Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-12-30


time was mainly occupied by Prof.
Matthews. His remarks were MAIN
ly upon dwarfing. Many favored
this, and he was favorable to it when
the space was not large. The Para
disc apple is the real dwarf, the root
always being small and compact.
Pears, he did not consider sue
cess in Iowa. He planted a number,
but all were dead except one which
stands on the north side of an ever
green. In protecting fruit trees do
it on the south to protect them from
the sun. 1t is the bright sunlight
which does the mischief. The trou-
BILE arises from the warm sun upon
the Southwest side of the trees. 1t
is the sunshine after freezing which
does the mischief. Mr.. Morrison
wanted to know If the trees could
not he planted SO as to shade each
other from the southwest. This
could only be done to small extent
in consequence of the shedding of
the leaves. But by planting the
trees inclining to the southwest it
would help the matter to q great ex-
tent.
Prof. Matthews then showed his
method of propagating grapes from
cuttings. In putting i'm cuttings he
would never have more than three
eyes, two will do. The ground
should be deeply cultivated and the
cutting is put in 80 that the upper
eye is covered. He cuts i'm O slant
ing direction from the opposite side
of the bud. When it is not cut close
to the bud they are quite liable to
die. The roots seldom start from
more than one Of the joints. Ground
should be pulverized about Is inches
deep. The best time to prune grape
vines is in the fall before the frost.
His practice is not to prune while
the vines are growing. The sun
should be kept from shining directly
upon the grapes. Capt. Matthews
described the new grape, called the
Rogers, which he considered very
| fine.
Mr.. Knowles described his plan of
hedging. One hedge is made of Ce-
dar set closely together. Willow,
he recommended; make of it a sort
of lattice work. He had no faith in
Usage Orange. Adjourned.
SATURDAY, DEC. "a, 10 A. NJ.
Institute was opened with prayer
by Rev. r.. w. Keller music by
the Glee Club. An interesting letter
from James Ridpath was then read
by r. z. Speer, on the Canker worm,
describing its appearance, habits,
and the best means of destroying it.
S. A. Bishop moved that Mr.. Rid
paths letter be published with the
proceedings of the Institute. Motion
carried, Prof. Matthews said he was
highly pleased with the letter just
read that it was from fruit grow
er of much experience.
Mr.. Mott urged farmers TO be es-
pecially on their guard against the
bark louise, as he considered it one OF
our worst enemies i'm the orchard.
Mr.. Speer said, should bark lice
! of thn in hiG
orchagd, he would Immediately dig
them a.- aaaang~ o,~=tnat
when they had taken pr Session OF a
tree it was almost imp !fsible to des-
troy them all by mean 9of soap, lime,
or any other wash, and that the
danger was so great he would not
run the risks.
Mr.. Knowles said he had never
failed to destroy the canker worm by
thoroughly stirring the earth imme-
mediately around the roots of the
trees, in the fall of the year.
Mr.. Abbott read ali essay on Dairy
Farming. On motion, Mr.. Abbott
was requested to furnish n copy OF
his essay to be published with the
proceedings of the Institute.
Prof. Matth, VS. said that men who
had eyes aud brains had no doubts
now AS to whether we can grow
fruit trees successfully in Iowa.
That nine farmers out of every ten
in this State did not use apples
They did not grow them for Them
selves and they have not the means
to buy them. Grown people are
fond of apples, but children like
them better. That by neglecting to
plant trees, farmers boys may he
tempted TO become thieves, and steal
fruit from his more enterprising
ncighbor. That we must talk fruit,
sing fruit, whistle fruit until every
farmer Will see the necessity of plant.
ing q sufficient number of trees to
supply his family with apples, cher.
ries, pIums, &c. 1t is equally neces-
sary that every farm should have q
good supply of the small fruits
They do well and bear profusely in
all parts of Iowa. Adjourned to
meet at II o'clock p. NJ.
AFTERNOON.
AT the hour appointe the Institute
was called to order by President Me-
lendy.
Mr.. Winters was called upon and
addressed the Institute on the sub
ject of general farming. Said he
never sowed wheat on land that was
inclined to remain wet. Said that
oats does better on heavy or wet soil.
He plows his land eight inches deep.
He spreads his manure and plows ii
under Immediately. He is we'll sat-
isfied that manure loses large pro.
portion of its strength by being left
in piles or scattered over the surface
of the ground, during winter. He
does all his blowing in the fall il
possible. He thinks that many
farmers buy more implements than
they need, and that many farmers
lose money by not properly caring
for and protecting their implements
from the weather. He thinks that
farmers should pay more attention to
the cultivation of the tame grasses.
Mr.. Tennyson said that he never
bought n farm implement or auy.
thing else unless he had the money
to pay for it. That it was dangerous