No. 10. 



Su^qar Beet, ^^c.— The Cut Worm. 



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trnnsplantinfj not to injure the roots, nnd to| 

 retain about them as much of the Foi! as pop-| 

 sible. Tlic after culture of corn rfM]uires very 

 particular attention. The earth must be kept 

 open or well pulverized, and free of weeds; 

 as it is impossible to gcX. two full crops, one 

 of weeds and the other of g^rain, from the same 

 {rround at the same pericxl. The cultivator 

 is well adapted to the after culture, as it does 

 not injure the lateral roots, and opens the 

 earth for the action of the sun and air. Of 

 late years I have followed the plan of planting" 

 my corn in rows, and I think it a decided im- 

 provement. One of your correspondents said, 

 some time ago, that "of all thinps to make 

 ■ jjrass grow, ashes beats." This opinion I en- 

 - dorse ; and would observe that the virtue of 

 I ashes is not confined to the making of erass 

 ; grow; but that applied, pretty liberally to 

 corn, say about the first week in May, it has 

 a very beneficial influence. At least such is 

 my experience.* When I introduced the 

 use of the cultivator, I abandoned the old prac- 

 tice of hilling up. 



THE GARDEN. 



A well filled and well cultivated garden, is 

 an indispensable appendage to a farm. In- 

 deed, I never yet saw a good farm, where was 

 not to be found a garden equally good. I sup- 

 po.se you have attended to this important part 

 of the duties of a good husbandman and kind 

 father — that the heaviest of the work has 

 been accomplished, and that the females of 

 your family will attend to the remainder. — 

 You will therefore reap the pleasures and ad- 

 vantages, and they are many, of a little fore- 

 cast and attention. 



This vegetable 1 find stands the drought 

 exceedingly well, and flourishes like lucerne, 

 best in a light or sandy soil; but like other 

 crops it has its advantages and its drawbacks. 

 It is stated in a work on agriculture, that a 

 gentleman in Pennsylvania, sowed a peck to 

 tlie acre the last of INIay — sowed fiiur acres — 

 cut middle of August, and sufferrd to dry in 

 the sun for two or three days — produce 7.'> 

 bushels of seed, and one and a half tons of fod- 

 der to the acre. Cattle relish it. The pro- 

 duce per acre is frequently much greater than 

 stated above. It is often cut in the milk. It 

 is first sown in drills about three feet apart, 

 and the plants should stand six inches from 

 each other in the rows after hoeing. In this 

 latitude it may be sown from the middle of 

 May to the 26th of June. 



David Hill. 



Amwell, N. J , April 'iTth, 1830. 



* Would it not be beat to apply the ashes aa soon »s 

 the corn is up.— Ed? 



Sugar Beet— RiitaIIa$;a— Mangle AViirtzcU 



The rapid extension of the culture of these 

 roots in this country inu.'^t be niiittrr of grat- 

 ulation to every tlioroiigli agriculturist ; to tlie 

 grain grower, the brerder of catth', and the 

 grower of sheep. All are deeply interested, 

 and all will find themselves brnefitrd by the 

 culture. In enricliing the >-oi! — in nfiording 

 the meansof augmenting the number of stock 

 on a farm — for fattening cattle and sheep at 

 all seasons when they are grown, and for 

 bringing all animals in good condition through 

 the trying months of our winter and spring, 

 the root culture will be fourid unrivalled. — 

 We wish fiir no sudden innovations in farm- 

 ing : — but the root culture in this country has 

 ceased to be an experiment, and every farmer 

 may safely enter upon the process of providing 

 an ample supply of green and gratcfiil food 

 for his flocks and his herds at a season of the 

 year when it can be furnished from no other 

 source. — Geneva Gazette. 



SOIL FOR THE Sl'GAR BEET. 



1. A deep rich loam is best; but any soil 

 that can be made mellow, will answer well. 

 A very dry soil does not yield so large beets, 

 but sweet and nutritious ones. The soil 

 should be free from stones, and well pulver- 

 ized to a good depth, that the root may pierce 

 it freely and grow smooth and handsome. 2. 

 South of the 42d deg. of lat. they should be 

 planted from the 25tli of April to the 10th of 

 May, certainly not later than the 1.5tli. (!) 3. 

 Plant in rows 24 or 30 inches apart, and leave 

 the beets ten inches from each other in the 

 rows. The ground should be thoroughly 

 prepared and well manured. Before planting, 

 pour warm water on your seed, and let it soak 

 at least 24 hours, and no matter if three or 

 tour days. 4. The weeds must be kept down, 

 and the soil very mellow, by the use of the 

 plouo-h, cultivator or hoe. Thin early, so as 

 to leave one only every 10 or 12 inches. 5. 

 Gather as soon as ripe, i. e. as soon as the 

 lower leaves begin to turn yellow and fall off. 

 They are easily preserved in cellars. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



The Cut Worm. 



In the year 1S36 I cut from a country 

 newspaper an account of a method adopted 

 in New England of destroying the cut worm. 

 I was rather sceptical, and although it was in 

 my po.-session two seasons, and I a sufferer, 

 yet I did not try it until after I had become a 

 subscriber to your valuable Cabinet, reading 

 which, stinuilated me to look more closely 

 after my interests, and calling tliisold receipt 

 to mind, I determined to try it last year, 

 which I did to my entire satisfaction. It acted 

 as a charm. Great caution is necessary, for 



