Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-11-12
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From tie Ne,o ENGLAND Farm,r.
NEismanagement with Apple Treas.


MR.. EpIroR:-I send you some of nv views
.espec'lng tne improper management of apple
uess' winch Il you should thinl, might he condn-
Eve 70 the benefit Of mankind, YOU will please IN
J,sen IA your valuable paper. shall commence
az suGleCt IN an abrupt style, by saying f a cor
ohef inquest was held over Gour-fff6s ~ Inc
oPPe 'fees that have died in Vermont and North.
err view York within the past twenty wears. the
Netdict would be, died of sf1yyatio3 Tbora 4
sc"rceiy person who has followed hDsbond,v
zen years. tnat does not know that IT will moi ans
j.; " axe on more that i'e or six crops os grain
y succession from piece Of land without man.
uie' Out the same man takes off from ton 70 6c
Teen crops of apples from his orchard without "a
! G I "use and when the crops begin IN prs,v
hsut' 'he run small and OF inferior ouaIly ba
ne - inquire ior the cause ofsueh light cronz
ne asks MS neighbor what Is The nattor ,,;g r.?
CfchaTd Pretends to be very wise b;o,saIr t ",s
MES % set me opinion of his neiehbors III
ueigi'oof tells hlm it needs pruning nnI ne soor
PccePdfes Tor the business. He Is very npch
Ii"iu VI ~, COST and therefore tries TO find a man
aLds WIZ 40 It cheap (Most farmers, iftbev ara
~ "seu 10 nave a leg or an arm cut off. emnlov
atm III 'nt"li surgeons who perform the oper
atioh with The sharpest and finest Of instrnn,aPp,.
w put 'he same men generally employ the cbaanes,
DungIeFs they can fiDd to cut off The li,bs F -
apPie trees.) lie soon finds a ehean bnpaIar 80
% maze u Come cheaper, he hires him be tbe ;oh
i ~ gives ~, nm all the branches to nav for tbe
~ L. 'iiS iDuoces hIm TO cut off twice as nnucb
L,vs j. V' het would have DONE Il wish 10
h"a u pofhe III mind, that every branch above
i "ds us corresponding root below. and when
laIse oranch Is cut of, its root is more or less
o,,&Nsu' ahq arrangement in the circulation ,alo
siitlaf 10 that occasioned in The bnman
10y " cutting OH leg or army He now CON-
~ ni5 'ne Woik o. death upon the orchard with
=, Io uuii axe and cuts or haggIes off half
. me branches The next wear the annles b.in,,
nuch larger, Dir Unthfifly thinks be- Pas sc -es
''siied the great object The reason wbv Tho
pPies are larger is, The few branches recoya ~
anne nulrment ffn1'fNr's Tie MANY received bacora
nc branches being improperly cnt off The stocks
~ tedi over, nut soon die, rot, and form holes
TO the trees; these holes LET IN tho ~, Ill
BON destroys the inside of the rink TIT ' ~
si'ef with the great arrangement in the circnI-
-on' occasioned BY emitting off too many largo
"uches' ana want of food, act so DOW etf1lIv no
me vitality Of the trees. that after yainIy sirnr
ing loI few years. they give up the ghost and
:, a.l9 VINO olames them? surely no man of un
ne huspandman now finds his plans frustrat-
> 1 apu asdh inquiries OF his neighbor what has
mt know ,s a ara g ms orchard (iiis ne'ghbor
no are fond Of good fruit, will set out law -
atty them The first step he takes is 10 find
here he obtain the trees cheapest, withont
ny regard to The in which they have
oporly set, produces more clear profit the first
'enty years. than ten set otherwise.) As he is
man who deals mostly IN cheap articles, he en-
oys 10 furnish the trees and set them by
e job. (Ihs is the worst kind of jobbing ever
ard of.l
This he does for eighteen cents apiece. 1t is
morally the case that people who work by the
,, try TO make as good job as possible. He
therefore very careful not to dig the holes too
Fl dos them abouf largo &C rocl-
aasure; into these small cavities surrounded BY
very hard soil, he Grams in the roots of the
'es, and if he cannot get them all into the hole,
cuts off part Of them with his shovel (when-
er the roofs OF trees are cut off it should be
ne with very sharp instrumenD he then
rows back the sods and Jumps around The trees,
d pronounces them set in first rate order. He
en- receives his pay, and is off in hurry Mr.
lthrty soon expects TO see thrifty young or
ard, but is very much disappointed. The trees
ing improperly trained while in the nursery,
ID improperly set in the orchard, third Of
EN- die the first season. The remainder being
,ky, anguish three four years, during which
ne, one-haf Of them die. OF all the trees thus
t, not more than in ten is ever profitable.
bout This time Mr. Unthrifty dies, leaving his un-
rifty orchard for his unthnfiy children, who are
ny thankful for the pains he hastaken for them,
the same time thinking him TO be nearly as
se as any man in The Union. This is the way
any men manage with their orchards, who boast
being enlightened, and who are living in these
se and enlightened States of North America
should like to say something on the subject Of
igation which l perceive is very imperfectly
derstood i'll this part of the country; but shall
fer it till future period, well knowing that the
inds Of men much like their stomachs:
II Grand too full, they throw out the whole;
But if fed by degrees, they digest all with ease.
ELIHU Cross.
Potter Hill, Rensselaer, Co., Y.