Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-10-13

Il is certainly good policy to let the hogs
cnjoy them. On such food they grow and
fatten; but so soon as the supply becomes
scant, the hogs should be taken up and
penned, a. these animals should always
he kept in progressive state, and never
be permitted TO fall oif.from the time they |
begin to thrive and put on fat and mus
Gle in the fall. until they are slaughtered.
Ifpenned 1t the proper time, their course
il onward, and il takes less food to finish |
them.
Cattle Yards.-Now is the time when
YOU should have hauled into your cat
lie wards the raw materials to form ma
nurs. In spreading it let the centre be the
lowest point-give your yard tho shape
Of shallow basin. so as to prevent the
los Of urine; and after fastening up your
cattle for the sea.on, have their yards
strewn over with plaster. at least twice a
week-or You may substitute pulverized
charcoal for the plaster. Either will save
the ammonia. the great active principle Of
all manure.
CaEde Sheds.-All cattle should have
warm sheds to shelter them from winters
cold and storms, and keep them warm.
Ifyours are not thus provided for, have
sheds forthwith erected for their accom-
mediation and comfort. Cattle kept dry
and comfortable in winter can be kept on
one fourth less food. than when exposed
to rains, sleets and SHOWS. with any COW
eriug ssve the broad heavens. There is
no mystery in this. When cattle are kept
halfirozcn. much oftheir food is diverted
from Eat forming. into fuel. to keep the
body warm.
Maasremaki~g-C Collect materials and
form compost heaps. Take our word for
il, thar without there be mould in the
soil, il cannot be fertile, -therefore, con-
slider yourself bound in duty to provide
such articles a. it may be formed out Of.
In forming compost heap, don't be too
uico in your sclection.-any thing that
piW yos mill make good manure. whether
il be Of animal or vegetable origin. Old
hats, old boots. old shoes. old rags cut up
fine, and hundreds Of other things are ex-
celleut for the compost heap. Be sure
to add to every 20 loads 100 lbs of plas-
ter.
Pumpkins and Roots.-Gather and
store those away before the frost catches
them.
OrcAords.-The trees Ct your orchard
should be examined, and wherever you
find 4 dead limb, cut it off with saw in
10 the sound wood. smooth the surface
Of tho wound with drawing knife or
some other sharp tool adapted TO the pur-
nose thcn dress it with two coats Of
mixture made thus-melt equal parts Of
rosin, beeswax and turpentine, together.
and apply it with awarm brush; dust sand
freely over the last coat while the mix
ture is warm.
Promiscuous pruning Of trees, is always
injudicious; no limb but dead one should
be cut of. Sometimes small branches in
terlap each other. in such cases one may
be removed.
The trunks of the trees, whenever the
bark is scabby or covered with ross or
moss, should be sciaped. 1t is a good
practice, spring and fall, TO paint them
with q mixture made Of soft soap.salt aud
flour Of sulphur. in the proportion of gal
lon of soap to at. of salt. and ID. of
tho -four Of sulphur.
All orchards should be periodically ma
nurcd. A compost formed of woods
mould, marsh or river mud, and ashes, TO
which may be added. bushels Of bone
dust to the quantity allotted TO an acre,
forms q most excellent manure, which |
may be elmer ploughed in .hallow. or
narrowed in. Care must be observed |
not 10 bruisc or lacerate the trees in do
ing 90.
All fallen fruit should be gathered cook
ed into messes with bran, or meal, and
fed To the cows and hogs In every ap-
pie thus gathered and cooked the parents
Of hundred Of insects will be destroyed,
40 that. by continual attentions Of this
Kind, in a few years, orchards may be rid
ofthem.
On this subject we copy the following
from the Patent Office Report for 1Sl9
and 1850:
"Mr. ~. Thomas. Of Macedon, Wayne
Co., N. Y, who stands deservedly high |
a. skillful fruit grower, as well as scien-
tiic and practical hortictlturist, writes as
follows
There has been shown for The past few
years an astonishing increase Of interest
in the planting Of fruit trees, in this sec
tion Of State. This is an excellent appie
region. Peaches fail about one year in
FIVE. Tho trees live 20 to 80 years. but
do not bear well when old, from gene
raj neglect of the sAorteni.g-in pruning.
Pears suffer much from .Ere-Nigxt. cspe-
sially on very rich ground. The Trga-
lie9. or JvAMe Dcyenxe, is the most pro-
fstable variety; the product Of single trees
often bring $50 to $50 per annum. to be
sent to New York city. Plums do best
on clay soils, cherries, ounces. hardy
grapes, and strawberries, all succeed well.
Raspborries are ratheruncetaii on a light
soit Apricots succeed well il protected
from the cureulio.
"Enormou: crops Of apples are yearly
sent east by the Erie Canal. The pre.
ssns season was the most unfavorable one
for series Of yean-not one fourth Of a
croP-priees ofapples this year. so cents
bushel At rs cents bushcl, the US
ual price, I have known orchards in IA
vorabls seasons. to yield 500 per acre,
for . single crop. The Rhode Island
Greni.g is the most celebrated and pro-
luctive variety. Single tres of this sort
lhave known in several instances, to yield
20 bushels
I'm transplanting your trees, great loss
is usually sustained by being neglected
after culture. or by grass or by grain
crops among them-clear. mellow, and
saziching cultivation would bring them
inao bearing in oss-kkir1 the timc usually
,.:red."
EssR, ., u kinda. do excellent service
in q orchard. in ..-~szoying csttcrpillars,
wnams. &c. So vslush'.. 10 We look up
On them for such work, that W. believe
them to earn. in this way. more than ia ~
value Of their food. 10 say nothing of their T;