The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-09
Agricultural.
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EvERoREENs AMONG ORCHARD TRrEs.-
Heretofore, planting evergreens among Or
chards of fruit has been deemed" inconRuoug
aud undeserving the attention of the plant
ers, or as presenting a careless waste of
land without SYSTEM or order in arrange
ment. From some observations we have
made this season, however, and from rec
ords ofssversl Of our CORRESPONDENTS, we
predict that but a few years will find many
orchards interpreted irregularly with ever.
green trees. Closer planting than hereto
fore recommended, We have no doubt will
prevail, as our fruit growers study the de-
vastating effects of too great exposure of
the young trees TO wind and sun. In most
sections this year, while fruit bloomed and
set %abundantly, gradually. little by little, it
has dropped, until many q grower who in
early summer counted on bushels con now
count fruit only, by the dozen. We have
watched thisfallingof the fruit pretty care
fully, and while We have no doubt that too
great an amount Of bloom impaired the vi
talitY end was the first cause Of failure, yet
observation has taught W. that trees par
tally shaded and screeued by evergreens,
or by close planting with other trees, have
retained their fruit, as o ruley better than
those exposed to the full rays OF the sun.
at all points, aud the whitening blasts OF
winds, no matter from what quarter Hor-
ticulturists at the west have for some
time advocated hedge screent a8 q protec-
ton to their orchards, and we have no dc.
sire 10 underyalue them, but would increase
and extend them, while at the same time
we would, inplantng an orchard of five
hundred trees, make one-ffth the number
evergreens. Again; believing In closer
planting4 We, u few years since, set out a
dwarf pear orchard, four by eight feet, md
m apple orchard Of standards, twelve feet
apart. The pears are, IL is true, growing
one way pretty closely together, vet thoy
are all healthy, and this Season have re-
tanned their fruit better than others which
are more widely separated. - horticultural
TREATMENT or CLAY LAND.-I had a
patch of hard clay land in one of my
fields, containing about half an acre; it was
so hard hat we could not pillow Il with two
horses, and when II was plowed, il came
up in lumps from one foot long to three;
the harrow would bound and bounce along
over Il, and you could not see where il had
been; we could not plant il for the humps.
1t was a source of trouble and v~exatiOn 10
me, and ] determined to do something
with IL; SO ] went TO work I put d large
blind drain through the middle of the
patch; this WAS my main drain. Then /
ran from the main drain small ones each
way, twenty feet apart to the outside of the
clay patch. | laid in a two inch tile drain.
Then l drew on n large amount OF corn
cObs aud coarse manure; then summer fol-
lowed; then in the fall, Idrew on a large
amount of well rOtted manure, and sowed
wheat, aud il was by far the best wheat
that | had in the field, and ] never after
wards saw n clay humps in the patch 10
speak Of II was the best land to pillow
that / had, and raised the largest crops.
and l AN satisfied that ii farmers would
drain and manure their clay lands heavily,
it would richly repay them for the trouble
aud expense, and be a saving in horse flesh
and harrow teeth.-Cor Country Gent.
WEEDS ~ FENcE CoRNERs. One Of the
greatest nuisances in farming is the way
weeds are encouraged and protected in the
crooks and vicinity of fences, nom which
places their seed ia scattered over the sur
rounding lands. The extent TO which seed
10 seatteIed by high winds proves that the
! Negligent farmer may annoy hundreds Of
others by failing 10 exteTminrte the foul
heritage. Could the evils be concentrated
on the farm which nurses the weeds, the
consequence would be n proper punish
ment for his carelessne8s and criminality-
for criminal ia any man who nutures nui-
sance8 that thus iniure the surrounding
farmers. The fellow who kaepaa bulldog
that annoys ii he does not bite the passing
travellers, may be reached by tn law that
is powerless 90 repregs the injury occR-
stoned 10 his neighbors by the nurseries
Of foul weeds which are harbored about his
premises, especially in the vicinity Of his
fences. -Ndtiodai Examiner,
THE CuRRANE -CurTants flourish best ON
rich, deep soil, somewhat heavy and moist
The rows should be six or eight feet apart
better eight than less, on rich ground-to
allow of the thorough cultivation and high
manuring and although no supports for the
bushes are essential, yet a single wire
stretched along therow allows Of spreading
Of the plants, fan form, thus admitting sun
and air and developing the most perfect
fruit. The grower will find his reward for
his pains-tuking in the larger prices which
extra fine fruit always commands, The
only pruning necessary Is the thinning out
of old wood. In some regions the currant
worm Ia a troublesome enemy, but white
hellebore is n sureand rather easily applied
remedy. The yield should not be less than
one hundred buahels per acre, and prices
will usually range from. three to six dollars
per bushel.-R,Udl Nel0 Yorker.
INFLULNoE OF THE GRAFT UPON THE RooTs.
"A correspondent on the Rock River, IN
northern Illinois, makesthe following query
and statement;
Have you ever observed the effect Of the
graft on the roots Of the stock You may
root-gTaft, for instance, the Yellow Bell
flower on roots of Seeding stocks, taking
them at random Just rs they come; and you
may gTaft the Fall Pippin on a portion Of
the same stocks, and cultivate the younq
plants in the same manner. When you
come ID take up the young trees at three
years old, you will find all the Bellhoweri
furnished with a mass Of ibrous roots; an6
all the Fall Pippins will have q few sturdy
roots, and not many fbres upon them
Other varieties are provided with roots tina
are more or less characteristic Of EACH
American jour al Of Horticulture.
The LIVE STOCK Of the United States
according to the recent reports of the Ag
rigultural Bureau, at Washington, has di
minished to nm extraordinary extent since
1860. In these reports il is stated that thu
number of milch cow in the country il
now smaller by five per cent. than it was il
1850; the number of working cattle is les
by thirty per cent. in horses seventeen
per cent. in swine nearly twenty-five pc
cent. This diminution is not very per
ceptable TO the inhabitants of the loya
states, but it should be remembered tina
in the course of the rebellion all the do
mestic animals Of the cotton states wer,
consumed. When the war was ended ther,
were.literally nc oxen, horses, asses, mules
cow or swine left in all the south.
PLANTING Strawberries. The Jouna
of Horticulture says, that though man.
advocate the setting Of strawberry plant
in June or July, that it is satisfied afte
many years experiences that spring is tn
best time Of the whole year in which to d
this work. The frequent and genial show
ers Of that season, are favorable to tn
growth Of the plants; and they soon &c
hold so as to be able to withstand the hes