54 On Ploughing — Peach Trees — Preserving the Beet Root. Vol. II. 



and, after husking, there should not be suffi- 

 cient room in the barn to contain the stalks, 

 my method is as follows: Instead of ricking, 

 as many do, I set them up in round bunches, 

 having about three dozen in a bunch, well 

 pressed together, on a piece of ground adja- 

 cent to the barn. In this manner, I find them 

 to keep better, and not half the labor is re- 

 quired to feed them to stock, for when a bunch 

 is broken and not all fed out, the remainder 

 may be carried into the barn for the next 

 time ; but in ricking, one must necessarily 

 commence feeding from the top of the rick, 

 thereby leaving them exposed to storms, and 

 when wet, they oftentimes become so frozen 

 as to require an axe to cut them loose. Let 

 every undecided mind make the experiment 

 and lest its correctness. 



J. K. 



New Lisbon, 8th mo. 22, 1837. 



the surface level and even, the crops will be 

 uniform over the field ; nor will it be exposed 

 so much to the danger of being washed into 

 guUeys by heavy rains. 



I would further suggest, that if the field 

 has any declivity, to prevent any action from 

 heavy rains, that the last ploughing given it 

 previous to laying any length of time, be in a 

 direction as near as possible at right angles 

 to the descent of the hill. A. 



Chester co., Sept. C, 1837. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Ou Pioiiglsiug. 

 In my former communication, i treated on 

 ploughing, as requisite for preparing oat stub- 

 ble in the best manner for producing ample 

 crops of grain, and particularly of grass. In 

 this, I intend throwing out a few hints as to 

 the manner of ploughing, in which land may 

 be left in the handsomest and best condition 

 for laying in sward. But before I proceed 

 any further, let me observe, that I do not do 

 it with the object of building up theories on 

 suppositious facts. Tlie few crude ideas I 

 have to present to the readers of the Cabinet, 

 are wholly the result of experiment. Ground 

 to be left in a handsome condition after 

 ploughing, should, in all cases, be ploughed 

 in as large lands as possible, for the fewer 

 open furrows left in a field the better — say 

 in a twelve or sixteen acre field, not more 

 than three or four. If a field is to be ploughed 

 twice in succession, in the same direction, 

 the commencement of the lands in the second 

 plouo'hing, should be at the place of finishing 

 themi in the first ploughing. This will com- 

 pletely fill the old furrows, and prevent any 

 increase in their number. But if the field is 

 to be ploughed in a direction transverse to 

 the former ploughing, the old furrows should, 

 before commencing it, be filled by ploughing 

 into thein about tour furrows, that is, two 

 rounds. This will keep the land completely 

 level, which is far preferable to ploughing it 

 in small lands. By ploughing in small lands, 

 the field will be thrown up into a great num- 

 ber of ridges, and consequently, a correspond- 

 intT number of hollows. This will not only 

 expose it much more to tiie action of heavy 

 rains and floods, but it will produce its crops 

 very unevenly heavy on the ridges, and 

 dwindling in the furrows; but by keeping 



For the Farmers' Caliinet. 



On Peacii Trees. 



In March, 1836, I deposited three half 

 pints of live wood ashes. Made a trench 

 around the trunk of every tree, and deposited 

 the ashes. 



In March, 1837, 1 dug around every tree, 

 and carefully seached for worms. The re- 

 sult was in ten acres, containing 1100 trees, 

 I found only four worms. There is a greater 

 enemy to peach trees than the worms at the 

 I root. In the spring, as the leaves put out, 

 a round yellow bug, with black spots over it, 

 I deposits lice in the bunches of leaves. In 

 ! 183'5, I lost several valuable trees before I 

 knew the cause. In June the tree will turn 

 j yellow — In August it will die. My method 

 lis to kill the bugs, and strip off the bunches 

 of leaves that have lice. I watch them until 

 the leaves are full grown. My trees are 

 healthy. 



Very respectfully yours, 



Robert Roe. 



Wooiibury, N. J., June 20, 1837. 



On pre§eFving tlie Beet Roof. 



For the information of those who have at- 

 tended to the cultivation of the Beet Root, we 

 publish the following article. They should 

 in all cases be taken up before touched by 

 frost — should not be exposed to the open air 

 or to the light, but deposited immediately in 

 trenches, as described below. 



Take up the plants as soon as matured ; 

 after this they will "run to the top," or be- 

 come the prey of their deadly enemy, the 

 worm. Form trenches in some sheltered 

 situation, 32 inches deep, and of any width 

 most convenient to your purpose; line the 

 trenches v/ith fresh straw, and deposit the 

 beets in layers, putting fresh, healthy straw 

 between each layer; when on a level with 

 the earth, heap them in layers terminating in 

 a cone or edge, thus j\, still placing straw be- 

 tween each layer ; cover the exterior of the 

 heap with straw, and this again with a coat- 

 ing of earth, well beaten and compressed. — 

 This I have ever found the most efl^ectual 

 means of preserving both Beets and Mangel 

 Wurtzel. 



