Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-27
agricultural.
lf9ychiag.
MANuRE-coMPosr- BUSHES ONE
CROP A YEAR.


that less animal and more vegetable ma.
nure would have been better. The sor-
rowful plight OF most orchards about the
country, furnishes indubitable evidence
that there is with holding that tendeth
to poverty"
Compost manure is preferable for fruit
trees. Give your yards Il generous sup
ally of muck. and you win have most
valuable manure for the orchard. Avail
liable manure can be made as follows:
Take two loads Of barn yard manure,
four of muck, ten bushels Of live ashes
and enc cask oflime. Incorporate these,
sddhg water IL the manure aud muck is
dry, and in one fortnight il viii be ready
for use. You will have about two hun
dred bushels, which viii give fifty trees
four bushels apiece. This should he plow-
ed, cultivated or forkcd in about the trees.
Such compost is just what fruit trees re.
quire Most Of our orchard lands nSedit.
although We hold the opinion that where
the soil is new. or where it Is rich enough
for corn. an orchard can be kept in a
thrifty and bearing condition by the appli-
cation of vegetable muck alone.
We advise those who are about mulch
ing their trees. TO first put from one 20
four bushels of strawy manure about them,
and then apply The mulch on top. De
pend upon it your trees will bless You
for this generous treatment.
We stated in our last the benefits Of
mulching to be killing the >ward, ma',-
inc the soil light and moist, preventing
freezing and making manure. Now auy
material that viii produce any or al of
these four results may re probably used
as mulch. Any thing tfat Is vegetable
thay Is wooden may Io aGvautaccously
placed about or under lJ,jt trees. THIS
opens a wide field from which the farmer
may draw supplies. Aud not only 4 wide
feid. but i, opens al tho >wamp>, lo@s
and forests Of this. "o.u wooden coun-
try. Hence no farmer can complain that
he has no means OF mu'clinE.
fmuck can be conveniently obtained,
il Is, perhaps the most available. 1t can
then be applied in sufficient quantity 20
kill the Swayd to the lull extent OF he
tree-top. The more vegetable and less
earthy the muck the better
Bushes. irnot too large. may be prof,
ably used This is the season of the wear
TO cut and kin them Second growth ey-
ergIecn forests may be pruued and used
for muck. When pruning apple trees
pile the limbs about the trees and let them
Tot there II they are large, cut them
up.
We once engrafed an acre Of tbick-,et
orcharding There were over one hun
bred trees. The limbs could I've go, cut
OF the tops ogthe trees only by the use Of
hooks, They covered the ground four
feet deep. They were let, and ro,ted on
the ground. The result was the greatest
Weld Of apples We have ever seen.
Hon. :. T. Benson. owner of the great
Benson orchard, tor the last twelve years
has applied nothing To- his trees that has
no; grown on the orchard ground. He
has put his apple brush aJou, the tree.
lie Aa, pastured his orchard with few
sheep moving the balance Of the grass
and using it for mulchiug. III, orchard
gives better FRAT and foliage than i, did
twelve Years ago. Las; wear he had i've
hundred barrel, Of iyuit. This reminds
Us of The answer of the man who was ask
cd why his orchard was SO productive. II
require my land o bear but one crop a
year. take nothing from it bat apples
NOV the grass and use ii Tor mUichiug
Here i an ideawor,h retaining. Don't
task your land to bear too many crops.
This is a big country and good deal Of
land in it. One good crop vii, make MS
rich. Two poor crops wilImake Us poor
Let that good crop be apples at the tun.
OF 500 or 500 per acre.
Hay or straw. not worth over so per
ton. may be proGtaJly used for muck
Mathematics is one OF me safe things in
this life. Le, u, use it. Apply one hun
dred Of hay or straw. a year, to &ppIg tree
for twenty years, aud it Will cost 81.
Who in his sober senses dare say tha. tree
will not bear five barrels of apples more
for this mulching, and hen be worth 81
more for Yet r aers can obtain
coarse grasses. bgiar5, .aA.s, and etc
s. per ton. Then dol
During our recer preamtula;ion
through Andro>cogejn. oxford and Cum
berland counties, we were pleased with |
the general indication o. thrift. In many
vicinities farmers ale turning their atten-
ton orchardwise Many young orchards |
have been set, and where they take the |
journal, mulched. Consequently they
were all mulched, rs e, erybody takes it. |
Many pleasant interviews were had with |
subscribers and correspondents OF the
journal, and many kinjneSseS proirered |
and enjoyed. for which our thanks are
due. SEARs-Lcvis'5n Journal.