Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-01
FIELD AND GARDEN
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MANURE FoR PEAR TREES.

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MANURE FOR PEAR TREES. |
One OF our readers wants to know |
what Is the reason his pear trees stop
growing aud the fruit is imperfect and
smutty, Instead Of handsome and good as
formerly.
As his location is On sandy soil, like
oupaEa we hase no hesitatioai in say
ing the trees lack nourishment at the
roots. The pear tree is gross feeder,
aud must have good rich soil, OF an an
nual dressing Of manure to enable it to
bear fair crops of fruit. But on sandy
soils especially common barnyard ma
nure is not sufficient. The fruit and
wood Of the pear contains large per
centage Of potash, and some phosphates
-heeee liberal dressing of wood asht
es, alone or with manure, is Of great adj
vantage, and If some bone dust or super
phosphate Of lime can be added all the
better. Weed ashes are worth great
deal more as dressing for fruit trees OF
all kinds on our sandy lands, than is
given for them By the soap makers.
The fall is good time to apply ashes
TO the soil.t Scatter st all over the surface
of the orchard, not merely around with
In Ofe& .fe4t OF the trunks of the trees.
Pruaning of stalnted or sickiy trees we
wili speak Of at another tune.
MIcHIeAS PoAoLoGIcAL,so socETY. =
Tts4rait growers Of Michigan are jd-
bilant over their fine crop of apples and
prices obtained-as they have reason
to be. They have also had partial crop
Of peaches and grapes, enough to show
the superiority of their lake shore re-
gion over almost all the country besides;
and this not onlysone season but as a
rule. So that fruit is likely to be a lead
ing product ott6a shtean fb4 fpfafss
and hence there is good reason for the
s.l:ses%y esqpst pfs s4e pamo-
We have received from the Secretary,
CO.. Dietrich Of Grand Rapids, the Re
port OF the Societyifofi 1870 and II,
bound In . handsome volume Of 532
pages, pv6lstaaby lie sihSsA A+he larg-
est volume Of the kind ever published in
this country we believe
GROWTH OF THE ORANGES.
The number Of Oranges Of the Pa
irons Of Husbandry. in Ohio, reported up
TO Oct. 18th, was 1853; and in the United
States, 7,344, an nincrease in the last six
days Of 24s.e>sf = a'.I's - -
ATTENTION FARMERS.
In the history of the American people,
there was never time when statesman
ship hac been more needed in the coun-
Gil halls OF the natiet1 thsnlati tine pres
ent time. Wise heads and pure hearts
are In demand. We are no alarmists,
but unless the vast tidal wave of corrup-
Land .sa.y IL zstassds iSfxiK ress.fe no No
prophet to predict the result. It is the
duty Of every labOiing man to inform
himself as to the great animus-sof far as
1t 10 possibIea Eof Che great Social and
political movements that are now in
progress. 1t is evident enough that the
struggle between the farmers and the
Ngoducing classes on one hand, and the
railway and transportation companies on
the other, Is now. but fairly commenced.
What few months more will produce,
we cannot tell. When congressman and
senators allow themselves To be bribed,
and for gold will betray their eonstitut-
ents, isNhefe not eatlse for the m6st anx-
tous s0licitude on the part of the peo-
pleS Important questions are to come
before the next Congress. The railroad
GSsss42R h .ssnspoEtstjGp y aassti2a
for opening water routes, by which the
enormous grain product can be sent
from the interior 10 the sea; and other
questloAs qca9cely less IMPORTANT. It
has already been intima:ed that an
effort will be made by the railway cor
pOrations to secure the appointment by
the government Of board of commiss-
ioners, who shall have the power to reg
ulate the tariff charges for all roads, and
have the supervision of the various
railroad CON panies. What assurance
have we that such committee would
not be controlled by the money influence
Of these gigantic corporations? None
whatever. Who can we trust? Where
are the true heroes, who are equal tpsthe
cricis, and who cannot be bought and
sold by the money changers of the ma
that have arisen all over the land. Who
will5 asakeS aassser Pa Cotaan' 81 sRaYaa
Rorid.
GROWING CRANBERRIES.
A subscriber having asked us what
were the costs and profits Of the Gram
berry culture? We answer him as fol-
lows; @@a2sk
/. A good cranberry marsh must be
made made oas Of Soggy, Psaty y la land; d; sand I'd
six inches, and then the plants set out.
The bed must also be so situated that a
stream Of running fresh water may be
turned upon 1t at proper times to food
them entire, to prevent attacks from in
sects and frOsts, and be as quickly shut
or and drained.
g. The lowest cost per acre is $500 for
q bed well prepared. From this upward
to $500 and 81 900 per acre have often
been expended.
s. TIE yield increases gradually,
from twenty bushels the first year, up
100 or more in the fifth year. Average
price Of cranberries % per bushel to the
producer. 1t requires three years time
TO get good bed well planted and in
producing condition, and the income is
from $50 to $500 per acres for three years
after that; after the sixth year $500 to
$500 per acre.
ASHES IN THE ORCHARD.
d. w. Kaufman, of Des Moines, Iowa,
writes to the Iowa Homestead that ashes
are worth one dollar per bushel to put
about fruit trees, and that he would not
sell his ashes at that price and do with
out their use in the orchard. He has
used ashes about his fruitfrees for fifteen
years, and in that tiIne has never Seen q
borer where ashes were used. The
borer is q terrible pest to the fruit grow
or, and II all other impediments to sue
cessful growing were as easily overcome
and completely controlled as the borer,
then fruit growing would be very sue
cessfully practiced.
At the recent meeting Of the Fruit
growers Association OF Ontario, In.
Noodle stated that he had-beeh IN the
habit OF uaing unleached ashes as ma
nure for his fruit trees. and that he
values them. more highly for this pur-
pose than barnyard manure. If our
farmers knew the value Of wood ashes
for the garden and orchard and farm,
they would not sell them for few cents
per bushel. The ashes that they barter
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