The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-08-10
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T. We had quite conversation with j.
j. Mendenhallrecently on thatver point,
and others, and found him to have no
faith in budding apple trees near to-
gether We believe Mr.. MendenhalI has
| been the most success sful orchardist in
this region, and therefore his ideas, which
have given him success, may be valuable
to others. He has now two thousand
| bearing trees, and we think the health
lest, most thrifty lot of trees in the coun-
| try. He sets his trees thirty feet apart,
and trains them to open, spreading tops,
| admitting freedom to sunlight and air.
| In his oldest orchard the trees are now
run together. showing them still too near
each other. The result of this greater
distance apart and open spreading tops,
Is thrifty, healthy, fruitful trees. The
opposite theory has been practiced large
| ~ in this vicinity. Trees are set 16 feet
apar, aud the tops trained close
and compact, leaving little chance
| for air Or sunlight to enter
| Where we have seen such trees we have
noticed that they did not look healthy
Many dead limbs were to be seen, the
bark in spots, the foliage discolored, and
the show of apples very poor.
This is just the difference, we should
expect from the different methods of
treatment. The natural tendency of an
apple tree is to spread. 1t needs sun
and air as much as any other plant
With abundance Of room and the open
we'll spread top, it will thrive with Wig
orous life Clustered togethered, the
tops so thick bird cannot fly through
them, their branches interlocked, they
will struggle for life, mildew, blast, de-
cay and die. We have seen orchards in
this vicinity where each alternate row Of
trees should be removed, both ways, and
must be to save them from ruin. In our
opinion forty feet is near enough for ap-
pie trees. Our strong soil will then send
their branches out to cover the ground
if allowed to spread freely as nature die
tates.-Ioood City Republican.
1t will be remembered that the Wis
consin Horticultural Society recommends
20 feet apart as the distance at which to
set apple trees. We give the above ar
ticle because it was called out by note
Of our own, recommending the same dis
tance-20 feet Western Farmer.
SHEEP-TIcKs.-Now is favorable
time for raid on ticks. They have left
the shorn sheep to escape the light, and
will be found gathered in force on the
lambs. Lambs cannot thrive when tor
mented by them The best and simplest
remedy is tobacco. To make the dip
take a pound Of cheap plug tobacco for
every twenty lambs, tear it Up and boil
it in water entirely sufficient to cover the
lamb. Have a water-tight box large
enough to hold the lamb. Arrange a
sloping table at the side OF the box which
will permit the spare liquid to run back
inty it. When the dip is quite cold put
it in the box, take a lamb by the fore legs
with the other cover up the moath and
nostriIs, let an assistant take the bind
legs, immerse the lamb entirely, long
enough to allow the dip to penetrate the
wool. Lay the lamb on the sloping table
and squeeze out the surplus liquid, AID
the operation is complete. Do this each
year, and ticks will disappear altogether.
GRASS LANDs.-It is not profitable
use of manure to apply it to the meadow
land ia the spring unless it is thoroughly
decomposed. Then the earlier it can be
spread, the better for the grass crop.
But if it IS desirable to apply manures to
keep up the yield, the best time is direct
" after moving. The manure then pro-
tects the roots and crowns of the plants
from the intense heat, the soil does not
| become hard and dry, and the aftermath
is rank and thick. By spring time the
water will have carried the fertlllzlng
properties into the sod. and the grass
will receive their benefit in the next
growth.
Leaf mold, decayed sod, and even rich
earth, may be mixed with great adyan-
tage with barn-yard manure TO make
dressing for meadows. We have seen
good results from the application Of earth
alone to grass-plats especially to those
long seeded On clay soil it is better to
use alluvial deposits. and on sandy. or
rather light lands, apply clay.-Anaer1can
Rural Home
SEX OF EGGS AND PLANTS. We find
the following in the Ruralist. by cor
respondent:
L can instantly on the general rrinci-
pal determine the sex of the eggs and
of other things. In walking through
your garden please notice the acute
pointed buds and the obtuse ones on your
cherry trees and other fruit, and when
the the season of efflorescence occurs, IL
every instance the obtuse form produces
the flower, and the other the leaf Sc
also with the straw berry vine, the round
ISL form of leaf is producing, and the
pointed leaf non producing and so with
eggs, in every instance the roundish form
produces the female, and the long egg
are invariably males.
AN Ohio dairyman has discovered tina
the poison in cheese in. occasioned b,
The cows eating lobeiia.