produce more corn than five acres poor skin tilled late planted and half cultivated and at perhaps one half halt the expense of the lite latter the question u tion of deep or skin plowing needs furher itu yiu the illustration an acknowledged requisite of large arge productiveness 13 A DEEP DIEP AND MELLOW SOM SOIL A large bill of 0 corn a thrifty growth of wheat grata yass oats or barley must have roots and root lets ets equally thrifty and such only erow grow in a deep mellow oll oli oil with plenty of room and food for the roots the plant will correspond wih with a shallow or cloddy seli sell the roots loots are oril only F adequate to a small growth above ground they can cain neither find nor carry up the nourishment regul ailsto bite site toa a large product it maybe said that some bome soils ere al rady already too light and mellow but sch are rare farmer farmers again lose loae money by unseasonable SEEDING SEEPING and also by iby imperfect seed teed by sowing gand and planting when whon eniy enly a remarkable season can produce a favorable result spring grains a are re sown aown when in the usual con cou r se of nature the slimmer summer drouth must injure the them m selious seriously ly corn Is planted when frost is ram raw most t likely to rad nad it itin in the milk wheat ia gotten in too late to amsia withstand nd the winter and just in time for the me the be farmer former taking a risk no insurance company would venture upon without the highest prem premium lum iBm cleas CLEAN coltune CULTURE Is an acknowledged necessity of profitable farming Is it if a matter of or small importance to a growing plant whether it has the field to itself or whether weeds surround it and rob it of a por ion of the nourishment supplied by the he soil experience peri ence teaches that it is 13 not observation will show bow how u that we can not feed a vagabond with the bread which belongs to our faithful servants unless hey go hungry for the same lastly for this time at least lesial farmers lose money by not heeding the injunction DONT ATTra irv irr TOO that 1 is more than they can carry out thor hongly and systematically dont let us attempt to grow cattail cat tail flags on good corn soil to raise a premium crop of any kind on an exhausted sp sil sll I 1 1 without manure to feed plants with bric brick bats aad aud inert subsoil to plant when we should be hoeing or to raise grain and weeds at the same time expecting both to dlo flo mish wish but attempt only whit what we can eive give due preparation manure time tince and clitu culture re and the number of ways they seem almost innumerable in which farmers iome lome money will be sier sightly itly less preventing smut in wheat morton in hla hta cyclopedia of or agriculture ly a recent engleh b publication says 1 the old agricultural gave chamber lye iye and caustic lime aa as the grand recipe for the destruction of the blackball black ball bail and sometimes washing ii wilh with ith salt and water was recommended both plans might mitigate the evil but neither of them ev ever e prevented it fortunately sulphate bu 0 of copper copp er bluestone blue lue stone or blue vitro afro was thought of and there can be but one opinion as s to the perfect efficacy when properly applied the quantity generally used in dialing pickling new wheat is I 1 pounds of bluestone blue stone dissolved in 2 gallons of not water which is sufficient to prepare 8 bushels the liquid being allowed to cool before sprinkling ilag liag it on the wheat there is little it tle tie risk of the seed by an overdo overdose ee as half a pound of bluestone blue stone has been to a bushel without injury V ur y to the med seed old wheat can also agoes be pickled w with f th perfect safety with bluestone a thing that never can be done aitho without ut great danger when chamber lye or salt and water and i lime are |
