Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

the heavy storm.
The eighth and the last lecture of the
course will be delivered by the Rev. H.
A. Spencer of Derby Center, at the Con-
gregational Church, Tuesday evening,
March 18th. Subject-''John Wesley
and his day."
CRAFTSBURY.
On the 22d ult., the thermometer at
sunrise stood at twenty-five degrees be-
low zero at midday on the 26 at zero.
Cold for the last of February.
The members and friends of the Con-
gregational Society met at the Academy
Hall on the 2lst ult. and after spend
ing the evening very pleasantly. left
with their kind pastor rs dollars,
MURDER IN CRAFTsBURY-Although
we have not the full particulars of the
case, we understand that a couple Of
wild, harum-scarum fellows by the name
of McCroy and Turner got into sort of
rum row one night last week, when
Turner discharged the contents of a shot
gun at McCroy, shooting him in the
right leg near the hip. A friend OF
McCroy, who was with him at the time,
procured a team, drew him home and
rolled him off at his door and left him
till morning The wound was such as
to render amputation necessary, and
while undergoing the operation death en-
sued. Turner, we understand has taken
up his abode at the county seat where
he expects to spend few months in SOL
itary meditation upon the evils of the
past and the prospects of the future, un-
der the guardian care of keeper Clement.
The following is the discussion before
the Farmers Club Tuesday eve, Feb.
goth. TopIc-Fruit Raising.
G. F. Sprague.-I think it was at my
request that this question was presented
for discussion, and the one who presents
question ought to be able to throw
some light on it, but l do not think l
can give any instructions in fruit rails
ing. There has not been much interest
taken in fruit raising during the last
few years the first settlers as soon as
they got some land cleared, one of the
first things they done was to start an Or
chard, and a very wise thing it was as
it afforded them some means of support
which they could not get in any other
way. Fruit raising has fallen off in the
last few years. Fruit raising is like the
calf which does the best when it gets all
the meal, and it is so with the orchard
1t has not done very well when other crop:
get the care. The spring of SO wa:
very disastrous to fruit trees. 1t was
thought that it was borers that killed
the trees; but [ think it was warm
spell we had of about two weeks in Feb
ruary, it was very warm did not freeze
nights, it turned round very cold and il
is thought that the trees started and
this cold snap started the bark and kill.
ed many of the trees. Now folks said
we cannot have any more fruit. | had
a nursery started and the trees were all
killed; we have had many discourage
ments. About this time trees came
from New York they proved failure
and this was discouragement Now
there seems to be some interest taken IL
fruit trees they have crab trees and
! they are doing well. 1t was quite {
risk to pay dollar apiece for trees aftel
we have had so many failures and it was
too hi j.; now we can get trees les:
than one fourth of that price and we cal
invest less money ard get our trees
now we wish to know how they will d.
on all kinds of soil what kind of frui
do they produce. We do not want al
cider apples nor all small apples w
, wish to know which kind is the best
| how we shall set them and shall they b
pruned &c. They claim they will groy
on sandy land. Apples are not the onl,
fruit we should raise, there are plums
we used to have any quantity of plum
, now we do not have many and we ough
to see what can be done about them; tn
Damson is perhaps the best kind. Blu
currants and gooseberries are just as nee
essary as other things. l bought som
kinds of currants and gooseberries, tn
currants did not do we'll but the tn
gooseberries done first rate; now thes
need pruning and manuring. Tn
worms trouble them, and | have seen
new kind this summer, it looked like a
r animal mentioned in Scripture havin
ten heads and ten horns. | hope to hea
from any one who can answer these ques
tions.
4. Morse.-I have a number of youn
trees started, some of them bear. If W
grow apples we have got good deal t
r contend with. There is moth whic
/. stings the fruit and makes them fall of
l and then there are the borers and we hay
s HIM Geql sdeqIed pue e1eAesIed o. &c
outgrow them the same as the fly o
t wheat and lice on oats. Some put board
round the trees and the moths get b.
!. tween them and they can be killed.
B do not think we can raise apples enoug
to overstock the market, but we shoul
raise enough for our own use; we shoul
try to raise good winter apple that wi
: keep. [ have three or four of the fame
>. crab trees, | do not think they are wort
: anything. We can buy trees very chea
now. and we can raise them from IL
Y seed i'll short time; have some Of
+ native trees which produce very goo
a apples The small fruit think doub
e full, we cannot raise them if the worn
: continue to trouble them as they hay
n done. The agricultural papers say graz
tie soil is the best for apples. My tree
are doing we'll, | have pruned them al
= got what l call nice tops; | think "
= should try and get good tops and ha,
y them low have not had much exp