New-York tribune., 1870-04-09

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remain in ground uninjured during coolest Winter ;
should be cut into small pieces when planted; ask
| Bliss * Son for seed
S. Henry of West Lebanon Penn-What is the
best time to bud peach trees, and how also best
time To cut CRAFTS and set thcmf Ansuer Peaches
are usually budded in July and August. but this de-
pends on locality. Grating is done IN Spring but
the details of both operations cannot be clearly shown
| in print without aid of illustrations.
Owen A. Morrison Of Mddlefork, Ind-What about
| Chinese yam. and where can seed he obtained
Anscc.-Chinese yam is of " no consequence in the
least" as Toots remarked when he fell down and
broke his ankle but those who want TO try the tuber
can get seed OF most any seedman.
| j. X. Lansing of Greenbush. n Y.-How shall
proceed to get field which has some qGaek grass
| and small fruits
Anscer.-Plant with some hoed crop. such as corn
| or potatoes, and cultivate thoroughly this Summer
and the land will be all right in the Fall There is
no cheaper better to destroy quack grass than
by using the hoe and cultivator.
i. ii. Brown of Salem N. il am q single man
well. say 80 years-was raised on farm, have kept
school. been IN the retail grocery trade, and could
put my hand on 81 900 easy. What had better do I
| dnsuer.-Get married 10 a girl who will think more
of her husband and his prosperity and happiness
than she will of what her neighbors may say Of the
house and the style she and her husband live IN. Buy
small 1arn, and then raise cmckens, or poultry Oh
any kind. If small stream or pond can be secured
grow small fruits or choice vegetables Then be
economical and industrious few years, and all other
requisites will be added in due time.
| A WONDERFUL Cow, AND A GREAT CROP OF PEAS.
w. b. Sweet of Pompey. n. Y. forwarded the sub
| joined statements, the latter of which Mr. Reade
| thought steep story and 1T caused the doubling
| Mr.. Fuller TO shake his head Last Spring planted
| II acres of clay loan soil with what we call the
| black-eye Canada pea. or marrowfat Have just
| finished marketing, and find that the yield was $50
bushels 40 bushels to the acre. Sold an aver
age of Al 6j per bushe The expense of raising such
crop is just the same as crop of barley. | have
| grade shOrt-hOrn COW, years old; dropped O calf
| February g. feed-gOod clover hay and four quarts
mixed oat and barley meal; milk42 pounds per day,
| which made Ia pounds of butter per week up 70
rel e.. wan
quarts potatoes to the feed; got 46 pounds mill per
| day, which made 14t pounds butter; dropped the
| pounds butter. This small experiment would show
that potatoes better for milk than for butter.
live LOO feet above tide-waeT this may account for
SEED PoTAToEs-B. Tyson. Washington D. C.---I
| wish TO offer word of complaint Oh Mr. QuInn's
| paper potato culture copied into The Carolina
Farmer of the 25th inst. He advises the cutting Of
potatoes about a week before planting. i expected
10 see a reason for this but found none. The benef
| cial results are simply these: the potatoes III
| that time becoming shriyeled, rarely pro-
duce more than two tubers to the piece and
there thus being fewer stalks aud more room, better
and larger quantity OF potatoes are the results.
Having before seen the plan recommended, was at
the trouble TO test by experiment IN order to ascer
tain whether not the partial curing OF the bud by
previous cutting had any effect / ascertaDed that
the beneficial results were owing TO the sriyeled po-
tatOes producing fewer uDerS and tnat II You plant
Immediately after cutting, and viii thin 10 stSik
after they up, all the advantages of prior cut
ting are secured and saving OF seed INTO the bar
gain
Broom CoRN.-Noah Dear Of Montezuma, Ind. and
several others have written to know how TO begin
with this crop, and how 10 cultivate it.
CIRb.-Begin with two quarts Of seed, nnt u on
yOur richest corn land, leave eight stalks 10 HILL
and cultivate just like corn. ii the land IS cold and
late YOU want some rank manure as hen dung or
guanO, on the young plants TO give them a push;
otherwise they will look sorry and pale al through
June When the seed is formed but before il gets
full and heavy, table il; that Is. bend the stalks
over toward each other about three feet from the
ground. Then with sharp knife cut OF the slroom
leaving a foot two of stalk below the bush. and
lay III small punches on the table as scaiold to
cure There are several ways Of getting the seed off,
none Of the machines are costly. You need some
shed and l'.rn room in which 10 complete the curing
1t Is OF i' use to put brOom-e0In Oh any out dIy
warm. anL Iah land.
CREATES LIVE WEIGHT.-D. Rupert. Crawford
Co. Pa. has IN oyster bet on figures and asks the
Club 10 tell all il knows about heavy beeveS.
Ansuer.-When George Ayrault killed his lannon's
four, he made search and fonnd no record hngiana
of bigger bullocks. His averaged 500 when Killed.
but they had lost 80 pounds apiece By two weeks OF
travel and worry in New-lork. There was a time
when his mammoth sueers turned $500 If Others
have weighed heavier creatures elephants not in-
cndedl the Club would he glad 10 know the ngures
THE HIGHLANDS Oh THE SOUIH-L. c. Brown
Young man raised in farm on Massachusetts,, late
clerk in New-Iork, thrown ont OF business by the
tumble in gold asks whether he shall 20 10 North
Carolina in the mountains. 10 East tennessee or
10 the West. He has much confidence III the opinion
oi the Club.
4 Suggcslou-TLe staples of the south-cotton,
rice sugar, and tObaccO-requlre for the most proht-
able culture low rich, and somewhat sicEly lands
We do not, general rule, advise young men 10
attempt 10 make living by raising staples LOT dls-
taut market There IS apparently, money IN H. but
there i. no real thrift on that line Countries that
send away all that OF their surface grow poor
and the people sink. There has seldom been a more
prosperous rural community than New-lork and
New En- gland before the great migration westward;
The rule was 10 raise everything laIHlly neeued
except salt and iron. There was diversity OF pro-
duets near market. intelligence, Thrift ana man
kind rising on the scale Of civilization. Ihe same
prosperity is practicable in the hill country or the
South lou cannot grow rich growing tobacco or
cotton; but yOu can keep COWS, sheep, and bees dry
fruit, sell wool, young cattle mules, and horses
You can raise your wheat rye, oats, and corn
in short, the Southern upands offer every adNai-
tage that can be found in New-Eng gland or on the
hill lands of New-YOrk, with Winter three months
shorter and land costing one-sixth as much' q,
pI-TANCE or TREES ~ OECHARDS-Saln. A. ].
Anderson Bear Lake Mills. Mich: We wish to de,
rive the greatest prof; from both and ana trees ana
ask wisdom of the pOmolOgcal sayans.
JOHN Daws-If hIs land and climate are rgut ioi
peaches and apples ] will tell him how DO ana lie
may follow it or not hnd my piont IN H. SET I'm, ny
peaches and apples IN alternate rows 10 ieel apdlt
each way, keep the ground Wholly citah anu SOW
nothing but buckVheai. ON the strongest lahu ana
with the use Of manufes put ~ 10" OF Two OIL
potatoes and perhaps tomatoes llI the Noung trees
are big enough 10 shade the surface 10y thal t!mc
the roots want all there j. there. use compost oI
maT lime and unleached hickory ana OAK asnes.
calculate the peaches will do all the good they ever
will in ten years Then cut away and give all Tue
space 60 the apple trees, when VIII De - Ieet aPa.t
As TO varieties Of apples have found more biOnt
from sort called Smiths CIDER than from an the
fine greetings and plpplns Smiths Cidei VIII O.aI
right along year after year. aud are worm 20 Inc gu
To RrN0vF MoTIs AID CHAFF FROM THE EYE
NJ Tnkham ST. LOuls. kansas.-Calonel i one oI
the very best remedies for notes or chaii III Tue S
OF horses OF cattle had COW that got an CAT chan
ou the eye-ball which resisted all efforts al removal
Her eve became swollen she could not open IL ana
a white film had begun TO grow upon the Dali was
speaking to one of my neighbOrs about he recon-
uended the above remedy which i applied, b0Wlhg
II into the eve with a goosequi about the bulk OF