The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-12-08
AGRICULTURAL.


!rowth. and the s"oOfs grow amazingly lon!
md strong in one year from the shoots. wh;cl
characteristic mak cs it very useful for ba,ke
maxim: The leaves are long and narrow
Ut blueisl, green on tn" upper. and hoarv
IN the under surIace. This is tie variety
cultivate. and of Ill others, is best calculate,
tor making baskets. and covering bottles. Al
acre Of this. properly planted upon suitabi.
: soil will yield. AT the best calculation. frou
one and halt 10 two tons weight to tn,
acre.
W. c. Haynes. N Hunts Merchants Mag
azine, saws, "From two acres the net pro
leeds. after paying all expenses, was $3.50.
IS" In an article ON Chas Downing. Esu
"f Newbrrgh. n. l.. copied into the New
EnH'and Farmer. "e sav>.--Wllow will grow
IN any soil, and thrive in a srea. variety Of
SOILS. hut gives It's best returns only in such
are well suited to its habits 1t is lover Of
moisture, but does not tolerate star,dno water
or SOIL so'i'ien with water. nearer than one
foot OF the surface. during the growing season
Ov"riiow'ng IN winter is not objectionable.
nor Is JterilowInH in sumner, thai soon pass-
es oil. y very deep rich, sandy loom. iu
vial and aiuviai. such as constitutes many
hOtfOms. not so much elevated above IN,
stream that wind rough them, that bv ,li-
wing down IN "a preri..u> SOL. two or three
t.e' ~ nj! s;I..,.n."r, the rnts cannot find
moisture. 4 kept Hear Of ramr,n. wr-,l-. will
give an astonishing vigorous growth, wedding
three or four tons per acre" 4 low level bot
tom. from which crop has ust beei, r-mov-
e", 1t II the spring properly prepared AID
planted would. on and after the second ycsr.
give ncf per crn'a"e. and an inyestmen,
:hat n"'hnS else can approximate. aud with
crria'n'v that pertains to no other crop A
correspondent OF the New ENGLAND Farmer.
who suhscrih,'s himself W. in commrntinc
to IN" statement Of flincham correSpon,l-nt,
who stated that be- ra,~"d nearly nine tons 10
the acre. saws. d" The O>icrs must have been
weiynrd IN a green state. anI th. bark on
th.m. as thr growth Of an acre which produ-
crs thre" tons OF O>irrS. IN fl, star" for mar
k"t, (that Is. peeled dried and tied IN small
bundles Is considered very satisfactory. and
Is more ihtn ar average crop. With no mor,.
labor IN III. cultivation than running a cult
vat0r between the rows two and A half tons
can he raised and ii is then very profitable "
" ""''' WIN " INV '''>"'t"'. "t
>t"'',' ~ '"e "'' "e'er'''i''s very III" n
w, ''"'"'>> VI ''e '"''N''i"" III W"
"'','|' nave l"''r" 'h' a'"'r "'n'i"men'
"''' ''''"N wv III" '''"c >''' circulation
- ,'"' '''''' '''''''". !" r'''''"" I" Mr
"'''''''''" "' '",.-' ~ '"t' ',"" ''' anu ha''
10 two IONS might l- rai>"d To the acr., he
probably. made his eNrcrimcnt on very poor
land. his shoots acrnrt! np 10 In, own state
"''''' "''"''" "h'' from 'hr'" !" h'e frrt
''''' >''""' ven where's INV WILLOWS OF me
''''''. nav "" rom I'VE 10 hihe
,''' ''' SO o''l year 'hr wv" SEASONS wh'rh
! nave 'ri'" II AVA o'hrr ran'a'ionS
~ '' HN" ~ 'h'''a''"hS on a
"''r mes o' s'''' an" 'Inir'' Tor thc sue
''.>''' '"Nlva'i'n "' thr ha>k't willow.
WI ''h'' 1 = "'fr ''r L>1. .o' Hh"rh"rne.
"'~>-' an ts t:.'.'.'': ...i''a'or aud man
"''r'"''r ~ "" ''>'''r iI!"w r~''''r' good
>Pr'":v upland T." any "'hrr SOL. Tor pr"h
"''' y '"'"',n' lam c""''''rn' '''a' the MOST
ven s'l "' vermont :" wrlI a,ap'th 10 riiS-
''! '''-,' crops "' ~ ''>>. VIII. II we'll cni,'at-
''' P''''"' arg" crops on 'h' ha>Spt willow,
"n"'''r "''"h or np'anh. And u any one
WEI ''>,' III. F'"n'",'"'i o' '"lr acres '''nk
NV. VIII '"' >t''>''1 "" my rr">Vr''s OF
''' 'i"i' W An aN'f'-" OF what
''Nt >'' low" w me '"r'@'h.' 7" say IN"
,ra>' ana would say thar ! agree with Mr.
h'nrht where I've says, "fr rom my own OK
n''''"'" ! am '"''y convinced th"t fhe VIII
lows may "e "F"~n Pr"ii'a''y' !" t"S coun-
ny, ' ,"'' "'N "''''" !''r '''' weight.
~ wv ''"'''' "' 'h' "'"" Is q new
enterprise III ms r"n''rv, men are hA'nr"'iv'
'''" '"'"> anu ''''I"'' Jus, 30 u was
WIN '''' "'"'''"'''r' OF r"'a'" H'aF'h' som"
-"'" VI '"'''', wars ago AZ 'he ''l"e 'he
writer commence" IN 'he business. In The
course I" lew wears. The business increased
5" ,'a' inc production amounted 70 i've hnnd-
'en IONS ana 'he demand was fully supplied,
ana prices Declined Bnt mills continued TO
"",''i''v' '"' c"n>',mI''on '"rrrasrd' ana. r.
ia ~ o,rrrea''''" The rr'dnrt'on. fr'c's
r">e' an" having ranged higher Tor sevrTa:
wears past. with demand that requires sky
i've hundred tons TO snPplyit. Thus. y seems
10 me- II VIII naturally be with the Basket
Willow X the prices should decline little
The consumption would increase, and. conse-
G"en''v' a" increase OF production will te
necessary to meet IT.
have compared the cost Of Willows with
Starch. and lind tn" cost of ton of Starch
IS certainly tw,re as much as the whole cost
OF ton OF Willows and the price Of Viii
lows IN market is rather better than that OF
Starch Ard still Starch has been mannfar
'nre'i at a good profit. although the hnsiness
requires a large ontIay Of capital. and is very
much exposed to fire. and goes to decay in
short time. Not so with the Willow. every
man may have patch. or large p'an'a'ion.
on his own farm. with very little TO do it az
Yer the Second year. except to harvest and
prepare for market, and the harvesting comes
ott after he has finished all his fall work I