THE ILLI^SrOIS F^rtjy£ER. 



91 



is better in dry hot seasons than in 

 Tfet ones. If the land is well prepared 

 by deep culture, it is unnecessary to 

 make high hills, as they are only a 

 substitute for deep plowing. 



I have found the easiest method of 

 preparing the hills for the plants, is 

 by turning two furrows together, or 

 listing as for Indian corn, then run a 

 one-horse shovel or bull-tongue plow 

 the other way, and the work is done. 

 Where but few are cultivated the hills 

 may bo prepared -with a hoe, but it is 

 too expensive for field culture, requir- 

 ing four days hard labor to hill an 

 acre. -s. 



Everything being ready, the plants 

 may be set the same as cabbage plants. 

 Better to select a cloudy day, and if the 

 soil is only moist (which is best) they 

 should be watered as set. My method 

 is this : I have water hauled and placed 

 in barrels at convenient dista^s. We 

 take two rows at a time. A Doy goes 

 first and drops a plant on each hill ; two 

 men follow close after, making a funnel- 

 shaped hole in the top of each hill with 

 the right hand, while they hold the plant 

 in the left, and a man before them walk- 

 ing backwards with a wator-pot, tho 

 nose oflF, or a bucket of water and pint 

 cup, pours in sufficient water, when the 

 earth is immediately hauled in upon the 

 roots of the plant, the hole filled up level, 

 and a little dry earth upon the top pre- 

 vents baking in the sun. 



Like most other crops, early planting 

 is generally best, or as soon as the danger 

 from from frost is over; but the planting 

 may be continued in Southern Indiana 

 from the tenth of May to the first of 

 July ; but the yield from late planting is 

 much less — one hundred and fifty bushels 

 per acre being a good yield where all 

 the circumstances are favorable. Where 

 but few plants are wanted, it is best to 

 buy them from some one who raises them 

 for sale. If planted three feet each 

 way. it will require four thousand eight 

 hundred and forty plants to an acre, and 

 it will take a bushel of potatoes to pro- 

 duce them. '* 



We never plant on a rainy day,but pre- 

 fer cloudy, damp weather. If in dry 

 weather, we water as recommended by 

 Mr. Barret. 



Mr. Tenbrook^proposes to publish a 



revised edition of his valuable booklet 



annually, so as to take advantage of any 



new light on the subject. 



■■. — 



Native Evergrecni. 



We have just completed the bedding out 

 of flome 20,000 native evergreens from the 

 forest of Northern Wisconsin. Thoy ftre 

 from four to twelve inches high and well 

 grown ; camo in apparent fine order, with 

 most of tho buds itarting. They were packed 



in boxes with tops out and roots in damp 

 mois, They are partially shaded. We again 

 repeat, that native evergreens are sent out 

 too late ; we should have had these a month 

 eince, when the cool weather and spring rains 

 would have given them a start, but now 

 they have to contend with our hot luns and 

 drouth, and run too great a risk. We have 

 dont with late planting of evergreens ; that 

 they can be successfully moved even later 

 than this, in wet weather, we aro free to ad- 

 mit, but as we said before, the risk ii too 

 great to warrant the practice. Last year we 

 lost a large share of our setting. Evergreens 

 are too valuable to be thrown away. We 

 will further report on the prospect of oar 

 pets. ■,- '■. V ■".>■ ■•■/./■- 



!»■ 



Hog Cholera— Kentncky Prcminm. 



This disease, bo much dreaded by farmers, 

 has met with no serious check as yet so far 

 as we can learn, but any one who thinks he 

 has the all important secret, can make a 

 ■mall fortuae by making the proper proof. — 

 Quacks will save themselves the trouble. — 

 The person making application, can send his 

 statement of the fact addressed to the Gov- 

 ernor of Kentucky, at Frankfort, according 

 to this regulation, which we copy from the 

 Paris Citizen: 



The last session of the Legislature passed 

 a law offering a reward of one thousand dol- 

 lars to any person -wlio may discover and 

 make knoifn the true cause of the disease 

 called hog cholera, and a remedy that will 

 cure the same. Any person who shall claim 

 to have discovered the cause of said disease, 

 and a remedy that will cure the same, may 

 set forth the same in a written memorial, and 

 the fact of his having discovered the cure 

 together with such facts as will tend to sbow 

 that an inquiry into the matter is worthy of 

 being pursued, which memorial shall bj& pre- 

 sented to the Governor, who shall refer the 

 same to two skillful physicians, one practical 

 chemist and two practical farmers, to be ap- 

 pointed, whose duty it shall be to examine 

 Baid memorial, and satisfy themselves by 

 thorough investigation, of the truth of the 

 same, such as will leave no doubt upon their 

 minds that the true cause of said disease, 

 and a remedy that will cure it, has been 

 found ; and the result thereof, together with 

 their opinions as to whether the cause of 

 said disease, and the remedy therefor will 

 cure the same, has been discovered, shall be 

 submitted to the Legislature succeeding, for 

 their approval or disapproval ; and if ap- 

 proved, an appropriation shall be made for 

 the payment of the reward. 



»*» ■ 



ffiaximi. 



"Never put oflF till to-morrow what can as 

 well be done to-day." Our short working sea- 

 sons and variable climate render this abso- 

 lutely neceisary. 



"Never occupy more land than you can 

 cultivate thoroughly." One acre well tilled 

 is more profitable than two acres slovenly 

 managed. 



"Never contract debts, with the expecta- 

 tion of paying for them with crops not yet 

 grown." There are so many liabilities to 

 failure, that we seldom realize what we an> 

 ticipate. 



"Never keep more stock than you can 

 winter well ; nor less than will consume all 

 the fodder you can raise." To sell hay or 

 straw IS unwise and unprofitable. ■ 



"Never expose stock of any kind to the 

 inclemency of winter.'' They require at 

 least one third more food, and are poorer in 

 the spring; besides it is cruel and shiftless. 



"Never neglect getting up a year's supply 

 of wood in the leisure of winter," It is un- 

 profitable to cut wood in summer, when wa- 

 ges are double, and every hour is required 

 00 the farm. 



^Never spend your labor and waste your 

 seed, in trying to raise grain in 'dropsical' 

 land." It is better to spend the price of the 

 seed, and the labor of plowing and haarow- 

 ing, in drains at the first ; then your capital 

 is properly invested, and you will be likely 

 to get a handsome dividend. 



"Never plant an orchard with the expec- 

 tation of its thriving, unless you first pre- 

 pare the land well, then plant well, stake 

 well, fence well, and cultivate well — hoed 

 crops are the best." "What is worth doing 

 at all, is worth doing well," must always be 

 borne in mind in the raising of fruit trees 

 to anything like perfection. 



"Never let your tools and impletiaents be 

 exposed to the decaying influences of the 

 sun, rain, and frost, except when in use." — 

 "A place for everything, and everything in 

 its place," will pay at least twenty-five per 

 cent, per annum, in this respect. 



"Never depend upon a noigbbor's grind- 

 stone to sharpen your tools on." It is a 

 waste of time; and time is a farmer's ctfpital 

 when rightly employed. Thii might also 

 apply to borrowing in general. 



^'Never trust boys to plow, unless you are 

 frequently in the field." A man's wages 

 may soon be lost in careless plowing. . ■ ■■ 



"Never trust children to milk the cows, 

 unless some competent person follows after 

 to secure the most valuable part of the milk." 



"Never use the contemptible saying 'time 

 enough yet;' " but always endeavor to do 

 everything in season. "Take time by the 

 forelock." Lead the work, rather than be 

 driven by it. 



[From the New-Yorker, July 80, 1S59-] 



Among desirable articles, we may name as 

 foremost the want of a useful glue, easy of use, 

 and of general and universal application to the 

 repair of furniture, crockery, shell-work and 

 other serviceable and ornamental purposes. — 

 The prime qualities of a good glue are immedi- 

 ate readiness for use at all times and rcliabilit}'' 

 as a hold-fast And this is the article which Mr. 

 H. C. Spalding has been so fortunate as to in- 

 troduce. In convenient bottles with a handy 

 brush; Spalding's Prepared Glue requirers no 

 day's preparatory softening in water ; no heat- 

 ing for use, and no tedious delays to secure its 

 junction and cohesion — bemg held in solution 

 chemically, and capable of being applied instant- 

 ly, and to every variety of work and require- 

 ment. Spalding's Glue thus proves itself to be 

 a true Household Friend, and will be welcomed 

 heartil}' in all parts of the country. Wo have 

 given it a trial, and we have found it quick as 

 hunger in taking hold, and firm as death in 

 holding fast. 



