The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-01-08
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lsppescaaaoll. ssf ~ei n sast.stslA ~
Thess ~ hs,dses Of simhsr land In
~ sttk6sssssuBa ~ Towa Caty. fr,m
whlsA ths ssssgsnal gsowsh was eu,
asA Astsss % twenty -dvs years ago.
se1esrs sso1e c0vssed With ! deoa~
ssssssa 81 yoahx timNer tress, eal,,
sesaig0sahd ne ffom branches a.
snuse'tO their tops, and on the aorr-
oismpo6sng slsese bodies cf timber,
shess % now Aaablsif n not trebis th~
sasouat ofthe Asst growth o. wood.
Thss imssenss sums annuaiiy ex-
psMdsd n oar Htaas Sbr the building
asd repaartng Of pesishahis lsncsa, Cd
soo0ish - tAat while ws have two
spch vslSab,s plAnts sbf hedging ~
the 0sass Osaass and the Honey
Lnc0st. these pssishah,s fences, whsss
lpsraansas oassson aealnst stook are
nssded, ssouid - ssoss sspplsntsd By
the usoss susstsutisl and Iess expeu.
slvs live srros. ssa ataA. -
The wsthods o. putting ont, and
culuvatlNg shese vsiuuble hedge
plants. have hevssofne bssn =, ably
pressusssl u essays which form . pss,
~ t6e rsonrsis Of our s,,cisty, thst
wtil not sssssrsts thsm here. The
~onder h. that our sai mers have bern
- tarssy In TIE raising the hedges,
thas ere. when we'll made, % sure .
prssof e9ailsst the inrursi0u Of esock,
the vlCissltudcs 0f climate, and the
devassssirn 81 :he destructive tornada.
The inssct enemies of the frui,
gr0wer hevs become % numeroua, and
ere spreading With - great saptdity.
It6as tas study Of Entomology will
have % b. smbs1oed In the educat Ion
| q courss u The successful Hostiouitu
rist. II VIII NOT b long tili tho mon
~ho ssiss the bsst drops Of fruit, frn,n
ysas 70 year, Will b he, who can most
sss0ssafuiiy prevent the ravagss OF
the cauker worm, tent caterpillar, ap-
pie trss horss. bark iouss, curculto
c0siling moth and their co workers.
PERSONAL ExPERIENcE or rHE YEAR.
II su orchard of fltteen years stand
Ing, the Bsll6owsr, small Romantic
and TalpAhockln havs suffered severe
y. and Il is doubtful whether they are
nos % badly injured. . 70 be WORTH
lsss. The orchard has besu In grass.
and hes rsceived no cultivation for
the pest ave year,. Bel'npwers top
worked. have not bsen hurt. Igau
orchard Of about nvs hundred trees
planted 10 the spring of lSe5. top graft.
ed on the Early Rose and swset Pip
pin. not tree va injured. They
wcrs grated with Maideu's Blush.
w w. PsArmain, Raul's Janet, Jons-
than. st. Lawrence. Bsnoni. Rome
Beauty, and few others. Apples are
: very meaxrr crop and badly insssssd
By tho codling moth.
OF grapes, Delaware. ives. Iona. and
Rogsrs. Noe .. Is And 10 and . esd.
ling u soms nss y-ars old. all killed
70 tbs GROUND, but The ro,ts vers mn.
hurt. anA ~ have made snod growth
the nnt sessnn. Concnrds on the
Same ground escaped ell damage. aud
bors bountifal crop. The vines of
All these were on the stakes, - they
had been len At the closs Of the vim.
tage. Fl.
Rsspberries purple oans and Nam
moth cluster) wintsred we'll and made
. good return In fruit.
For the lest few yssrs. have not
cultivated grape vises and sther ssnsll
fruits. later than from she drst 70 the
middle Of July. aud have permitted oil
the weeds that would grow after that
time. TO occupy tho grOund till the
following spring undisturbed. This
permits Ill tho snow that falls. to re-
main among the vines aud bushes.
And the weeds collect much that In
carried there by the winds. and I
know Of no better winter protection
than good nantle Of snow
Out Of about thirty young Seeding
pear trees standing In the nursery
row. about one halt were compistely
winter killed. and many Of the re-
mainder were more or less injured.
Early Richmond cherry trses In my
grounds came through SAFE. though In
the orchards Of some Of my neighbors
they were more Or less winter killed
The crop of fruit was almost . total
failure.