, 1866-06-13

except as rapid grower. The sugar maple
Ia one Of the most desirable and profitable
trees that can be planted, and IN these days
Of dear swetentng, deserves The most atten-
tIon and widespread cultivation. Strange q
as 1t may seem, the little State Of Vermont
Is now the banner sugar State Of the Union. .snd
increasing erery Year-an owing to plenty Of
sugar maple orchards. Her crop Of sugar Is.
worth more than million dollars year, a
great source OF wealth TO the men who pocket
it.. Unlike the sap OF the Sorch IN and sugar
cane, the juice of this tree boils down into
nalasses At the last Ta.t without auy difficult
ty in crystalizing, and can be worked at =
season Of the year when no other Labor inter-
fcres, and sugar making Is alHays regarded as
frolic. a sugar orchard comes into being,
too, about as soon as an apple orchard, will
bic property on the farm. Farmers, be sure
to plant plenty Of trees next year al over
your land, and don't forget to see that thcy
are all sugar naples, whether You ever ex-
peet to get harvest from them OF not.
Plant ANYHOW.
AGooD GARDEN WALK.
Tho best walk for general use that I ever
saw was made by digging ont to the depth Of
a foot, and the width needed, {generally four
feet for a footrath,} J and filling up the e1ca-
:vation with broken stones, weighing about q
pound each, or larger than Is used for mac1d-
amizlng streets, or spawls from stone ma
son's yard or quary, COVERING over With loose
ten years, requiring no repairs 10 that time,
except ouce cutttng the grass OF to the orgi-
nal width, where 1t had eucroached, and add
ing little more gravel. It fs now better
than ever It was, and looks as If 1t wo1ld last
century. II costs about thirty cents yard
to make, and when made is eood for all inture
time, never getting wet or soft, or allowing
Weeds tn ErOW IN through It.
ABOUT MANURE.
II seems almost sacrflfgfons. to notice the
ingenious method you Chicago folks devise to
get rid Of your city excrenent, so necessary
fields around yon. Good Mr. Edgar Sanders
put In mild sort of protest some time ago
against your criminal wastcfulness, and very
sensibly suggested TINT Instead Of burying it
ten feet deep, &c, YOU put GONE Of It On your
sandy city parks and other public places.
By all means, good people, put It on the
parks. and every where else, go you don't de.
bred, once thought, in my eonceit, rs thnu.
sands OF others now think in the West, that
our lands nre rich enough without manure.
got brave2y over that years ago, or rather 1t
was Knocked ont Of NC BY hnrd, stubborn
facts that couldn't be got over: Manure is
the invisible panacea for all agricultural ilsa.
and Is the farmer aud fruit growers sheet
anchor. It Is tip-top for poor lands, and Just
az good for rich ones, particularly tor taking
The "~illness' ont; good for dry season
and Just a6 good for . wet one- You never
can get enough OF 1t, let alone too much. I
up their eyes At this, but It is Il fact, never
theless. How to save the sewage Of cities,
the black seetbiug masses Of bubll1g, fer
mentipg filth that befonls high heaven with
its odors, on 1t way to lakes and oceans, pos
slbly to make future fertile continents for fu-
turc generations i1 future ages, but certainly
totally and completely lost to ours, that
should utilize and render It portable aud val
nable In some way, Il the great economic
problem Of the age, and the man who Will
discover 1t wi1l be beneslctor to bis
race. Mr.. Carey, monomanIac On the
,mS9st 5 e s of s,,ses ,pssf p,9ssfi,ys I've ,s 5sr ,ek
out. q why, We are Transporting away onr
soil when We export cur grain" Is not this
the case With oil the prodlgious quantities OF
provisions which. with tldetess floods, set but
ono way, into our cities, sending nothing back
to the soil In return. Great Britain rsnsaezs
the battle. fields and Islands Of the globe for
bones and manures to recupcrate her ex-
hausted soils, while her cities pour an unend-
ing Hood Of fertility into the ocean. that
would more thnn satfsfy her wants, Il she
only knew how TO make use Of It; aud the
same may be said Of our own cities, pazticu.
lar1y OF New York. If you have grass plat
=
the dryest season o. the year, give Il, ma
nnre. II your roses and shzubbery don't
thrive aud blossom Us the Ense, give them
manure. II yonr grain crops don't turn out
well, particularly corn, ten to one, the want
oi manure Is ut the bottom Of the trouble. I
say what know from dear experience, and
hope Western readers will profit by it, for the
way We are wasting and wearing out onr VIZ
| gin soil, and leaving d heritage Of poverty,
! leanness aud barrenpess TO those who arc to
come after US, is particularly shocking. Pas
tuses, particularly need manure IN psofusion;
! all that can be put on them. A ton and
h3f OF two tons Of hay per acre can Just as
well be taken or every year, wet aud dry
together, as one ton, n manure enough {
! used, and this Is required to keep up q sup
| ply Of what organic material Is taken OF. Z
any Of your city readers have garden thai
does not thrive, manure is what 1t wants
rich As your Chicago prairie Is supposed to be
always dislike to henr Of this virgin gold
! In the nugget, being wasted aud destroyed
| as It Is throughout the ebtire West, where 1t
is quite as much needed in reality Us 1t Is IN
less fertile sections Of tho country.
FENCES AGAIN.
A stranger accidentally reading my last
article In your paper In my presence, put In q
protest against wire ieuces. He had tried
them ard didn't like them. did not ask
| him why, hut almost know that 1t Waa be-
cause the wire WIS not drawn taut enough
where the Wire Is loose and !u4 OF Kinks, i!
Is worse than no fence, aud cattle leap cTe,
it with tmpunity- But they won't try t..ai
more than once with wire fence properly
! put Up and secured With staples to every post
! II is the hest fence In the world. II hur1i
care o. hard blow assails = rail fence, 0,
even not very new plank one, the country
is covered With loose lumber, and an inlnenst
amount Of labor is required to replace thing!
as before, and, In the meantime, perhaps th[
crops are suffering tEom the depIedations O
stock. But wire fence, once put up prop
crly, Is there forever, even If post shoutt
give away occasionally. 1t otIera no resist
ance to winds either winter or sumncr, nnt
never works loose or sways nbout. Hedges
consider out Of the question, even It The.
would turn cattle, In our Tree and independ
ent country where everybody uses the high
| way as stock yard and pasture ground. tt
be good for anything they require two OF
three trimmings year. and arc not only ex
pensiyc, but fail to do what Ii wanted o
them In keeping out pigs and cows. Tn,
Usage orange Is useful, If left untrimmed aut
wattled Into, each othaz around q fruit gardc,
where boys are apt to depredatc, but ere1
then it Is not imprcgnable, as know to m,
cost. To get good fence that will last, au'
require the minimum amount Of lumber
hauling, future attention and labor at ninl
rum amount Of cost, Is an Important objec
with the mrmes- clatm> that he attalns
more surely with wire fence than with an
other. HoRTus.