, 1870-04-25
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

fln~hsnE the AscdEe-Morc About
OntAI<Cu kAspbcFFtcH Culture OF
tho Rnrc-Is1rcd NcIp-Thc Fruit
Crop
tFRok ouR AGRICULTURAL CORRESPONDENT
CHAMPAIGN, III, April %.
FLASHING TIE HEDGE.
Bill Hook writes, under date Of tho IL th,
and gives pencil sketch Of bIl-hook for this
purpose, saying: "In reading your article on
hedge plAshing, it appears to me that you lick
The proper tool 10 do Tho work with. In Eng
gland it is called a bll.hook and 1 feel sure
you will appreciate it il you once gire IL a
trial" The English bi1lhook is Of little use
in pruning tho osage orange; = common
axe, or what wa might call \ alasl,.
ing knife, on long handle. are
to bo preferred. The long handle bi!l-hook,
on sale at the implement storcs in Chicago, is
most useful article for part Of tho work.
but Light axe, for most Of tho work is worth
adozen bi1.hooks. Tho English hedger has
to do with different plAnt from tho thorn,
aud knows little Of our Yankee crops. A bill
hook il useful in almost every form, and I
would Ike to aee moro OF them in usc, but
for our osage hedges they must give place to
moro efficient TOOLS
MORE ABOUT OATS.
lafayette Holmes, Of Holes Creek, Ohio,
writes to TnE TRIBUNE as follows; II send
you n sample Of white oats that hare the SANG
habit Of growth Of tho black oats, but the lat-
ter yield moro"
The sample sent is undoubtedly the KDko
Polish oat, someultat similar to the Excelsior,
II not identical with it.
To the Editor NJ The Chicago Tribune:
In your NxEKLr OF the 9Th Jou desired samples
Of Black Ostx ] have compitct With the request
by BcndlnK sample They are q side oat and
to the acre, and Weighing fortJ pounds 10 The
bushcL These oats I sell to ny ncIxhbors for
forty cents per bushel But think II ! could get
a name, ne might make good thing ont OF It.
Norway cat men arc; but would be willing to
Doth Of u but Unless can gel III Txlsrsa u 70
name and pun them, can HAtt M moro out OF
them, for therc are too many men here like Sam
all. they take Tug TalscaE, and are no: easily
humbugEed- ". II. J.
There is no doubt that this sample ia also
identical with the Norway poa oats OF our mod
cat friend namsdell, and has already too many
nau,cs. TIE TRIBUNE modestly declines this
part Of the very generous offer, and, Is they
havc been puiTed sufficiently already, all our
correspondent will need il to o1ar them 70 tho
great Norway oat house 1t dollar busAe, to
help fill up tho cargo OF 10000 bushels that
liz 10 so to Norway lne1t autumn. It is
getting late for seed oats except in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and Michigan. Any subscriber OF
The TRIBUNE may have our ahare of the spoil,
and do his own naming, calling them Tart1-
nau, Polish, Side oats, or Itsnsdell, as no NAV
choose, md may have, in addition, certif-
cato that they are genuine, with the right to
sell them in Norway or North America, at such
price Is he uay be able to contract with par-
tics
NED nAsrBERaIIs.
c. E. Ftisby, Of CryBta Lake, sends sample
Of roota Of the =. ki1tlAnd," : red raspberry,
shat lie has found 10 produce flnc crops in Nc
Henry County. aIr. Frisby thinks this berry
has not hAd = fair trial, ut least south Of Chi.
cago, among the growers Of fruit for the carly
market, and scuds the plants tor trial.
1t is well known that the red raspbeniea
have not thus far given good satisfaction to
market Gardeners in the central and south part
Of the State, md, until ne find sone betteS
nodo OF managing them than has been A.
tanned, We shall have littlo hope Of suecess.
This plant necda cool, mosst climate, in the
ne'ghborhood Of large bodies Of wster, and to
this fact may be attributed tho success OF this
frait at Cleveland, where it originated, Aa well
ga At Crystal Lake. Taking these facts
AZ baAis, It may 10 reasonable
20 suppose that it might be successful along
tho east side Of Lake Michigan and in ali
moist locations, with mild temperatures. II
is true that tho fruit would come 10 market
late in tho eeason, when it is foil Of the late
summer and autumn fruits from points fur
iher south, and might not command good
l'r7ce III such competition, yet the expert
mcnt Il worth trying on = small acale. Our
friends over the lake have tested
many OF the red taspber1iee-; but for
some teason they are not pleased With them.
Whether the Kirkland" hxs been In thcis
han<1s do not know. In tho mored1y climate
Of Central and South Illinois We can hope
less from It, unless by rnulching and partial
rhAde We may give it moro natural condition
may add that this is not now variety, 10 bc
;'at on the market by apecu1ators, but one
well known and fully described for years
in our fruit books- It bears tho name
Of Professor kutland, who first called
AAsVAAo1 " ~ 4At4N Ia lt IutS3tlUu &QoQt
tho value Of tho fruit, but tho point is IS to ise
relative vAlne for market. Like Ill red rasp-
berries, it Will sucker badly. hare tested
many kinds OF rcd r1spbcrTies hero without
:ucccss; but will give these place, to see
Ahat can be made Of them. do this the
::orc willingly for the reason that wc hare lost
light Of many old varieties, and are constantit
ssking for something new. Then again We
uo making progress in the better undeystand-
ing OF their natural habits, and give them
treatment accordingly. II We will irrigste the
-n1she or so-cailed Mexican Strawberries aud
thus give them their natural condition, they
would no doubt assonish us with dno crops.
Tho strawberry crop on our p1assies was \ very
uncertain one until Ne learned to mulch them
With prairie hAy or straw. We must be less
hasty in throwing aside new Or old plants be-
FORE We see II We have not neglected some
conditions neeeasaSJ to suooess- While on this
subject We may mention
THE crLTCHE OF HArE sEED
- ono seriously Affected BY the hygeonet.ic
condition Of the climate. hAvc grown bev-
eral czopa OF the summer crop, while reading
nexr Chicaeas. This rlant belenss TO tbs cat-
:4ge family, ard delights in deep, tnoist sol,
and cool, damp Atmospheru. II VIII not prove
paying crop in any district subject 70 drouth,
dry air or high tenpcrature- Minnesota,
Sozthern Wisconsin, and Michigan aro
better suited to it. Ths oil
is eaeily pressed out, md After
being treated with sulphuric scid, IL = superior
lamp oil, rs havo often proved By cxpcrierce.
Some thousands Of gallons Of this oil have
becn sold and consumed in Chicago unle- the
name OF winter sperm oil, aud douhs il il
vas ever sold under itn tfue name. Tho mzn-
ufaeto! Of this oil WIS IN the town Of
Addison, Dupage County. and xnr OF
the old farmers among tho Germ1us can givo
history Of its rise and progress IS 4
crop. The eamo Cause that hrough,
mustard culture to IN ond in Ohio closed ont
this crop In Inino;s,-the dt,nces and host Of
the ac.eon II which the seed matured. The
man who can nxko crop Of cabbage, yeAs
sfser year, may succeed with rape, but the
ordinary farmer Will report failure in Ill sca.
SONS that are not both wet and cool
H1nED HuF.
In the largo cities wo have Offices where msr
seek for or oner their labor On the market
In our villages We have tho boarlin8-houses
and saloons, That vary poorly perform the sa1ne
services, that is, after the aAboEsr ia no longer
Of yalue 10 these inshtuhooa- At DAnvile
in Vorrnilion County, ono Of the f1npla1nen'
de.1e7 tesps blank book, In which ID Re
corded the wants OF both clAases,-tht
man who has the labor and the man who wAntl
it,-togcthe. with brief note OF what Ia want
ed and what can be dune. II this sys&su
could b extended throughout tho State, |
must result in great saving Of time to bou
| pariea. In tho c.se Under noiee no ctsarE'
is ,nade, but Is doue simply to do tbs parties
| favor. sud to make tho store moro directly th