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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[April, 
Kitchen Garden. 
Some of the bints given last month will answer 
for this in many parts of the North. Hot-beds will 
need constant attention to .prevent the young 
plants suffering from the want of water or air. 
Asparagus.— Remove the coarse litter and fork in 
the fine manure. Make new beds. 
Beans.— A few rows of Snaps and Bush beans 
may be planted for early use, but pole beans and 
Limas should be left until the soil is well warmed. 
Beets.— Sow early sorts in drills 15 inches apart. 
Cabbages and Cauliflowers. — Plants may be set out 
from the cold-frame in rows twenty-fourby twenty- 
eight, and lettuces planted between. Sow seeds 
for second early in open ground, and gradually 
harden off the hot-bed plants. 
Carrots.— Sow a few rows for early use in fifteen- 
inch drills, taking care to use plenty of seed to in- 
sure a good start. 
Celery.— Plant iu a seed-bed, in drills eight inches 
apart, and cover lightly with fine soil. 
Chives.— Make new plantings by taking up the 
old clumps, and after dividing, set in rows six 
inches apart. 
Cress. — Sow in one-foot vows every week. 
Cucumbers do better if not planted until next 
month, though a few may be started on inverted 
60ds in a hot-bed for early use. 
Egg-Planls.— Sow in hot-bed and give plenty of 
heat ; do not let the young plants get chilled. 
Garlic— Break up the bulbs into sets, and plant 
six inches apart, in rows twelve inches apart. 
Horseradish. — Plant the sets which were saved 
last fall at digging, and plant in well-manured rows 
two feet apart and fifteen inches in the row. 
Herbs. — Have a good supply of sweet or pot 
herbs for flavoring soups, stews, etc. Thyme, 
Sage, Summer: Savory, and Sweet Marjoram are 
the ones usually planted. Sow in rows four inches 
apart ; keep freo of weeds until ready to transplant. 
Leeks.— Plant early iu fifteeu-inch rows, and when 
up tbiu to six inches in the row. 
Lettuce.— Set out plants from the cold-frame and 
hot-bed. Seeds may be sown iu the open ground 
in drills eight inches apart. • ■ 
Onions.— Plaut out sets and top and potato ouious 
as early as the ground is suitable. Seeds should be 
sown early, in rows fifteen inches apart, and if a 
few radish seeds arc mixed with them they will 
serve as a guide to show where the rows are. 
Parsley.— Sow seeds in hot-bed or open ground. 
Parsnips need to be sown early in very deep, rich 
soil, to get a good start; sow in fifteen-inch rows. 
Peas.— Tho earlier these can be planted after the 
frost is out of the ground the better, as they will 
bear cold weather very well. Sow the dwarfs iu 
rows a foot apart and the taller sorts two or three 
feet apart. 
' Peppers.— Treat the same as egg-plants. 
Potatoes. — Plant in well-manured soil in rows 
three feet apart. Cut the potatoes into sets and 
plant these one foot apart in the rows. The sprouts 
may be started earlier if the potatoes are placed in a 
warm room for a week or ten days before cutting. 
Badishes. — Sow in bot-bed and in open ground 
once a week for a'Succession. 
Salsify and Sooraonera are both excellent vegeta- 
bles, and need the 6amo culture as carrots. 
Spinach. — Hoe over the beds sown last fall, and 
sow seeds iu drills fifteen inches apart. 
Seeds. — Set out roots, bulbs, etc., for producing 
seeds, selecting only the finest specimens. 
Tomatoes. — Sow seeds under glass, and transplant 
those already up into pots or boxes where they will 
have plenty of room, and so that the plants can be 
turned out without injuring the roots. 
Turnips. — Sow a few rows for early use, and as 
soon as up dust with plaster, to prevent insects. 
'{ Flowet>(tarden and I.anii, 
Ornamental Trees. — Use as much care in planting 
these as in setting fruit-trees. In ornamenting a 
lawn do not plant the trees and shrubs in regular 
order, but endeavor to give it a natural appear- 
ance. Trees that have been bent by winds during 
the winter should be righted or reset. 
Hedges.— Where a protection is needed near the 
house, a living fence of Arbor Vitas or Norway 
Spruce is quite ornamental. 
Climbers.— Plant a good variety of climbers for 
covering trellises, arbors, etc. Clematises, Wis- 
tarias, Honeysuckles, etc., are all very handsome 
and rapid growers. 
Herbaceous Perennials that have been set several 
years, ought to be taken up and divided before 
they have started into growth. 
Biennials, such as Hollyhocks and Sweet Wil- 
liams, should be transplanted to the border. 
Annuals.— The hardy sorts may be sown as early 
as the frost leaves the ground. Sow tender varie- 
ties in a hot-bed or in window-boxes. 
Bulbs.— Hardy bulbs should be uncovered and 
the ground kept free of weeds. 
C!reenUou«es and Window-Boxes. 
As the time for bedding out plants is so near at 
kand, proper care should be taken to give them 
plenty of air, so that the change will not be sud- 
den. This may be done by opening the ventila- 
tors, shutting off most of the fire heat, and on 
warm, pleasaut days by opening the doors. 
Camellias.— As they are making their growth they 
should have plenty of water and a little more heat. 
Keep clear of insects. 
Pelargoniums coming into flower will neod 
plenty of water and light. 
Propagating. — Continue to propagate bedding- 
plants as fast as possible, in order that a large stock 
may be prepared for sale or planting out. 
Seeds of annuals that are small ought to be 
planted iu boxes or pans, and instead of covering 
with earth, press the seeds into the soil and then 
sprinkle from a fine-rose watering-pot. 
Dahlias.— Bring the tubers iuto a warm place 
where they will sprout. 
Carinas.— • Start in the greenhouse, and set out iu 
the open ground when warm. 
Tuberoses do best if started iu the greenhouse and 
then turned into the open ground next month. 
Window-Boxes. — The plants ought not to be al- 
lowed to become drawn, but should have plenty of 
light and air, and free exposure on mild clays. 
numbers of milkers sent here for sale. Poor quality has 
also contributed to the general dullness. So glutted have 
our markets been with hard lots of old cows, that they 
were sold at $23 © $30 each by the car-load. Recent 
sales of two cars rather ordinary cows were made at $55 
each. The decline for the month is about $10 per head. 
Very many of those now sent here for sale are springers. 
Fresh cows vary from $30 to $50 each for poor, $55 to $10 
for medium to good, with a few choice at $75 to $80 
Calves.— The figures show only a moderate increase in 
numbers, but the markets to-day are perfectly glutted 
with dressed veals, and overstocked with live. Trade is 
slow, and prices much lower. There are fully three times 
as many dead calves sent in as are reported above among 
the live-stock. It now takes a fat calf to bring 10c. $ lb., 
alive, or ever 13c., dressed. Good to prime milk-fed live 
calves are worth 9c. © 10c. $ lb. ; common to fair sell at 
7c. ©SVic. ; mixed lots, at 5c. ©6!Jc. Hog-dressed are 
worth 10c. & 14c. for milk-fed, and 6c. @ 9c. for grassers. 
Sheep and Lambs.— These show quito a 
falling off iu arrivals, the approach of shearing time and 
the season of spring lambs inducing farmers to keep 
stock back. Already we have a few spring lambs, which 
sell too high to be taken as regular quotations, for they 
will rapidly decline. By the pound they are worth about 
20c, though some of 41 lbs. each went at 22c. Sheep 
have advanced a full cent ^ ft. during the month. Three 
cars fine-wool Ohio, 115 fts. average, just sold at lO'/Jc. $ 
ft. Poor to medium sheep are quoted at T/Sc. © 8'/ t c. 
$ ft. ; fair to good at SJic. @ 9!4c. ; and prime to best 
selections at 10c. ©lO'Jc. .. Swlue.- In addition to 
the live hogs reported above there were 39,282 dressed re- 
ceived during the month. Prices are scarcely as firm as 
they were four weeks ago, the packing season approach- 
ing its close, while receipts are still quite liberal. Live arc 
worth 5%c. © 5?£c; city-dressed Western, 6J4C. © 6*c. ; 
Westera dressed, 5=sc. © 5J£c. 
Sen York I^ive-Stoclc Markets. 
whek enotno Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. Tot'l. 
February 19th ",189 130 816 30,502 35.367 74,004 
February 26th 6,503 205 795 16,564 27.850 51,922 
March 4th 6,259 126 880 18.015 26,377 91,631 
March 11th 7.3S6 182 878 18.785 26,265 53,496 
'Total in i Weeks 27.343 643 3.369 8:1,966 115,959 331, 079 
00. f or prev.i JFee*s.. 30,564 428 3,325 100,091127,356 261,764 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
Averaae per Week 6,RS5 161 843 20,966 28,965 
do to last Month.... Ifiil 107 831 25,023 31,839 
Sn : do aren't Month... .6,035 109 954 20,595 36.158 
Average per Week, ISil 7,187 S3 2,301 25,132 25,177 
Beef Cattle.— Receipts are usually lighter at this 
season of the year, fanners arranging to increase their 
stock for grazing. Besides this, it is evident that so 
many cattle perished at the West during the unusually 
severe winter, we shall have a light run this spring, and 
it is feared the stock will be poor. Trade has been some- 
what uniform during the past month, the market closing 
at a trifling decline. There is a great falling off in arrivals 
of Texans, only 494 coming forward during the past 
mouth. At the last general market there were 130 car- 
loads of cattle on sale at Commuuipaw, 95 cars at Hun- 
dredth Street, and 40 at Weehawken, all these places 
comprising the New York market. Good cattle com- 
manded 12c. i? ft-i and were in fair demand, though the 
opening of the shad season, with abundance of ckeap 
eggs, and veals coming in freely, somewhat lessen the de- 
mand for beef. 
Below we give the rauge of prices, average price, and 
figures at which large lots were sold : 
Feb. 19th, ranged!) ©13 c. Large sales 10^@12 c.Av.ll^ 
Feb. 26th, do. 9 ®12«e. do. do. lOyOHV.'c. do. HVS 
March 4th, do. S'<ff,12\e. do. do. iri\(?ll»,'c. do. 11!^ 
March 11th, do. 9M@13 c. do. do. 11 @12 c. do. lljj 
Milch Cows.- The spring of the year is always 
looked upon as the best time in which to sell cows. The 
present time proves au exception, made so by the large 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which ire throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
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Our Basket. — We try to answer each, month 
as many questions as possible, but we find that we usually 
have many items for which room can not be made. Not- 
withstanding the many answered in the paper each 
month, and as many or more answered by mail, we find 
it difficult to keep up with this department. We regard 
" The Basket " as one of the most important parts of the 
paper, and there is none npon which more care is be- 
stowed. The longer articles often answer many corre- 
spondents at once ; for instance, those in this issue upon 
Irrigation and upon Cattle Stanchions serve as a reply to 
a score or two of letters. With every desire to make the 
contents or the paper meet all wants, we must ask the 
patience of some who arc unanswered. We will try to 
get to them iu time. • . 
