The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-05-23
THE TRIBUNE.
FARM. AND GARDEN.


Accounts from Southern Illinois give
very fattering view of the fruit pros
pect.
Hay is an article In great demand in
parts of Georgia 1t was selling by the
bale in Augusta few weeks ago at 81 a
hundred.
The continued cold weather has very
much retarded farming pursuits, and it
will nov be necessary for farmers to do
double work, and crowd a great deal into
short space.
An army of rats made raid on hog
pen OF farmer at Summer Hill, n. Y,
few weeks ago and killed and nearly de-
voured hog weighing two hundred
pounds.
For mich cows there is no root that
equals the carrot It gives a beautiful
yellow hue to the butter, and increases
the milk more than any other crop that
farmer can grow.
In Georgia, plantations formerly worth
tendOllars an acre, including cleared, swamp
and timber land, are now offered urgently
at one dollar and a quarter an acre, with
outfnding purchaser.
There is risk in farming, as in every
other business, yet it has been experience
ed that those farmers who look upon the
bright side, and plant accordingly, are al
WAYS sure in the end to reap abundantly
Should all animals except the COW die
the loss could be borne. Should she alone
die, you 'whould have mourning She
should be treated as tenderly as ones
wife. Keep her clean, feed her well, and
respect her.
Think of a cow standing all night in the
fence corner without shelter.
Let the door-yards pastures and roads
be supplied with shade trees-mostly of
the Varieties native to the soil Let them
be protected. Let every Christian man
consider it his duty to go half mile rath-
er than hitch his horse to shade tree I'M
less it is very large one Uaclb1sttan
men perhaps deserve to be sent still furth-
The very best way to protect strawber
ries is to plant them in hills that is to
keep all runners cut off. # this is done,
they will form form immense tops and
proportiontionably large roots These
tons will mat down around the crown, and
even if not mulched the plants will come
out right in the spring. Still mulching
lightly around each s'hill, will not only
protect the roots, but keep the fruit
clean the next season.
A lady writes: Tin culture of my ohil-
dren | make much account of the cultlva-
ton Of flowers My little daughter is old
enough to take some care of them. l
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pots. and as soon as she is familiar with
these and their wants | shall get others
for her 1t is In this way [ wish her to
begin the study Of botany. and / think,
too, that the care of plants promotes
health Of mind as well as body.
A home, however tasteful as to house
and lawn, is incomplete without liberal
allotment of ground for gardening purpo-
ses Much of the domestic comfort of
family is derived from the products of the
garden. Hence the Importance of rem
dering it capable of producing the great
est variety of fruits and vegetables. These
provided for, taste for the merely orna-
mental and the beautiful may well be in
dulged as conducive alike to health and
intellectual Development.
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operation In Massachusetts,, and if strictly
enforced sheep viii have entire immunity
from canine raids. Every dog must be Ii
censcd before the first of May, the penal,
t. baing Si5 fine for the owner, and death /
for the animal The complainant against
an unlicensed dog gets S. CT the fine
The annual tax ON male dogs Is 81, and /
on female dogs s.. Provision is made
for killing all unlice 5ed dogs on the lst of
July
tits particularly pleasant to know that
the growing crop IN the West has never
been more promising The deep SHOWS
of winter, lying steadily on the ground,
have been the chief cause of this. 1t is
true that the crop is still liable to suffer
during the summer from drought. and
may possibly be visited, as at times here
tofore, by insects but this danger is not
and it is satisfaction enough
to know that there are now no unfavorable
and that SO far as indications
90, we have every reason to anticipate an
abundant and profitable harvest.
a. wsiter suggests that neighborhoods
and districts decide upon some day, say
the 18th of May, as a general tree planting
day, when all the farmers shall turn out
and spend the day in procuring evergreen
and deciduous trees from the forest, and
TRANSFORMING them around their dwell
ines, along the roadside, about the dis
trict school house, &c He believes the
occasion could be made a pleasant one,
and that much good would come of day
so spent. Homesteads and highways can
be made more cheerful and pleasant by
the act and as it is one attended with
comparatively little cost, it can be more
generally engaged in.
SETTING OUT MAPLE ORCHARDS.-It
may seem strange that any one, at this
late day, should advise the setting out of
maple orchards with view of making
sugar from them. So people argued
thirty or forty years ago about setting out
fruit orchards they should never live to
eat the fruit thereof. But many have
lived 20 enjoy the fruits Of their labors,
and more attention Is now given to set
ting out forest trees than ever before.
In like manner maple orchard may be
obtained in from fifteen to twenty years
from the time of setting, which viii pro
duee sugar enough for any family, and,
at the same, be an ornament which would
be worth thousand dollars TO any home
stead
Now is the proper time TO set out such
an orchard, or, what would better to pre-
pare the trees and ground for setting an
other year. s Go to the forest and select
trees, if possible of second growth, and
which have stood ont Of the shade of
the forest Cut off nearly the entire top
at distance of about ten feet. and with
AN old ak, cut a circle around the roots,
of at least eighteen inches from the trunk
of the tree Let them stand In this con
zdition one year, and innumerable hbres