Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-11-09

deemed almost Indispensable unless the ,ro,-,.
quite moist. Next, put In little more earth ~. Is
sing it around the tree with the foot Afta. pres
throw On an inch or 30 of loose EARTH and the worI
done. ""1kls
"Another mode of filing ND around trees call,
n1uddsg an, has proved yery successful MAJ Ialed
circular dam around the tree first or as soon as -
needed then let one person sift the soil into the b
upon the roots, while another constantly pours in W.
ter, thus keeping the earth in thin muddy state
The operation will require considerable time hut "a.
success is perhaps more certain than that of any 9th
er mode.
The best compost manure for trees where the so
is poor, is mixture of two parts of muck or neat
earth with one part of barn-yard manure adding e
convenient, small quantity of wood-ashes or mil
verified charcoal. If these have been mixed soma
months, or even year or two previously to being
used the composition will be ali the better Nevas
put raw manure in contact with the roots.
{" after treatment-When the tree is transplanted
in the fall winter it is extremely advantageous to
place conical mound consisting of from five to ten
bushels Of soil compost manure, close around the
tree, to save it from being disturbed by the action Of
the frost. This mound should be removed In the
spring 1t is generally best to put stake down, to
which the tree may be tied for the first season after
being set. This ought to be done before filling up
the hole in order not to bruise the roots Large
cobble stones laid close to tree, answer quite as
good purpose.
If the tree languishes, when it commences grow.
ing, cover the ground in circle Of three or four
feet in diameter around it, with straw litter
from the barnyard, laying on sods stones to keep
this from being blown away This process is called
naehing. 1t keeps the soil moist and in that state
of equabe temperature most favorable to the growth
of young roots. Watering on the surface, without
mulching is almost always injurious. Feeble trees
may also be benefited, by shading them with pine
boughs, &c.
ff with all this care, the tree continues still fee
ble head back its top yet more severely and water
the leaves and twi gs every evening, with water.
pot.
eff, having followed all the above directions the
planter still finds his tree standing season after sea-
SON, neither growing nor fruiting, but only existing
let him consult his true interest by transferring it to
the wood-pile Why cumbereth it the ground!
TO Keep sweet Potatoes.
As the time to dig sweet potatoes is most at hand
would suggest method for their preservation thro'
winter, which consider the most convenient and
the surest to the ends which essential to
keep potatoes with success towit: proper temper
allure, exclusion of light and dampness. The meth
cd is simply to throw the potatoes up in conica heaps
of eight or ten bushels to a heap, covering them
lightly with straw, then with tops cornstaks and
lastly with dirt being careful to have the ground up
on which you make the heap so elevated as to drain
off all rain water, and the tops of the heaps so we'll
secured, not to admit water. have suggested
putting them in small heaps of eight ten bushels
because when potatoes put away for winter use are
disturbed by breaking into them decay is apt to
commence very soon thereafter. By having them in
small heaps when once the heap is disturbed, it be-
ing small, you it before much injury is done
In keeping potatoes through the winter, good
deal depends upon the kind of potato and upon the
time of digging them. know from actual expert
ence that variety will keep much better than
other. The kind that prefer for keeping is known
among the farmers in my vicinity the yellow bark
Potatoes should always be dug as soon after the first
good frost be- Do not suffer too much cold to
come upon them.-PhH Dol. Newspaper.
DURABILITY OF RED CEDAR-We have heard of an
old farmer, who, when asked how he knew that &C.
dar posts would last forever said he had frequent
ly tried the experiment Some may doubt his asser-
tion yet its lasting powers have been found to exceed
a long life time. At the head of one of the graves
in Old St. Mary's, -" Nd there stands cedar slab
which, the inscription indicates, placed there
in 17l7, and is still perfectly sound.
To prevent Horses from running Qf-When the Icelander
two together horseback and wish to dsmoun
and leave their horses for any length of tme they tie the
head of horse the tail of the other and the head the
second to the tail of the former In this reversed condition
they make progress, and they at all they
only go in circle.
g ARSA D.