. Buist's almanac and garden manual for the year 1888 :b designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers, farmers and planters, on the cultivation of vegetables, with other useful information on gardening. Vegetables. lllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIirillllllillllilllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIli:' I BUISrS ALMANAC AND GARDEN 157 | S until the frost cuts it down in the Fall; stands the drought better than any = = grass, having long, cane-like roots whifh penetrate the soil for moisture; = E superior both as a gra/.ing and hay grass;
. Buist's almanac and garden manual for the year 1888 :b designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers, farmers and planters, on the cultivation of vegetables, with other useful information on gardening. Vegetables. lllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIirillllllillllilllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIli:' I BUISrS ALMANAC AND GARDEN 157 | S until the frost cuts it down in the Fall; stands the drought better than any = = grass, having long, cane-like roots whifh penetrate the soil for moisture; = E superior both as a gra/.ing and hay grass; has abundance of roots which = = decay, thereby enriching the ground rather than exhausting it as Timothy = = does; belonging to the ijorghum family, it contains much saccluirine = E matter, whicli is an important factor in tlie food of stock. It will grow on = = any land where corn will grow. On lands that will produce a bale of cot- = E ton to the acre, four to six tons of hay can be cut per annum, cutting three = E and four times. Heavy fertilizing would produce greater results. The = E best results follow sowing the seed in August and September, enalding the = E seed to get a good root by I'all, and fonning a better turf the following = = season. Sow broadcast, with clean seed, at the rp.'c of one Inishcl to the = E acre, or seed in the chaff at the rate of two bushels to the acre, and cover = E with a light brush, or sow just before a heavy rain. Three good crops the = E following season will be the result if the season is favorable. Sowing in = E the Spring does well, but the crop would not be as heavy .the fust year. = = Price per lb., 50 cts.; bush, of 25 lbs., ;$ =. I BRUDDER SAM'S MEMORY IS WEAK SOMETIMES, f E " Lur'us 'bout me, Mac—1 can 'membah de mos' insignif'cant ting dat = = eber happened since I wah two yeah ole. F'rinstance—" = I "I say, Brudder Sam, does yo' 'membah anyt'ing 'bout dai ha t dollah = E yo' borr'd ob me las' yeah ?"
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