, 1874-02-07

Hach they arc 30 humorous aa TO fenuor detoc-
tion difficult. a keno occupies nbOnt sovnn
min,ttos and II ona card Ia counted ont, tho gain
ia considerable In tho course Of tho day and
night.
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
Il Cipher Too Much-E'lnslafnE Of tire
GsnEc- III cdgc-.rhe Value OF a Crop
of tho Osngc OF Ton Ycnrss Growth
Tho European Lurca-T1lo Railroads
Encourage 1ts Planting for Tics nntl
E'enCcsP0Bts-Euray Planttng-1Ian-
nEomcnt and Uu1turc-A T'rcc-1'lu,lt-
ing Lesson.
From Our Agricultural Correspondent
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Fob. s, 1874.
1t iB said that figures do not lie, mud yet ono
cipher
MAKEs a MATEn1aL DIFFERENCE.
1t it does not tell downright lie. We write ono
hundred thus +: 100; now, add comma and a
cipher, md We hhvo 1000. This Is just what
happened in my last letter, in speaking Of tho
p1ico Of 0sage-orango vinoyard-stakeB, which are
made to cost "a per 1000, instoad Of 81 por 100.
I hope no ono has made sale of bis Osago
stakes at tho figure printed, for 1t would not pay
him for tho cutting.
"hilo on this ae|linjoot Of
1t might be we'll to state that, after the hedge
pants havo grown too largo to plash, they should
be cut buck to noar tho ground, WHOM new shoots
will bo sent up, and these may be p1ashod tho
second or third year after. One thing is Yortain:
that, to mako b good hedge Of the 9eagc, it
| must be p]asl1ed, and, aftor that, hnvo annunl
aneoriucs. in ordor TO loon tho growth within
bounds, and compact. 1ayo olosoly-planted
hodge, about 40 rods in length, in which tho
plants wore set inches apart. Tho aottIng was
dono in 1860. Thono plants aro now from to
inn},oa In dinmeter. and In aoother TIM veara.
'''' A0oso
WILL DE A FAILURE.
For tho first fect tho hedge ia without foliage.
,s and the, tho wesss Gas WILL will give M way and sstS t
similar hedges. In Marcb will have th'a hedge
CUT oossn' ana the a'akea fesof4eo lot Inc VINO
yard thoy will avorago at least rs to tho rod.
will ha aoo Dodnct ! cort onc, for c,,+t,,r md
W.. ~ ~4o D,uues Gons 1nsa ~ sA's:s ato
-. W. na'o 80 ~ ~ ...o 4oa' ,ol
tho t'mbor IN tho hedge; and then the hedge
will be all the bettcf Now, sIupoap we planE
two sides Of quartor-seotion with aholtcr-bolt
| Of Osago, say rods wide, or 1G rowB. Thia
F would cover about acres OF land. This would
require about 20, 600 plants,
iropsr,ue fhe land ieoo
cuinting throc tnes ycar for thrce ycars.. 5000
la'efoss anu 'a1ca On lano 1of 1en Scafs'''. 4Voo
Tota1 co,t. .s14o.oo
py 10000 vineyard stases, At 50 per 100, 10000
-
Not profit. $4,000
So much for crop that requires
TEN YEARS TO GROW.
But tLis is not all. We Aayo half Of our Oange
! treeB left, now ton years old, an1 another ten
years will mako thom valuable for many pur-
| poscH but, ii we can give thom another ton
yoars, then We hnyo thom OF size for wagon
hubs. Bpokcs, aud gearing, for which purpose
therc is no othor timbor in North Amorica Of
equal vnluo The wood il hard il alinoBt intlo-
str7lctiblo by tho weather, and it ncithor
Bwela nor ehrnks, al wator cannot
you cannot drive nail in it.,
mud, for this rcason, will have no value for
fonce-posts, unless the posts arc mortiaed for
rails az is done In some parts Of tho country
Buoh timbor would bo worth at such Btnge Of
growth 1t ia now impossible to eny, hnt it is cer-
thin TINT it would bo q valuable Investment.
| From the Osago it is an easy trausition to
| trec that ia pressing itself on our attention.
| THO railroads arc beginning to appreciate this
fact and now the illinois Central aud some other
roads propose to carry tho. plants FREQ to farm
millions Of these la1oh-plauta layo boen nnllu-
] ally grown at Wa,ltegan, and Lnve been sont to
nll lilo Atlantic, Middle. and Western stntos.
| Formerly tho pIantB wero i1nported from Eu-
rome but that day is past, md wo have an abun-
tluut home suppfy. I have about q
hundred trees from pIauts importet from France
in 1860 One clump Of these trees. numbering
10. aud occupying about s1uaro rods, are all Of
| aizn fnr fanca-noHta tInnpf1 thev nrn the mara
c,1l of a lot of nurnery.skoc IN tho first nEace
thoy ware sot in rows feet npart, and foot ii,
| the row. In sailing. tho host troea wero taKon.
and tloy now stand. sono Of thenn as sot, foot
| nnsrt. some .. and como @ foot in tho rowa.-
| Ia,viTr none bnt Ella noorost and moat unsuitable
Of the trecg.-in nurseryncn's parlanco. sjmry
| tho culs. And vet thirty Of fhogo trcos wifi
make nnc fonccnnst nnni, w1,ile tha other fortv
win viii mako two each aid tha tons. for yinoyard.
s"j,ca ,yi,l nav fnr tin inhor nj nnttjnr. I'heso
poats would soll yory readily Tor IS cents each.
| Or tile sum Of e27.5o for tho wood Of / square
from plaRts two yoars oa1. costing at tho tinlo