The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-03-17
Suggestion About spring work

the season of more things interest.
ing to the farmer that pertain to
either of the other seasons. IL is
the beginning of the agricultural
year, and the results of summer,
autumn and winter will depend
very much upon the wisdom with
which the duties of the spring are
discharged.
In the first place the fences will
reed repair. 1t is poor policy to
get in crops to be destroyed either
by unruly animals, or by animals
that merely help themselves be-
cause the fences arc insufficient --
Now is the time to attend 10 this
duty, for there will bo no oppor.
tunity to do it thoroughly after the
season fairly opens.
In the next place, keep your
stock out Of your meadows and
pastures. Many are 70 ddoring
from the stock in the field better
improve the first pleasant day in
hauling in your hay, then leave tho
cattle TO tramp up the meadow.
Then clear the pasture until there
is something grown for the stock
20 cat, as there will be less pas.
ture in proportion as the ground is
cut up by the thoughtlcss hoof.
In the the third place, send the
boys into tho meadow with light,
long handle mauls, to beat up and
scatter the droppings ofyour stock,
and sec 10 it that nothing lies
about to cbstruct the growth Of the
grass.
Then don'tplow when the ground
is too wet. Hall q crop is the pen
atty of violating this law. The
effect OF imprudcncc in this is felt
even upon the second years crop.
This will remind the farmer thai,
he can plow his undcrdrnincd fields
much earlier than those that are
neglected in this respect.
ABOUT FRUIT TREES.
AS tho late cold weather has
been vory fatal to fruit and fruit
trees, too much care cannot be
taken ofthcm in reference to prun.
ing and cultivation, 10 help them
recover from the shock they have
! ccciycd. We have lately pub.
lishod the instructions of tho OK
perienced, on pruning. 1t will be
necessary to rcplant in many 10.
calities, somo kinds of fruit trees !;
though great care will he essen
tial to get young trees that are not
damaged, in order to plant with
any profit,
On this subject we quote from
the late proceedings ofthc st. Louis
Horticultural Society;
"a discussion took place upon
the question What ought to be
done with peach trees!
"Mr, Quincttc said he was dig
ging his trees up, being satisfied
they are injured beyond recovery;
but would not advise cutting them
down until they give evidence Of
being dead. Tho tops now have
more vitality than tho runks.--
The vitality at the top may force
the sap to ascend and develop
leaves; If SO, the trees willrccovcr,
"Thc President read II letter
from New York, stating that trees
shcpc have often recovered when
{ cy were supposed to have been
entirely killed 10y the irosts, and
advising the sparing of the trees
until they gave unmistakable eyi.
dcnce of being dead.
"Thc President also alluded &c
tho very singular fact, an illus
tration Of which he exhibited .soy,
cral years ago, of an old apple tree
Perfecting its iruitior several year,
ON branch girdled about threC
Inches wide, aud the intermediat,
wood deal, dry and cracked opcr
evidently showing that th(
branch had drawn its supply Of
say through this dead wood"
"Mr. Clagett said that was a
fact which he had often observed
and supposed it to be the effect o
vital causes at work in the top
lie had often seen trees to mature
fruit equally as well, and some
times better, on such limbs thar
on limbs not girdled.
"Mr. Morse, Of Jefferson conn
~, had trees badly injured, whicl
recovered and very vigorou
growth afterward.
@Mr. Mudd said that his obser
vations We're that the old wood o
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