The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-24
Agricultural.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

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A German pomologist asserts that Young
pear trees with smooth and red twigs will fur
nish juicy and well favored fruit; while rough,
green shoots Indicate a mealy, dry aud taste
less article. With apples, rough branches
Indicate sour; smooth branches. sweet fruit.
TRAINING VINEs.-Out-buildings of all kinds
that have become dlapiaatod through time,
or by exposure to storm, may become objects
of beauty by training wild vines, such IN
woodbine, wild grape or ivy over them. These
vines spread very rapidly from their lateral
branches, or will increase to an astonishing
extent, by means of cuttings or by layering.
Tho picturesque beauty OF many Of the rural
villages in Europe, is almost entirely owing
to the vines that Overspread tho dwellings,.
RomOve the ivy from some Of the historic
buildings In England, and they would look IA
unaightly "a rOugh-built shanties. Some of
our more hardy grapes can bo grown with
profit over low buildings, and at the same
time they will give a pleasant appearance to
what before dishgured the premises.
MANURE THE TEsT or Coon FARAnNa.-Wo
farm for profit IA q rule, however many OK
ceptions there may be. This profit which
We all seek comes from the sale Of the pro.
ducts OF tho land, or from that Of animals fed
upon them. This divides farming operations
into two classes, and determines the nature
Of them aud the system pursued upon differ
ent farms, or upOn different fields Of the
farm. BY far the greater number Of farmers
pursuea mixed system, deriving their in
come in part from animal products. With
such, animal manure 10 a necessity, aud the
success OF a farmer may be prcdicated upon
the amount he makes and uses. AtempoTary
exception TO this rule Is seen on some Of tho
virgin lands Of the west, and wherever ap-
parently inoxhaustihle fertility of soil renders
manure Huperiluous. Who're a system Of
green mauuriug for wheat and Indian corn.
with the addition Of lime and plaster, and
parhapB bone dust occasionallv. Ia sufficient
with good tillago to maintain fertility, far
mors have an economical substitute for ami
NAL manures, This syatem may often be
sionally to entire farms. Manurc-barn-
yard manur or more properly, barn manure,
for the yard rs a poor place at best, 10 make
it-regarding both quantity and quality, must
be considered the measure OF good farming,
and the tost OF success. I'm. Ag-ictdltVist
SPRucr TOR HEDaFs.-A correspondent of
the Canada Farmer thinks the spruce best
adapted for hedges. He objects TO the thorn
on account Of its "toppy" inclination. caus-
ing II 10 be too thin at the bottom, aud be-
cause all domcstic animals feed grcedily
on the thorn shoots: besidcs, carly in tho
year, the hedge looks hin until the leaves
come out. He, therefore, has abandoned
the thorn and adopted the spruce fir for
hedges. He SAYS: "This tree, IL planted two
feet apart, come + mp TO my idea what q good
hedge ought 20 be; II readily conforms to the
shape required, viz: the triangular: il looks
tremendously strong; no animal eats ii, and
il is handsomcr in winter than in summer be-
sidEs growing quicker. IknOw noinsect which
dcpfroys the spruce fir. have about twenty
acres Of fir edge planted on my farm; | clip
thom with shears, as there is little or no
trouble with them" Ito adds that spruce
frs two feet high are delivered on his farm at
five cents each, and that they are enduring;
he gives the fact that furs are used on the
RAILWAYS In Switzerland a. thorns arc used M
England. II a good enduring hodge can be
made Of spruce, rs II would seem from the
oXporience OF this writer. u would prove q
state, where fencing timber is becoming
scarce and dear. We suppose an unlimited
quantity of spruce, suitable for hedge, can
be obtained from the state park, the north
woods or wilderness, and furnished along
the line of railroads at much less cost than
five cents q tree Of the size noticed above
Utica Herald.
A WoSDTRFUL Isabella VINE.-As we were
to-day being driven out on Euclid street,
Cleveland, Ohio, aud admiring the many
beautiful grounds which line this handsome
avenue for miles, We were told OF, and taken
10 see an Isabella grape vine that, even here,
in this land of grapes, ia a wonder. Tn vine
il in the front door yard OF Mr.. Simon Wal
lace, Union street, four doors north of Eu-
cid, East Cleveland and was by him planted
near his kitchen door, fourteen wears ago this
spring. It Ia now nine inches in diameter at
Its collar; five or six main stems leading
thercfrom are trained up over a rough arbor
OF ffty-siX feet IN length by twcnty-four feet
wide. Another arm winds round one end OF
the house, covering entirely It's side, say
twenty-five aud twenty-four feet, aud vet an
other arm passes in an opposite direction 90
the front OF the housC where, after covering
the entire side, it, lateral stems take posses.
sion Of the tops Of two sweet cherry trees
thirty feet high, and OF an area of twenty
odd feet The vine has never been trimmed
but has almost literally had ITS own way since
tho cutting was stuck in the ground.
On my asking Mr.. Wallace how many clus-
tors It now contained, he hughingly replied
that "ho might "A well undertake TO count
the snow flakes falling" Our party, however,
measured Uff smal squares OF Two feet, and
by counting many ut these were enabled To
arrive, approximately, at least, to the NUM-
Der Of bunChcr IL carried. We could not
mako il much lesg than (lS,0OO) eiJht6eH
thousand punches. They are not 30 well de-
yelopcd as they would be il the vine was
cared for, but / did not SEQ an imperfect OF
blightGd bunch on the vino.
The door yard Is filed with ~shrubbery, in
torfering much, one would think, with the
VINE, but both shrubbTry aud vine look well.
Grapes are doing well all along the lake
shore, aud they look wcll at the Islands. The
vintage this year promises to be unusually
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J. W. COCHRAN.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 2.
FALL SEEDING GRAss LANDS. The system
of fall seeding TO grass 10 beginning to be
practiced in some localities and with the
best results. Tue system to which we refer
is the sowing otgrass seeds separately ornoi
in connection with grain of any kind.
The usual practice 10 seed with some crur
under the impression hat the grain not only
serves a good purpose in protecting tho
growing plants but that the land in this way
il made 10 Yield an annual crop which would
not obtain ii nothing but grass seed alone
were Owl
When grass seed is sown with spring
grains there is O liability of it's not taking
wen, aud we frequently get a light crop Of
grass the following year. This is claimed
can be avoided by fol- sowings.
Thu land Is plOwed in August or September
and a top dressing Of well rotted manure on
compost applied, the land thoroughly har
rOwed aud fitted for meadow. The grass
seed IL then sowed and covered with a busl
or light harrow and the soil rolled. Tht
September rains bring up the seeds, and 4
frost. The next season, about the latter par
OF July, a good crop OF hay IL taken OF
Thus nothing IN lost except the fall seed, an,
on land requiring blowing this Is OF little val
ue. The rotpg sod and the compost adde'
make o deep filth which will yield severa
good crops, and when these begin to fail tn,
land is treated in the same way again.
There is great difference OF opinion as h
tho best way OF keeping up meadows, and Il
seeding them down. Upon stock farms man
contend that no crop pays so well as grass
and that when the land needs breaking n
the sooner it can be got back TO grass tn
better. In other words, permanent pasture
aud meadows are sought, and no attention /
paid TO a regular rotation In crops. WheI
such a system prevails, the usual or commo
practice IL TO break up, putting the land Tia
first year 10 corn, The second year sprin
grains are sown, and the land seeded to gras
at the same time. 1t is evident under thi
system, unless considerable quantities of ms
nures DO used, the land must be somewha
exhausted of its fertility, Tho grain crou