The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-03-11
AGRICULTURAL.
RaapbsYyies.

N.Y. Williams, OF Mount CLAIR, n. |
j.. has given special study aa1! care
to the email fruits. His gardens
prove he 10 no thcoriot; and the dir
ections he gives may be taken 80
the advice of one who, taught byl
some failures, has grown wiser after
years of thought and work 5di ~.
The soil, for successful raspberry
culture, should be deep and rich
The finer European SORTS require
a rather stiff loan or clay to prove
satisfactory; in fact we have never
seen any Of them worth anything in
a light sandy soil, while native var
isties adapt themselves 10 most any
soil Of average fertility. As a gen.
eraI rule, good corr Fisoil will be
foand well adapted 70 the growth of
this fruit.
They should follow some hoed
crop, and the soil shsuld be prepared
by deep spading or pIoughing, and q
liberal application of we'll de-composed
BARNARD manure, thoroughly incor-
porated with the soil, will be found
very beneficial zaf
Planting-Msy be done done IN
autumn with good success, but gen
orally spring planting is most sue
cessful. One plant only should be
set in a place, and, when wel!-e$tsb7
ished, two good strong canes an
nually is better than a large number
Of weak ones, .a 1lro
The anxiety for crop Of fruit the
first season sometimes induces peo-
pc to leave a large amount of cane
for that purpose when planting bur
as rule, the cane should be cur off
near the ground so that the whole
vigor and strength Of the pI~ait ccsn
be devoted 10 growing a cane for the
next season fruit. D Any fruit grown
the first year Is produced at the ex-
pense Of the next crop. A&4sAE5 S.
The most desirable plants are
those Of the current or previous sea-
sons growth, with q reasonable
amount of fibrous roots, old plants,
say three on four years, are not adj
missablc when young ones can be
had. aA u.is oa5. 10 asti19g
For garden culture, rows four feet
apart, and plants three feet in the
row, will be found very good dis
lance for the moderate growing Eu-
ropesn varieties, four and FIVE feet
best adapted for the stronger and
more vigorous native sorts.
The lstter distance lie also sufficient
for the foreign varieties, in the field
culture; but rows SIX feet apart is
better for our native varieties, as it
lessons the liability 10 break the
branches by their catching to- the
horse or the persons clothing whei,
cultivating, -Agrtese5turat5st.
CHEAP WASH TOR BUILDGNas,-
Take q clean water-tight cask and
put into it half busheI Of lime.
Slack it by pouring wafer over it
boiling hot, and in sufficient quantity
to cover it five il ches deep, and stir
it briskIy ill thoroughly alackehed.
When the lime has been slackened,
dissolve it in wafer, and add two
pounds of sulphate Of zinc and one
Of common salt. Ihesewill cause
the wash TO harden and prevent its
cracking, which gives an upseernly
appearance to the work, A beatiti-
'fuI cream color may be given 10 the
wash by adding three pounds Of yell
low ochre; or good pearl or lead
color by the addition of lump Of
iron black. For fawn color add
four pounds lumber, one pound In
dian red, and pound common lamp
black. For stone color add two
pounds raw umber and two pounds
lamp black. When applied to out
side Of houses and to fences, it is
rendered more durable by adding
about pint of sweet milk
to a gallon Of wash. = Scieatcfc
-Ame'lcen. l}
How TO. GET A, BIG CRoP.--As
rule, farmers are much more anx-
ious to get big prices than, big crops.
There are few farms whose average
production could not be. doubled in a