Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-10-07
rHE EVENING STAR.
pEAcHKs EVERY YEAR.

r A few weeks ago We recommended the prac-
tice Of training peach trees in such manner
that the branches may be bent down and buried
with earth, similar to the well known mode Of
proectipg tender grapes and raspberTies. If
a issen or two trees could be thus secured
With good crops they would we'll repay the
TIVE or three days Of labor, if so much would be
required, Of covering them properly. A
ruccessful experiment Of this kind is mentioned
n late number Of the Prairie Farmer, frem
%. s. Wiley, with the following remarks:-
The better way, and the only way the tender
points can be wintered successfully aud salts
.factoriy, Is by projections with the soil around
them, and dry feet. First see that your
grounds are well drained, high and airy, where
no water will stand upon or very near the
surface, even though a hole be dug for it's
reception; half your protection il now accom-
plished, and for the other half cover with SOIL
Many think it absurd to cover peach tree
with "dirt, and so they may, so far as profit
is concerned, but the pleasure of seeing them
grow, with now and then fruit, compensstes.
The DodHs 0peraHdi is simple: take good wild
plum stocks, bud the strongest growers and
hardest sorts into them, which will dwarf the
peach; train with low heads by annually cut
ting back. A tree should not obtain but few
feet in height, even when old; and by judi
cious use of the knife, its branches can be
trained in horizontal position, which are
easily bent to the ground, and covered as above.
But few inches of soil are necessary to protect
them from the changes Of weather and fierce
winds
Henry Floyd of winnebago Co., Wis,
exhibited six plates Of peaches at tho last Wis
cousin State Fair, protected in this manner,
being the first crop, which were equal to any
in quality the writer tested from more favored
peach lOcalities.-CouHtry Gentleman.
How FAR THE ARMY WOULD REACH.-Know-
ing pretty nearly how many men there are
here, also the number of batteries and squad
IONS of cavalry, and the number of wagons
needed to ftrsnsport the camp equipage and
supplies, have calculated the distance which
would oe occupied by this army on a line of
march / have noticed how much space is
taken up by troops, by wagons, by cavalry,
and artillery, that your readers might obtain
comparative estimate. Men marching in
files are usually little more than three feet
apart; horses, whether cavalry or artillery
need twelve feet: a wagon in train with four
horses occupies fifty feet. Now, if the army Of
the Potonsc was In line, moving on o narrow
country road, with cavalry four abreast. and
men IN files of four, accompanied by all the
wsgons and ambulanceS, and ammunition train,
II would reach from Boston to Hartford-nOt
far from one hundred and fifty miles
This Il view Of the machine as a whole, or
drawn out in single line. But few persons
can hsVe any adequate conception of what it
has coSs in thought-not mOney-to construct
II, bow much energy and determination, how
much prudence and f0rethought, how much
anticipation Of future wants, necessities and
contingencies, or much thought it will require
from the one single mind that is to guide its
movements-when to move? where how? or
what shall be done if success attends his plans?
or what shall he do if the enemy makes an I'M
Certain move! or how shall ne recover from
any adverse unforeseen eircumstances?-- Wash
Cor. Of Boston, Journal.