The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-17
WHEELING WEST VA; SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL H. 1869
RURAL ITEMS.

HOUSE PLANTs.-The more freely 6
plant is growing, the more water will il
require, and the more it grows the more
sun and light will 1t need. In all cases
those which seem to grow the fastest
should be placed nearest the light. The
best aspect for room plants is the south
east. They seem like animals in their
affection for the morning sun. The
first morning ray is worth dozen in
the evening.-GGTdneT'S Monthly JOI
January.
FRUIT GARDEN.-Every one who has
closure for fruit. In mixed garden.
where vegetables and fruit are grown
together, neither can be grown to the
best advantage. The land should be
drained, it it is at all disposed to be wet
and the soil deep, we'll worked, and OF
moderate richness.
A succession of fruit is to be planned
for. By proper selection a supply
may be had every day through the
fruiting season. Strawberries, rasp-
berries, currants, black berries, grapes,
etc, are rarities with farmers, rather
than an essential part of their every
day food. With a climate that allows
ali these to be produced with the great
est ease, how many fail to enjoy them!
American AgricuLtttrGttSt.
CARRoTs.-CarrCts possess not only
fattening properties equal to oats, but
secure to the horse in winter fine health,
loose skin, and a glossy coat of hair
An acre OF land which will produce
seventy bushels of oats will produce
five hundred bushels of carrots. When
first given they are diuretic and laxa-
tive; but as the horse becomes accus-
toned to them these effects cease to be
produced. Horses thrive on carrots,
and some jndicious farmers feed their
horses with equal proportions of oats
and carrots. From the healthful effects
resulting from their regular but mode
rate use they would be eadvRntageously
purchased at the same price of oats, II
they could be procured no cheaper.
Soil FOR THE GRAPE.-Iti is a curious
fact that very rich and highly-manured
land has rarely produced a grape that
would yield high quality OF wine.
The grape that contains the most sac
charine matter will make the best wine,
and the different varieties differ widely
in the proportion of sugar. In Italy
and in Sicily the very finest and sweet
est grapes grow on the rocky rubbish
OF volcanoes; and those that grow on
loose, rocky soils or along hillsides
covered with rocks are often the best.
These facts ought to teach US not to se-
lect the richest soils, and not to stun
them with organic manures, for the
grape.
RASPBERRIEs.-Ever family should
grow raspberries. All kinds OF garden
fruits are healthful and delicious; but
there is a special aroma to the taste and
flavor of the finer kinds of raspberr1es,
which make it the most delicious gar
den fruit in the world. The following
are good general rules for cultivation
Lay off piece of land in the garden,
say from 16 to 20 feet square; manure
and spade it as for ordinary garden
crops, The plants may be set out
either in spring or fall. Take one year
plan1g, cut them back to three or four
ewes, and set them out by line foul
feet apart each way. If set in the fall
the canes must be bent to the ground
and covered for the winter. Daring the
first summer keep the ground clean and
we'll stirred, though it should not be dug
deep near the roots of the plants. In
November of ecch year the young canes
should be bent to the ground and GOV
cred with few inches of soil. In the
spring they should be raised up, the
tops of the strongest canes clipped Oh
few inches, and then each hill tied tC
stake. Some persons prefer a 10"
trellis (say four feet high) to sta
Every other year the ground should DC
manured. With this and clean culture
and the protection and tying up just
mention, good and regular croE
may surely be expected. Out Q! the
many sorts recommended, we feel sat
istied with the Red and WHITE Antwerp
and the Brinkle Orange. For preserv
ing, the Clarke and Doolittle (olack
are excellent. The Catawissa gives &
second crop in autumn