, 1869-08-25

| them pays Ma Dfeatdtnt {1uf thous3Nd uoL1f3 q
year and AlloHa him 10 travel In Ell.
rope NJ hts own expense. while no at
tenston Is being paid 10 the pz7cticsl
| wants OF the industrial! classes, acd
both fas1us, which are large, neglected thA,
they arc the laughing stock Of Ill who see tneIs.
Sad commentary On the good sente Of The TITUS
| trees, who ought to nake them 1setu IN tne way
Of testing all these new thngs, II they do no more.
The classtcs and theology are gooI In the!r place
but do little towards eoucauns the people tn the
active duties Of HE. The experience OF eve9 dsy
teaches change, neH combinations arn forming,
| and ntw facts come forth from the Rrcana OF na-
tur. 1t s the status Of these that We want settled
| tn these schools, not whether Homer was Greek
| or 4 Jew; not whether The Bueolcs we're writ
| ten for amnsenent or instruction, whether H.
tended 70 represent facts or to be considered Al
| uctions-
ENpGR-pKlnIHQ.
| In the proceedings Of the Wasaav Horticultural
Society are sns following facts that are valuable
/ to farmers:
I "Bent Whitaker, Esq, stated th1t be had been
engaged IN noting the weather pheaotcena for the
Smithsonian Institute, and hence able to give
the anount Of rstoi1l Tor the season. lie a.ste.i
was q inches aud fraction, which Is over half
the Average annual lait Is inches being me aver
times, Oh fosty-tve d!cerent days, This Is shouRhs
to be an Amount Of rain unprecedented In the his
I LQfy 0{ tR& county,
"The chief object Of attention WAS Mr.. s.,a
grounds Lis place consists Of 10 acres-she we'll
known former residence Of Cplonri J. G. fonda.
sfore, Chiefly OF OAK, OF very regular and hand
sone growth. 0ue-fourth, peIhaps, OF the land Is
ana panied e s
The v hole Of tbs t1act Of ten acres is under
hail. Iuco1s. The depth Q. the drum Is four foet
distance apart an average OF forty teet; alze Of
pipe two Inches for the minor drains, shree inches
1.-THE heavy rain. Of Sunday had so filed the
sotl with wafer, that The main drain was dlseharg-
pei minute, while 1he suTiace hAd been dr.
Similar land, not undefdrained, would rot have
"BUKR OARSr
SfR CHA.sWoK7n, H., aust lL}
long, uprlEht stems. but / an sof11 10 ssy Wase r.
vetJ much Killed doNn-frcquenuy three OF four
feet-prooaoly from the fact that tho wood Of
thoee Upright shoots was not sufficiently r!pened
My hedges hare made sintlar growth tnis season
a1tl a. r. Hgn, possible, to asod the catastrophe
Can yoa suggest remedy: l NH De much
obliged ior youf orIulor and ady!ce II fhe p1cu-
ises> baYe Thought it would be well to clip or
upTard growth and npen ths Tood. II ~ doing
10 coula preserve rwo-thirds or one half OF this
summers Erorth would be satisfied
to ' end IL l. II eppns = nSs
BILE when should II he do1e-will Il answer now
Of any time tn september: ! shat bs Eauch
obliged for IN early a1aMer giving yorr cptuioa
and advice In the matter.
Tours, &c, n 8. SClIyAST.
This IL the second year OF these hedges. The
freezing Of large part ii The topa Will do no pr-
tlcular harm, n their growth Ii OF no great ralue
totne hedge ultimately. When tbs plants have
nade an average growth Of an Inch In diameter at
the baae which may be at the end OF three or four
years, It should then be p.ashed. This must be
done during the winter and before the starting OF
the sap In the spring. The stdo branches arc ia-
ken OF, the plant cut on one side and opposite to
those In which 1t Is TO be laid down. Saw two
thlrds Oh 30 that It will bud on without much
effort and zeUlsin 1t . stnall angle from the
gruuDd. New shoots Will 60 Up lnter1actng7he
PROSTATE plants, and holding them 60 rInn,y that
no animal can PASS through them
Before setting, Mr. S. r1dgei up the land for the
hedge TOW, and has given them generous culture
This has Induced rhc upright, vigorous Srowtn
late tn the season, aud which the winter has de-
strpyed. Ptnch1ng out the leatt,ng bud would
have checked this growth, AID SO would Cutting
back to ZONE extent; hnt / think this ot little
practical value, for after the ptsh.ng the geuwth
sl be sufficiently checked 10 prevent any dasnaHs
from the HluteI, and therefore u.e time spent In
cutting back Is lost. They Will BE- less lniurel the
ceDing than the past winter, for the mood nil be
better l!penstL
..... CHICAGO. August 10. 1s19,
hare bought rlace OF about i've acEea Tor
summer house. nud want about one acsc Or It In
sei Of 5ou1 and * you to ~ Whit
llhd hah best have 10 stand the climate have
enough Of the common Richmond cherry anil
about forty small unknown apple trees growing
adjoining the acre that now wish 10 cover 1t u
aloplnx ground, and propose to unieE-dfatn It
Tie CITY ID the early ian, entl5 ftut' 71 bs dcs.ri-
pie, ard hare thought through yonr experience
sss neyS epRSt fac ana pus
Yours truly. G. H.
1t is nice thing to rut an acre OF lanl nto fruit
for the suEuer and autumn use OF family. |
Howeyera selection that would suit one might not
so well please another. In making d SELECTION We |
nnst look to hardness, quality and productive |
re5s. We cannot always depend On the skillet !
gardener 10 lake ca1s Of The mote delicious and |
lender sarteties. for often the gardener IS the man
Of all No!k-gardenet. Stable boy ant help for |
B!ddy. II Will, therefore, be the best TO Eelect |
wel1-known, hardy sorts that art abe to stand IN I
overdose Of manure, or 10 Produce lals crop
without It.
II the strawberries art grown IN hills, a:1eeu
inches bJ three feet, Snail space will s;I.lce.
The currants, se'a ard white Dutch md Victoria,
bur mainly Of the former, may te plantel along
the fence Ia ftnglt row. Thea the caertes |
dozen trees night go to the tawu leaving The
acre ior apples, pears and plnna. but the latter
might a!ao uc crowded o. the edge OF the 1a1n |
@ullG P4AA+ DAk q lev kCdlS1 t15 (R0 k[Ge& each
OF Flemish Beauty, Dattlett, Onondnga, Stevens |
Grusse, Lutse Bourc. This will leave room for
about slxiy-fs apple trees. You must have two
each Of Early Harvest and Red A6:rachan, for
they are popnlar and bear more or
less h.cnni2uy, THREE Red June, I'VE
sops Of Wine, n7e Eerwich Coul,r, three
Lowell, three Early P1nnock, tEo Yellow
lnIestte, three lr,sh' Peach, three Brownie three
Autuma swaat, nve Cooper. three Maiden Blush,
Fail fhrt,o G11.ta
two Baters swcei, Two Ramsde1ls Sweet, nye !
Snow. you may tll the oFcnaru up, with Staaard I
to A2e to The CRY with Jou.
The varieties named hare ali been tested IN |
CooA County, and have proved reliable except the
n1at 1To named, which are moderate bearers.
have thts year more than tEeosy bushels OF I
cherries, and as many OF pears, On ny farm.
These trees have superior attraction a. tEo
periods OF the JeaS--whe shee.ed with bloom, and
when bending With their loads Of frull They are
mingled wi1h cosifeEs and other Ornamental trees,
to which theJ lend char1u Of the aselul as vel
as the beautiful
BEDFORD, No, August 1a
Permit me TO Inquire Of you In reference to tho
rropagattpg or raising q grape plants from seeds
You spoke some time ngu OF it IN TIE TKBCNK
aoa sss 10 ps1ssqisf nsIs r. a. nor pan nd ne
The same fs pecana, but don't de.cr.bc the pro
cess. II Jon piease.tet ne know how and wtel to !
piace, l3v miles north Of the Missouri River, on
high rolling prairie; tie soil ricn blact sandI
osm, lJ1nE On The edge Of timber; an sheltered |
nn the north and HeAt By WHIST IN Eastern man
ra1ls woods, and obltge, 1ours, 4, n. EAFf
Growing grapeTtoes from seed Is . ample rrp-
cesa Wash ont the seeds and p!ant at once In !
iIiIis tEo feet apart. and, Ike onion seed In the
drills, COVER half an inch deep ald rake the bed /
,rnooth.
But tns Is poet way To grpE grapes. Better take
' Fen-estshltaned soFta than TO grow lot of Seed
lrgs OF little Sa1ue-perhaps not oae Of them half
u Eood IS those from which the seeds came, |
GfapeEtnea are now cheap by the hundred; you
an get good plants Of CauccId, Tres, and other |
sood sorA, At from ten to 1fteen doiiara = hun
ift6. and Email onet for Mss. oar Of thousands
u seeding Er1res there is not half dozen really
desirable for jour location. Better plant few
yood ones. and give youl time to something else
hAo the growing Of Seedlings
NORWAY. sCRPRIsx AEp sCHoSAS OATS
III. J. B. Phtrney has ehown me samples OF the
Above cats, and or close examination no diner
nee ts spparent, and the only ccocluzloa tha1 oua
an come To- Is. that they arc Identical l have
afen occasion to "a! that the S1rprtee WIS good
III. aud the story nrst told that II came mixed
Etth European spring wheat Wss douhtiets true, |
I'D that the attempt to palm tt on At high pdce
Il new sort was cheat This practice Of 10
,RMin2 NJ old SORT With new name IL a growing
I'll that fhoald be checked. Il
The Rural Se1- forkrr has tuss exposed tho
ranMoth cluster raspberry sktndle. proving 1t
e be old Miami, and Nj. A. c. Fuller.
lutbo9 Of the Small Fruit Cuitur4ss, Offers 4 gu,d
Itsaw berry. e!zEieec carata rue, II the Mexican
:Serbea1us strawberry does not prove Identical
Eth the cid tei 4tpsae, n-l challenges pspot that
Ne generally being met at The threshold. proving
hat the rural population atr beginning to examine
hiugs telore they throw away their money,
HUHiI