NO. 17, 



THE FAKMKRS' CABINET. 



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taclied from ihe sides of the mould with a 

 knife, the moulds *e set on the floor in a re- 

 versed position ami luft tor two or tiiroe 

 hours — when by liflinir from the floor and 

 givuii,' it a shaice, tije loaf will tseparate from 

 the mould by force of its own weij,rht. The 

 head of the luaf will retain a degree of mois- 

 ture and a portion of molasses, and conse- 

 quently should becutolfand thrown in the 

 juice mtended for the ne.\t clarification. The 

 molasses, also, when a siifhcient quantity is 

 on iiuiid, should be again coiicenlruled in or- 

 der to obtain all the chrystallizable sugar it 

 contains. By the foregoing processes the 

 beet is converted into brown sugar, the kind 

 which is consumed in the largest quantities 

 in most fatnilies. In the manufacture of loaf, 

 or lump sugar there is another process called 

 " reiining," but being foreign to our present 

 purposes we omit it. 



Brief Hints for Spring ^vork. 



Apply manure to corn and potatoe crops, 

 and not to grain crops. 



Let manure be buried as soon as possible 

 after spreading. 



When rotted or fermented manure is ap- 

 plied, let It be as thoroughly mixed with the 

 soil as possible. 



Wheat tiirown out of the ground by froat, 

 should be pressed in again by passing a roller 

 over it. 



Ploughing heavy soils when wet, does more 

 injury than if the team were standing idle. 



In ploughing green sward deeply, the fur- 

 rows must always be at least one half wider 

 than deep, else the sod will not turn well. 



New meadows should now be rolled. 



All grain fields seeded to grass should be 

 rolled. 



Barley should be sown as early as possible, 

 upon a light and moderately moist soil, at the 

 rate of one and a half to two bushels per acre, 

 according to the size of the seed. 



A roller should be passed over it as soon as 

 it is harrowed, to presd the soil round it, and 

 smooth the field. 



Barley seed may be free from intermixed 

 oats by pouring water upon it, when the oats 

 will float, and may be skimmed oft". 



Oats require strong rich soil, good culture, 

 and early sovving. 



Preserve leached and unleached ashes 

 which have accumulated during the winter 

 to be applied to corn, in the hill. 



To prevent corn being touched by crows, 

 stir the seed with a sufficient quantity of 

 heated tar, and then roll it in plaster, lime, 

 or ashes. 



After each hill of corn is dropped, put in 

 a small handful of a nii.\ture of plaster and 

 leached ashes. 



Plaster is always most efficacious on light 

 and thin soil — on meadow and clover ground, 

 the earlier it is town the better. 



IMaster when applied to cultivated ground, 

 is best when worked into the soil. 



Sowing it broadcast upon Indian corn after 

 it is up, has increased the crop L'5 per cent. 



Every farmer should attempt the field 

 culture of root crops — he may raise as much 

 cattle food from one acre, as from five acres 

 of meadow. 



Farmers who have rich soil, will succeed 

 best with mangel wurtzel, those who have 

 sandy soil, with ruta-baga. They should try 

 both. 



Sow garden crops in drills where practica- 

 ble, in order that the weeds may be cleared 

 with a hoe. 



Diticrent varieties of melons and squashes 

 should be planted at the greatest possible 

 distance, in order to prevent intermixing and 

 crossing. 



Loosen the soil with a spade round fruit 

 trees growing in grassland. 



Examine the roots of the peach trees and 

 remove all the grubs. Their presence is 

 shown by the gum oozing out. 



Take every opportunity of setting an orna- 

 mental shrub or tree round your house or 

 door yard — now is the time — if you have any 

 taste you will never regret it. — Genesee Far. 



Seasonable Advice. 



SOWING OF GRASS SEEDS. 



We extract the following timely and judi- 

 cious remarks from the Baltimore Farmer 

 and Gardener of the 7th, inst. 



Such farmers and planters as may not have 

 put in their grass seeds last autumn should do 

 so as soon as the frost is out of the ground. 

 For clover, there is but one opinion as to the 

 superiority of spring sov,'ing, and although 

 many give the preference to sowing timothy 

 seed in August, still there are those, whose 

 opinions are worthy of consideration, that 

 advocate the practice of setting it in sprina 

 on the growing wheat or rye: so also, indeed"^ 

 with respect to almost every other of the arti- 

 ficial grasses. 



If you intend to sow clover seed alone on 

 your grain fields, you should not think of 

 seeding less than from 12 to 16 pounds to the 

 acre. 



Timothy, if sown alone, should be in the 

 proportion of from 2 to 2| gallons of seed to 

 the acre. 



Rye Grass alone 2 bushels to the acre. 



If Clover and Timothy be sown together, 

 from 10 to 12 lbs. of the former seed and a 

 peck of the latter would not be fovnd too 

 much. 



