, 1865-11-02
Chicago Qrii)n1le.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1865.
TIE FARM AED GARDEN.

THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1865.
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TIE FARM AND GARDEN.
The smn1I Fruitx-Scuson Of the Straw
bcrry-Dcmand and Suppfy-Who Is
Engaged In 1t-Strnwberry Culture
[From Orr Own Corcspondcnt.]
CuAxrA1oS, 1lr, ocd 80 1s6a.
"Write Of strawberry culture IN oe'ooef
what an idea ~ says old fogy. ies' an ldea
once, but new fact now Is tne tlne 70
prepare the land for the stra" oef1J paten. IL
mnst not be put over until ne1l spring, lot
then will be the time to set the plants, and II
is not good plan to turn up tie sodden soil
in March. Go right ut 1t farmers, farucrs'
boys and everybody who wants strawberries
bv The buslel, just when spring has turned
o-ox u, thc 1onr summer days.
60 ~, 7,nra J,hr Petar and Taa.c- and
eoue " Ae'o e' ee1 s~l. - 80 ~
ne Will tell you no" 1ueJ ate sfo"n .ol 1n"
kct and you may pursue the same plan on
s~r,s rersons oun the land. Int mauy only
oo"e ~ - t,,,s It, h.-s
rent. JOIN 1oues o. So'' y, AA1' 0H5' 1A
abundance OF money tnat lneg haFo naae
selling the small fruits and they want to
make more, Thcy cast around for some man
10 manage ahe s4o"'ns pa :, eno 0:..,sa1 ~,
do the selling af. smitn u PfaeI'eaA
strawberry grover, tnt not OF large means
He needs inst vhnt Jones s. Co. haye-money
1,:,,1 1nnea e. n. mt in the capital and he
the skin md superintendence- Mr. Smith
1oots n orouna FIR a location, and finally de-
c,dcs to plant twenty acres at Jonesboro,
twenty at Champaign, and twenty at Chica-
po. with an eighty acre patch Of pcara at
To1,aon Th ns you ser the small fruits are
se,,,sss -. ia hard cnsh men. md no longer
calnog On .ne hau s ass .-as, % ~, ~ tho rsrfen
border. The Joncs strawberries Fln oe
in market about tho tenth Of May, and close
ah,,,t I'm f;4th of Junc. period Of nearly
rs'.r.o1-s ,,,,t 4he 1est ,seek fh. sunnlv viii
aoat "sehe' W. 49, ~ .a1a1nd ~ Ch.n,.
not be large and Is casu5 maoeeco' -, =. eAau ".
| pa1gn the picking Will begin May @otn! put
| Tor tho first week In small way hence
| the two crops euTelop each other and keep
| continuous supply In the market
At Chicago tho picking begins June 5th !;
| the plant having been in full bloom ~ during
The picking season at 5oncspofo. Inc ssSason
making period Of not less than eight Nccks
In which full supply Of this deltclous 1rdLt
can be put On the Chicago market. Nor is
this all; the season can be extended some
weeks beyond BY plantations at the MOTH.
| II
tie other small fruits TINT now reach the
market. euch as cuITauts, Goosebcrries, the
Nav cherry and raspberrics.
This Is q wonderful State Of Ours running
through four hundred miles Of latitude, md
thus extcndinc the season Of the small fruits
N+ll1e they arc ripening at the South they arr
in BLOOM at the North, thus virtually extend
ing the season Of those valuable elements d
rood Iiyinc.
without the aid Of railroads these natura,
euu1teIou1r r;ana. M VII ,,rssent thc hcst fF1,i
morket IN the world. and a thousand JoIlt
y~ooes ~ 9 W d. "1' 4oS ~ s@o's ~ 04ff'' ~0
octanu n,. u. ra ,,ett,,o av,r f1om the subfect
1u. ~. "" Is ~ .ms r.,,.s h"p5 Az ,isisn1n1 H.
and ye. our ,auner a. X a., and IN ;o,. M
fome % oi nqt trn n ~ 10 In, NJ join Jones d CO:
lo Raat s;tt. ~ s,+,., ~. fnr,nnc t1af IL !,
nnu Sn uasau rs,,, oTthia nav Icnartnent of fs<1n
,,,,- 1 "">As Wv ~- ~N'N4'
let US see how NJ: Smith Is to manage b M
SUE" oea1s Plaa1ss.oa 1.s"u 1na .,-e1n. - p' -
srRAFbEhRf CULTURE
5 Mr.. Smith pays bundled dollars 10 nav
histwenty ac1cs Of rented land trench pioussa't
The lease Is for fire years, the nte of ono Sc
o1tns H.,,all MMo nar ~ ann1,m
eight hundred dollars for the term Of lou
years, it being about one mile from the dc
- pot This Is without hnildngs' eoeing twent. y
!. acres taken from large EIa11 4ela' no, N
mghest nes 2ee ssss Ss' ,rrx tru4 cus EI ,ei-,',
| in q Gry well drained, rather moist SOL.
Tho p}ough1ne is done with two teams wit
q good steel clipper plough. The fprwara
plough cuts furrow ten inches wide an
seven deep, using fourteen inch plougt
!. which opens wide fu1ro~. and By this nal
II q perfect inversion. The second ploug
= which rms in The same ft1Tow Is q twelve
l inch plough, worn down TO about ten inches
,e and Turns mp IulIun =, M .t .uu sI1si "a j.
fs nv Y1e.r W. haye f1,s trench srstem /
If Tos. ~ - Je,o ,r;t1, fhn snaSa n ;Ke ;1cnt
e. Tao4 - = TIA solid eartI, i hTnken ri, a liz
u =! wv. LIE II ~ " %aass hr-;sd a. IT. ho
d I'M and I 1cayfne loose pliabIe seed bed ,
De taa.a wv 49, - 80 s;xIsa, irchaa
H. VIE T. ~ ~ ~ amtth dnas +h,s season. h,
I'd lms ~ y ~ ~, ~ t;iad soii fo fhs tcniier r.
tsss5s Lm.' +ha s+rasf 1nanfnn,afnr If the RI
OF o,,te y. ~ enssr into The st11,ctures Of a,
n1ents nies Tsck Frost. The Eiant chemist, cruz
. bleg tho cloas, dissolyes the potash, likes t
- 1n, a.;ao 1a;ns ss"1 fASo >4N~
5 epI!uG ~. t1,p +,,,o Mr. Smith retun
sths Seet y" doWn the surfar. with n harra
nS sn9 Jstsss m iron roller over it. He th
H. qatef 1H It oT IN rows two md q half feet apa
uaa 80 ~ cr,ss 1n.rka Il rt a di5tnnra OF 4
an,, aa.u ,rc1,c. TINS Ia ,1one bv maud. with
Ut rSa .sSn maEine thrre or four rows al q lin
+. 1,s IN sn11sce Is 20 snootI, that small na
- onsxefa "us n % The pprposr. Much depends up
The careful manuc1 In which this marking
Of tnT anTe - as - srs1i ~ srrr, in The seanel.
* ooe, ~ r,1,ass - ~ 1,1.nter erncd with stf
,,;,h,a taade - ~ tlic % f;,rm If The lower md
o'e, snrrspo1s Ss staft IT, III having handle like II
asat,eya s5n ~ f!H ,,iants Arr set one at ca
l. 0i Fpaae- AAc l'la.Ate Hte 'e1 ~ I, ~ - -
| intersection Of the MARKINGS ana WILL tC4u
Y | nhnrt thirteen thousand Dl1nta to the acre
l. 49, 1,u-d-od and sIxtv thonsand FIR I
tNn uunu!e" ""E 1},.t viii crer,rs
x,ece IF qonr hundred and eighty square incl
= arsn,ee Sl:a1s " t'D' A'1 = '>~ - -
e4 ,ee Thcse r;1ants arc 10 bo kept not only freo
:: ! NcedS hit in hills OF single nlh0t. DOE!
. -4zx- -,fr IL 4 $1,nh honF