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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. \ 
[March, 
good manure carefully forked into the beds ; give a 
dressing of salt. Sow the seeds early for new 
plaints in rows a foot apart,. and make new beds. 
Phubarb needs the same treatment, except the 
salt; divide old roots and make new beds, setting 
the portions of root, with a bud in each, 3 or 4 feet 
apart each way, according to the size of the variety. 
Sow Seeds of Beets, Carrots, Spinach, Salsify, 
Onions, Leek and early Turnips in rows 15 inches 
apart and Cress and Lettuce in rows a foot apart. 
Radishes may be grown by themselves in rows a 
foot apart, or be sown between the rows of beets. 
Has. — Sow some of the early sorts, putting the 
seeds 3 or 4 inches deep. Dwarfs take little room. 
Potatoes.— Plant Early Goodrich or some other 
good early sorts. See Seed List in "Basket." 
Onions. — Sets and potato and top onions are to be 
planted early, 4 or 5 in. apart in rows a foot apart. 
Parsnips and Salsify that have remained in the 
ground over winter should be dug before they grow. 
At the South in most localities the tender vege- 
tables may be sown, such as Sweet Corn, Beans, 
Okra and crops for succession of all the hardier 
varieties, and Sweet Potatoes may be planted. 
Flower <-:ii <l. n and I-siwii. — The 
heavy work of preparing the soil, etc., should 
be pushed along whenever the weather will allow. 
Roads and Paths should be thoroughly done ; 
provide for good drainage and a solid road-bed. 
Lawns are too often slighted ; as with roads, the 
best part of the work is out of sight. Deep work- 
ing, draining, manuring, and levelling, are all requi- 
site to a good lawn. Sow June Grass or Red-top. 
Trees of all deciduous kinds may he transplanted. 
Hardy Shrubs are to be transplanted j clumps of 
these often grow so dense as to need thinning out. 
Tender Shrubs, that have been protected daring 
the winter, should not have the covering material 
removed before the weather becomes settled. 
The alternation of warm days and cold nights 
that occurs in spring is often more injurious to 
such plants, than the continued cold of winter. 
Uncover beds of bulbs, but have a little litter 
handy to throw over them in case of sudden cold. 
Perennials of most kinds that have been 3 or 4 
years in a spot do the better for dividing and re- 
planting. See " Everybody's Flowers " on page 101. 
Hardy Annuals may be sown as soon as the frost 
is out, and tender ones started in boxes. See p. 103. 
Wrecn and Hot-Houses. — The sun 
will now do a good part of the heating, and 
milder weather will allow of freer ventilation. 
Propagate a good stock of plants for out-of-door 
uses. Our large propagators of verbenas and sim- 
ilar bedding plants use very small cuttings of tender 
and succulent growth. The temperature of the 
sand in the cutting trench should be from 65° to 
75', and that of the house from 10° to 15° lower. 
Insects must be kept down by frequent fumigation 
with tobacco smoke. A recent writer recommends 
as a safe way to fumigate frames, to heat a convenient 
bit of iron to redness, put this in the bottom of a 
flower-pot, lay a few bits of broken crock over 
it and put in the tobacco and let it smoulder. 
Bulbs for early blooming, may be potted and 
gradually started into growth. This is the only 
way to be sure of early Tuberoses, and Lilies may 
be had in flower much earlier by the same method. 
Camellias and such shrubs as are starting their 
new growth may be pruned. The Camellia may be 
pruned freely and made to grow iu a handsome 
shape instead of the usual lanky scraggy ones. 
Forcing may be done with the Deutzia, and other 
plants that were potted in autumn for this purpose. 
Fuchsias, ir not already started, should be brought 
into a warm place, and be given water. Propagate 
by cuttings from the young growth. Fuchsias are 
showy in the border, if not too much exposed to sun. 
Cold Grapery.— At the North it is not 
advisable to start the vines before April, as there 
is now a fear of the growth being cheeked by a 
continued cold spell. Keep the temperature of 
the house as low as possible by freely opening the 
doors and ventilators, but avoid sudden changes. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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need stop working for premiums, for weeks to come. In 
past years, many persons have found MARCH the best 
month in the year to secure subscribers and obtain good 
premium articles. We have usually sent out more premi- 
ums during March and April than in any other month. 
Those who have hesitated previously, now come to the 
decision to " tby the paper for a tear.'" The approach 
of active work in the Field, in the Garden, and around 
the House, wakes up people to the importance of obtain- 
ing all the aid, the hints, and suggestions they can from 
such a journal as this. The person who most frequently 
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to secure the best return for his labor, is the one who toils 
with his musclee only, or mainly— the one who despises 
all " book farmin 1 ," and keeps down as nearly as possible 
on a mental level with the ox before his plow. What is 
this " book farminY 1 which he despises? Why, simply 
this : A few men act as storekeepers for the great mass 
of cultivators. They receive and also collect new ideas, 
hints, and suggestions, about all kinds of work, the best 
modes of labor, the best implements, the best and most 
profitable crops, fruit, etc. These are gathered from 
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TO 
erery one contributinga email subscription to the general 
expense. Who would not give a dollar-and-a-half, or a 
quarter of a cent apiece, to have six hundred fellow- 
workers call upon him during the year, and each drop a 
single hint about how he himself manages his work, or how 
he would advise to do it ; what crops he finds best, how 
he turns them to the most profitable account, and so on. 
With six hundred such calls, could any man fail to gather 
some hints, or have his thoughts turned into some new 
direction, which would benefit him ten times, or a hun- 
dred times the value of a dollar-and-a-half? Well, the 
Agriculturist collects and brings to one's fireside, ont of 
work hours, just such hints and suggestions as he would 
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from the personal calls of far more than six hundred 
fellow- workers. Thousands of persons have actually 
testified that single hints have benefited them hundreds 
of dollars. Thousands of others would testify the same 
thing, if called upon. Tens of thousands of others have 
been benefited by the quickening of thought they have 
received from reading, without particularly noticing the 
mental process. Thinking, reading men are, as a class, 
more successful, more elevated above the brutes, and 
more happy in their daily work. Those who have not 
been used to reading about their own business, do not 
know what they are losing. It is a good, a benevolent 
work, to 2>ersuade them to seek information— to set them 
to reading and thinking more. Aside from any profit or 
credit of having a large circulation, we enjoy seeing the 
number of reading people increased among cultivators. 
PREMIUMS 
are offered to stimulate our friends to active exertion in 
hunting up the non-reading people, and urging them to 
read about their work. Not one in fifty of the cultivators 
of our country takes and reads any journal devoted to his 
own business. They lead news or political papers, which 
is all very well, — novels and exciting stories, which is not 
so well,— but scorn " book farming," or anything, ;/ in 
print, that aims to help them work better and more prof- 
itably, and to increase their physical comfort. Every 
person led to read and think more, becomes a better 
man, more prosperous, and happier, when following 
the plow or wielding other implements. He becomes 
more intelligent, and far more contented. We desire 
THIS MONTH 
to have onr readers put forth every possible effort to 
largely increase the circle of reading, thinking men, 
women and children all over the country. Politics will 
rage this year, as never before, but while acting our 
parts as citizens, let us have the general undertone of 
improvement going on in all that pertains to the Farm, 
Garden, and Household. We believe every good citizen 
will delight to take part in this work for its own sake ; 
yet we very gladly give the good premium articles, 
such as are noted in the table below, to all who will take 
part in it. Every one who solicits subscribers to this 
journal will thus get doubly paid— in the satisfaction of 
doing a good work, and in the premiums received. 
Twenty-six Hundred Persons 
on our premium books have lists partially completed. 
These various lists may all be filled up during March. 
Twenty-six Hundred Persons 
more, at least, may yet begin and complete new lists, and 
secure good premiums before the offers close this year. 
Try it, Friends.— Try it this month, this week. 
Even should you not ask or secure a premium, every per- 
son you persuade to read will be benefited, and you will, 
in after* years, receive his thanks, and see him happier. 
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