| Show chinese agriculture A referring 0 to a narrative of travelers in china published publish edi by a russian Rus siant siani officer says this author like every other who has visit ed china bears testimony of the high development of agriculture in that mysterious country the harvest in china he remarks produce produces a fifty seventy and even a hundred fold the caus cause e will be found in the care with which they manure the ground and the custom of sowing early of weeding and watering etc the acre of land yields in england germany and france twice or three times as much as with us but the chinese agriculturist surpasses even the Ebro european by far how infinitely inferior says professor liebl Liebi gis is the agriculture of europe to that of china the chinese are the most admirable gardeners and trainers of plants for each of which they understand der stand how to prepare and apply the best adapted manure the agriculture of their country is the most perfect in the world and there where the climate in the most fertile districts di differ ff er from the european very littly value va ne is attached to the excrements of animals with us thick books are written but no ex peri ments instituted I 1 etc travelers tell us of one particular attain ment of ch chinese i ne e agriculture which though itis is no not nov alwa always y a of practical ticA value indicates a wonderful knowledg knowledge a e of the laws orve 0 eatable growth that is the power of enlarging or dwarkin dw dwarfing dwar arbin arfin fing 0 at will many of the production productions s of nature thus an oak tree for instance will frequently be seen growing in a flowerpot flower pot bearing 0 its thrifty little leaves and bringing its tiny acorns to maturity with all the regularity of its forest kindred the entire tree not being 0 more than two feet high 11 such specimens of human ingenuity may be worthless but they imply a knowledge and skill that are worth a great deal I 1 management of cows before and after calving feed them with scalded bran twice a day for several days before calvin calving after calving give th emall the fat pork cut in slices they W will ill lii eat you will be astonished at the amount they will eat I 1 have given them wo or three pounds at a time tea is also good let them eat the placenta fat salt pork will cause them to clean in most cases great care must roust be taken at this season of the year not to let cows cow a get poor A few ears of corn given them each day in addition to plenty of hay will keep them strong and in good condit condition ion iOD the above is recommended where cows d do not get owa on well but when they are in good condition and there is especial no necessity for atthe fat pork may be lie withheld withhold A useful table counting a plants one foot apart each wy we shall snail hare ha re upon the I 1 acre because an acre contains that number of f iper fic kal ial feet taka take the bs figures in the first column of the following table as the distance apart and an acre will contain the number of of plants in in the uie second column 1 11 12 1 2 teet ree fee afteel l 1 foot fool iosa to tofe lofe a P 2 1 2 feed 6 lubet b fet 3 beet feet feet lug log 3 31 12 1 2 sheet reet feeg 3 23 riet riot 88 98 4 fe t 2732 2 et ogg eft 5 reet feel t 1 30 feet fret 48 G teet feet teet feet SS feel keel 8 P f et t gio 60 40 vel veu V PL ft 27 10 19 feed teed fee av 40 feet 2 |
