The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-22
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
AGRICULTURAL
WINE MAKING.

Wine making In the United States is des-
tined to an important DEVELOPMENT. This
Is assured from the progress already made
and the proof afforded of the admirable
adoption of climate and soil In large sec
tions of country. The last United States
census report embraces much valuable in
formation on the subject. Seine of the
earliest attempts Mt grape culture were with
i'm ported varieties, which failed. Though
partial successes In the manufacture OF
native wines were obtained as long ago
as the year 1900, to Nicholas Longworth,
ESQ, recently deceased, belongs the credit
of making substantial progress. John j..
Dufaur, Of Vevay, Indiana. also made per-
serveriug efforts In the culture of the vine.
Vineyard culture may now be regarded as
fully established-California taking the
lead, though some of the best samples have
come from Georgia and the Ohio valley.
The capacity of the United States for vine
culture may judged from the single fact
California alone has 6,O00,000 acres adapted
to vineyards, while the aggregate of
European vineyards Is supposed not to ex-
coed l2,0O0,O0O acres. The estimated annual
| yield per acre in the Western States Is
about equal to that Of France-two hundred
gallons TO the acre. In the South five
hundred are claimed, and in California
| eight hundred. The number of vines now
bearing In California Is about 100000, the
yield amounting to something like a gallon
for each vine. Vine growers In the United
States were never before so much encOur-
aged as TO- to perseyere In their efforts.
MANUREs.-The following on the subject
of manure Is by Emanuel Rudisill
My experience In nlanures has been
mostly on wheat ground. | put in in June
and plOw It under. In August | give the
field a good narrowing and pillow 1t again
to bring up the mauur before putting in
wheat ! prefer putting on the manure In
its green state and let IL ferment under
ground. / think land is much benefited by
It, and have always raised good crops of
wheat,
l have also had good wheat crops on oats
ground by putting on manure In July or
August, and plow it under and letting it
lay till the first of September and plow H.
again. l make tia rule to put all my
wheat land down with clover aud let Il lay
two seasons, Whenl apply manure TO my
meadows | prefer it well rotted and put 1t
on in November with very good results.
/ mix the horse manur with the cattle
manure 1t is not SO ready TO get fire ranged
by mixing It. My sheep manure is left in
the pen under cover and | take 1t out every
spring and apply 1t TO my fallow ground.
The wheat will always be much better on
that part than where | put the manure that
was left out exposed to the weather which
| think is a good proof that all our manures
ought to be Kept under cover till taken to
the field. ] once applied n few loads of
leached ashes to a very poor sandy spot
and whatever is put on that part is always
much thriftier than the other adjoining.
II Is now about fourteen years since the
ashes were put OH. Where l apply stable
manure on any Of my sandy land the eff
fects will only he seen on the first crop.
| think 1t is too porous TO contain any ma
nures longer than one season. But On my
clay lane l can see the effect of the manure
on the second and third crops. | have also
applied plaster of paris on corn with very
good effects.