Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-31
AGRICULTURAL

Published by Nj. w. PhlIiips, aelii pms /
Tennessee. sa II
ColmaH's Rural World, published at 81 I
Chestnut street, st. Louis, is devoted to
the agricultural, horticultural and stock
interests Of the valley Of the Mississippi.
II is issued on the Ist and 18th Of every
month, in quarto form, each number
containing sixteen pages, making {. vol
ume Of 3S4 pages yearly. Terms, S2 per
annum in advance; four copies So; ten
COPIES SIS, and q apremium Of six Concord
grape vines to any one sending the
names Of four snbycribers and IS and
fifteen Concord grape vines to any one
sending the names Of ten subscribers and
SIS. We take from it the following ar
tieles:
nae C,,1titre.-I have not seen that
anv more able pen has been enlisted IN
the cause of the deer, therefore suppose
/ must, as best | may. attempt 70 SNOW
how they can be cultivated and MADE
another profitable link in the cnsln OF
domestic animals. And just mere let me
saw. that do not pretend to be very
/ learned in natural history, and II err,
4 shall be pleased at correction.
! The deer 90 extensively cultivated IN
| the marks Of England, are the FanoW
| deer. fOf which I have seen thousand
! in a herd). much resembling our deer IN
general outline, though not quite as
/ Iarge. and having this distinctive tea-
I ture that their horns are broad and tiati
! where's. the deer Of this region more
| nesrly resembles what IS known as tne
4 sag. rel ( oer or heart-the only variety
/ found wild at this time in Great BritaiIi
! and that only in the most mountainous
1 part of Scotland their horns, IKE , tnose
7 of our deer, are round and spiked accord 1
ing to their age, Lii. |
vour readers careful consideration, IS the
stag or red deer, a specimen OF wnlch !
brought with nae from Jefferson county, /
some months since, whose dressed
4 weight was $50 pounds and IL not nan
fat at that.
| First. then. we Will consider its adapt
ability to domesticaiOn. We all remem-
! Ter tie two old SMILES as gentle as
lIamb,U and Z" as wild as deer = hotd
that the deer, in domesicated stater
can be made more nearly 20 resemble the
lIamb than any other animal l know OF.
ID. A. graceful as a fawn y is an accepted
axiom. II, then, they are graceful and
Gentle. here are two Inducements TO cul-
fivate both their acquaintance and them.
7 ant have been met with the question
|, on how / would keep them confined, or
protected from my neighbors, whe wouid
, consider they had right to shoot deer
wherever they found him.
i will dispose of the first question by
the statement that l have seen four dii-
ferent parks in this state, each in a dii-
: ferent county, that were securely kSpt
3 by fence OF ten rails, stsked and n
dered. -
: that the neigbbOrs appeared 10 take al
: most as much interest as the owners. 1
, can well TeIneraber the haste with which
n neiVhbor of one OF tie owners came 10
f mann him that one Of his deer had got
/ out Of the park. And why should they
: not7 Who would think Of trespassiDg
4 ON a ueiqhb0r's ground to Kill sheep or
, cows9 Why, then, should we expect
e them to trest deer any differently
? The next and only question that can
see requiring consideration Is, how 10 get
2 a stock ? and / admit it TO be q serious
0 \ cue, but not iusurmountahle. Time ana
e patience that have Accomplished 50 lhucI'
1 would Dear their usual fruit in this case
sIso Though taa process at first must
! necessarily be slow. I should 60 about 1t
I IN this way: First, ] should se!ect piece
: ~ ro,igh timber land, say one o. Two
! acres. Increasing my boundary rs L IN
T creased my s1osl5, and lnclose II as aooNe
described, without doing anything lur-
. tbar 10 II. Then 4 shO1ld seek the near-
ast hunter I knew OF 70 eaten me a
: many Young fawns SIS he could set. say
4 Z only got five or six to start. me neAS
4 year eseh of the does might De relled on
Y | Tor an increase Of onei and az ana alUeI
i y two wears, eaels might be eonsldered go01u
"a, two and some tilrse even. The only
taateation required being -Ae care Oi 1;ttie tle
's,1e-s. and in severe weather. = litIte
IL a, say hay or oats, much as you WS1l-
re- Nseep. -,
feed would detezEine for himself how
Each gould keep-La it twenty, an
many ne q thousand. The stock once
hundred Oh y increase to be disposed ol
obtained, IN, r0Rnted even with Cill
may salely p5 n. EsnisOn, instead o.
49, kept. An VGsut per pound and
Ueing one day seVe cents, would be a
the next twenty-five 1nqinimUBs of tel
mutton or beef-ssy as -vo.gg of ten dol
cents per pound or sn ave
, lars a head. NAf animal
LOOK st this, and tell me W. ~ such
we have among Us that viii MT
a return for so small an outlay. -.
An artificial lick, Of which they +,
veTv fond, may be made BY throwing.a
bJIshel or two of salt on moist place III
} the park. Il
! .0Geep-rqisiR0 Essential to Good Fui7ll-
fHg.-One thing that struck me VtE4
) forciblv was, that all farmers testliieu
that sheep raising was absolutely lnuis- ns
putable TO successful farming; Ihat Ihelf
manure was necessary 70 pressfN We Lls 1ile
5 fertility of the soil and that without
I 10 N NUnntU. IN a lew
? wears. he reduced to barrenness ana ster-
5 ility. 1t is in this view that L regaru
sheen raising in this country as more lni-
] portaut to the ultimate and permanent
r rrosperitv of the country, than on ae-
I count OF their profits. Whatever else
I NAV happen, we cannot permit thls VII
4 oin soil and these beautiful fields OF ours
to be reduced to barrenness by tne time
4 they pass into the hands OF our cnlluIeL
e and grandchildren. Their fertility mus
be preserved at all hasards, even at th'
; expense of present pronG-Lteat.-o T. oiO0
: Stanton, ONO. Al.
5 New England hills and the pisIns o
: Ohio. where they have been kept 10
g some time. Ii is a kindred practice =
dajrving. Land almost worthless II
: New York. New En- gland and numerol
/ other places, has iLlproved two, three
n and even four fold 10y this method.
d have seen the experience on my owl
farm and that OF my neighoors In IN
u Empire state.
" ATyrYcEfnG.-There Is no operation NOR
important in the surnme- treatment {
: trees and plants than mulchng. Newi
? planted trees " III make more that doubl
Z the growth when nIulehed, tlran Whe
the surface of the ground around theh
exposed through the summer 90 u
4 scorchiug rays of the sun and the dryln
4. vvinds. Many trees that die the mr.
10 season after they are planted, might /
Il saved by this simple treatment. NFlt
Z a covering of from two TO four ineht's V
y old straw, hsy, saw dust or tan bark,
!" uniform moisture is kept up in the 70
during summer, however dry the wealth.
y NAV be. The growth of the tree, to
+ ia more healthy and better able to wit
y stand the severe changes of winter tha
= yyhen it is prematurely and suddenl
checked in summer by drouthi and read
= for new and vigorous fall growth
soon SIS rain sets in, leaving the stem an
branches in the fall filed with unelaoE
!, ated sap.
- n this has not already been attende
, IT,. it should no longer be delayed. I'll
pr ,oupd around the trees shOuld be We
ia ed ard broken up, and covering
9 Al straw OF other litter st once appile'
~ NIulelting is even more important
:, rss pberry and blackberry plants, Curral
~ bIs hes. etc. This treatment insuF
70 sire nV, vigorous stems, and will give u
~ following year double the supply Of fru
le that can be expected without it. In q
~; eoulatrv where straw is abundant, q
oi entire labor Of cultivation and weedil
y; is saved by the application of four or fl
Az inches of straw over the ground betwe'
\. the rows Of plants. The ground shou
~ have q good woEking between the ro'
e with the cultivat0r, and the straw tn
II applied, covering thar entire surface
20 In tie culture of tomatoes, mulehil
win be found TO produce astonishing
I, feet. On land not too rich, eonsta
~, succession Of fruit may be had thro1
J the summer. This dressing, too, Zee
-. the tomatoes from the ground ana pi
,r vents rotting, by which 80 many are i
~, ~ in wet weather. II few small 5ru
80 were first laid down under the plants
-, fore the straw is applied, &c would ee I
~ ~ better. A hundred plants well mulch