Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-10-14

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MouNT CaENE. Sep, :, 1874,
Ia my last lcilrr I r'iiri ailrn-
tion IL ihr lgsiier at preparing a
vinsyari ani planting lho ylnos.--
Since the appearance II that letter
Ragr h,cu ask,ai a. 'lY 4" larr'a
drrs III the uNIoN, thal grapevine
may be- plaulc'i or land prepares
~ i"r rirn "rpl'vi'Hs' Well 'hrl
may ; hni w,,, l,r 'p him that do
ponls nn shallow plowins lsnrh a.
i iuue in Inr west Ia snppnrl "a
vinuVari or orchard, ESPECIALLY lhc
vineyard fer although We grew lhe
hest grape, IN 'lry seasons, II d"rs
not inllnw that Virss will thrive
best where III , laud is llnughri -
shallow that the sHn ani wini viii
81 . a. uui aHi ruu,v lAr wines ["
witt, lust a.. cnru willis under the
mid iny sun, Tho simple fact l.
lust this: Land stirred IL the
depth Of 10 tu2l inches, will nni
hii IL hring a crop; not even IN
such year Us 1850. whssu your
common scratching, I" d inches,
ar even S inches, will dry up and
wiLler, every thing YOU plant IN II,
yes, oven grape vnc. We speak
from experiences, II t. II fact well
known, that grew II crop ri corn
in 1860 Oh the pcclau farm, three
miles south, east from Lawrence
aud I hrlicve that the only rcaSn
why | had crop that memorable
wear, WAS IN account al deep
ploughing and constantly krcpi"a !
the ground loose. But enough " /
this.
Having planted your vines, II |
October ar November, let them res !
until sprin. aud ~ -oon ~ H.
weeds hr''in ~ nnu"ur take vnnr /
cuItivator and strr the ground thor.
oughly on both sides OF the rows,
and then, il you wish, you may
plant row of potatoes az beans
between each row of vines. II is
the practice Of some 10 plant II row
of Strawberries between each row of
vines. and also the space between
the vines III tHs row, and think IL
is good plan. us it will be Il profit
able thing to do, and will insure
the cultivation of nil the ground
] do MOI think il necessary TO med
die with the vines during the fr.
season, only he sure To keep the
soil loose, and clean out all the
weeds.
Now, having arrived ut the end
Of the first year, and the leaves
having fallen OIL the vines, com.
mencc on the outside row and go
over then with II sharp .n.I,. and
cut them down to two buds each, Of
the new wood Ihom if any vine
has died, or failed to come up, plant
II good young vine in the place
then take small plough and turn
a furrow towards the vines, on each
side, and if you turn two on each q
side all the better, it will Protect
them during the winter. And now :
the work commences, for on the
management, during the second
year, depends, in IL great measure, ,
your future, success indeed if you
do not commence Alright, you will
surely find trouble before you have
gone far,
Let us then go to work and build
n trellis of some kind, on which to
train our vines. Wire is the best
and the cheapest, and the wire
should run north, and south and
lest / should have to answer five
hundred question o. more, lis to the
reasons Of being and doing contra
~ to almost everybody else, | will
state them now. First, then, we
have quite a windy country, and
the prevailing winds are from the
south during summer, and will pass
down the rows of vines, and be-
tween them, without doing any
damage, while if the rows were
running east and west our wire
would be put to the strain pretty
hard, to stand up lndcr their load
of fruit and foliage, and the wind
blowing square on the front. But.
says one, the vines would get more
sun if running cast and west. Very
true, but depend upon it they never
lack for sun in Kansas. But, says
another, my father always planted
his vines so as TO give them the
most sun, and he always had fine
fruit.
Well, sir, but your father did not
live in Kansas, and, while it is alb
necessary to plant on the
eastern and southern slopes in New
York and other Eastern and North.
eastern States, il is matter of no
Importance here Our old vine
yard at RosebrooR slopes to the
northwest which would be consid
red the most unfavorablc position
oy eastern vinyardists but it is an es.
abIished fact that it is the most sue.
,essful vineyard in the State there.
ore.we will just go on and set good
trong posts. one at each end of
.ach row, brace them well, and then
ct stakes firmly in the ground six
V feet apart. in each row, then run
he wire as You would for a fence,
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