Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-02-16


Her goodly store disclosing;
Full tenderly the golden balls
With snow-white hands disposing.
Whittier.
APPLE TREES - WHAT VARIETY
SHALL We PLANT ?-Of the many in
teresting topics treated of in the ex.
cellent agricultural department of the
Standard, am pleased to see occa-
sional articles on the culture of the
apple tree, both original and selected.
Though not much used to writing, al
low me space for my opinion. | give
my undivided suffrage for the Siberian
Crab as grated and raised at the
nursery of Mr.. B. Bryant of Derby,
as being the most hardy, more likely
to live and thrive than any other tree
Of which / have any knowledge; their
roots are more fbrous than the native
the trees mature faster and the fruit
is OF respectable size and good flavor,
and makes the best of wine and cider.
When transplanting you should dig a
place three feet across take away the
soil, then the subsoil some s to 10
inches deep; fit the place so the top
roots will not be covered more than
one or two inches. When the work
is done put in a pailful of water, and
if set in rich soil the trees will grow
very fast. DO not put back any of
the ubsOil. have tried 1875 set in
this way, the branches of which grew
more than two feet the second year.
These apples make excellent pies in
August and are good to eat in the
fall months. Keep the cattle from
them at all times of the year, and the
mice also by using thick white birch
bark which will cling close to the
tree; also peel small Eastwood, spruce
or hemlock in the month of June, and
put the bark round in the fall Fol.
low these directions and take decent
care Of the trees and You will have live
orchard bearing nice fruit. | could
give you many references to those who
have planted the kind of fruit | speak
Of. w. Pool of Stanstead has 100,
and 80 per cent OF them doing we'll.
They are from three to nine years old.
James McDuffee has 100, and has lost
but three. Mr.. Jennings of the Noun
tain House has 90 fine ones-been
set nine years.
SIMON K. LOCKE.
Irasburgh, Feb. 8, 1869.
GROWING INTEREST IN AGRICULTURE
There seems to be a growing inter
est, in some sections of this county
in regard to farming, which is highly
commendable in those who meet from
time to time to impart to each other
their views and experiences, and there
by stimulate and incite each other tC
more thorough and practical meth
cd OF scientific and profitable farming
Farmers do not think enough of theil
calling-do not take sufficient pride
in it to show to those around thai
they are engaged in the most honor
able and independent of all employ
ments. Our young men, as a general
thing, think it beneath their dignity
to labor on farm, and resort tc
some other means for a livelihood; nc
matter what if it is not manual labor
Now there should be something done
by the elder portion of community tC
counterfeit this growing evil. AnC
what? First, there should be far
mers' club in every school district
The young should be invited to take
part in it; old and young should be
interested, and by precept and exam
pie show that they are engaged 10 this
Important ouUJU0U. 1-no asIr0~,v-..-
department of our county papers, anC
all others should be read with more
interest, and soon we should see a diff
ferent state of things. Tilling thu
soil would be considered an honor
able and profitable employment; oul
young men would take hold of it witt
will, and the wilderness blossol
like the rose" O. P.
A Coon PoTAToE YIELD.-F. D., St
Charles o.,Mo., writes Coleman's Ru
raj World concerning his experience il
potatoe raising. 1t was the impress
sion of his neighbors that he could no
raise potatoes there to advantage, a
they had uniformly failed in their ei
forts. He, however, procured SOM
of the Harrison variety and plante,
them. There was three-fourths of al
acre planted in rows about three an,
half feet apart, and from eight t.
twelve inches in therows. The vielt
was 3l5 bushels of potatoes, or at tn,
rate of 420 bushels to the acre
Peachblows, alongside Of the Harri
son, yielded only 205 bushels to tn
acre, under the same treatment.
Rye is adapted to a light and POI
GUS soil. 1t will grow on sands an
do well where wheat would prove
complete failure. This fact shows
to be adapted to many localities wher
wheat cannot be grown. Still it is a
exhausting crop. Its long and stiff
straw cannot be made without a