The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05
Farm and Household Column

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Farm and Household Column,
FLOWING ORCHARDS SBA11o,r
II the la"d is plowed near larve frrit
trees the plow should Ike adjusted To-
run only few inches deep. Tlr
most plausible argument that can ~.
advanced against the practice a.:
pIowlng the ground around fruit tree,
OF any kind is the fact that eye.y
tree will send out system Of coron.
q! roots just beneath tie surface "s
the soil, wlich::wiil again throw .,u;,
branch rootlets in a horizontal dj,ec.
ton, all Of which. will continue t.,
multiply until the entire surface Of
the ground is completely OCCUPIED
WITH open mouths Of hungry rootiets,
ready to drink III tho first supply Of
nGar'sAment that is dissolved by tho
railing showers. 1t is is much q
legitimate habit Of 4 fruit tree to
provide a close network Of roots near
the surface Of the ground as it ia to
send other roots downward into the
earth. Every fruit tree, most decid.
nous ornamental and timber trees,
as we'll Us evergreens Of all kinds.
when growing on dry upland, will
send down long tap-root, for the
purpose Of reaching moisture to SUP.
ply the growing branches during q
dry period in the growing season.
Let the tap-r0ot he removed. and thu,
tree will make but slow growth, be-
cause its habit has been interfered
with. The same is true touching the
upper system Of coronal or secondary
roots near the surface If the ground.
These are what IRE properly called tho
feeders III the parent stem. They
should not be INITIATED nor remov-
ed, as they usually are cut Of and
t"rn away by the pillow. All veqeta-
ton should 10 kept down around
fruit trees "a far from tho body a.
tn . extremity ofthe longest branches
By hoeins the surface over frequently,
or by the application Of u few inches
III depth Of. . mulch. Fruit trees
may bear we'll when every coronal
root has been removed with the
plow; but if those roots had not
been removed the crop If fruit would
have been moro abundant.-New
York Paper.
SHOULD HORSES WEAR BL1xDrRs?
We never could see what vice Or Dc.
formity lay in horses ey>k that
should make it necessary to cover it
up, and shut out it's owner from at
least two.thirds If its rightfal field Of
vision. The poets say that old ago
looks backward; but We never heard
such an idiosyncrasy charged upon
the horse. The theory that a horse
is less apt TO be frightened when shut
out from everything behind him, We
suspect tn be a fallacy, else saddle.
horses and war horses would he duly
blinded. Every horse is a. familiar
with his own carriage "A with bis own
tail. and, a. far as his ''personap'
fortitude is concerned, IL no more
disturbed at being persued By ono
than BY the other. As for the other
scare.crows that come up behind,
they are mostly 40 familiar 10 the
animal, that, the more fully the horse
can perceive them, the more Quietly
does he submit to their approach.
Then it IL such pity to cover IN ono
Of the most brilliant features Of this
most brilliant creature. Tie horse
has borne such hand IN the civil.
cation ofthis rough. and tumble world,
that it seems not ~ maoh a cruelty az
a disc"urtrsy. as well 40 Z disgrace,
tn hide his form with embarrassing
forgery. No wonder We estimate tho
force IN the world No horse power: no
wonder the Romans and tho Germans.
each in their own languages, desig.
nate their aristocrscy % riders 10
wonder their descendants made cbiv.
airy synonym for their highest yir-
tues. Let the horse be given his
dues, and unblinded. The check
rein is another uuiaance in harness.
wear which has almost entirely dis.
appeared from England, tho army
having at last given it mp by order Of
the commander.in.chief, Sir George
Burgoyne,-(We Times.
Agriculture Is tho most ussfnl. tho
most lIealthful, tho most n1ble em-
plo1n,tnt of man. Ia
NevSr strike q colt. when you Ara
breaking him. Push him sideways or
any way. Lot him. 20 Just where no
will AMI how he will. Lot him fall
down be will, but don't strike him.
One pow Of = herd may be dear at
twenty dollars, another cheap at 5000
Different cows in the Same herd, With
same feed aud treatment every way.
often Wary lou Der cent. in thair nrcf.
ito. ar
II every farmer and farmers son
would plant Que tree each, every yeaf.
and every farmers wife and daughter
cultivate half 4 dozen flowers each.
how much brighter tho ooustry would
he.