, 1861-04-18
Agricultural Ttsms.

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A TIMELY HINr FOR TEE PLANrERs.--
Who has not observed that many trees,
such as the pear and cherry, the tulip tree,
and horse chestnut, are often injured on the
south and southwestern sides This Is pro-
badly caused by the scalding heat of the sun
on the bark, during midsummer, or its rays
in early spring thawing out the frost, only TO
be succeeded by hard and sudden freezing.
Were trees differently trained from the be.
ginning, perhaps this injury would seldom be
suffered. If branches were allowed to grow
along the entire trunk, or at least enough to
shade the entire stem from the sun, probably
the bark would remain perfectly sound.
For trees which have been denuded Of their
lower boughs, we would recommend q light
band Of straw or hay wound loosely around
the trunk from the bUle up to the branches.
For la'ge trees upon o lawn, It will answer
nearly as well 10 set up half sections Of the
bark Of other trees on the exposed sides,
tying them neatly to the trunks.
suoKERs IN APPLE 0RoHARDs. re-
mark Is often made, that the suckers Of
apple trees made use of as stocks to graft,
are apt to produce suckers. This is true
only 90 far as those particular trees which
suckers most abundantly are apt TO be sci.
ected from which to obtain the supply, and
Of course the new stocks have the same DO.
culiarity. Suckers should never be used
for stocks; but IL they are, they should be
taken from trees that produce the fswest.
To clear suckers from orchard trees, they
should be cut of, for new shoots will spring
from every stub left. The right wav Il To
Keep the ground smooth. mellow. and clean
and then about the middle season Of growth,
or during the first half Of summer, put on
thlck cowhlde boots, and stout buckskin nit
tens, seize one sucker at time, placing the
boot upon it close to the tree, give sudden
jerk with the hands, and i viii be torn out
root and branch, leaving no stump. An oc.
caslonal repetition Of tins process viii keep
tne orcnard clear. suckers always give .
sioveniy appearance 70 aH orchard, and
snouio not De suffered 70 grow. hey also
iaVor me depredatlons Of the b0rer.
OF raspberries, few persons have ever sean
q fifst.rate one. The gardeners about our
cities do not succeed IN growing them 70
perfection. This fruit ljfes a Tooist cooI
situation. such a ne north slopa of a hin
or the north side Of 4 fence. The soil
should be made (very fine andl yery rich:
You cannot oVerfeed the raspberry. The
strawberry mas multitude Of hne hbrous
roots and as it grows little woody fibre Il
requires little manure; the raspberry, on the
contrary, produces considerable wood, and
as it mas rev horous roots with which to
take Up noGrlshment these should be well
suPPaeo. rlant the canes about four feet
apart, and cut them to within one foot Of
tne ground. A. the time OF planting, stake
T'1H '''O's S'""
Foreign papers state that pleuro pneumo-
mia has in France been completely cured in
twelve days with s6lphate Of iron, copperas
or green vitriol. How administered, we
are not told. The NJ x Farmer suggests
farmers should for . while Introduce horses
for work instead Of oxen, and sheep, for
their Hesh, In place Of cattle. The Country
Gentleman shortens the name Of the new
disease 10 Pleuro. Now, dear Gentle.
Alan, 40 spare US tne general infiiction Of
sncn u9warrsnteo ana. unmeanlng ap'
Peuation. S'mPle-mcn already have too
,nn many cuItaleo woros. win no real sense
0. ls,s ~ .nem; and besides, should not gentle.
~ rsJerve 'neir Olgnity' even 10 the midst