The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-12-26

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The Grape-N. w. Davis, lows
City.
OsaOe Hedocs-R. 8. Willstt. Nal.
colin.
Timber Growise ea& xCgis>ntjc O.
tdiAons de- d. Z. Kt1hAll, Io<a Cay,
The Anpis-.W. o. Thompasa
Blair6town.
ne Asu-Dr. Doran, II. vernoa
I Gsrsbs and RoDers- II. Bathsa
Clinton. - ~ e ss's' It'll
Essryrssns Joshsa Hall, Upton.
/ N6rsosis l,isects-W. J. Bowles, 10
va City. 4a s@as =
| Orchard sP,rnsae Henry stroba
Iowa City. n 7s7' $500
| Insects Isjsrsoa. 10 NE apple Jas
Redpath, Blackhawk.
An Instructive essay upon Shrub,
and Flowers, BY samuel Bowers, ~
then rad. 80
il. Budd read ! papsr on thl
Honey Locust, which hs recommend.
ed highly for hedges, Tho bsst hsdes
In Americs Il Or this shrub 1t Elisa.
bethtown, N. J. II viii turn . rabbit
or IN Slsphant. ~ za
J. Mickey Or washlngtoa, READ Z
thoroughly practical paper ON Osags
Hedging. To raise . ssncs, he sid,
sell should b. deeply and thoroughly
puiverised and slighsly thrown ID
then. when the plants ars dseplyf I'D
we'll set. the work II haaf done. a6al-
low setting has bsen the easss Of ma-
ny failures. Put than - dssp thaa
after the soil settles al the yellow
part Of the plant will b covered ~
abont four inches apart; best tios
about the middle ~ Nay the cultiva-
tioa should Be. thorough TT the 6rsa
year 1t least. In trimming. cut slsss
to secure good thick bottom, and
trim annually IN Nay a June. The
whole cost to farmer Of ! good fsnos
should not BE- more than iliey csnts .
rod, inelu ling price ~ the plants.
A lengthy and warm discsssion upon
the important subjsot II i've feaoss
followed. Knowles. a. Black awk,
thought Osags . failure y fas north -
they lived. Abandaat eestimosy
from all round him showed this . mis-.
take. Bssdd prsssss the Honey Locust.
Knowles the Willow, which he said
made IN bis nsighborhood . Ssncs
hog light, bull strong. and msls
high, y but throwehost the discuss.on
Usage. - the thing Tor Iowa live se0os.
kept we'll ahead. W.. O. Thoupsou
rose 10 note the great dt1sessce Ia this
respect over two years ago, which Be
said made him feel good, = Il h now
virtually ssttlsd thas god hedge can
30 raised 10 sll tiseee oOeueles--s and il
TACT, he wouldn't I've Ia . county
where u could mot.
On motion. ths thaalIs Of the Soels-
~ wses tsndersd tAs D., C. n. d NJ. n.
r. Go. for the redscsioa os lArs eiveo
EVENING. Opened with papsr =
Cherries by J. L. BsAa. The list Of
this fruit 70 - ssconmsadsd vas the
same - pssvksasiy aSopesd. Wis: Fos
general cultsrs-EArly Richmond,
Late Kentish, Essiish Mesello los
trial. Bale AagoiA9as.
6uel Fesasr rod ~ sasay on Peasv.
whsreupoo muon discssslon asveIopsd
the beiisf thaa pean might bs raised
to degree. On motion, the following
varieties were adopted Tor general cul-
ture-Bartisss, Ssoksi. FlsNish Bsas-
~, White Doysnns. BsAarre DeA MIA,
De Angoolems. A kind o. experiences
meeting brought out the facts thas
pears had been very successfully graft
ed % White Thorn and apple stocks.
The subjscs of Timber Culture was
rscsrrsd 70 By prsvioas motion. sssl
Foster added TO his provides recon-.
mendations warm Que fos European
Lsrch. Isaae Hegus presents the
elaine Of the American Chcstnut,
which he deems most worthy. His
neIghbof Weed, 81 Muscatlus. - years
ago planted esvefal acrss with chest.
nuts, and to-day the ground l. covered
with most heaut!sa! grove. Trsss
stsaight . IN arrow, 20 feet high an
wonderfully unifosm In aiss -vaIusble
not only for timber but also for fruit
A regular experience meeting upon
the merits and dement's OF the chest.
nut followed, which generally tended
to establish the prsctIcability and
value Of the tree.
SIR. Abernsthy prese0tei ) .esoiu.
ton rendering 70 the citizens OF West
Branch and vicinity hearty thank
for their kind hospitality. which was
unanimously adopted. and with whic,,
the meeting wss declared sdjoarned.
The following u list. with p,st -ofll 70
address. Of the nAmss Of
MEMBERS fSATTENDANcE.
w. J. Abernethy. Iowa City; Sue
Foster, Muscatine; Henry strohln,
Iowa City; ". n. Rossesu. Washing.
ton; w. o. Thompson, Blairstowu
VIM. Kalb, Lafayette; Abnsr Bran.
sou, l.. d. Hollingsworth. r. w. Hol-
Mngsworth, Isaac Kinney, wes,
Branch; g. r. Wood, Sprlngdaie +.
+. Bundy. Springviile; David Purinx.
TIM, Nichols; +. J. Thomas. Mt. Yer
non; SamI. Bowers. Cedar Rapids
isaac Negns. Muscstine; J. L. Buld,
shellsburg g. +. KimbAli, Iowa City
n. w, Lashrop. lows City /; NJ. Gaoa-
speed. Lexington; les. RsdpAeh,
Black hawk A. q. Chandles, Downey
d. r. Piilsbury, Iowa City; Eval
Bonsali, Keokuk; J. u. Thompson
Bisirstown; VIM. Biliinsslsy. lows
City; Pliny Fry, Auscasine VIM
Kell, Linn Cos; @. 4. Knowles, L.
fporte. 4s 6a /,
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