The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-04-20
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Southern Home


cies of Mulberry abound in organ
;sizedyfsshsforning elements. Hence
Ifsa& 4eaves, properly cured, make
an excellent substitute for Aay.i1
wintering liys stocks I'hey contain
an unusual quantity Of nitrogen
and fos this ,reasop,l not only fur
nish anGtrftiots food, but have an
extremely enriching influence upon
Ys aiG. AZ old -Geld in Jyeubg
mulberry trees would soon acquire
a richer mould than it would If
covered with ,commont old-feld
,Y6nssad bfeomseage and bran
blssa Indeed, the SslueEofthistree
depends upon a variety of good
qualities, and such important quail
itiesY that1 wei must consider its
characteristics separately and in
regular order.
"The bs&iss bf1the mulberry
have long been a favorite in Eng
land, and is .one of. the most delis
cious fruits ofits season." says a
landscape gardner. "We. regret" !"
the continues, "that,so excellent q
fruit should be so little cultivated
here .2Itsucceeds Extremely we'll
in, the middle and Southern States
and as it ripens al. the. very period
IN early Summers when fruits are
scarcest, there can be no more
welcome addition to our pomoral
treasures than its deep purple and
slasciensberries." A correspondent
>af4heSeuthern Cuitiyator says of
tfe Hicks variety, "They furnish
the first ripe fruit in the Spring,
and continue, to yield successive
crops Of ripe berries until stopped
by frost. They furnish food for
pigs and poultry" Let the tree
oncYMpme popular, asit deseryes
t6Js, ,8ads raculturists VIII take
it in hand and improve it into a
fruit equal, if not superior, to the
strawberry. The whole apple fam
lily came from the crab by culture
Even the wild mulberry would af-
ford a better beginning than that.
Again we quote from our land.
scape gardener: "The mulberry
rinmope peHysitaations forms atlafge,
MiaeRKading. horizontally branch.
ed, and not inelegant tree. The,
rough, heart-shaped leaves, with
which it is thickly clothed, afford
a deep shade; and it groups well
with the lime, ,catalpha and many
other rQund-headed trees. We con-
Gaeb u therefore duly entitled to
q place in all extensive planta-
: lttyo2pQs. s.(8.s j. III. ns 4as'';3
Tie. timbenof the common null
iberryuiaof the very first quality.
When fully seasoned, it takes
dull; ]emon;colored hue, and for
durability, is scarcely inferior to
2the locust or the live oak. tbs
{ muchtSalued by ship builders, and
in our large cities commands ahigh
, price for the. frame work, knees,
eha6f 1tfmbers and gunnels Of yes
se1s: sIt:is said, also, 70 be not LA.
stbits 10 the attacks of insects. The
tree lives toa great age-speci-
mems in England are known to be
over three hundred years old. The
inner bark of the yarietYknown
as the paper mulberry, is used in
Japan, tps manufacturing immense
quantiiesof paperS S6fthe isoftest
and most beautiful texture.
Bsp tie mulberry is,chieAy in
terestiDg to us on account of its
value as a forage tree. The rich,
succulent, nitrogenous. foliage can
sBe Bound into bundles, cured and
housed, and thus furnishgood food
for horses, COWS andsheep, during
the winter months. We annually
gather the blades from our crops
ofIndian corn for fodder. Suppose,
instead of the .laboriouslyv vpI0wed,
planted, hoedt tsands fenced iii crop
of. Indian scorn; we had a dense
mass Of vegetable, growth-rich
succulent leaves, reaching up for
sixtyrfeet7 towards Athe Summer
sky-requfffng no culture, and
sending forth perennial crop for
eenturies;-wagon loads ofmulber'
-sS fodder from each tree, and nc
fences Costing millions :, in the
aggregate} TO protect the God
given Stops. ct ,a5s y a,s,:2s -
Isnot the stree .ofthe field mans
laeRn' Jast furT your attention te
trees, beloved farmers and scholars
: and you will find treasures in them
9 of which You had never dreamed.
Learn to understand mother Ma
ture's great and Beautiful laws and
q obey them; and She will take hel
erring children back to her arms
giving r,yealth,. health and glad
Hess, as ip the tarief golden days
when !, : - +iz-Y y
: Nutureffof an, ber fruits profusely bore,
And the ftssE Earthisa anafkedB but rroRere'
nOre,-Ergil.