Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1891 — General Notes. [ARTICLE]

General Notes.

No plant needs more water than it can drink. Mixed barnyard manure is betterthan clear horse manure for most garden, crops. It is always better to lot somebody" else test the value of novelties in herbu culture. Don’t pile up trash from the garden and trimmings from the bushes and vines. Burn them. A, little nitrate of soda placed about the tomato plant before boelng will increase the yield. It is better to plant vegetable seed pretty thick, and thin out. It is more profitable to thin than it is to replant. Will cabbage grow on new land? asks “an amateur." Yes. Manure the land well. Guano in the hill is first-rate for cabbage. An orchard of 800 acres has recentlybeen set in Osage County, Kansas, by a man who already has one of nearly 450 acres. When drawing out the manure do not forget that the garden will repay for a liberal top dressing of that that Is well rotted. The worst thing that can be impressed upon the mind of a farmer Is that a complete education is of no advantage tb the pursuit of agriculture. On the other hand, the best thing for him is to be thoroughly imbued with the idea and belief that a farmer should be a well in- > formed man, with s well trained mind able to perceive the close connection there is between his practice and the physical science; the value ol habits of thought, a retentive memory, and a facility for the perception of the of facts to one another. He should be able to use all his montal faculties, well) developed by training as well as his hauds and muscular strength. He should 1 be taught that the hoped-for-rtgenera-tion of his vocation and the most profitable pursuit of the business are to come from the foundation of better rural schoo's and the better education of hi*, children.