Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-10-15
TRANSATLANTIC FRUIT TREES.


| The time for autumn transplanting will soon
arrive, and we deem it proper to urge upon those
who design planting the great utility of observ-
ing care and thoroughness in the operation
With the best care usually taken in removing
trees from the nursery, the roots are more or
less mutilated the soil in which they are plant.
ed is different very often, from that from which
they were taken, and the climate also; and If
these with other local circumstances do not re-
ceive proper consideration serious loss will GER
tainly be the result. The speediest method of
preparing the ground for an orchard is to trench
plow, or sub-soi strips, the distance apart you
want your trees--32 feet, manuring with well
decomposed compost, consisting of swamp muck
rotten stable dung ashes unleached, and a small
quantity of lime, and salt and mixing this thor
oughly with the soil by blowing two or three
times. If this preparation cannot be made noao,
our advice is, wait till you can prepare it, fit is
years, as we belive that you will gain it in the
end But it is not necessary to wait longer than
till next spring, as the muck may be got out
this fall and exposed, in small heaps to the ac-
ton of frost during the winter. If not thorough
y dissolved in the spring, add the lime, (air
slacked) and salt; about peck of salt to a
Ibushel of lime, and mix them thoroughly. Be-
ents together and turn them with a shovel twice
at least. This will ensure rapid growth the
first season, and an early return for the trouble
and labor bestowed.
In setting out trees place them no lower than
they stood in the nursery, and lean them to the
southeast, as our strongest winds are from that
quarter. Sprinkle the fine earth through and
through the roots, and dash on a little water &C.
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bout the (which will prevent its being blown
over, and the attacks of mice. Remove every
branch to within one bud of last years growth
and thin out the branches if the top is too thick.
This done you are certain that your trees will
grow.
And we should not forget to consult taste
Those varieties which make low spreading
growth should be planted togethed, occupying
alternate rows with those that make vigorous,
upright growth. An orchard planted thus, gives
most striking appearance when the tops be-
come pretty well grown. Where there is I'M
evenness in the surface of the ground the up
right growers should occupy the lowest, and
the spreading, the highest places. Peach trees
may be planted between the rows of apple trees
and be removed when the latter are or years
old. Michigan Farmer.
VARIATIONS FROM CLIMATE IN ORGANIC LIFE.
Organic life assumes new characteristics un-
der new influences. The domestic animals of
Europe were not found in this country on its
discovery. They escaped from the Spaniards,
and ran wild for centuries In consequence,
new and striking characteristics have been &C
CURED in accommodation to the novel cir
cumstances. The wild hog strikngly resem-
bles the wild boar of Europe. The hog of the
mountains Of Parasmus resembles the wild boar
Of France. Instead Of bristles, which the stock
has from which he sprang. he has thick fur,
often crisp, and sometimes an undercoat Ofwool.
Changes in color have taken place, and the ana
tomical structure has altered.
The OK has undergone similar changes; some
in South America called "pelones" having a
clothing Of fine fur; others with naked skin,
like the Mexican, or Guinea dog. In Columbia,
the practice of milking cows was given up, and
the secretion of milk is confined to the period
Of sucking the calf
The wild dog Of the pampas does not bark
like the domestic dog, but bowls like wolf
The wild cat has lost the sweet music of the
caterwauling concert. The wild horse of the
higher plains of South America is covered with
long, shaggy fur Of a uniform chestnut COLOR
The sheep of the central Cordieras produce a
thick, matted, woody fleece, which breaks off in
tufts and never re-appears. The goat has lost
her large teats, and produces two or three kids
annually. Similar changes occur in geese and
gallinaceous fowls. Rumpless ones have sprung
up, wanting the caudle vertebre. Cats are fire.
Quent on White River without tails.
metallic PAINT.-A quantity of ground zinc
stone has been shipped to Richmond as an art-
Gle of commerce. The mineral was resently dis
covered in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and is
transported to market by way of James River
and Kanhawa Canal. This curious stone has
the remarkable quality, when finely pulverized,
mixed with fax-seed oil, and spread on any sur
face, of reforming itself into stone, by a re-u-
Mon of its rock particles; thus constituting
firm and hard rock covering, or coat Of mail
impervious to water and proof against fire. Its
value has been we'll and satisfactorily tested
and if found to succeed as well hereafter, as
formerly, for roofs, &C., it will, to certain ex-
tent, supersede slate, tin, sheet-iron, and kin
dred appliances. Scientific American.
The fat-tailed sheep of Tartary loose their
mass Of fat on removal to Siberia. The Afri.
can sheep has become like goat covered with
hair. The Wallachan sheep are different STILL
The wild horses of Siberia have anatomical diff
ferences from tame ones. Il is question
among naturalists whether the dog and wolf
belong to the same species. But between these
the differences are immense, from the gigantic
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