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

do with the disposition of the colt.
Capt. Mtthews was next called up
on to talk upon fruit culture. He
thought the soil in every case rich
enough fresh manure was not good
Plant deep, cultivate well, but not
too closely to the tree. He would
not leave the ground i'm sod too long
Keep the trees healthy by sufficient
amount of culture. He insisted that
more could be made from the same
amount of land by raising fruit OF
the proper kinds tran in the produc
ton of any kinds of grain, as the
present high prices of fruit were
likely to continue. This was soon tc
become the great fruit-growing re-
gion. The far west would soon de-
mand large quantities Of fruit.
The spring is not the proper time
for pruning; he would not prune
very much, but commence when the
tree is growing and continue mod
est amount of pruning, keeping the
tree i'm good shape. In this way IL
may be done at any time, but Sep
TENDER and October are the best
months for pruning. Cut very
smoothly and paint the cut part
giving it two or more coats. Fol
Planting some prefer spring, Others
fall. He preferred the spring if there
was sufficient time. Trees may be
planted in the fall If planted deep
aud mulched well. The roots must
not be allowed to dry to any extent
before transplanting. Require the
nurserymen to give you the roots (all
unmutiIated) as well as the top. -
Roots should be kept moist. Trees
two years old are of good age to
plant. To cause limbs to bear tie
them down as near the body as pos
sible for one season, and the next
season they will bear. Tie string
tightly around a limb and it will
check the growth and cause it to
bear. They tried an experiment OF
this kind at the College Farm by
taking two rings of bark off from
around the tree some inches from
the ground. This must be done
when the sap Is i'm the fullest flow
sometime in June, last half Of the
month. He thinks this will no
cause decay. But the entire circula
ton must not be checked. He WOLF
try this on all trees.
Mr.. Mott enquired whether pre-
mature bearing should be induced
This was not recommended.
Mr.. Knowles enquired If, after {
tree was much injured, it did no
bear well one year and then die; ant
if this was not the theory in the cut
ting of the bark. Mr.. Matthew
thought not.
Previous to leaving, Presiden
Welch was called up to make q few
remarks. He expressed great graft
fication at the success of the insti
tute. He thought TIE exercises high
ly entertaining. 1t had been re
marked that this institute was th'
first i'm the State, lie thought it tn,
first in the world. He spoke of III
college, explained the working of it
and how students were admitted
The number i'm attendance, las
year, was l60.
While waiting for arrangements t.
be made to occupy another hail, Mr.
Spear told an anecdote relating to
man who purchased 100 trees tina
would not bear. The man who sol,
the trees, being Informed Of the fact
called at the place, had the tree
pointed out to him, and. taking {
large hoop-pole, lie gave each tree
ID of threshing. "There J" sait
he, u.tering an oath, "they will bea
now" The result was full crol
the next year. Adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
! Institute was called to order at
p. NJ, and Col. l.. II. Shankland o
Dubuque, was then asked to deliver
an address upon General Farming
The subject he said was of grea
magnitude, embracing so much tina
he would not attempt to touch upor
it ut all. Grain growing was thu
leading interest, and he would hav,
realized more from grain the pas
year than he did from his orchards
Farmers should raise their fruit, bu
as rule can realize more from
thorough grain culture. Our matt
crop must be grain, for the reason
that 1000 bushels of wheat are raised
to one bushel of apples. He haC
been surprised to find the average
yield of grain, and attributed it t.
the siovenly system of farming nov
practiced.
Col. Richardson of Fayette, made
a few remarks upon raising timothy
for stock. He seeded down 40 acre
to timothy and afterwards some sixt,
acres more. All did well, and h,
considers the question settled as t
raising timothy successfully, he doe
not feed it off closely; would SOW
from quarts to peck per acre.
Mr. McIsaac, of Waterloo, haC
found i'm Ohio, that when he fed of
close ly before the ground was frozen
that it seriously injured the crop TO
the next year. Spring blowing III
considered preferable in this countr,
for seeding; did not consider timo
thy good for high land.
Mr.. Tennyson remarked that h
found he was among men from
w HON he could learn something
He wanted to know whether h,
could sow clover among corn. Mr.
Richardson thought it could be don,
by sowing rye with it. Mr.. Knowles
disagreed with him.
MIR. Spear enquired whether sprins
plowed ground would not yield
more than fall plowed ground. His
experience was that it would. Clio
yer mixed with timothy be also con
sidered good.
Mr.. McIsaac said he was raised II
Scotland, where they kept up rota
ton of crops, and thought that THU
was what we must come to i'm THU
country. He thought experiment.
should be made at the Agriculture
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