The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-04-04
THE TRIBUNE.
FARM AND GARDEN.


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GETTING EARLY SEEDS. udesir
70 renew a recommendation, which W,
have made In a former year, to those VIII
wish to secure an early crop of any kind
which is, that they obtain their seed from
higher latitude and colder clinlat,
than the one in which they intend ::
plant. BY so doing they will be able t,
$ secure ripened crop from one to three
weeks earlier than by planting seed thai
is raised on the same soil This is espe
cially desirable in regard to garden crops,
where one great object is to obtain early
vegetables. Corn, for instance, will come
to perfection in our Middle States, and
be fit for table use some weeks earlier, if
the seed Is obtained from Canada OF from
the provinces farther North. siaE
The reason of this is obvious The
summer season in the Northern regions
Is much shorter than in the Middle and
Southern States, requiring that crops
should be matured more rapidly, which
is actually the case after the season has
fairly opened Nature adapts herself to
Northern ATTITUDES, which are often in
tensely hot, are marked by the rapid
growth of vegetation, which hurries on
e TO perfection, as If conscious of the short
ness of the season and impelled by the
fear Of an early frost Hence when seeds
raised in such climate are planted in
more Southern soil, they will at first fol
low the habit of the country from which
they came and hasten on to maturity, as
it knowing nothing of the change Of lat
ltude. But, after two or three seasons
Z growing IN the same place, and even at
ter a single season, such seeds become
acclimated and CONFIRMED to the habits
of the country in which they grow, max
ing it necessary to obtain seed afresh
from some Northern region. The fact is
: well known to all engaged in agriculture
that plants of all kinds become accus-
toned to the ways of the place in which
they are raised and readily conform to
such custom.
We would also utter caution, espe-
clally to those on or above the latitude of
this city, against sowing seed too early
There are few seeds which may be put
into the ground without much fear of
any frost that shall occur after the first of
April; but most seeds are far better off in
the house or the granary than in the
ground. before the weather has become
fairly settled and the ground measure
bly, warm. There is no gain, but almost
always great loss of time, in planting
seeds too early. A crop of corn that is
June in many parts of the country will
mature as early, if not earlier. than one
planted month or six weeks earlier
The more haste the less speed, us true,
as a general thing, in planting. Better
walt until the sun is we'll toward the
North and until all danger from frost has
passed, and there will then be no danger
of backset, which Is as disastrous in
farming as it Is In recovering from sick
ness
In this connection we desire also to re-
commend to our agricultural reader at
the North another experiment, that of
sending portion of their seed still fur
Their South, not for the sake of securing
an earlier crop, but to enable those who
may otherwise be without one to reap it
for themselves Together with the cry
for bread to preserve many from starva-
ton, there comes from different parts OF
the Southern States an appeal for seed.
numbers of farmers there being COMPEL
ed to use all there seed for bread. They
will have no seed to plant unless it is
sent to them from more favored portions
of the land. And. as the seed-time is
much earlier in the Southern States than
1t is here, no time shonld be lost in send
ing IL Where it cannot be sent in kind
1t can be sent in money through the Re
lief Committees III different places.
T. Obse,rer.
INTELLECTUAL CULTURE AND ENJOY
NENT--A plantation Of fruit trees, is
really one OF the most interesting objects
in the world OF Nature Whag a scene
of beauty and variety, whether we view
them in blossom or in fruit Even in
winter, they are full Of interest; the pecu-
liar growth of each variety, the color Of
the bark, the form and size OF the buds
give to each variety character of It's
own. Then the same trees are constant
ly changing, and this change from day to
day, and year to year invests them con-
tinually with Il fresh interest.
The planting, pruning and training of
fruit trees Is a most interesting work. and
of necessity leads the mind to q study of
the laws of vegetation in general. as well
As of the peculiar habits Of growth and
bearing Of each species and even Of each
variety of fruit. The search after in
sects which intest fruit trees, and the eff
forts to guard against their ravages. lead
to the study of another branch Of natural
history, and thus we see how fruit cul-
study of Nature and her laws. ! might
dwell at great length on this point, but
will pass Oh to another, and this is, the
importance of making home attractive,
and of training up children with taste
Tor gardening pursuits and natural histo
ry The neglect of this among the farm
ing population is Widespread and pain
fully manifest. How common it Is to see
Intelligent and very well educated tamii-
les of young men an women brought up
on the farm. The simplest elements of
etree culture are Misunderstanding,
grating, budding, layering or striking
cuttings. are to them mysterious opera
tons. The insect world around them
too. is a sealed book The aesuit of this
is that the cares ana laboiS of the fam
are tothese young people mere drudgsry
-eltiguing, duh and mksome, and they
seek to get rid Of it. They feel no at
tachment to home, and this is the reason
why the great number of' the brightest
young mcn seek other emnloyments and
the rural populations Of the finest districts
of our States is daily decreasing; the i,,nd
isnot producing one-tourth what it might.
This, 1t appears to me, Is serious
question for the farmers Of our country,
and one which claims their immediate at
tention. Barry.
Nebraska produces twenty five native
varieties of the plum In early spring,
saysa report to the Agricultural Bureau,
hundreds of acres together of these in
digenous plums display one sheet OF
white flowers covering the landscape, and
loading the air with fragrance A GER
tain variety has been observed which
withstand the attacks of the cureulio,
and bear abundantly, while all Others
We're thinned out by the insect Three