The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-02-26
HOUSE AND FARM.

as well as those put out by our grand
fathers, nearly all are willing to admit.
If they come into bearing earlier, and
and produce fruits of superior quail
ty, they are short lived and extremely
liable to disease. The old trees and
old planters were ignorant of many of
the ills that have befallen those that
have since occupied their places. Ma
ny persons think that climatic chan
ges have much to do with bringing a.
bout this "decline and faIl' in the
prosperity of the orchard, but there is
little that tends to show that such is
the case. Others who moved from the
old apple regions of the East, think
there are no soils here adapted to sue
ces3fully growing the apple tree; but
the truth is, the raising of apple trees
in the East has become even more diff
cult than in the West. For very ma
ny years, Maine furnished a vast guam
tity Of winter apples that did much,
not only to supply the market in the
Southern States, but in California and
the West Indies. Orcharding became
50 profitable that many new trees were
planted to take the place of old trees
that were planted out seventy-five
years ago, which bore as seedlings for
long time, and were then engrafted
with the Black and Yellow Russet and
Rhode Island Greeuing. But these
new orchards, as rule, do not flourish.
For several years past apples from
Michigan have come into competition
with those grown in the valley of the
Kenebeck, while old Connecticut and
New Hampshire hard cider drinkers
have drawn their supply from the same
source. 1t is within the memory of
the writer that apples were so plenty
in many parts Of New England, that
fair cooking apples could be obtained
for dime a bushel, while cider went
begging at seventy-fve cents barrel.
Apples were then an important arti-
Gle Of food for mileh cows and stock
hogs. Vinegar from cider was the
only kind in use, while apple brandy
was distilled in a large number of
towns. What is he matter that the
new apple trees do not flourish as of
yore in the old Pine Tree State which
was an Apple Tree State as well ?
There are the same bleak winds, gran
ite hills and crystal streams as in the
days when Knox and Dearborn planted
out their cider orchards. We believe
the reason may be found in this: The
old Trees were put on new land from
which the forest had just been cleared
away, while the new trees are put in
old worn out soils that have been crop
ped from fifty to a hundred years. The
roots of these young trees seek in vain
for sustenance in soil from which not
only the mineral salts but the vegeta-
bic matter has been distracted. We
have scripture injunction not to put
''neW wine into old bottles ;" and
sound discretion should teach us not to
have lately seen quite a number of
orchards set out in the west on lands
that have been sown to wheat till they
have failed to return anything like re-
munerative crops. We believe the
plan to be a bad one. There is q good
deal of expense incurred in setting out
and tending for a series of years an
orchard ofapple trees, and it is inten-
ded to furnish fruit for no more than
one generation, it is important that it
be put to the best land that the farm
affords. One life is long enough to
make a series of experiments in Or
chard setting, after several failures
have been perienced. Prdrie Far
nler.
a Small P0J Renaedy.-A correspon-
dent of the Stock California; Herald
writes as follows:
II herewith append recipe which
has been used to my knowledge in
hundreds Of cases. 1t will prevent
or cure the smallpox though the pit
tings are filling. When Jenner discov-
cred cow pox in England, the world of
science hurled an avalanche of fame uE-
on his head, but when the most scien-
tific school of Medicine in the world
that of Paris-published this recipe as
a panacea for smallpox, it passed un-
needed. 1t is as unfailing as fate, and
conquers in every instance. 1t is
harmless when taken by we'll person.
1t will also cure scarlet fever. Here is
therecipe as | have used it, and cured
my children of scarlet fever; here it is
as l have used it to cure the smallpox;
when learned physicians said the pa
tient must die, it cured Sulphate of
zirc, one grain foxglove, (digitaliS,l
one grain; half teaspoonfull of sugar;
mix with two tahlespoonfuls of water.
When thoroughly mixed. add four
ounces of water. Take spoonful eve
ry hour. Eeither disease will disappear
in twelve hours. For child, smaller
doses, according to age. If counties
would compel their physicians to use
this, there would be no need of pest
houses. If you value advice and expe-
rience, use this for this terrible disease.
Cleaning Of GIaSs.--To clean Glass
thoroughly and restore it's original lus-
tre, after the ordinary methods have
failed, recourse may be had to hydro
fluoric acid, such as is sold by the
chemical establishments in small gutta-
percha bottles. This is to be diluted
with four or five times its volume of
water. A few drops of the solution
placed on wad of cotton, and the sur