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

4
Itself above the ground. Why cannot they
be protected in the GeIi equally as well
without being subjected to spriug handling
aud removal! 1t would be all easy matter
to cover the stems in the furrows two Oh
three, or even four inches deep and remove
lhe covering il the spring, which would be
agood working. have been thinking al
The summer | would plant portion OF my
crop in this way; but should be afraid tc
recommend it strongly to others, lest there
might be failure. If, however, it should
succeed as well as am convinced il woulc
! produce much finer tree Than by tie com
assIisp mode. | perceive that Cheney, who
is very experienced cnItivator. recon-
mends that layers should be planted in the
, falI.-At all events, know from experience
that the earliest spring planting is much to
be preferred to deferr!ng i: until the ground
becomes somewhat warm. Like grains o
early planted corn, the cuttings arc throw.
ing out roofs, The germ may not appear
above grouud much sooner than the late
, planting. Unless the ground was clean.
there might be danger from the field mice.
! Please give thy views on this subject.
! "Wit thou take it amiss, If [ venture 10
assign one or two reasons why thou sbouIds,
rot off:r thy plants of 1889 for - cents,
as thou didst propose doing some time ogo
would no. deter thee from doing so, for
The purpose ofkecp;ng up the price. lfthcy
do not sell for more than Cd. | shall be
perfectly satisfied. Itis enough for them.
! But can any one individual reduce the mar.
kcl price by offering his crop at reduced
rates, or even by giving them away? Per-
haps thou mayest grow million. Ifthere
be brisk demand for 20 million, which will
probably be the extent Of the supply next
year a million or more or less will have very
little effect upon prices. By contracting
now TO receive much less than they will
probably command, thy efforts TO reduce
the prices will be uuavaiIiug. and thou wilt
be voluntarily depriving lhyselfof the profits
10 be derived from the culture. Spectators,
also. might buy up thy whole crop, and re-
tail it at greatly advanced rates. Indeed it
is only the Speculation, perhaps, that would
now contract 10 receive plants 10 be deli.
vcrcd year hence. So that sec no pro-
babii'y of thy elfecting thy object by this
course. 1t is however very POSSIBLE that by
another year, public feeling on the subject
may be more rational, and that prices may
correspond with the actual value Of tho
plan: for which it is designed y'naturc. We
are now going through the paroxysm Of the
fever, in due time it will abatc, health will
be restored, and reason resume her empire.
Let US wait patiently for il, and do all we
can 10 promote the culture Of silk. until the
question is settled whether or not it can be
introduced into this country as profitable
branch Of agriculture.
Il think lhavc obtained some valuable
Information respecting the action of bone
manure in growing mulberries. When |
was at the north. | inquired particularly
about is general value, at Boston, Phi,a.
deIphia and Baltimore. At Boston. there
is very large mandatory. At all three
places, the price for crushed bones is 35
CTS. per bushe!. purchased 200 or 300
bushels in Baltimore but it was not until
after / left there, that heard ofits good ef-
feels on mulbcrries. A grower in Burling.
ion had applied somc to small lot of
ground, and the effect was so beneficial,
that heard the trees spoken Of as being
the finest OF the whole country. They had
tried to keep the knowledge Of it secret
there, for their own advantage but l intend
that it shall be known. am promised the
result of another experiment. am fully
convinced that with the use Of S. worth Of
bone manure to the acre, our highest and
dryest and poorest lands can be made to
produce trees 5 or 6, or 7 feet high.
"Pleasc inform me what was Sidney Wei
le.'s mode Of saving his immature cuttings.
Iheard thee detail it, but perhaps have
forgotten some part"
In answer to the foregoing inquiry. and
for the benefit Of all others of our readers,
the information derived from Mr.. Weller's
statement Of his practice will here be s'v.
en-.
All who have observed the Morus Multi
caulis, know that the plants of one years
growth have large portion o. the latest
formed stem and branches so green anu
tender as to be unfit TO withstand severe
frosts. Th'spart of the plants with all the
buds thereon, though frequently amounting
TO one.f,h, or more ofthe whole number on
the plant,) has, until lately, been deemed
worthless and taken no account OF IN sa'es'
or in planting.-But in our own small prac. a.,
tice. il was observed last spring, when the
plants were taken out ofthe earth in which
they had been KEEP, through winter. that the the
unripe buds, 10 the very cx'remItIes OF ,he
twiss, had begun to start in growth, and OF
course that they possessed enough vital
nowcr n nrodnce nlauts, il properly man.