The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-04-18

further cultivation, and will protect
themselves from grass and weeds. AT.
ter the third year, he recommends i,
liberal mulcl,ing Of manure. Cuttings
should he planted as soon as the frost
is out Of the ground, yet they may be
planted with success up to the first of
June.
In one Of his letters to the st. Paul
Press, Mr.. Hodges gave his experience
in planting white willow cuttings upon
green prairie sod. lie took large cut
tings, half All inch il diameter and ten
inches long, drove them into tile ground
and covered them with manure. In
about three weeks they began to come
up. They were hoel twice by August
first, when they were two feet high.
They were then plowetl and hoed again
and in september, Mr.. Hodges took
one up which WAS over seven feet l,igl,
and had it on exhibition at The State
Fair last Fall. About 80 per cent. of
these cuttings lived and grew into trees.
Mr.. Hodges says, to his farmer friends,
go thou and do likewise, and in five
years you will he as snug rs !. bug in /,
rug with wind-brake grove around
your house and farm yard twenty feet
high"
PROFITS or THI:E t,I,Irrrr
A word, in conclusion, as to tie prof
it's Of tree culture. No kind of farll-
ing will pay So we'll in the long run.
The man who grows forty acres of tim
Der on these prairies is doing more for
the country, and is more Of Il public
bentfactor, than lie who grows 1UU
acres of wheat from year to year. Mr..
Mendenlali, of Iowa, values his groves,
after or ten years growth, at $5W
Ill acre. Mr.. Joseph Clagge,t, in al
excellent letter published last year in
the Jackson Republic, estimates that
he can cut $40 worth of fence-lwles
from two and one-tlalf &C rs OF his
grove. This would be about $50 worth
Of fenci ig to the acre, leaving olle-!lalt
OF the poles standing for grove.
Estimate, now, the profits on Il tree
claim. Should the full bounty be re-
ctived for ten years Isl an acre or $lGU
for forty acres The total amount Of
bounty drawn would he $1,G(M. This
would pay the principal Oh il lGO acre
farm near Wovth!ngtun. II Mr.. Men,
denhall's estimate is correct, the forty
acres with trees on are WORT, $500 an
acre, or SN.Wpl. The remaining 13O
acres would, Ivy that time, he worth
from so to sloan acre. Say $50, and
we have $2,40O more. Thus, Il tree
claim will be wortl, 81, 900. Tie whole
cost of growing the trees, even ut the
highest estimate, will not be more than
$500 or 500. Where crops are grown
between the rows, the crops will nearly
or quite pay for the breaking and cult
Vatlon. y MAN can, aS we nave before
stated, buy II farm near Worthington
at ten dollars an acre and pay for it,
the interest, out Ut the bUun-
ty Oh Il tree claim.
Il II1GINIA-N's OPINION or THE Nj
IIONIL COLONY.
Mr.. [. u. S!i;.fer, vino spent SEINE
weeks in the National Colony last Win
ter, with his friend Mr.. Mann, has been
writing Il series of letters for his home
paper, the Morgantown Post, published
at Morg;ntown. West Virginia. Froln
one of these letters we make the follow.
ing extract:
The remarkable success of this colo
ny is not due SO mach to its material
fta lrts (althOuyh these are superior
us to its moral features. No intoxic.-
ting liquors are lowed to be sold in
the colony, the charter of the town
contains Il perpetual prohibition. and
villa, is still better, public sentiment
suslains this law, and all attempts to
sell i'H""r, are promptly, suppressed.
Gambling HOUSES and billiard saloons
are alsO prohibited.
l can buy lumber, for fencing and
building, III less per Thousand than
can in Morgantown, and living in every
other respect is cheaper ti;,n it is here.
Worthington is an orderly town II
about $50 inhabitants, and they claim
with pride. that thy have no ague, he
CONSUMPTION, no liquor traffic, no crln..
mails, 10 paulNrs, no ri,tfitnS, no In.
dlans, ami not even Il ''pizcnutls" rep.
tile among them.
AS to the l;.nnis. they Cal, I've had OF
the government for DEMONSTRATING; yet,
within a reasonable diStanc.-, can |,e
buugilt at Il moderate figure of the rail
road company, through the colony mali.
ager.
They lie ready for the plow. without
the toll and hardship Of clearing away
the timber.
/ was there during Il portion Of DE-
crmir'r and January last, and expert
encetl what the oldest Minnes,t ians SAY
WAS all average winter: many are mild
tr YET t!lan this, while they have sulllt
mUcl. more severe. Last winter WAS
said to hav been by far the cultlt.st
known in that State for manly years
and they all agree that they would not
wish such to com" very frequently, lnlt
are willing to endure one occasionally
for the pleasure and comfort of tiIt
milder winters and delightful sum
merS.
saw an article in last weeks Posi-
on the cold weather in Minnesota. which
to me, seems little 'ovtr-plunb' OH
the cold weather. side of tie question
The editors very kindly suggest that all
West Eirgili;,lls vino do not wish t
freeze to death should not go to slime
sofa.
will say saw some West Virgin