The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-09-22
AGRICULTURAL.

puts MS neHu INTO lne WlnuoW Wnere the girls
were quilting to the question proposed to all,
the following varied answer was returned-
al dislike most to see a constan. and daily
church sleeper;-holes in the heel oc u girls
s ocking;-peope who travel and sponge all
the time, waking people up out Of bed to ge:
then supper and asking them for an early
breakfast, thus throwing themselves on the
hospitality Of acquuintances und then have
the meanness to hurry them;-- people who
never come to see you only on Court days
when they are paid as jurymen and witnesses
and yet want you to board them gratis as it it
did not cos you as much as it would them
visitors on public and fair days, who fill pri-
vate hous es, keeping iheir occupants from the
fair and fun ogcther,-those who 60 ain
gangs" to visit preachers on Saturday aud 20
with from three to thirty of their families to
eat where there is sickness, thus calling on
worn-down friends Of the sick for services,
that never ought to be accepted; ;-those who
| never go to church Mess when they have u
new gewn;--l once saw a COW that never had
n tail and like the little girl with the Ken
tucky doctor, sit really hurt me to look at''
her--women, young or old, daily or all day in
.,
every evening in company. "As the voice of
| The whole circle was now taken, till then un-
observed, | whispered pretty loud, g es and the
man without socks in cold weather-fhiit
trees-or little gallantry about him. And
+ ow, Mr.. Editor, one OF the frs: defects no.
tice in the farmers character is a want of
taste for fru: in large amounts and attending
to the little he has in u slovenly manner.
! Certainly il is pleasant, prof table and in
good taste to have large assortment of all
kinds Of good fruit. A kind Providence pla-
ced it here to receive our attention and min
lister to our wants, as both diet and medicine
In judicious quantities in u ripe state it is al
ways healthy and nourishing to sound frame.
Yet but few persons will take the trouble or
incur the expense OF procuring such work
as Downing--Berry-or Thomas on fruit.
II you plant fruit trees this fall now pre-
pare the grouno. 1t should be enriched, loos-
ened Uery deep and well puverised This may
be done with little expense or trouble thus:
Apply lime and well rotted manure abundant
ly. Then stake out the place for each row of
trees. Then plough it in lands, SO that the
centre or finishing furrow of each land will
come just in the rows of trees then harrow
well; manure and plough again just as you
did the first time, leaving the second iurrow
in the same place and as deep as possible
A subsoil plough would greatly aid you in this
whole operation. Now manure and harrow
well. Then plough again reversing the oper-
aton--throwing back the earth till you have
1t completely leueled-just as it was before the
first ploughing. This will double the growth
of trees--protect them against droulh and
make the soil more productive. The trees
can be planted in wheat fields ith but little
injury.
Plant trees in the fall, first, because the
earth will be settled around the roots OF the
trees by sprng-second, fail planted trees
grow more and are less injured by the next
summers drought; and third, trees planted in
the fall, put out fibrous roots during t he win
ter. To test this in the fall, cut u ounce
limb, stick it foot down in the earth, in the
spring litt 1t with care and you will find mu-
ny roots as fine as threads an inch long.
In the nursery select trees that have not
been trimmed up. Apple trees should branch
out as near the ground as possible. The same
sized top will bear more fruit on short stalk
than on long one. Late spring frosts do
less injury Il low trees. A greater umouat
OF the fru can be gathered on the ground
and consequently faster and with more ease.
While bearing larger crops, they are also less
likely to le blown down by wind. This is ow-
ing to the principle, the larger the lever, the
greater the power, the moving force being
equal True, low trees deny you the p'ers-
ure OF ploIghing in their shade, cutting the
surface roots and barking their bodies, which |
heal over and then become hollow, and with |
the top oil the names tearing the undersde of
the limbs, None of these things should ever
be done. Never use horse in ploughing an
orchard unless in front of oxen, that no swim |
gle Tee may manglo the bark. If u fruit tree |
DO worth its room, dig about it and manure
with chip dirt, &c.
Nerer set tree deeper than il Qrep in The
nursery. Having prepared its place--to try
1t set 1t to its place-lay it aside drive in
stake at each side of the place you design to
set it--put the tree to It's place--cover the
roots with loose earth pressed lighty-and
with wisP OF straw tie it to tho stake to
keepit from being shaken. The next sprinp
cover the eurth for " o or three feet around
the tree with hot and half-rotted stray. This
will cause moisture 10 the earth around il
the next summer.
For tree wash, heat pound Of salsoda
TO whiteness in an iron pot. and then add
gallon of rain water.
As a general rule select large sized an.
pies, for small fruit is tedious to handle and
An orchard twelve or fifteen
years old Is like a horse at four--just tho age
when you can make something out of it,
Even at present prices would decline bar.
rei Of Hour for each of my bearing fruit trees
ana vines. Give me green apples the year
round and then there is no need for dried
ones that somewhat resemble piece of fried
sponge. No farmer should have less than
from twenty to fifty good grape roots, which
WIN apples pears, peaches, plums, raspber.
ries, gooseberries, strawberries, &c ;, will fur
nish him with many delicious repast almost
'he year round ALlQUIS.