New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-24

Mr. FCLLER-I can ony y answer that trees in such
rich, mucky soil grow wood fast, and make good
uursery trees TO SELL but not to bear fruit. They
spongy, and the wood is not solid as heavy az
trees grown in harder soil. / would dose the land
around this tree with lime, salt ahes, and bones, aud
grow something to make the soil poorer or change its
mucky nature.
Solos RoBNsoy-In this Syracuse letter above
quoted, the following question is asked: Wi it pay to
with salt, to wheat, oats barley and grass grown on
clay, on c!ayey loan, or sandy loam-to land some
what severely cropped, cold and wet: How much to
rule il will not pay 10 apply anything but draining to
land that is cold and wet but the mixture will do
good. Ten bushels Spring dressing per acre,
timed as long as beneficial, is my recommendation.
Here is extract from another letter:
THisties and Daisies.-"An Old Farmer" thinks
that if those who are troubled with Canada thistles
will cut them in the new of the moon in June, they
will bleed 10 death. On the contrary, so far the
moon il concerned he would have them cut white
daisies in the o!d of the in June, when the sign
is in the heart.
five learn nothing else from this, how
strongly the moon influence affects the minds Of many
people, for assure you this man is not solitary in-
stance.
show green leaf for three years without regard to
the moon, think it will kill them; but 10 single cut
ting will do il.
Nt1c Seeding Potatoes.-SoLoS ROBIysox read
letter from ID. Edwards Of Little Genesee, n. T.,
describing new seeding potato that has grown free
from disease for several years and are much esteemed
weeks since to members OF the Club. They are called
Allegheny potatoes.
Barren Grape Vine. .-PHLo BARNES of Marion,
he don't say what State says he has grapevine that
blossoms every year, but bears fruit and wants to
know what to do with it.
answer Prune it and feed it with bones. Bury
around It's roots all the bones wasted about the
house. The dissolved out of the soapkettle will
be fTsrate. ~
A Fruitful Vine--Mr PRovosT exhibited vine
ten feet long with 20 lunches of grapes. lie said,
Il apdt hon nj a
over that don't know of any remedy for the barren
grapevine mentioned by Mr.. Robinson.
Mr. BURGFs-I would recommend him TO shake the
branch of another vine in flower the barren one
Stiff Clov Soil-Io 10 Ameiiorote d.-SoLoN ROE
INsos read letter from Charles NJ. Walker, OF Lapeer
Mich, who says:
debates Your Farmers Club which excite far more interest
among readers Of The TEsysE hroushou, the country than
which may not only benefit but others have piece Of
efpare yellow clay This Spring had spaded over the depth
of the spade being II inches out lead OF putty turning
hgja., they om Il Therc does .ce%o be the least
ace Of aIs @ or vegetable dePPa s bee nSna 1a sns lie m
as hard and unprornng ever Now wish you TO tell
whether application would good fort aud if how
much half acre and whether mar stone lime Is best
apart the drains should be laid aud how deep"
Now viii answerths inquiry in part have seen
300 bushels Of lime per acre applied to land OF just
such character he describes this, without materi
ally improving its texture. think the same quantity
of coarse sand gravel, coal ashes, would do more
good. Swamp muck, or any rich earth would be ben
efcia II is difficult drain such land, but 1t be
done with tiles not less than three feet deep, aud not
thirty feet apart and always open at both ends,
to aeorate the earth well take of the water.
In stony country 1t would pay to dig up small plot,
three feet Deep and bury course of stones foot deep
at the bottom mixing ten per cent of any kind of veg
etable all through the earth it was thrown back. 1t
would then be good soil and one that would last for
ever, with fair treatment. will now read another let
ter upon the other extreme. man has soil that is
too rich Charles Merrill of Maiden, Mass, writes as
follows:
have garden for vegetables say 1900 superficial feet
which have applied three cords Of tanners refuse Of hair flesh
matters also ground bones 60 bushels ashes ljo lbs.
Peruvian gsno 60 bushels charcoal dust and the eXcen oa
family persons with perhaps four cords stable manure
GST & an s Sn p&o & % s die he eIa%, bushes
the bI@sI fq s and the yeEeHS are so ea aIG yi I
ground iaa st Of nitrogenous manure know how
excess Of smSs 20 Or a cS Ss o thu S sSs
BY carins layer Of muck and how sa Il be prepared
% RspS s: oSnSsI .S%s V d ST viii oe such word
DR. Dana The Muck Manual advises cang on all the 9n
and caTug in its place. but this cannot be done as oa
Pitva " poor amateur and send word of advice"
The SrcRETARY-A friend of mine had case like
ths and cured it by hauling on 800 loads of sand
Dr. WATERBURY-I would plant corn till had ex-
hausted this manure heap
Mr. FrLLER-A man near me, in Brooklyn, dosed
his garden TO death in similar manner. His grape
vines grew twenty feet in a season, but he could ge'
no fruit His strawberries were all leaves and vines
but berries. farmer who kept a lot oi cow Icu
his land 80 full of their manure that II was worthless
advised him to apply lime, and 1t brought II ABOUT
again. 10000, -,
Mr. PELL-I am yet to see ground too rich once
manured piece till could grow nohlng-ironl Wheat
10 buokvbeat | then drained the land, and sowed
oats and got 60 bushels and since without manure,
got good crops. There was poison III the son that
Killed the crops. Draining carried of the poison.
Prof NAsH-I think that 30 loads OF sand added to
this Maiden garden and powed shallow the first
year, will cure the difficulty. So will planting corn
year or two, probably. i do not think the lana IN
Maiden absolutely needs drainage.
Mr.. PELL-I have never seen piece oil land that
would not be benefited by draining.
Dr. TRIMBLE suggests powing that lahd deeper
MIR. VAN HouToS-I know a very fruitful apple:tree
in an old graveyard while an orchard alongside ia
Another appletree. manured by henroost, bears
abundapty pear-tree, excessively manured by
night.so is now full OF fruit So is a tree standing
in the richest spot have my farm. take particn-
lar care of my trees in enrching the land, and such
make rapid growth and bear fruit, while trees upon
poor ground will not produce fruit for use
Mr. FULLER-I did moi advocate cultlvatlng trees on
very poor land. only object to over-ieeding. ,
ibS Elements of Trees, and hor 10 make he0ihy
OTeLards-From lengthy letter from l.. vi. Parsons
of Waukau, Wis, read by Soon kopinson, we hlaAe %
the following extract upon the benefit OF shade and snow
in producing the elements OF trees and particularly III
keeping young orchard in healthy condition:
"W,vXAu, Wis, April II, lc59
Hence The virtue OF perennial life due to procees whi
can only conditions which exclude the sat IKE
hat q rubbish shade Indeed the tannh inc & @ M .
abundanty supplied with Il where The conceaincr o 500" IN
Wine- h. continued throu IN the the agency Of moss
leaves sad shade Hence would that 10 Perpetse an
cid orchard should either BE- supplied Win the Te ice
ent Ia solution should b. concealed from
light as 10 secure perpetual elaboration Of that element
hi. supported BY the dwarid spparance Of per
tGmns Gtes nom have robbed the soil Of
cry copteans object thereby limiting ihs time oi PERENNIAL
sstaon The abort period Of shade afforded by ceral ants
aud quantity Of perennial food 20 the simple want OF erai