Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-16

OTCHUr0 ITeeS.-EXamine tneSe, cut OH
all dead limbs into the sound wood, make
a smooth surface 10 the wound, and paint
it with a mixture made of equal parts OF
beeswax, rosin, and Tar : then brush the bark
of the tree with hard brush, and paint with
a mixture of soft soap, salt, and sulphur, as
prescribed last month. If the trees are
covered with moss or ross, they should be
scraped with an iron scraper, before the mix
ture is put On.
If not recently manured, or cultivated
with a manured crop, you should treat your
orchard to dressing this fall, such as we
advised for young trees last month. Unfair
fruit, and unproductive trees, are the natur
,ual results of impoverished soils. A half
fed lnfan. will be puny and diminulive, so
will an apple neither can be vigorously
grown, without FABULOUS food.
Pazanting Young OrcAard-Our re-
marks of last month upon this subject, were
too full to need anything this bu. we will
say iha. every man who owns farm, owes
i. TO himself, to his posleri,y, to society," to
have good orchard of choice fruits. If
he is too far from market TO sell his fruit,
he can use them in feeding his stock, Cook-
ed apples, mixed with meal, will fst.en hogs
as we'll as corn cooked apples mixed with
meal and chopt straw, forms, with water,
one of the best slops that ever was given 10
a milch COW to encourage the secretion of
milk : mash formed of peek Of cooked
apples, l-2 gallon of oats, or chop, and a
peck of cut hay or straw, makes sustain
ing meal for troopers or ploughman's
horse-it acts as very gentle aperient,
tends to loosen the hide, and lubricates the
hair, gives tone and energy to the muscular
secre!ions, and encourages healihlul ella
boration of fat and above all else, good
apples, whether cooked, or uncooked, are
among the greatest delicacies, the most
grateful, healihful, luxuries of the table,
Therefore, you have no orchard, plant one
and thereby fulfil the duties required ofyou,
by God and country.
Drainage.-We repeat our advice of last
month, to drain your aoet lands i! is called
for by your best interests. For view of
its benefits, read an article in this number
headed "Importance ana benefits Of drain-
ing lands"
Mich Cousin addition to the scanty
fare of the pastures, milch cows should re-
ceive generous messes Of succulent food,
and hay at nigh,,-and If vou have not al
ready provided warm stablng for their win
ter accommodation, do so without delay.
Young Stock should be provided with
additional food of nights, as it is important
to bring them into winter quarters in good
condition, equally so is it, to keep them
Working animals Of all kinds should be
,reaed we'll.
Buckacheat-Cut your buck kwhea. before
i. is touched by frost. When about half
the grain is ripe on the heads is safe time
for harvesting.
After ,hreshing, save the s.aw for your
cattle.
Corn stalks, properly cured, cut into half
inch pieces, and steamed, make excellent
proyender for cattle, and when mixed with
bran or meal, make good mess for mllcl
cows.
Selling Corn.-Don't sell your corn in
the ears but shell it. The cobs, when
ground into meal, make nourlshing food
for mich COWS and other cattle.
Fall P1oughing.-Su clay lands intend
ed for fall cultivation, are always improved
by fall and winter ploughiDg; provided they
are not ploughed when either acet, or too
dry. II they need lining, lime, or mari,
could not we'll be applied at better time
than Just after they are ploughed. When
applied, i. should be narrowed in such all
application will make the lime or mari, tell
in the next years crop. Fences.-Examlne
and repair these.
Out-bui7dings- If not already done,
these should be cleaned ont, and white
washed.
Lining of LandS.-From 20 to 25 bus III
els of lime per acre, is as much as shou
be put on poor lands at one time-frem Az
TO SO on lands in good heart; but on lands
well charged with vegetable matter, 100
bushels may be advan,ageousIy put on.
Twice these quantities of mari may be
applied, very advantageously.
If we were asked which kind ofIime we
would prefer? Our reply would be, that
made from oyster shells: we taught this
doctrine many years ago, when it was al,
most a heresy to do so; but as we are Il !.
the habi, of saying what We know to be tru(1
we left the consequence of our opinion,
take care of itself, and we'are pleased j.
find, that public sentiment has veered ros
pretty considerably, to our way of thinN
There was a time too. when naagncsia hme;~
was looked upon with holy horror, but we
repudiatei the idea, and that now is assum- :,
ing its proper position. Gas hoass lime,
we started into public notice, having-experi
mented with it IA years ago, and found
good and ,ha. too, is being utilized,
every thing ought TO be, that can feed
plant, fer,llze the earth, or contribute 4
The necessities and comforts Of ,snan.ot beast.