White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-15
for tbe farmer.
raIl or spriDr Trsasplanting Of Trees.

Fall or sPring Trsasplaating Of Trees.
Each season has lie peculiar Advantages for
srAnsplanSisg trees from the Hsnsry. Undsr
aimosi any eirsSmstAless We should prefer the
fAll seasos First, because this 10 . season Of
ssnParaiivs leisure. ~hils In spLHg there are
many dstiss u be discharged uPeH the farm,
that can be performed 81 no other Ssason.-
Trees set in the Fall become established, with
the earth firmly settled GboTt their rosts, and
ere ready to shoot their 6brss daEag the nrst
Fsnssl weather, SVsa in winter. In sxtrsas
eeld asd exposed locations, or in heavy. clay
soils, Spring may be preferred but the evils
resulting from these may be obViAtsd in most
eases BY any one Who understands the business.
A belt Of sVOrgrssns Or ether timber is always
desirable upon the exposed sides Of orchards,
IN cold, windy situations. 1.-THE soil be Of clay
and liable to held water. mound should be
raised around Sach'trse to the height Of ak or
eight inches, in order to tsrn of the water and
prevent the earth from besOniHE compact snd
hsrd. This 10 important, even In the most
suitable sells. - 10 not only leaves the surface
mellow In the Spring whom the hill is removed,
hEIii serves TO steady the tree against the &C.
sIon ofthe winds in Winter.
But, with all The advantages Of Pail planting.
most farmers defer this WSsk until Spring, and
even until much Of the pressing work Of other
plaAsi.g IL accomplished. This is great mis-
sake. because the tender roots Of thrifty nursery
trees break forth on the approach Of the first
warm days. After this, ifthe trees srsrenoV-
cd, these tender rootlets are brohen of and de-
Stroysd, and She surface becomes more or less
dry, and on she failure Of "Ihe frat intention"
the Vigor Of the tree 10 more or less impaired !;
bSsidss. If the planting is delayed uAtil Spring.
AID oftsE too late then, the tree can hardly
get . favorable start sufficient 10 carry il
through the dry spells that frequently follow,
aud hesee they either die or get feeble start.
Persons who have failed to do their planting
in the Fall shSuld embrace the frst ssasonable
weather during the present month, provided
their trees are near at hand, and set them cut
~ once. always remembering that the branches
should be we'll thiAned out, and those that re-
main 10 form the head shosld be cut back one
half or tWo-thirdI Of their length. This is i'm.
portSnt TO compensate for the loss of the roots
and small 6brss caused BY the removal from
the nursery. A good covering ofGtraU or 9TH
or litter placed around the roSts, extending
over 9 space Of four feet in diameter, will re-
SAin moist, nsllOw surface during she sun-
nsr and go far towards securing the life and
vigorous growth Of the trees.
Avsry mistaken idea almost universally pre-
walls In regard to the care and cultivation nee
sssary TO secure the healthy growth ofa young
orchard. No dOlisate annual crop needs more
careful and thorough cultivation than the or
chara. The labor for this will be more than
repaid BY choosing suitable crops to plant be-
tween the rows Of trees. These should never
be oats, wheat. &C., but low hoed crops, such as
beans, potatoes, &c.
Mere trees have been lost with the loss Of 81
vast amount Of labor, by = disregard of these
simple facts, during the last ten years. than are
healthy trees growing in the United States
VsLsT Ftrmer.