Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-08-06
Agri0ult ural.

depends much upon the season being early or 1
late. With q sharp knife cut perpendicular
incision, about an inch long, in the shoot in
tended to be budded, which must (or is best
to) be of the present summers growth; then at |
the base of the incision, cut horizontal cash
about three-eights Of an inch in length; raise
or loosen the bark on each side carefully then
take bud off twig of this summers growth,
by cutting across the twig one fourth of an
inch below the bud, along the sides to an apex
above the bud, Of such length as to Git in the
incision prepared io2 its reception slip it in
carefully under the raised bark; press 1t care
fully together, and bind it with coarse wooden
string above and below the bud, to hold the
| raised sides firmly down upon the bud LEI 1t
| remain so for seven or eight days then cut the
| string. The next spring cut the top oil the
| twg about an inch above where it was budded.
| The advantages of budding over grating are |
many and obvious--tirst, ii it does not grow II
| will not injure your tree. 1t grows faster than
| gratis and is much quicker and more easily
done. have always had the best success in
i budding as described above.
Why DOES HE FAIL TO MAKE MONEYS the
fault in the man or in his business The
thriftless farmer claims that It Is in the bust
ness. The merchant makes money easy, sit
ting in his cook eonntng-room in these hot
Summer days, when the farmer is sweating
over his scythe. He has an easy time Of it,
&c his two and three dollars u day, and the
carpenter as much, They kuild them snug
lomesteads in the village, are out ofdebt, and
prosper. But the farmer works h IND all day in
the sun, and gets little more than his bread for
his toll The business must be q poor one.
Some men are so constituted or are so train
ed that they never will thrive at any business.
Sometimes it is a mental defect that puts u
bar upon their prosperity. They have no fore
! cast to anticipate their wants, and to lay out
their work Tor months and years ahead. They
live from hand to mouth; have no system in
their farming, no rotation OF crops, no improve
ments planned which they.are seeking to carry
out. Their labor is putfolth at great disad-
vantage because they have no skill to guide it.
, Such persons have mistaken their POSITION
, They never ought to have attempted the man
agement of a farm or of any other business, be-
cause they have no capacity TO manage any
thing. They have nothing but labor to dis
pose OF, and their true policy is to sell their
. labor to some man, who has skill to guide 1t
and make it profitable. In such a position
they will thrive, and nowhere else.
Sometimes the failure is owing to a moral
defect. II the farmer has skill aad capacity
to labor, he has no perseverance TO carry out
his well-iaid plans. Most of the improvements
that need to be made on the farms Of the East
, and North, are those which involve the worl;
of years. New fences are to be made, swamps
are to be ditched, fields are to he snbsoiletl
and nnderdrained, and rotation Of crops is to
be followed up. All these things require ten
acty purpose, and persistence of effort year
after year. 1t is work. But the farmer has
: never been disciplined, perhaps, to this strict
adherence to plan. He has been accustomed
U in boyhood, it may be, to work only occasion.
: ally, and 20 fish and hunt, and dissipate when
u he choose. lie has no fixed habits of labor,
! grown weary Of executing any plan however
h wise, forms new projects only TO abandon them,
u ~ N Iah II., hos
no money on account Of this inflrnity and he
would make none in any other businesstha re-
e quired industrious habits. The fault is not in
: the business but in the man.
There is no charm about husbandry to save
a man sirom tho consequences of his stupidity,
. or his recklessness. Men must bring to the
cultivation Of the soil the same qualities, men
tai and moral, that COMMAND success in other
callings, il they would make money by farm
ing. II they will do this, laying their plans
! wisely, and inve ting their capital and labor
with reference to future, as well as present re-
suits, they will make money with more GER
tAnty than in any other calling. The prlce of
their products is rarely SO low that it will not
remnnerlte labor, while il is almost uniformly
SO high as TO give il an ample reward. The
business ofthe merchant is liable to large losses
and with all the skill and capital embarked in
, the trade, in our large cities, nine out of every
ten fail. The farmer has few losses that he
cannot guald against, and with skill and energy
nine out OF every ten men will succeed in gain
ing competence for old age. If man cannot
8 ''make haste to be rich" in tiling the soil, lie
has this consolation, that lie is free from those
distressing anNieties, and those strong tempta-
tons, which beset those who will make money
y ut all hazards. A sure and fair reward fol
labor is u much better stimulus to our industry
IS than those speculative enterprises which some
times bring sudden wealth, but more frequent
= ly result in embarrassment and ruin.
n ! iS NO Vyl.. oil a and s,I,,
a trious man should not make money by farming
= Men often turn from mechanical or mercantile
q Pursuits TO the farm and il they have done vel
h in their former pursuits, they are quite certain
a to prosper as lords of the soil. 1t is the mar
a and not the business that makes money.-N. y
- Times.
IS Observation-Disclosures stables are con
structed in direct violation of every law OF ma.
d turc. They are made to slope from the hay
10 rack back to the heels Of the horse, when /
y horses natural position is with the fore fee
. the lowest. They hay-rack is so high, til,
" horse is compelled to reach up to get the hay
His natural position while feeding is, with hi
d head down to the ground. The stalls are sc
,, high he cannot see his companions, while he
:, isnaturally gregarious and loves company. Ii
=, the stable, he stands on II floor n,turally, OF
4 the earth. In his natural wilds, he is racing
! animal; in the stable he Is so confined that III
10 cannot lie down, and can scarcely turn him
D. self.
r, Is it wonderful, then, that nearly ever,
r horse is unsound Standing with tile fore
y feet the highest throws the weight and thu
- strain on the ieXor tendons, and destroys
n the back. Turning the nose unnatnrally up
Is ward strains tho tendons of the neck while Ii,
II is eating, and is often the cause Of poll-evil-
1t High and separate stalls destroy his natura
&c social qualities and make him sour and mo.
>, roses aud hard plank floor, on which he il
y doomed to stand twenty and twenty. fou
% hours at IL time, will produce ring bone.
e Another detect in many stables is, tina
they are too tight with a NOW of hay owe
n them. The ammonia arising from the urn,
y has no chance to escape; the horse is con
!, tinually breathing it; it penetrates the hay
9 and lie is continually eating it. How oitei
!. do we enter stable in hot weather, when III,
/, alnmonical air is so pnngent that we cal
!. scarcely breathe and yet the horse is com.
d pellcd to stand in it, and breathe it, and
n eat his fool that is completely saturated Will
!. it. Can We wonder that the horse is subject {,
unusual and sudden acute and fatal diseases
:, Ii is more to be wondered that he lives at al
ID under such circumstances. Hay should nevc
e, be placed over IL stable, SO as to receive tn,
IS ammOniacal gas; but stables should be ventil
: escape.
= Another error in the construction of stable
" is the openings for throwing out the manure
| and ventilation. In most stables, the opening
Q are for the two fold purposes In the frs
place, the openings are too low, and allow thu
5 current of air to blow OH the horse. The Of
feet is the same as a current of air on hu
!. man being, producing cold, fever, cough, ant
n | consumption. Nor is this all this current o
9 air, which is all tho good air the horse has
:, comes in from the manure heap, and is but adj
= dinr moro Doisouous gas to that already aXist