The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-04-02
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Prslri. Farmer.
GRAFrING IN TH r ltCOr.

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GRSFrlNG IN TH = ltGOr.
Msssrs. Editors;
Is hnot strange lha, some People pa,
30 lsttle attention To the culture of fran
trees! Why have in my minds eye a
This time a, least one farm tia, has bee
under cultivation for % wears, and ye
not lruI, tree on il, or if there is any
10 q come-by-chance. And nav man,
are there in the State that have had llei
farms made for many years. and yet u.
orchards on them. Strange, o. passin.
strange as il is, yet it is neverlhcl, IS To-,
true. that although many are awake 10
the importance of This subject. many 9th.
ers are asleep; and yet these same people
love fruit when they can get il, az well a.
those that are a, the trouble anl care oil
raising il ; bu, ipey will awake some few
years since, WHEN the contrast between
their orchards and ,heir neishbors, will
be any thing bul gratifying tn them selves
Every boly should Sc. out irui. trees the
first season after they have 90, their ground
fenced ana broken up. But my intention
in this mmn,icalion ore particularly
was to give my mode Of root grating, a,
the season for tina, operation will snol BE-
At hanl. Now have M doub', tha, in
the mind, OF may there is a greal deal ui
mystery about ,li, matter of grating, as
well as building. In fact have been
called on to perform these operations by
those that could just as well have done i,
themselves. There need be no myslel;
aboni il. Every body that knows how to
white can perform tho operation Of roo,
grating, provided he knows how 10 splil
slick as well as TO white one.
Having procured my roofs AMI srinns,
comneaca by eating up the root, about
three inches long, no. being particular
whether they are cut oil slllre or other
wise; AMI as 10 the am 'un, cut up al once
il doe, no, matter. SO they are kept moisl
Mex, utup lot Of tl,e sci,ns, allow
ing at leas. two buds to the gr4G. Being
seated with both roots aud scions within
reach AMI my big jlck knife IN hind.
sharpen quantity Of the scions in such
manner that they will best fl ,he s,Iir
which make in the tor. As ispiIt itie
root Immediately insert a scion, then
carefully lay il one side until have graf
ted as many as can conveniently carry.
then take them TO my nur.ery. the
ground being previously prepared Cor
them, and set them out, as you would any
Thing else. only taking care that the ground
is well pulverizea and drawn up around
the graft sufficiently to keep i, mois, al
the connection between The roo, and The
scion. use neither wax nor string, nor
is it needed. OF course some care must
be used as you inser. the scion in the root
that the bark of the one shall eros, that
Of the other a; some point. Thu, in one
4 or two days any farmer can graft euough
for large orchard. And any one VIM a
little care and attention eau no, only raise
his own apple trees, bu, have them of the
most approved kind, anil by SO Jeng will
no. only benefit himself, but be blessing
to the community around him, and 70
generations yet unborn. b.
Eaglish Lire Stock Three Centuries
ago.-Polydore Vergil, writing about
the beginning Of the 18th century, thus
describes the cattle and other live stock
in this country at ,ha. period =
England is well stored with all kind.
Of beasts, besides asses, mules, camels,
and elephants ~; but there is engendered
neither any Venomous beasts, nor raven
ing, except foxes, and in old tines wolves;
ny the which means their cattle d , freely
stray without harm almost without, at
iendant keeper; for a man my see herds
OF oxen an! horses, yea, hocks of sheen.
daily wandering and mighty, through hills
and dales, through common fields sci
open for pasture, and through several
grounds as every neighbor my take the
commodity thereof in feeding his cattle
after the corn is gathered in;
great company Of their horses do n,l
trol, but am5le; and yet neither lr,,,ers
nor ambers are strongest, as strength i,
not always incident to that which is more
gentle or less courage ,us. Their oxen
are OF the like nature, wherefore many
Of them are yoked al once in one plou 81,
or cart, ((or both the earth /, TILED, and
cars drawn, as we'll with oxen as hor,esl
which also stand mn in no SIN III stead
az touching tho bearing of bu,len.-
Their oxen and welher, are beasts, as il
were. of nature, or,liincd for faasiiny. /
whose flesh aim IS, in no place is Of II, r, ,
pleasant taste; bu, be4is peerless, espe.
cially being few days powdered with
sals--neitller is it any marvel, for tha,
beast, once released from laboring, is
kept up for their common feeding. In
fine, the chief bod of Englishmen con.
sisie!h in flesh; neither among them do
those oxen lack their com nenda.ion.
which. afIeflong travail or ,ravel1 are
killed. in their age, albeit their flesh is q
harder than the other