The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-04-04
AGRICULTURE

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.-MANAoEMENr OF FRUIr TREEs.-P -PRuS-
1NG.- Every cultivator Of fruit should thor.
oughly examine his orchard and fruit garden,
beforelhe is interrupted by the approaching
busy season. Those who have, large trees
should give them The necessary pruning. A
slight triining every year or two, is much
batter than the more frequent Practice oi
heavy burning after, years of neglect inG,
I The work should be done this. month as
, early as possible, that the wounds may be-
come well dried before the sap flows
There is more judgement and care needed
lin pruning large trees than in any other
part of their management, The, operator
Should bear in mind, thai a, neat /, handsome
head is 10 be preserved; that the best shaped
and most thrifty branches are TO be left and
that the light Of the sun should be admitted
as firsas practicable, io, all parts ofrthe tree.
| A thrifty growlhlof the branches will thus be
kept up; and in connection with good cult
Ivation of the soil, the fruit will POSSESS the
the large size, and fine flavor, and appear
ance, SO eminenty desirable,, and usually
seen on young trees. The advantage Of ad-
hitting the sunlight must be obvious to eye.
nv one who has noticed the difference be-
tween the rich flvor Of fruit fully exposed
to the solar rays, and that which has grown
under thick mass Of branches ,aud eaves.-
Indeed, so important is this influence, that
The, exposed side of an apple is often found
m ich richer in favor than the shaded side
the rich acid of the DEsopus Spitzcnburgh,'
and the sugary sweetness of the Iallman.
Sweeiing, are most strikmgly observable UNI
der the dark red surface Of the one, and
brown, sunny, cheek ofthe other t'''''.'oi'
Large wounds made in pruning, should
be protected by suitable air-tight and wat,
er-proof coating, otherwise they will dry and
crack, admitrain, and finally become diseased
from decay, The cheapest good coating is
a mixture Of tar and brick dust, applied hot;
the best and n,a.cst is a thick soluion If
gum shelac, in alcohol olkeptcorkodtighi, and
applied with brash.--Albany ,Cultipator., Is,
BUDDED TRFEs.-Trees in which buds
were inserted last summer, should now be
hea,Ie,i down ~ liIe bud, -riIur " may grow
freely BY receiving all the sap.a 10 cause,
the new shoot to grow straight, Leave, two or,
three inches of the stock above the bud to
this the new shoot is TO be closely tied as
soon as it a few inches long. and so remain
ill midsummer, When the Istumpois TO be
pared down, closely TO he}bud.-Ibid,i Iuia
ANOTHER HELP FROM CHEMISTRY To AG-
RicuLruRE.-Dumas is khown to be in Par
is what Professor Hare is in Philadelphia
at has lately been discovered that the flesh
of animals, which are,killed in the. middle Of
the night, viii. keep much longer than il
will when they are killed Ia the day time; !;
and it is, for this reason. preferred by those
who prepare pottcd meas. This is very
singular; for ii proves that the flesh is fittest
for keeping when taken fouI the animal at
the time when the respiration Isl slowest and
the temperature of the animal lowest. ,,It4is
will known that the flesh of animals which
have been hard driven. will not Keep at aall.
After What has been stated, we neednot be
as Ills qnickens the Iespiration,
and heighteEs the temperature" ."-Dumas'
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