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WATERING THE GARDEN. 



THE WATERING POT. 



The season has a.rnved when the garden usual- 

 ly requires u little more moisture than the clouds 

 send, in order to secure a good crop of the garden 

 vegetables. We offer therefore a few suggestions 

 and heTps to the gardener in th.e way of watering 

 Great benefit may be derived from mulching; for 

 it is as well to prevent excessive evaporation as to 

 supply the water. 



The first cut is the common Watering Pot. It 

 is an artrcle indispensa-ble in every good garden, 

 and will be found of great service in distributing 

 guano water over the plants. 



THE WATER CARRIER. 



The second is the Water Carrier, and consists 

 merely of a tight barrel or cask, attached to a pair 

 of old wheels, ami used for carrying water about 

 the grounds, or bringing water from brooks or 

 springs for washing and other household purposes. 

 When large quantities are wanted, this is far less 

 tiresome than to carry it in buckets. Besides, it 

 makes a great saving of time. No person who has 

 ever made use of one would willingly be deprived 

 of it. Its cost would be saved in one season. 



THE garden engine. 



This machine is adapted to the wants of a very 

 large garden. The one represented above will 

 liold about forty gallons, and can be easily wheeled 

 around and worked by one person. It will throw 

 water to th.e height of forty feet, and tc) the dis- 

 tance of seventy feet horizontally. It may, there- 



fore, be found of use in extinguishing fire in build- 

 ings. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Buckwheat — or Beechwheat, as it should have 

 been called, for it was named from its resemblance 

 to the beech nut — is an excellent crop as far as it 

 goes, and for the uses required. It is easily raised, 

 requiring neither an extra rich soil nor a culture 

 more particular than good management requires 

 for any crop. Tlie late period in the season when 

 it may be sown allows a destruction of weeds at 

 a time when sueh destruction is commonly fatal to 

 them ; so that the culture of this crop is favora- 

 ble to clean fields. 



It may be sown at any time during the month 

 of June ; and we have known it to ])e yjut in on 

 the fourth of July, in a region where the summers 

 are shorter than ours, and a good crop obtained. 

 It is usual to sow from three pecks to a bushel 

 per acre broadcast and cover v.itli the harrow. It 

 is desirable to roll the ground after sowing. In 

 addition to the common reasons for so doing, the 

 crop grows low, and is liable, without careful man- 

 agement, to become foul with sand or earth, and 

 thus injure the flour made from the grain. The 

 land should be in good tilth, otherwise there is no 

 difficulty in the culture. 



The crop is cut with the cradle before frost, 

 and should be raked very carefully in a dry day 

 to avoid the dirt. A good way is to set up the 

 gravels on the buts for drying, and to carry them 

 to the floor and thresh immediately. The crop is 

 liable to heat if stacked or packed closely in a mow. 

 The grain requires thorough cleaning if it is to be 

 eaten by human beings, but when that is attend- 

 ed to, and the grain is well floured, it furnishes 

 cakes for winter use which many people do not 

 know how to dispense with. 



Buckwheat is perhaps the very best crop for 

 sod ground to be had. We have known full crops 

 to be obtained on such lands. — Prairie Far?ner. 



For the New England Fanner. 

 SUMMER AND AUTUMN APPLES. 



Planting and grafting ■s^inter varieties of the ap- 

 ple has engaged the attention of farmers so exten- 

 sively of late, that good summer and fall kinds are 

 comparatively scarce in some sections and sell 

 readily at a fair price. 



Good baking sweetings are much called for, and 

 every one who has an orchard should have a few 

 trees of the best early and late varieties. 



The early bough, the orange sweet, and Hask- 

 ell sweet, are among the best kind ; there are many 

 others that might be mentioned, from which to make 

 a selection ; every one can exercise his own judg- 

 ment in this matter ; in general, we are more 

 prone to raise too many kinds than too few. Of 

 the acid and pleasant varieties, the Porter is one 

 of the best for cooking and dessert, and is in use 

 for a long time. * The Gravenstien is a line fruit 

 of foreign origin, and is well adapted to this region. 

 The Leland pippin, or New York spice, is a first- 

 rate kind, worthy of extensive cultivation. Of 

 the earlier kinds the red Astracan, early V.'illiams, 

 and others, might be named ; the "VVilliams re- 

 quireshigh cultivation, and then produces beautiful 

 and fine-flavored fruit. 0. V. Hills. 



Lcurninstcr, June, 1853. 



