, 1873-03-24

Ono man, who rented farm noar by, was do.
footed ono night in taking n nwagon-load Of the
boards that llo hnd stripped from tho fence;
md it waH found that ho Ind stripped noarly
milo OF fenco for hrowood; Az n matsor Of
thoroafter. About two yoara ago the Companyro-
paired this fonco with q new ono, putting In
nrbor-yitm, Or what Is called white cotlar poatH,
ang g oa on nGs soes a and p srpnps Gr bitten @
boon takon from this fence Of ton mi1os. In
tito frat place, a man cannot, without tho It'd Of
2 crowbar, looson tho hoarilgg, and tho fonco Is
or intact would ost qvsS nnt H. to mako sfm,
fonco will DO much mora efllcent aga{nat both
stock and tho stealo1s Of kindling-wood.
It would be worry difficult to maintain q wlro
growth Would soou coyor tho staplos and Iiia, tho
wire md, III two or tllreo years. tho wire NAV
rust OF. 1.-Two fcnco Of tho honoy.looust would
no doubt anBwor q good purpose. Tho common
hodge The Japan quirce ia another shrub that
is hardy, but Of rather slow growth to DO
As regards the larch, IT would roquiro ton Or
nttachfng tho wro; but it would DO the best tree
for TINT purpose named, as tho injury to tho troo
would not mike a. rotton spot, aa In most other
looi1nous treos., Tho Europoan. 1arch is ono Of
Thoy waro about | foot high tho first yoar they
grow nhout foos, and laat yonr thcy grow from
. to s fcet. Thoy aro planted by 4 foot md
future. I propose to hoad of these monopoiista
Hon,o dny by having tics to soil them
ct big figures. BY the way, it, would
DO good thing to set fow thousand
hold q monopoly Of tics, and DO ready to meet
their high chargeH for freight and passage.
Nearly all tho European roads uae laroh timber
for tics, at great cost, mud Our roads must also
will do IT thomsclvos There are millions Of
plants at Waukegan, ready for aotHng What
railroad company WI oRor free pass for the
bost plantation Of tho lerch planted for tics.
not 1oas than hvc acres, along tho line Of thor
road, and froo pass ono yoar to tho flr1ner for
tho second bost Lot us 500 what road will bo
first to encourage this sort Of mo1iopoly,-l,ot
ono, would like to bo tempted with FREQ pass
for d yoar for b1rs. Rural md myself. Lot us
l.oar from you, gentlemen railroad managers.
THE DEN DAv1B ArrLE.
Mr. Whittnkor, Of Warsaw, ILL.,, Inns sont mo n
small bog Of tho Bon Dnyis apple, from the flrst
tree Of tho kind plantod IN Hancock County. 1[r.
"; suggests TINT tho fruit improves in flavor
speons n ' son ae would inc nalcata Such TIC to
brought from Kontuoky in 1s2b. forty.fonr
years ago, and Mr: ". aays that Il ia in d yfgor-
bushels year. Moro than 600 bushels have
boom gathorod from 1t since 1910.
For hardness, anl annual crops Of Bhowy
fruit this varioty lns bocomo worry popular;
sop Smiths Cdor Jonathan, Mlnklor and somo
othor hardy sorts. Wo had botter not plant too
many Of them at the oxponso Of the above, for
aomo day people may docitlo to Judge apples
by tho tasto, instead Of tho color Of tho skin.
THE WYrIrE APPLES.
L hnTo also to acknowledge cionB Of tho
Warsaw horticultural Society. ~
THE FAnhEhs' HORTICULTURE.
At tho last monthly meeting OF tho above
Society Mr.. Gregg, In advising the farmer to
plRnt garden and an orchard, gnid:
The pleasures md onoyments resulting from horti-
cultural Rarsut9 Sannos 10 aetermined by caeh
money cannot purchase them. Pleasures Of this char
aeter aro po to 10 weighed BY gold 10. thero ia
not to be lightly eatecmel His apple, and pear, ind
peach trees Il say nothing about commercial or
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barrols Of arplca for summer, fa, and winter uHc,
fs a q
each day IN tho year have in them actual cash yaluo
for tho wanta aud necdH Of family farm or else
Where who Will produce and uso thom generously will
PRESERVING FRUITS.
mode OF plan Of drying or nrencrying tlio ai3nie
and othor fruit. Tho whole subject hes been
protty we'll discussed at TIC winter-moetinrs of
tho vnrouB horticultural sociotios. Ali Of tho
common modeu nro dofoctiyo In this. thnt thc
process ia too slow, In order to mike whito.
clear samplos that have not boon acidifled, tho
once placod IN tho dr%or, Every housolooner ia
aware of tho faot That In parin1 nnd outtinr m
the fruit it changes color III q yory fow minntoa,
and that this colorug of tho fruit reduces ita
much IN tie ,oculiartty OF drying as IN Tie rand
nlnnnor or doing tho work. uh1H Is q poink that
has been overlooked. aud iS but another uroof
nj tho snparntjnn hntyvoon fbo nroJuoor ort1 t1,o
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