Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-01-09


chasers, still more than 10 obtain the legiti.
mate gain ofthe actual increase Of the stock
Of plants. AS described to US, the follow.
ing is the most approved and productive
plan of raising from layers. Early in July,
or as soon as tie young shoots are 10 to Is
inches high, let each be bent down and laid
on the eartI.. and confined there by forked
slick, and little earth be laid on one Of the
buds near the extremity. The leaves Of
the buried buds should be cut of. From
these, roots soon strike cut, and each ex.
trcmity runs up rapidly into what northern
nurserymen call "a tree" Soon aftee the
first operation, every alternate bud, Of the
stem laid down, should he covered viii
earth in like manner, and from each of the
Intern date buds left uncovered, rherc will
be thrown up o:her upright shoots, of which
the connecting original stom may be cut
apart, before the growing season is over.
and thus form so many Of what are termed
"rooted and untrimmcd" trees, and sold as
such, formerly al 25 to 38, and now at 60.
cents or more, apiece: In this manner in
good season, and during rapid growth. we
are informed that sometimes six, or eight,-
and even ten "rco,ed trees" may be raised
IN ayear rom single bud planted the same
season. This is very useful practice 10"
increase small stock rapidly; as these
secondary, though very inferior plants, If
we'll preserved through winter, will furnish
greatly increased stock of buds and roots
for the next years planting. But to sell
these plants. Of half u seasons growth, 10
distant purchasers as rooted trees" without
explanation, is gross fraud, which has
been most extensively practised already.
and by which hundreds ofthousands ofdol.
lars have been, and will be, unrigtteously
gained.
From this description many purchasrrx
Of plans will not understand the manner in
which their supplies were produced. For
plants from layers must necessarily be of
small height, the growth late, aud larre
proportion of the s':m unripe-and always
without branches, ihosgh sold perhaps .,
nearly double price for being sntr;mmed''J
and the roots, consisting of snail horizon.
tai bit of the original stem convcned TO
root, with merely few ,i,read.like rooties
extending therefrom. Purchasers should
guard against receiving the products Of
layers as "rooted trees whether sold as
"untrimmed" or not.
Cuttings, also, may 5e separated from
young plants in any wet season, during
summer, and, if SIT out Immediately, will
have, and form separate rooted plants. We
are inclined 10 believe that the topping of
young plants, for this object. in Jolly, would
be useful, by causing more extension of
side. branches, end better maturing The buds
on extremi'ies.
Among the great and unexpected pro-
ducts from this years growth Of mulberty
plants, there will be an abundant hasvcse of
lawsuits. Wekuow Of fsevsralhavisx been
already commenced. There will be novel
points OF agricul,urallaw for the courts TO
decide, which will be curious. and not
little amusing TO all except the Iitigant par.
ties.-AlI persons who mako contracts,
should be very cautious as to the otherparty
with whom they deal, and the manner OF
fixing the conditions. We will close these
scraps OF information with some aritbme.
tical calculations and estimates, which per.
haps may be Of service to readers who ties-
ign either to buy or to sell, or who are in
possession Of multicaulis plants. Wehave
had reason to be surprized to find, in SUM-
dry cases, how little had been done, even by
dealers to q large amount ofmoney, in tho
way Of estimating automatically, ,hcpresent
or prospective amounts, or market prices
Of their possessions or purchases. II is,
therefore, that we have thought that these
mulberry statistics, and estima:es, tnAing
and humble as sthey are, may not b. useless.
On page 500, vol. 2. ofFamers' Regis.
ter, and ia the appsndix to the Essay on
Calcareous Manures, (pp. i93, l04) there
is table Of the number of plants, or rec.
tangular spaces, in an acre, at every dis
tance that can be desired. This will bo
found far more convenient for reference 70
showthe number OF mulberry plants TO IN
acre, than for the o'ber purposes for which
the table was originally designed.
According 10 this table an acrc of land
planted with cuttings at the distance Of
feet by l, would take 1880 plants. This
allows abundant space for the first years
growth. Ats feet by LII inches, there
would be Is 125 plants and therefore, for
round numbers, $4,000 may be taken as
the number Of cuttings proper for an acre,
and which, if not growing unusually large.
would not be too thick even ifall were to
live. Upon this ground the cost and re.
tnrns (and coyectured profits will be esti..
mated.
COST.
$4,000 single.bud cuttings,
bought Nov. 1888, o,
% cts. each, make tho