1869. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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cannot be Lad from it much short of six, eight or 

 ten years. 



An experienced breeder, and the very best judge 

 of horses to be found, should be at the head as 

 manager of breeding and tilting for exhibition and 

 sale. 



On the place should be a park for driving, sec- 

 ond to none in the world. The best of stables 

 should be there, and nice paddocks for the colts 

 to run in and grow in their freedom and safety. 



This place should be kept by a kind, genial, sen- 

 sible man. One who is, and will be, honest, every- 

 where and at all times. 



To aid us further, we should, at our annual lairs, 

 have our organization so perfected as to reach 

 wiihin every county in the State, and call out the 

 best horses for exhibition. 



With such a state of things as this in "V ermont, 

 who can doubt but that our stock' would be equal 

 to, if not the best, in all our country in a very lew 

 years ? There cannot be a shadow of doubt about 

 it. Neither can there be any doubt but that the 

 world would again come to our State with cash to 

 pay for our horses. 



Where is the wealthy son of "Vermont to take 

 hold of this in earnest, and thereby cooler a sub- 

 stantial and lasting benefit upon our State r 



For the Xeio England Farmer. 

 THE GARDEN IN APBLL. 



Little is gained, but much vexation and dis- 

 appointment result ofcen from planting tender 

 vegetables in the garden or elsewhere, too 

 early. The ground must have time to thaw, 

 settle and become warm ; and if the garden is 

 naturally well drained, or has been under- 

 drained thoroughly, these conditions are much 

 earlier attained than otherwise. Having so 

 often urged the necessity or importance and 

 economy of a good garden, in connection with 

 the farm and household, it is unnecessary to 

 further allude to it here. Those who have 

 enjoyed the products of a well managed gar- 

 den will not need further arguments to con- 

 vince them of its importance. Those who 

 have neglected the garden for other general 

 farm crops and products, are assured that a 

 good garden will pay, — pay in more than one 

 way, too. The requisites are a good shel- 

 tered, warm location, with fair exposure to 

 the warm rays of the morning and mid-day 

 sun, warm, rich, deep, well f5ned soil, with 

 plenty of good manure, and a spirit of energy 

 and perseverance not to be discouraged at 

 trifles, nor inclined to put off a present duty 

 to a more convenient time. It is very easy to 

 test the correctness of this statement by trying 

 a garden, as recommended, and keeping a 

 rigid debt and credit account with it, — credit- 

 ing everything taken from it at its market 

 value, and charging everything laid out on it ; 

 and at the end of the year compare the ac- 

 count with that of any held crop, without tak- 

 ing into the account the greater degree of 

 health you and your family have enjoyed from 

 having vegetables, &c., fresh from the gar- 

 den, instead of those bought in the market 

 after becoming wilted and losing their fresh- 

 ness, or from having been raised by yourself 

 instead of others. 



Asparagus. — Rake off the coarser winter 

 covering of manure, sow a sprinkling of salt 

 or brine over the bed, and fork in the whole, 

 working the surface mellow without injuring 

 the crowns of the plants. For new beds make 

 the soil rich, work it deep, and plant out good 

 strong one-year-old roots, one foot apart each 

 way, covering the crowns three inches deep 

 with rich tine soil. 



Bean Poles and Pea Brush should have 

 been gotten in readiness bef jre this ; but if 

 not done, lose no time in providing all that 

 will be needed ; as soon the sap will How 

 and the leaves will grow on brush after they 

 are cut, and when stuck they have an unsightly 

 look. 



Beets. — Early Bassano may be sown as 

 soon as the ground will admit, as the plant is 

 hardy and will endure a considerable degree 

 of frost, and the seed is slow to germinate. 

 The seed of the beet is not that which usually 

 passes as the seed, which in reality is a kind 

 of woody envelop or cup enclosing several 

 seeds ; for this reason, it is, we often find sev- 

 eral plants close together apparently from one 

 seed; hence the remark "my beet seed grew 

 five or six plants from one seed." The seed 

 should be sown thinly in drills eighteen inches 

 apart and covered half an inch with fine soil. 



Cabbage. — Seed may be sown in the hot- 

 bed, or in boxes, set in the kitchen window, 

 or in cold frames ; and late in the month sow- 

 ings maybe made in the open ground. Plants 

 grown in the hot-bed, or wintered in cold 

 frames, should be hardened off and trans- 

 planted as soon as it will do ; prick out from 

 the hotbed into cold frames or pots and har- 

 den, so as to set in the open ground as soon 

 as the weather will admit. Properly hardened 

 and grown, they will endure quite a degree of 

 frost. 



Cauliflower. — Early plants in the hot-bed 

 may be transplanted into cold frames or potted 

 and hardened so as to set in the open ground 

 when the weather becomes settled. The more 

 judicious hardening they have, in the mean 

 time, the better. 



Cold Frames. — These are oftentimes sub- 

 stituted for the hot-bed and are advantageous 

 in starting many plants under, that will not 

 endure the open air yet, and require a long 

 season ; but they require care in ventilat- 

 ing, &c. 



Cress. — Sow in rows six inches " apart, in 

 warm well prepared soil ; sprinkle the plants 

 with ashes and plaster mixed, to keep insects 

 off. 



Draining. — Many gardens in the country 

 will pay well for underdraining. Soils are 

 benefitted in many ways by underdaining. 

 Thorough underdraining is often equivalent 

 to an entire change of soil and climate, mak- 

 ing the soil more porous, sweet, mellow, 

 warm, &c. A single drain will ofcen work 

 wonders in a garden, and it will cost but little 

 to try the experiment. 



