, 1874-03-21

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w. T ts oTns Elm e ast;xe. md = .y bs aqss,
srd M brSk np wo preily ccrtain 70 obtain wator
II esS nan 49 foot, and often At half that distance.
the farmer. d, hi, s.
Mn. "nunAL "-B1n: Tlltoo different wril-ai,Rur
men bare een 1obbing In this county during tho paat
three Of tie wols nro astiafactoiy 1ey appear to m
m Y ,a 6SGw H. e % sa'Sn ' heh Is o ss eat 10
Of wcborng II our Grlft.csy is not wsil undosstool.
None 9f u ,asars a.sd viii poestrss the hsrd:ran
wn. Abandoned at 90 feet md no water. Va snk ieen
wea WITH t.u srae, nick ropo bucket and windlasa,
.Ho an apparatus liko thoso used in tho oil.
ass 5esHs 'or for m ILL., perse as sren and granite
farm thrco holes wero borc about 90 foot, and aban
!one q, account of hardpe and bonldern. These
o. I.
FARM-HAnNows. -.....'
Mr. sn: hvHassG %n,e t. T. 5ts ssfea b. 1s;a ls
tooth or the Thom4s enoothug- harrow Eo.l sro
highly rccommendcd, and cost s25 each. an toii
as tst beth } are patented snposo tint havo used
relative value. H. s.
The Thomas harrow is not properly farm or
fold harrow, but IL used for worry nice clean land,
such - for sooding down or sowing to ttir-
ablo to appreciate 1t, thougha few parHons think
highly Of Il. Tho patent consists in slantin1
tue teeth backwards, which ia nothing oithcr
now or patentable: and have no doubt that any
farmer may make aud usc y harrow with teeth
pointing In any direction, without being liable.
This harrow, which is Of tho scotcll-harrow
folm with numerous small teotl, ia only iutonl-
cd for very nico work. aud lo not think It ia
claimed Az OF any value in ordinary farln-har-
rowing.
THE noLLow-Toorn HARROW
IN OF tho Scotch pat:orn also, though having "a
instead OF .. tho usual number Of bars and "a
lrBtead Of 40 teeth. It ia tho boBt form of tho
Scotch harrow, and probably by far tho bost i,ar
Of work. The. patont conslsta in making tho
teeth Of iron-plpe. and inserting . steel-point,
which is woldod in. It makes strong and
efficient tooth but cast-ntsol bar, x or "
inch square, would answer qui % ~ good q pur-
and that las no patent attached to 1t. Whom
tho teoth are used up as harrow-tooth. t1,o
steel Is valuable, what remains Of It,
for other PURPOSES. Twenty hvo dollars
~ 1o too ;sp gsea pna to y p"y for arr and
sortistng. md commissions, thoro IL no great :
profit loft to tho manufacturer. An implo.
mont so simple should bo made as our
local shops, and sold ut . much loss cost. We
and perhaps tue most, llavo too heavy bara..
For our prairie land, bar. OF az inches square,
Of good oak il lurgo enough; and then Tho teeth
a incl, aquare, i Of cast-atecl. Tho cross-
piece should be- boted Oh mud I'll Of the enda
at shop. NJ tho holes can DO bored aliko, aud
tho work lono cheaper and bottcr. ANY black
smith can mako the teeth. aud tho carriago.boltB
may be had ut tho store for a fow conts each.
We hnve most excellont p1ows, eultlyators.
rows, as put Ia the stores for sale, are not as
good ns wo Ind forty years ago, when the farmer
.natlo aud 11sod tho old Scotch harrow, with its
lnrs and 10 tooth. Tho hollow-tooth harrow has
OF them hayo boon put to uso, go far ~ call
hear but that form Of tho harrow iB the best,
while other tooth can be put In 1t.
THE MINER PLUM.
.Jool Barber, OF Lancaster, Wis, who has had
considerable oxperience with this plum, writes
MO TINT tho farmers produce tho sprouts from
bearing trees. md prefer them to grafta on tho
seedlings. as, wlon tho graft dooH not happon
to grow, che stock makoa tree that il ofton sold
for tho genuine. He states ti,nt 1t ID quite COM
mon for people to send out all sorts OF plum
trees for this varietv. We know this TO bo the
history Of tho witd.goose plum, which ia 8
Seeding plum. from Tennessee He says
Of the Miner plum, TINT "it is
young, producing annual crops; koops for
long time; bears transportation; il excellent
fol-. preserving il mover injured by tho curcu1Io
ana rlpons in Wisconsin . tho aat Of September,
tation, What 1t will do rs far south as this
point Is yet to bo proved. Capt. Dcebe, Of
Geneva, ILL.,, aasureB mo that it does we'll at his
place; but, il rccollect right, aaid it was not
quite curculio-proof thcre, but nearly 80. I am
unablo to nay who las tho trees for sale, Or the
priccs. Thoy should bo propagatcd in tho
nurseries.
FLASHING THE oBAaE-nEpoE.
Mn. RunA1-s1H: In THE TRIBUNE Of Feb. 2s,
planted foot apaft AMI Tint this Mil no doubt make
better fence than planted closer; wlll you please
AZ wa sG o tue s "n also
positive rs to how it ailoul bo done intend setting
some hedge, md would be glaa to lcarn tic bcst dis.
'n'e apart for setting tho plants xonSs tRsuy ;oxn
Tho ago Of tho hedge has less to do With It's
sizo than itH culture. Tho hedge that am
FLASHING thih spring varies in size; some parts
OF It havo tho largest plants inch In diameter,
and other parts inches. I'll that part Of tho
smallar size, ono man can do tho work. With
the left hand he graspB the treo, ,<and, with .
'boys ax" in tho right. he cuts the troe two
thirds off, and the plant ia bent down on the last
BOOT. SO that tue treo viii lie as clos close to 's ths
ground as possible. On the larger hedge, tile
sido-shoots arc frat cut off cut OF tie way
on ono aldo Of, tho hedge, SO that 1t
cau bo approached. Ono man, with long
handled fork. pushes over the tree while the
second man dooa tho cutting. and they Both
PRESS it down by eating on to the hedge. Two
mon will plasl, from forty to eighty rods day.
After two years tho hedge will noed winsor-
not sunnlor--prunipg, In pruning, tho hedge
must ho left wido at the baso, something in tho
form of tho letter inverted. Tho planss
should DO as near a foot apart as possible. The
tm1a'kng t1' Of IN osaso.hedge is . very simple
layisled on the subject III order to make it com.