Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-02-09

Send up our thanks 10 Tod.
Mr.. Editor 1t is pleasing to read
the discussions of the Craftsbury
Farmers Club as reported for your
columns. Such offerings of practical
common sense will cause them to be
read with pleasure and profit by many
of your readers.
With Mr.. Collins | believe in the
twice day feeding Of hogs, and at
the same time hope to be delivered
from the curse of ever being obliged
to own the long-snouted kind such as
are driven in to us from Canada, the
appearance of which amongst US is
worse than the smallpox. Feed hogs
periodically a pail full of good swill
twice day, not forgetting to afford
them warm quarters and dry bed,
and my life for it, they will, if White
Chesters, take on fat right readily.
Mr.. Root should receive the thanks
Of every household in our land for
his remarks on fruit raising. The
question of fruit raising, says he,
should engage more of our attention.
Formerly there was good supply of
apples raised in this vicinity, but for
some reason the trees died out and
we are nearly destitute, but don't
think we should be discouraged about
raising fruit trees. No, Mr.. r. we
need not despair of raising fruit trees
and that of a superior quality if We
only practice such as you have spok
en-. A thousand die of starvation tC
one of old age, says Mr.. Sprague
How true we have only to look oul
county over to see the neglect of or
chards. When | moved up into thil
county some forty-six years ago We
had apples plenty. 1t is true they
were mostly seedlings-but they were
to US a blessing. In those days, too
had friends and neighbors, but wher'
are they now? Most of them lik
the fruit trees of those times have de
parted until it is now as difficult t.
shake the hand of an early settler a
to pick an apple from tree that the
bore fruit. But am | to despond an
regret the friendship Of the hour bt
cause that old friends have departed
No, surely not; neither should | b
justified in not planting trees 70
others after me to enjoy, because Xix
my former neighbors the old one
have died out. Many of the location
that in years past afforded US th
greatest quantity of fruit were pr
tected from cold winds by surroun
ing woods, which have since been CT
away. Mr.. Sprague speaks of tn
unfavorable winter Of 1859, whiC
was so severe as to even kill man
of our sugar naples. | fear most o
us too we'll remember that winter
our cost and sorrow, and from tn,
period we may date back our declir
in fruit through the northern countr
But while every good man humb
bows to natures laws, and the vi
of Providence, there is an Athletic
which presses sore upon US in Il
character of bogus tree peddlers.-
Year after year they palm their wort
less trash upon US, taking our mon,
back into western New York, al
thinking they have done God sc
vice by so humbugging the easter
Yankee. Twice has your humble Sc
want been bit by their pictures, al
sophistry, until at length if they aga
make their appearance on my land,
will entertain them with Ponto.-
What with white willow cutting
Rochester fruit trees, bastard graz
vines and Early Rose potatoes, wo
der that the honest, unsuspecting ia
mer has even a mouthful of bread lie
Mr.. Sprague thinks that Nursel
men ask too much for their trees.
This in many instances is true, for
fact starcs US in the face that weste
trees are too dear as a gift. VII
we want is good, reliable trees at
fair price and the way to get them
for each town or neighborhood
club together and buy them by
thousand, freight them ourselves fro
the nursery grounds all fresh a
true to name. By so doing nursel
men can afford to ask less for the
and We save at least one year in