Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-10-13
The Farm, Garden, Kitchen & Shop.

columns of the Newport Express, my
eye caught the following heading to
an article on the propagation of fruit
trees: GAN ORCHARD-How TO HAVE
ONE" To believe that its author re-
ally believes what he writes, would
be reflection on his common sense !;
and to say that he did not believe it
would be to question his common hon.
esty; so / leave the reader to draw
his own conclusions after stating that
the plan he suggests is an old and un-
profitable story long since well played
out. The experience Of our Oldest
orchardists in Canada condemns this
plan after a trial of many years of the
most practical care. Ask such men
as Miller, Pinkham and Burpee, who
had lived to learn better, and they
will tell you that growing fruit trees
to be hardy and productive cannot be
done by sowing the seed and spice
grating; for by so doing you have a
tender trunk and superabundance
OF root when the branches are Topped.
To graft IN the manner above mention
ed, In order to get trees that will stand
our Canadian climate you must graft
from seedlings, say two years old,
with the top root cut of, strange as it
may seem to the man of medicine the
top bud of this graft is then set out
about an inch above the surface; then
properly cared for, in three years
from time of grating you may reason
ably begin to look for fruit. Who
but one idead down easter would
ever think of advising people in the
nineteenth century TO raise native
fruit, or even to bother raising their
own trees, when, for a few dollars, we
may obtain all such as have proved
the test of climate for hundreds of
miles north and south of Stanstead.
And, dear sir-while writing, allow
me to remind your readers that the
best season in the whole year for set
ting out fruit trees is at hand so that
what ever else may be forgotten this
fall, let not the mothers and children
of your farmers in Vermont forget to
set out lot Of Bryant's best crab ap-
pie trees for of this kind of fruit too
much cannot be said. Hereafter, |
will furnish for your columns an indi-
vidual's success among the crab ap-
Piles, full more important to the pub
lie than the rise and fall OF Early
Rose potatoes. Yours truly,
YEoMAN.
Stanstead, P. O., Sept. I'd, 1868.
On MAKING WINTER BUTTER
When milking be sure your hands are
clean, strain and place in crooks in
cool place in good milk house.
Some argue long crooks are the best,
some that shallow are the best; al
though the shallow crock will raise the
cream the quickest, they are not so
good as the deep ones, as the cream
is not so good; let them stand in the
water until the cream is perfectly sep
arated, then skim and put the cream
into a large cream crock, where it is
allowed to remain until it is perfectly
sour.
Here we may notice that the crooks
and all vessels used should be scald-
cd every tinno 6o{oro they ore 10y cd
after using. In cold weather it is
sometimes needful to warm the sour
cream before churning, but it is sell
dom the case; freezing and scalding
both spoil the cream, for making good
butter, churn in an up and down churn,
which is undoubtedly the best churn
there is to be found, never use scald-
ing water, as it ruins the butter, but
give good elbow grease till done.
Although in diaries of more than
one or two cows, dog or horse pow
er may be added, which saves a great
deal of hard work. Take out the but
ter Immediately and work out all the
milk possible, then add a little salt
and let it stand until the next morn
ing, when it should be worked over
again, allowing no milk to remain in
it. Then your butter crock, scalded
ed and rubbed with salt, place the but
ter in it, packing as tight as possible
cover with fine piece of muslin, and
covering with brine which is to be
made out of salt and water.
WINTER Projection OF TREES. -
The Germantown Telegraph says =
Great damage is annually done to
trees, both fruit and ornamental, by
mice. These little animals being de
prived of their usual supply, which
they collect from other sources, while
the ground remains uncovered, are
forced to forage upon the nursery, and
the young trees in the orchard, to
which their attacks often prove highly
injurious, if not fatal. The most eff
fective method of protecting trees
from mice, which | have ever seen
adopted, is to place from half a bush
ell to bushel Of old, well-rotted ma
nure around the trunk of each tree
COMPRISING it slightly with the foot
or back of shovel, leaving the whole
in a pyramidal form, which gives great
er stability than could otherwise be
secured to the mass. When the ma
nure freezes, it is utterly impenetrable
to mice, and affords perfect protec
ton to the Tree. 1t is also ready tC
afford substance to the roots, above
which it should be spread early in thu
spring.
Shavings, and the boughs of ever
green trees are sometimes used, bu
thasa ara uncuita hIa &c thav q flor.