The Placer herald., 1870-02-12
S*HOUSEV AND sR-4RM.

many papers have been written about II;
but it is one Of those mixed questions which
have a dark and a brigh. side to each view,
and can only be discussed as balance OF adj
vsntages Aud first, we think, as an alb
stract question, a seeding tree Is more Ike
ly TO bs healthy han budded one. and yet
millions Of seeding trees are as healthy as
any Seeding trees can be. But supposiog
that trse Las any disease, it 10 far more
likely to be pr pogated by budding than
by raising seed; fol propagation by cutting
buddiog, grating or any other such mode,
is simply increasing the individual just as 1t
is, while from seed it is really the creation
Of a new variety. Sometimes diseases are
hereditary; hence a disease of this kind
might follow Seeding peach, but not near
the number al diseases could follow, because
so few are Of this nature. III, 81, t...f .
10 the abstract, then, but yet Of little
practical importance, it is a fact that
seeding tree is healthier. There is another
pont, however, in favor of the seeding tree.
When a Seeding is budded it is usually
done near the ground, and the next Fall the
top, four or five feet high, is cut back to
where the bud is set. 1t is now known that
all pruning is a check to vitality. But this
is true only in The abstract. The check is
but temporary, and would not show It's
evil influence except ia very severe circum-
stances, and is only called in to explain oc-
casionaI and serious cases of injury. The
check is so temporary that the tree soon re-
covers, and in no more cases do any psrma'
nent injuries result than to man from the
toothacbe. a. "a. f... ........ ...
But The great Disadvantages Of Seeding
peaches lie in the very facts for which they
are usually esteemed, namely their disposi
ton not to come like their parents. If we
SOW pits Of early peaches they may. come
late; il we want. ate We are as likely to get
early Then snowy peaches are often most
favorable to some markets, or free stones
or large fruit; but The seed is just as likely
to give us pale faces or cipgs or small fel-
lows of no account.-ln some markets 1t is
very important TO have them in Just at Ger
tain times-a day more or less being ques
ton of many dollars. This can only be
calculated when we know exactly what kind
we plant, and this only to be known by EN-
pIoypg budded trees. f~r
In view Of { be ia ct that so few diseases
follow budding more than follow seeding
trees, and in the face of the facts 10 favor of
budding them, we lhipk the advantages are
clearly n favor of budded and against seed>
ling trees Weekly Press
WHAT Our FARMERS WANT.-What the
farmers of California, and especially our
fruit and vegetable producers want, is more
direct traffic between the producer and con-
sumer, and The dsbanding Of the great army
of middle. men, which ab-orbs the chief part
of The farmers profits and takes large bites
from the consumers. What possible necss
sity is there that grapes which the farmers
are willing to produce at four or five cents a
pound should cost consumers fifteen or TWEEN
iy? Why should apples and peaches cost
the consumer two or three times as much
as the producer gets for tbema Our system
of traffic is all wrong, and some steps should
he taken to improve it. by proper system,
our home consumption of fruit might be
nearly or quite doubled, with no increased
expense to the consumer, while the health
and comfort of the public would be vastly
benefited. 1t is gratifying to note that
steps are being taken in some quarters to
bring about so desirable result. Our fruit
growers must combine in this work tor their
own protection Scientific Press.
SETTING OUT TREES -Oflate years, says
the Prairie Farmer, the old mode OF cutting
back the limbs OF trees to be planted has been
abandoned in Europe. Now the limbs are
not cut back, but only such limbs are re-
moved as are too close. The middle
limb and four or five others are cut
back to about half Of their length. The
result is that soon after the planting in
Spring, leaves appear at the top OF the
branches, and by their aid new, small root.
let's are generated earlier than otherwise,
aud that the trees in the second year form
stronger wood than if they had been Gu.
back the first year.
Maryland has 373 square miles of oyster
beds, a2 of which are closely covered, and
the rest scattering. To protect these trea-
sures regular commission has been ap-
pointed, of which the head officer has just
made report to the Legislature. lie calls
for an amendment OF the laws which, if
secured, be thinks will provide for the en-
poyment Of 10000 men. At present 573
d dredging vessels and ] ,90S canoes are Ii
censed for the traffic. The annual product
is $500, 900 bushels. The consumption of
bivalves is immense, and is annually lncreas
ing, but as each adult OYSTER generates about
one million young year, the supply will
hardly give out.
GALVANIZED WINE-The story is goirg
round that the house Of a vineyard man
somewhere in Europe was recently struck
by lightning and that the wine 10 the cellar
thereof was immensely improved in flavor
thersby "This," Says the story, ,-"came
to the knowledge OF General Marcy -Mouge,
who has caused series of experiments to
be Instituted with various kinds of wine,
The result being that galvanic current APP
piled TO The liquid in the casks eminently
improves very inferior kinds" ..-.-..
How TO KEEP OSIoNs.-The editor Of
the Santa Barbara Press has been presented
with lot of onions dug in August, pre-
served since that time IN an air-tight box,
opJ ,ou rfaotlv, sound Mr. (nouY The