The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-04-26

Otner STOCK OF Tree Oh lIOtn oue u IWo
years growth from seed, is called bud
ding. A shoot grows this year on an
apple-tree. This consists of the main
stalk, the leaves, and the buds. The
bud at the end of the shoot is called the
terminal bud, and all the others, or
those at the base of the leaves, the axil-
liary buds. When these are fully de-
veloped, cut off the terminal bud, and
also cut off the shoot just below the
last full-grown buds. removing those
that are not properly developed, also
removing the leaves only, letting the
leaf-stalk remain. Preserve these in
cool place for few days, till wanted,
by covering with damp sawdust or some
similar substance. The stocks of young
trees must be budded when the bark
readily loosens from the wood. general
ly during the month of July. The
apple stocks should be grown one year
from the seed. then dug up and kept in
a cellar till spring, then set out in rows,
and budded the following summer.
The bud may be removed from the
shoot by inserting sharp knife one
half inch or more below the bud, and
drawing it under the bark till it comes
out about the same distance above the
bud, cutting away as little wood as
may be. Then on the stock to be
budded, select a place as near the
ground as possible and on the north
side. Make first a horizontal cut
through the bark, and then from the
centre of this perpendicular cut ex-
tending downward. Then holding the
bud piece by the leaf stalk, place it
down with care under the cut portion
of the bark, after raising the corners of
the same. Next cut off the bark of the
bud piece projecting upward, so that it
will exactly coincide with the horizon
tai cut in the bark of the stock. Com
mence winding below the bud, winding
firmly, and finishing above the bud,
both to hold the bud securely in its
place and to exclude the rain, air, etc.
If after few days the bud looks plump,
or shows signs of life, then in about
month from budding remove the tying
material, or before if it seems necessary.
Narrow strips of cloth, wooden yarn,
etc., are used as materials for tying.
The stock should be cut off two or
three inches above the bud the follow
ing year. If, however, the bud fails to
grow, the stock may be grated, or in
some cases, rebudded. An expert with
some one to do the tying, can set from
two to three thousand buds per day
Journal of The Farm.
EXCELLENT WHITEwAsH.-As the
house-cleaning season is approaching,
it may not be amiss to say a few words
in regard to WITHDRAWING. There are
many recipes published, but we believe
the following to be the best. Sixteen
pounds of Paris white, half pound of
white transparent glue, prepared as fol-
lows: The glue is covered with cold
water at night, and in the morning is
carefully heated - without scorching-
until dissolved. The Paris white is
stirred in with hot water to give it the
proper milky consistency for applying
to WALLIS the dissolved glue is then ap-
piled with a brush like the common
lime whitebrush. Except on very dark
and smoky walls, single coat is sufi-
cient. 1t is nearly equal in brilliancy
to "zinc white" far more expensive
article.
WELL -FLAvoRED BUTTER. How
can it be expected that butter of good
favor can be produced from pastures
foul with strong-favored weeds From
early spring, when garlic abounds, up
to fall, when the golden-rod and rag
weed cover the pastures and meadows,
cows rarely get bite of grass or clover
free from admixture with weeds. And
when it is known that these strong and
often disagreeable Aavors concentrate in
the milk, and that every impurity in
the milk seems to concentrate in the
butter, how can it be otherwise than
that the great bulk of butter coming to
market should be poor in quality, and
poorer still in profitable returns to the
farmers. Here is the strongest argu-
ment for clean pastures and meadows,
and such farming as will raise feed and
not weeds.
To fatten chickens, give them plenty
of room, fresh air and plenty to eat.
The meat is better when 80 treated than
when fattened in coops. Put twelve
fowls in pent-up coop and they will
be soon be like the Andersonville pris-
oners, SO full of vermin they can not
fatten. A recent writer in the Rural
New Yorker says that when a fowl is
sufficiently fattened it should be killed;
otherwise it will get no fatter, but lose
flesh. wish him to explain how that
can be. 1. an old farmer, have always
thought that the longer fed fowl the
fatter it would be. Will he please ex-
plain to an old man the philosophy of
that sort of fattenings
To PREVENT HENS EATING EGGs.-
Six or eight years ago 1 was troubled
with hens eating eggs. 1 found that
hens would lay more, and much more
regularly by having nest-egg. This
egg freezes and bursts open. When
the hen visits the nest the egg gets
warm and sticks to her. She carries it
from the nest, and with the other fowls,
eats it. If R. P. S. will take some
white-wood and turn or white out