The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-07-07
THE PIONEER .
AGRICULTURAL.
Mulch your Trees!

Muicn your AfecSs
We can recommend the following
which we clip from the Ohio Farmer-as
sound coctrine. Folks are too apttothin
that when tree is once planted, it needs
no further care or attention. The. results
that with many of our friends trees are an
annual crop. They dig up and plant in
the same ground every spring:
Our readers should remember, that
trees Of every description, planted this
spring should now be 'smulched"-that
is, should have placed around the stem at
the bot, am quantity of grass, three feet
in diameter and of sufficient thickness to
protectthe ground underneath from the
effec.s os the sun. Ii is "a surprising pro-
lection against drought, keepingthe soil in
a uniform cool, and moist condition, so ne
cessary to transplanted trees the first sea-
son. Properly mulched, trees will notre-
qure watering more than once week.
whereas, without it they should he water
ed daily. Weprefer grass for this pur-
pose, bccauseit is heavy, lays close to the
ground, and in drying adheres Dit. Care
should be taken to renew the mulching in
the course of the season, as by decomposi-
ton it becomes thin.
We have also found, when transplanted
trees exhibited disposition to languish,
frequently resulting in the loss of the trees,
that Topped off the top, and as many of
the other branches as can be spared, the
operation almost invariably give them
fresh start and saved the trees.
We have noticed in our visits about,
the loss Of many trees, which the course
of mulching and Looping recommended,
would have preserved without difficulty
- Ge5nsantotca Telegraph
REMARKS BY THE EDIToR.-This is a
very important matter, and on that ac
count we urge it upon our readers. 1t is
but little trouble and no expense, and won
derfully aids the growth of young trees
anything that will prevent evaporation will
answer the purpose. Old straw, hay or
i leaves, new mown grass, tan, saw-dust,
DC. Strawberries may be transplanted
in midsummer by simply mulching with
barn-yard manure. There is nothing that
better prevents the i'll effects of baking by
surface watering, than covering of this
sort of moderate depth. Mulching will
however, promote moisture in the soil,
even when neither artificial or natural wa
tering is given, simply by arresting such
as rises upwards through the earth
The Country Gentleman gives one stri-
king illustration Of this effect, furnished
during very long season of drouth,
which injured and threatened to destroy
row of newly transplanted apple trees
The leaves had already begun to turn yel-
low, and growth had ceased, but on coat
ing the ground about them with crop of
mown Weeds, change was soon effected,
and in three weeks the leaves had return
ed to their deep green hue, and in some
instances growth had commenced.
1t adds: "but on no kind of tree is null
ching more necessary than on newly plan
ted cherry trees. Thousands are lost ev-
cry season, after they have commenced
growing, by the drying heat of midsum-
mer, and the evil is sometimes increased
by superficial watering. A deep mulch
ing will generally prove complete rene
dy if seasonably applied"