White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-07-18
for tbs farmer.
Timely Suggestions.

Timely Suggestions.
The Germantown Telegraph, published by
Major Freas, of Germantown, Pa, gives week
u one of the best conducted agricultural de-
partments published in any family paper
The Telegraph is of long standing. and has al
ways been under the charge Of its present pro
psietor and editor. The following short arti-
cles, clipped from its columns, recommend
themselves:
LOOK TO rosa EvEReaEENs.-It is taken for
granted that those who have this spring set out
evergreen trees Of every variety, have follow
Cd cur oft repeated advice to select those that
are we'll branched from the surface Of the
ground, and have strong main stem, and only
one stem. Well, this being the presumption,
the next thing is to secure the health and de-
velopment of these neither branches, for, with
out them, evergreens are, in almost any posi-
tion in which they may be placed, "sight
not ct to be seen" To do this, all the soil be-
meath the tree, and for a few inches beyond the
extent of the branches, must be krpt entirely
free from grass and regetation Of all kiads.-
For this purpose the garden fork must be used
mo spade or hoe should be employed about
young evergreens unless in the hands Of . COM
petent gardener, or to cut the outer edges of
the grass in the forming the circle around the
tree. After the trees have been transplanted
for six or eight years they will require very lit
attention of this kind, as the heavy, dense
neither branches will smother out all attempts
at successful vegetation.
It is scarcely necessary to add that it is quite
impossible to obtain handsome evergreens with
out due management. We have some good
specimens Of successful culture upon our own
premises, and we invite to them the attention
of those who may not be posted in their cult
walton, and who may wish to possess sufi-
cient knowledge so as to exercise a proper over
sight over their own evergreens.
The ornamentation Of grounds with the diff
ferent varieties of this large and beautiful fam
lily, having become very fashionable and uni
versal, it is more necessary that information,
even if it be the most commonplace to those
familiar with arboriculture, should be frequent
ly repeated in order to impress upon the gener-
al attention the leading facts connected with
their growing; and in the accomplishment Of
this We conceive that the public at large have
about as much at stake as the individual pro-
prietors whose premises are to be thus beauti
fed.
Hints FoR THE FARMER-WEEDs-Decl
unceasing war against weeds; cleanse your
lands thoroughly, no matter what the labor or
expense-and keep them cleansed. Few are
aware how much nutrimens they abstract from
the soil. When the corn, or wheat or potato
crop fails to realize our expectations, we vent
bitter invectives against the soil, or season, or
seed, overlooking the fact that the weeds have
been silently yet sturdily at work in pillaging
from the treasury whence alone the aliment
necessary to their development can be derived.
If We mnst cultivate weeds, let US by all means
appropriate to them a certain prescribed por-
ton of our soil, and to keep them there. But
the man who would do this would be regarded
as insane, while he who permits them to over
run and strangle his corn and other valuable
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STUNTS, STONES AND BssHEs.-Every inch Of
your enclosed lands should be turned to profit
made to produce something Of value. 1t
costs you money to enclose them and they are
subject to taxation. In some fields these in
'cumbrances occupy from one-sixth to one
fourth the entire surface. They not only d.
minish the product essentially, but the eficiep-
cy of labor. We can neither pillow, harrow nor
plant close to stump, stone heap, or a bunch
of bushes, in field. The stumps and stones
should be used for fencing purposes, and the
bushes extracted and burned to ashes. No mat
ter about the moon-let her wax or wane-the
"root puller" properly applied, will do the bus
ness. "a clean surface" should be your mot
to.
PLUM TREEs-It has frequently been recon-
mended by writer's in the Telegraph, to treat
plum trees to sok. / can speak of the beneficial
results attending this practice, from experience.
had perused several articles upon the subject
before l concluded to try it; but when l did
was most happily surprised by the results
Even old trees that had long been given over,
were resuscitated by it, and are now annually
producing excellent crops. Stir, or dig up the
soil around the trunk, and SOW the salt on the
surface.
A HINr.-We have found nothing 60 effec-
tual in protecting the young plants of melons,
cucumbers, &C., from the depredations of in
sscts, as the sowing around the edges of the
hill, of radish seed. The young growth of the
radish is much preferred by these insects to
that of the melon and cucumber; hence, while
the former is freely Toasted on, the latter is per-
mitted to 60 scot free. Iftoo late for trial this
season, let it be remembered in time for the
next
Experiment in Grass Culture.
An old agriculturist gives in the London
Msrk-Lane Express the following accidental
experiment in grass culture: In laying down
land to permanent grass, he found the first
years grass invariably the best; and that af.
terward the coarser grasses choked out the finer
sorts. Many years ago his hired man mistook
orders and accidentally plowed nearly half an
acre in the wrong field. This was in the fall,
ard tho land ,ema;nad Nth tho roota of the