CABEOTS. 
I consider this one of the most valuahle of our 
root crops, partially because of the intr insic val¬ 
ue of the roots themselves, and also on account 
of the comparative e se with which a good crop 
can be secured. They do not need sowing until 
June, after the hurry of the spring planting is 
over and the first crop of weeds has come up. 
Both of these reasons are forcible. To have to 
stop in the most hurrying time of the year to fit 
land as carefully as it ought to be fitted for root 
crops, is not at all pleasant. And any one who 
has ever grown the onion crop knows to what 
a great disadvantage a man is placed who is 
obliged to sow his laud as soon as the frost is 
out. The weed seeds, of which there are always 
too many even in the best cultivated grounds, 
wilf be stimulated to growth by the working of 
the soil, and coming up sooner than the crop, 
they make a gi at deal of work for the first 
weeding. But with the carrot crop the land 
can lie until the weeds get up, and the prepar¬ 
ation of* the soil for the carrots insure their de- 
etructicn. The air and ground both being warm, 
the carrot seed germinates quickly and gets the 
start of any weed seed which may have remain¬ 
ed in ihe soil. Consequently it is not a great 
deal of work to see o the crop if it is grown, 
as such crops or U always to be, on pretty 
clean, nice land. -A rather light, loamy soil 
which is free from scones, suits this crop well. 
If the land is rich, or was highly manured last 
year, it will r ot need a great deal of fertilizing 
material to enable it to produce a good crop of 
carrots. A little gm no, or half a ton of flour of 
bone per acre, well harrowed in, would benefit 
the crop, a din fact that it contained no foul 
seeds, would have an advantage over stable ma¬ 
nure. Although the Long Orange is a favorite 
variety, I prefer the Short Horn. This, ma¬ 
tures quickly, yu Ids better, and is a great deal 
easier to dig. 
It is h Ss. work to feed carrots than iurnips, 
because they can be cut much more readily. 
Horses thrive upon them, and for cows which 
are giving milk, carrots are among the best of 
foods. They not only keep the system in good 
condition, but also increase the quantity of the 
milk, ard give u fine color to the butter. For 
farmers wi.o keep hor-es or cows and who have 
land any ways suited to the production of this 
crop, I think a few carrots will pay as well as 
anything which they can grow for their stock. 
[City and Country. 
A CORRESPONDENT of the New Hampseire 
Mirror and Fanner states that his remedy for 
protecting cabbage from the green worm is to 
sift a little wheat flour on t he cabbage while it 
is wet with dew once every week or ten days. 
One pound of flour is sufficient tor 200 plants, 
and can be applied With a mustard box, having 
snmli holes punctured in the cover. The remedy 
is simple and harmless. 
As THE COUNTRY GROWS OLDER the wells 
do not give as good water as they did when first 
dug, particularly if near homes and earns. In 
time the soil through which water percolates be¬ 
comes saturated with offensive matter, and 
eometimes streams of filth find Heir way to the 
well from ce-spools and stables. Bain water 
from the roofs of houses after being filtered is 
much better and always safe and pure. 
Dr. Hoskins, of Vermont, says: “Very few 
persons know the productiveness of the garden 
strawberry under good cultivation. I have 
picked as many as lour two-gallon basketfuls 
from a square rod at a single pi.. -1 ■. Crops of 
200, and occasionally over 200, hr jhels to the 
acre are reported, and 150 bushels are only a 
fair crop. At 10 cents a quart the crop will give 
a return of $470 per acre, more than half of 
which is clear profit.”—Mirror and Farmer. 
An Indiana Farmer walked info lire house 
ihe other day with a tickled look upon his face 
and his hat ou his ear, ard c 1 out: 
“By gum! Hanner, what d: j o i think?” 
“What’s happened now?” 
“You know that fellow that > Id me the churn, 
and had me sign a paper?” 
“Yes.” 
“Well, that paper was a note for $50.” 
“Noa ?” 
“True as preaching. And what do you sup¬ 
pose?” 
“He sold it.” 
“Eight you are. Went and sold it to a bank 
in Vincennes, and I’ve got to pay it. Think of 
it, Hanner—my note good ’nuff to be sold to a 
bank four stories high, and plate-glass window s, 
and they send me the seme kind of a notice to 
pay as they do a rich man. 1 must let Sims 
hear cf it some way. T he Sims family look 
upon us as scrubs, and here we are treated the 
same as if we rode in a fin kerri ige'behind four 
horses.” 
“You have a distinguished company,” remark¬ 
ed old MacShoddeigb, who was the first to make 
his appearance at a select supper given by his 
city friend. “Distinguished! the deuce!” said 
the host. “They are the waiters. Very few of 
the guests have arrived.” 
