, 1874-02-21

! TIRE "oEHe OF thls watch are made E{ hs lin.
cry, and that it can ba sold at the price statEt
| At the Etgin watch-factory, where ali narts =,
the watch are also mado by machinery it reouirra
| On an average, about four DAYS work OF onehsn3
to make watch. This would show that no watch
could be sold ut 81; nor is it probable that
tho money remitted; and it ia no donht
another Maynard i Co. scheme to get your
| money without returning any value. The furai
] population are robbed OF immense sums annn
! ally BY this class OF sharpers; but, ~ thg il
! their own fault, no one has much sympath. for
them. II you send money for any OF these el7
| o.r,ap goods the chances are against your yer
hearing from it. On
WHITE WILLOW FOE FENCES. II
GRAsp PnA1nu, Ill, Feb 10. lhH
NE. RuRA1 n: have been = constant render of
your letters in THE TR1puRE and they are alwsYs s,
want to plant IL or rniles OF wiuow-cuthnes. 7
have them Of my growing. Will It do to cut the,n
this month, and cover them with straw on he 9ronndr
viii they keep good in this way, and grow in spring
Or, when il the best time, and how care for them
feet long, do IN low ground9 1hays aone cut aud
covered with straw. am in fsvor Of willow in prefer
ence to osage-or.nee 1have them both~ Whit: do
4 number Of my aPp1e-trees died last year, In al,
perhaps seventy-hye. wish to MI up with wntar ~.
rie:ie:; What kinds do you recommend for this cl~
mate7 IosKPH 8H4w,
The cuttings may be taken of at onoe, and, a
eoon as the frost is ont Of the ground, they
should be set. Tho willow starts very early,
and should be set before the buds swell, or tha
chances are that the cuttings will not take root,
tho promise Of growth. 7 am now having tha
stakes cut for so rods Of fence, and hope to
have them set before the 1st day OF March.
These stakes or cuttings are feet long, snd
from to inches in diameter at the top. Four
years ago set soma 40 roods with this size Of
cuttings, and now it ia = h1st-clags fence in ali
respects. Tho cuttings were set foot apart
and. tH they are now Of an average Of inches
in diameter, the openings are inches, and this
will be reduced from ycar to year. After this
wear the tops will do to cut back tor wood or
other cuttings. have another fence that was
made from the common l0-inch cuttings Of tha
tuigs; but this fence is not perfect, aa thera
arc many openings in it. It WAS cut back to the
ground three years since, and is now being cut
back to feet and stakes will be driven in the
open spaces in order to perfect it.
Three years ago set nearly 100 rods Of this
kind Of fence with 4-foot stakes but it proved
3 failure, on account OF fate setting and long
dry spell OF weather following. To-day have
examined this fence, and find that the cuttings
we're driven in only about inches, aud that t6e
tops were badly marre1 in driving, ,-ahowina
that the ground must have been very hard at the
time. In the wet places few OF them grew.
aud it ia this fence that am now replacing and
patching up. I shall set all the stakes With
large iron bar, that ia used for the settlng ot
vineyard stakes, and ahal put them down at 1eaa;
foot deop, leaving them 8 feet above ground.
Cattle and horses will browse this fence in tbs
spring, until it ia out Of their reach but they
do not disturb it in the summer, unless the pas
turago is very short; and at such ti.nes they Will
browse the rag-weed. which is a. bitter to tho
taste as the leaves and twigs OF tho willow.
The fence that was set four years sinco was
Set in the native Wild grass-sward, or it would
have made = better growth: I had occasion to
pasture the lot last year. and, fearing the cattla
would browse it, had two-board fence Sc:
8 feet from it; but this spring shall taks the
board-fence away, as no browsing that the stock
can do will injnre it.
No one should attempt to make fence, with
the country 8 few years ago. ! have some 10
rods OF this fence in slough where tho water II
foot deep through the dry part Of the summer,
one Of those sags, OF pond-holes, that so often
occur on the prairie. I can cut poles 20 feel
can get through it. This willow, when cut green.
and seasoned out Of doors in : pile, and thea
housed. makes good, steady fire; but it mus.
not be SLOWED to get dozy before using.
When people begin to understand the value oa
purposes, and know how to grow it, it wll coma
into general favor. But one thing wa must MOI
forget: to take OIL the cuttings before the bud
have started. II We do this, We may allow tht
cutting to become partially dry, and it will grow:
while those taken on too late will throw out
growth.
Jonathan, Ben Davis, Smiths Cider Wiuesan
MinIIer, Rome Beauty, and Willow Twg vii
make good list, though there are othsrs Q:
value.
continues to disappoint the farmers fo- it il al.
most impossible to get about the country with
team; and, on the 18th, We had the first pipings
Of the frogs aud the birds, robins. and wild
geese begin to put in an appearance Tho lastei
appear much pleased with the vigorous appear.
to them accordingly; and We IRE just now hav.'
ing q good showing Of the Hld-gooss
wheat, as we'll as wiid-goose plums. Tbs
wintef-wheat makes the best show fo1
= crop at this season that have seen,
According to the general belief, tho frogs must
be frozen up twice yet. Tho night of the 16tt
stopped their piping after forty-eight hour8 Of
music AID NE may as well begin to prepare foT
early spring, for no verv cold weather is liable
to follow the coming OF the blue birds and rhs
rain.
CANNING OR DRYING.
3inoon, H.. Fob. u, 1874
He. "HUR1L": Which II the bsst. to preserve tTrn
report q tie stsse Ho5saltarai nasstne IL: dyas
was highly recommended. n. g. =.
The Fowler (Adsms County Drying Factory
exhibited samples Of ayaporased green peas,
string beaud, sweet pumpkin, Rol0eo pump
kin, Hubbard squash, apples, peaches, toms-
toes, and sweet corn l1r. Stewart, the farmer
who had charge Of the goods, said that tho de-
mand for al these dried products was fAr beyond
the supply, aud that the business paid better
than canning. When Ut Elgin, some week.
since was told that the Fruit-FaTmjng Compar
ny had done profitable business the past eea'
son, and felt sanguino that it would not be e.
silly overdone az the demand for canned gegeta~
bles WAS rapidly On the increase. It would thus
appear that both syatenns are paying enterprises
and will need closer competition befora Fa shA
be able to say which ia the best paying OF the t"o'
Skill aud experience are neceasaEy, ~ l have
heard Of both making failurein other instances'
Patent rights cut no great figure in either pro-
cess, though small sum is paid for the eVapof-
at;ng process, aud something on some new mooo
Of making the cans. Housekeepers in eitles ana
villages now use large quantities OF canned
goods, and also those prepared by eVsPoFss1oo;
and this demand appears on the Increase, ana
will thus give employment to largo Numbers q
people in The suburbs, who ATE engaged IL shef
growth aud preparation. There is this sdsan,, y,
taga: that one can have good vegetables ~ ~ -
t1mes without undergoing the Ilsk Of 1fos:3
cellars. For some years there has been, y ie>ss
in the West great lack OF dried punpk1p,--na punp
article that the Eastern housekeeper lofty yos.s
ago would have found it impossible to aH.e %
done without. Nov wa can have ibis 7eeesao1e
either dried or canned, and tho days Of PUMP pump
Al