The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-15
Farm an Garden.

a long, ointed sort that makes wood
freely, like the Concord, can carry more
top, and needs that the ground be
hlled with manure, and no tree roots
interfere with its growth. No grape
vine can well compete with tree roots,
unless it be allowed TO Chamber over the
tree and partially smother il. Then, if
the tree is not too high, the vine has a
good time. Vines of the more delicate
sort, like the Delaware, have no courage
for high climbing, and struggle for their
lives with trees. A neglected and stunt
ed Delaware had best be pruned very
short-perhaps quite to the ground-to
force fresh start of vigorous wood. A
barrow load Of horse manure will not
hurt such vine now, if the ground be
poor and infested with the roots of other
plants. A trench should be dug TO cut
oil such pirating roots, as soon as the
ground is open. One Hartford Prolific
vine, if allowed TO occupy the entire
earth space for two or three rods south
OF a house, will afford great deal of
trellis shade and supply the family with
grapes. Naples and elms should be
kept at five or six rods distance, except
they are snail ones. A cottager can't
well grow cordwood and grapes too.
Pruning grapes is something like driv.
ing horse. You need to feel the pres
sure of the life under your hand to curb
and direct it probably. Dead wood is
of no use. Neither is weak wood worth
saving. Cut back to promising bud,
nourish and care for the root and top
another season, and you may have
vine strong enough to draw quite load
of fruit from the soil and air.
To Prevent S0lO from Eating her Pigs
1t is the opinion of some excellent
breeders that the cause Of SOW eating
her offspring is costiveness, and that
proper food is the preventive and cure.
The proper food IN winter is roots of
some kind-sugar beets, carrots, pars-
nips, mangel wurzel, turnips, or pota-
toes. Give little charcoal occasionally,
with sulphur once or twice a week, if
you have no roots. Don't feed heating
food, such as corn meal. 1t will make
her costive, ieyerish and cross, and she
will attack and destroy her pigs when
in the frenzy this induces.
Measles in ,Sisine-Feed them sulphur
once or twice IA week in their slops-a
tablespoonful to each animal. 1t will
generally prove a preventive, provided
the pigs are kept clean and warm, as
they ought always to be.
Lining Frat Trces-The periodical
lining of fruit trees Is generally con.
sidered as serviceable, especially in
keeping down the ravages OF the insects
which find their home in the assures Of
the bark. 1t Is also important that the
operation should be likewise extended
to the main branches. For the purpose
in question, whitewash has generally
been used, causing decided whiteness
Of the tree, which is objected to by many
persons on the score Of the unsightly
appearance and the readiness with
which the lime becomes detached. 1t
has been shown, however, by expert
ence, that the same beneficial effect re-
suits from the use of colorless lime
water, which every one knows how to
prepare with unslsked lime, and which,
when settled and become clear, can be
poured off and used as above indicated.
In this way repeated applications can
be made without affecting the appear
ance OF the tree.
Basswood-The American Rural Home
says that Mr.. Root, one of the best
farmers of Western New York, finds
that Eastwood Ordinarily one of the
most perishable of all kinds of wood is
one Of the best sorts of timber for un.
derground logs or pigs for conveying
water over farms. lie claims that bass
wood soaks full Of water and is con-
stantly saturated "a condition well
known to favor durability. He has 800
rods of Eastwood saplngs, now laid nine
years, and apparently perfectly sound.
Salt on WHeat.-John Burger, of Pal.
myra, H., writes TO the Rock River
Farmer: About the 20th Of March last
sowed 10 acres to wheat. On p acres
of this piece | put one barrel of salt.
The whole piece was subject to the same
cultivation, soWn with a sower, cultiva-
ted and narrowed once. On the %
acres the salt was sown broadcast and
cross narrowed Now for the result.
The piece sown with salt yielded TWEEN
ty.three bushels to the acre; the bal
ance twelve. Where the salt had been
sprinlled also found the berry TO be
larger and plumper, and the straw yell
lower and stronger. | do not know il
the result would always be as favorable
but certainly will try it again, and ad.
wise my brother farmers TO try the same
experiment.
CranbSries on Pine Lands.-A grower
gives the following experience in the
journal Of Agriculture Three or -four
years ago transplanted cranberry vines
from my meadow to one of my gardens
which is pine land. They have grown
well, and are now loaded with fruit.
had compromised with them, that il
they would come and live with me or
my land would bring them their ma
tive soil, so that they would not suffer
by emigration. dug channels two feet
wide, twenty inches deep, and three feet
apart. removed the gravel and filled
the channels with muck from the place
whence they were taken. | took VI
the plants in small clusters, and SCI
them deep in their natural element
They appeared TO be perfectly content
ed with their new locality. They nov
occupy one square rod Of ground, anC
are beginning to enlarge their borders
keep this patch clear of weeds. Tn,
expense OF this cranberry square roc
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