The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-02-20


CULTIVATION OF THE MORuS MIL.
TlCAUlIS.
~ GIDEON . -HIru
Ssilaad Situation. SANDY soils and hgh
sitastons are always 70 be selected, Il pos.
slble. The soll eau scarcely be too sandy.
Indeed the finest trees the winter ever saw,
grew 70 . sol loo sandy ior any o;her crop.
The ues, best is hight mould, and next 10
hls ordinary soil. The best situations nfe
hill SIDES, and the northern ddcs particular
Is The ncAt. the tops OF hrlls, and third, any
hlsh table land from wAich s9,ef naturally
drains of during winter. II these soils are
capable Of producing mnderala crops Of
corn, they are rich enough Tor the mulberry
,,ee. eed aht not 10 IT, mauuted. u tho
ground be too rich, nnd especially in level
SITUATIONS, tho tree is kept sro"ing too late
IN the fall, and does not mature lis wood
before the cold season arrives, aud hence is
incapable Of wiihsianding severe ffosis.--
Ii Is to this grand error, nf planting IN rich
grounds, thai the idea tbs, morus mullicau
liz vii GOT stand the wiaiet, Is 10 be aiIflbu
led at ieast in part, tclosc planting be.ng
another cause.) So.ls on which a good
crop Of corn, or potatoes or other roots,
grew lad yrar, are abuudaaily rich for the
mulberry. Ii The land has been lined, all
tie better; nod It MT, good dressing Of
80 to 80 bushels 10 the acre will be USEFUL
Why're the land is very poor, OF when It
IS &ctermined to apply manure, old well
foiied stable manure AMY be applied. VI vIl
rotted cos yard manure Is hriirr ihau horse
manase; bot black vegetable mould tom
the woods j. best Il an, and may b. appip 4
With gtea, bcnff,. " ben Manure IS used,
II s5olId BE- sptead broad cast and ploa ghcd
ln-yery ,iic hepeli, Sill be derived ifom
menpfiag 10 the h,iI'
Preparation # tAe soil-The ground
ought to have been well pluuehed in the
AL; bot il will On IN Tho sprlng. Where
The ground Is not naturally very hight and
porous, i shaai BE- pioushei as deep as
possible. tia, The roots u4y readily peno.
ifa,e deeply, and thus escape the effects Of
sumner dro9ghts, besides receiving all the
benefits d simmer rains. This is very
great advantage and ought not 10 he omit
ted. After the FIRST deep ploughine, II the
soil be light, dwelling aud pulsafzing IT by
narrowing, IS all that is nscessaty Heavy
souls must hc cross ploughed until lSey are
well prepared. After the ground has been
ploughed aud narrowed, it may BE- laid of
~ Fo*s by small seed plough, for plant
;ag.
The best time ior plan,iag the cuttings,
IS as soon as the ground can be 60, ready
N The spring. They will not grow enough
10 be injured by any frost that may occur !;
nor will any degree Of frost injuFc the cot.
h'ss N the ground.
Cuttings, Layers, Ssc.--Therc arc four
kinds Of cuttings, va: long cuitiacs, (lhe
whole branch, short cuttings, (the branch.
es OF other wood Gu, in pieces six 10 twelve
inches long double cuttings (ailh two
buds and single cuttings, (wllh one bud J
Long cuttings arc laid lenglhwisc IN tho
iafrow, the butt end of the second being
about one foot from the top end Of The first,
ana covered about t0o inches deep. with
n@. The objections to this mode are, that
az lhe buds grow, The ,feos stli stand too
c'oSe' and canno, make good trees; i they
20 not all grow, there Is loss Of all the
oldS That fail. Short cuttings are planted
- INC same way and are subject TO the same
O'lecllons, but IN less degree. Both are
considered BY The writer as nh1rding no
ao'an'age over single cuttings, and as high
y objectionable on account of the expense,
,N tFsl requiring five TO ten times as many
oaas to plaui an acre, and the second three
=" SIX times as many az are required with
s'Hg'o cuttings. Besides all this, il any
part OF long cutting becomes diseased,
una rols, the whole length OF II is apt 10 be
ah4c'rd and lost whereas had it been cut
mo single or double cuttings, many of the
oil+ might probably have been saved. L.
Ash'n, II oue bud gets star, before the
olhers, II Is very apt 10 attract all the sap Of
'e cutting, and thus preveat the othetstrom
growing and # It do not do this, it viii gen
orally cause the others to DO of a small size.
me trees, also, raised from loug cuttings,
ate necessarily clustered IN small groups,