Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-10-02
Farm, Garden and Household.
TranspiantIng Trees in Autumn.

Transpianting Trees in Autumn.
The proper time for removing de-
ciduous trees (if in the fall is as soon
after the wood is ripened as possible,
and if due care is taken not to mutilate
the roots nor allow them to dry, n sue
cessful result may be counted on. Always
strip off every leaf this defolation is
the primary safeguard, and cannot be
neglected. There is not the least diff
Guilty In safely moving even very large
trees when these precautions are adopt
ed, and tne operation can, If necessary,
be performed long before the frosts
loosen the foliage.
Horticulturists, as a rule, have de-
cided against fall planting for ever
green's, constant failure at this season
having fully demonstrated the evil eff.
fects of the practice. But here again
comes in the value of the earliness we
advise. Evergreens require a much
longer period before cold weather, to
prepare for the change; hence if set
out very early, say in the beginning of
August, success is sure. How we'll this
fact is known to European nurserymen
is shown by their very general habit of
transplanting in early August, and in
this country we are just now Wen
ing to realizing sense that they are
right.
We know the objections urged
against stripping off the foliage at the
time of transplanting, but it is not a
serious operation after all, and by 80
doing any tree can be transplanted at
any time with reasonable success, al
though during the growing period Of
June and July the young and immature
shoots should be removed as well.
TIansplanting at SO very early period
we do not recommend except in extreme
cases but it can be done, and is done
by some of our most intelligent land
scape gardeners. In conclusion, never
forget that the roots once dry rarely if
ever recover hence, as soon as they are
out OF the ground, wrap them in damp
cloths.
AWheat Field.
George Wilkinson lives in Goodhue
Township, State of Minnesota, and his
wheat field this year was 800 acres in
extent. At the harvest seven reaping
machines followed each other in quick
succession, and forty men came after,
binding and shocking. It was sight
to see the thickly standing shocks
stretching away for two miles. Imme-
diately upon completion of this part of
the work, the stacking crews were or
ganized, with twenty teams to do the
hauling. The threshing will commence
as soon as practicable, and the grain be
carried direct from the machine at the
rate of carload day and shipped to
Milwaukee. The varieties grown are
the Lowland Scotch, Rio Grande, and
Odessa, and the seed is produced on
the new land turned over EACH year.
Sowing this on old fields gives, Mr. w.
says, all the advantages of change of
seed. A portion of the yield is placed
at 35 bushels per acre, and the gross
proceeds at $25. 900.
Feeding Fattening Hogs.
A hint to feeders, valuable though
not new, may be found in the following.
condensed from the Boston Cultivator:
Warm, dry pens should be provided for
our swine, and their quiet and comfort
studied as much as possible. By so
doing we save many bushels Of grain.
The best feeders change food frequent
ly, and find they make decided profit
by SO doing. If salt is occasionally
given, it tends to keep up the appetite,
as well rs aids digestion. Too much
rich food is injurious; the stomach can
only assimilate q certain quantity at
once. If an animal loses its appetite,
the food should at once be changed, and
very generally to something lighter, as
roots, pumpkins or apples. Sour milk
adds much to the growth of hogs land
we have seen it well verified that raw
meal mixed with sour milk, was much
better for fattening pigs than any other
cooked food whatever). Fermented
food is much preferred by some feeders,
and it is well to give it as q change, if
no more.
The Good Cows and the Poor Ones.
Many persons think that q cow is a
COW any way. We will suppose that
there are two COWS for sale: the one is
an ordinary COW and is offered for $40,
and the other, an extra COW, is offered
for S75, both of the same age, and the
first one will make on an average 125
pounds of butter in one year, and at the
price of 30 cents per pound would
amount to the sum of $3.50, and the
other COW will make $50 pounds in the
same time, which at thirty cents q
pound would be S75, double the amount
of the first. Now, suppose it costs $50
year to keep COW (Which 1 think is a
fair estinsate), it will leave only $3.50
for making and taking care of the but
ter, DC, of the first named COW, where
as, you will have S45 left of the income
of the last named COW after deducting
keeping, leaving balance in favor OF
the good COW OF $3.50.