Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-04-20

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IDENTITY knows whereof he atlirms says
Z" 1t is mistake to imagine that the
sun must shine on the lunches of grapes
in order to ripen them. Nature intend
ed no such thiug: on the contrary, it is
evident that the vines naturally bear
their fruit in such q way as to screen it
from the sun, and man is most unwise
when he rashly interferes with this in
tention what Is wanted is the full cX-
posurc OF the leaves to the sun: they
will prepare the nutrment Of the grape,
they will feed and nurse it, and cventu-
ally rear it up into succulence and lus-
ciUusness."
S,0ine IN Orchards.-A. NJ. Catch, of
Milford, Ohio, stated at a meeting OF
the Ohio or,icultural Society that he
prevented his apples from falling, and
kept them on his trees into October, by
turning i'll swine. He kept from forty
TO sixty head of swine among his trees,
and they plowed up the ground so thor
oughly that he supposed that they de
stroyed all the insects as they fell.
Fertilizers for the Potato-Ashes are
great fertilizers for the potato; apply in
the hill. A little guano is an additional
help. Some also use lime to advantage
all applied in the hill good sod
well rotted and mixed with the soil, is
usually sufficient, with manure of some
sort or the fertilizers mentioned, in the
hill. This secures the crop, and will
not grow too much vine, which is apt
to be the case where the land is quite
rich.
Where the soil was of ordinary fertil-
ity we have found benefit in applying
manure, spread broadcast. After while
II was worked INTO the soil, ard made a
fine mellow thing Of it, benetiting the
crop greatly, but making it rather
coarse and wtery, fit only to feed to
stock. The better sorts might be made
to do for the table, but we prefer diff
ferent kind Of pabulum for this pur-
pose. Ashes and old vegetable manure
will supply this, and if the growth is
not quite so rank, it will at least be
highly remuneratlve and satisfactory.
Hoe0 Varieties are In,proved- A1ner-
ican Agrtcu(t,rast says: Mr.. Lane, of Yer
mont, who has been so successful with
his sugar-bcet culture, sends us an ac-
.,-'i., " '''' fio1>'''e' ho .oi'ii'ieiee"
WV, I''l' t'4' ~ .Iioo'.nS loi Sse'' 'iiG
,,(9', 10 VI .ioH9 .i.'V "pl'ioaoiieu
noS,'o 'i'e r tei .'.u'''i .yp' ne HiSiieo
~ 'i " i to.ii 'iie oio' raise" from
,l'' oa nI e''o "ea' :,A Iere asaiii Seiec'-
,t'a,' ~ -, w.: ~ .ilo pie'Ih' 1liiie'
ideal "of good beet to raise for the
oI'a, poe' 80. 'oi uniioitiil'y Az 0,
,lt'' s;aItiI ooo' Soii'ti'S, 4o"ii'S' SIZE anu
,,,o,l',af', ,lo, ,io ,t'4 1oI s:i oy any oee. Vi
= nv, ii''. $50, 40 i'''set III .ii'S 1ouil'rS
eooso, -, 40, Decta iaiseu 'ite t'I's'
>li'>,I, 80 va ',ti''y >y "eis,ie,' y, l.o'ii ~,
',,lnn;,,,n,,, o;l,;tol J'io tr touIi's ne
lf Ja1;na.;n,, III .''''ie a. 'iiI
80,
naIn, 80 toul'''1 '''" teil po''iil'S.
'.' t ~ '-''' y
would make crop Of nearly thrty-tive
tons per acre; roots averaging ten
pounds would make tifty-eight tons per
acre. MIR. Lane has also made expert
ments Of the same character with
onions; and he thinks that instead of
tying to get better vegetables by pro-
ducing new varieties, if we would i'm
prove the best old varieties we would
attain more uniformity and better DUAL
ity. He thinks he can take the peach
blow potato, and by selecting a few
specimens for seed the nearest the type