, 1875-06-12
A,o1t yi1tfc,alt,ire, md Tint Ar.
horticultural School.
scasonablo I'ains..-tropa, I.ocnsts, Gnd
Chfnch- 1,ugs..-Tlo Eillcacy Of
Prayer in Driving on lilo
Urassloppcrs.
Hay-Making and Hay-Toddera..-A City
Farmer Resolves to Plow Deep.
And q scientiGo Contemporary Resolves
that No Soil 1s Sufficiently Poroua.


that No Soil Is Sufficiently Porous
vrS1crITEEr N AMERICA.
Aletter from 3ts. Cllarlcs Unlot OF Flushing.
Long island, calls attention TO NIL nrtIclo In the
Commercial 1;drcrtiscr, Of Now York. staling
Tint "Amorican yiuos could lc, and have been.
adyantngeouely acclimatod III the Fronch soil
and asking, sloH III II that the culture Of tlioso
sau1o American vines, 10 supoltor III themselves.
e,o not moro spread III this, their own country,
aud cacll variety cultivated In tlse part Of tho
United statcs tho most appro3siate to its doyel-
ppnont7"
lfMr. Charles Dulot woro . little moro con-
1erHant With tito h!Htory aud practice ol Vine
culture in tho United slates, ho would know that
tlis Is exactly what has boon and Ia constantly
being dono, undor tho supervision Of practical
men. especially In the West and In California.
Ono OF the many mistakes mado years ago was
In supposlng tlat tho asstcm In vogue in tue
ytno-distEtcts Of Europo would ba applicable TO
thIa country. Largo amounts OF Monoy wore
spent in Introducing foreign Aorss. and Foreign
systoms OF culture, under tho supervision OF
ulou, not, a. CUR correspondent says. from tho
North OF Europe. and who never saw q vino. but
of e1perta in vina-cultura, from the yinc-groTlng
llbE4lGEa "a oCtAAA5s %AAb@ot N"At-SA'+"At e-N
Austria.
1t Was not unlil practical culturiats In Ohio, In
diana, Michigan Illinois, udeBrocialIy Missouri,
discarded tho Roveso systons Of pruning, otc., NJ
p1ucticcd In Europe, aud adopted lcso moro
rational course. mud one ntap.cd to our soil and
climate, that my Rucccas was met with. Now,
In tloir BeaRon, Iona, Delaware, and Concord
grapes, from tho la1se-Bhoro region OF Michigan.
aro abundant and cheap IN our markets; sud
good wines-fnr botLor, to CUT tabtc, than tho
itnltated aud whisky y-fortiuol wines purportiug
to ho imported from, Europo-aro produced IN
largo quantities on tho isnnda Of Lake Eric mud
III Ohio, MtusourI, aud California, and In lesser
quantities III various Westeru, Eastern, aud
Southern States. Nevertheless, the Industry Inns
not boon sufficiently rgmuuoratirat to induce cap
i.al to tako hold Of It.
That wo laye soils and situations admirably
duited To tho production Of wine. there ts also
no doubt. Somo OF tioso days they will 10 do
velopel. and porhapa money mado tAerefront
but not by following either tho syslcms rs popu
lariy laid down In compilations from European
authorities, or BY tho importation Of vtue.dress-
ers from tho wtna-dsatrtots Of Europe.
vins.clllturo baa beon eininenLy nuccessful In
California, axcopt in do1iars and couta from the
aa!o Of wines. Within tho Inst Two or three
yoats. many fno VINEYARDS IN TINT State have
s Tne artioIo ren q XII ir. Charlie. Bullet explains why
tho culture Of tie VINO and Of fiuit-trces iii
thB country at prousnt IL but primitive Hysteln
Of lu1minE, aud Inns not yet produced bunch Of
glnnes, or even poar. peach, Or plum, that
would be considered tit for dcssort in Europe;
excepting, Of course. so1nc California fruits,
which require no husohadry and aro natural pro-
ducts ct tue Amerlcau soil"
II IL, snys ho, because ~ thcso men did not
know how 10 prepare the ground, to choose the
ylno-troc, to plant ie In the right scason, to
watch It during ita growth. and finally to psoss 1t
aud mako good wine out OF tho plant
!. le not always safe to judge tue resources Of
an industry from tho standpoint OF Long 1s'-
and farm Or narden-plot. II tho gotltloman will
visit Chieago during tho season Of .ny. Of our
icau ra'a.ss, howsves i'll thoy may sut tie fss-
tldiouh tasto OF our European expert.
Tho rehl nu.1nus, however, OF tie articlc, 10,
thhs the 0oyornnent, or eorno private individual
horticultural School," :" vhoso landowners aud
gardeners would come eagerly from every State
10 attend tic lectures " Of tho Professor u.
We hayo Agricultural Colleges ostabllshod in
tho Professors Of which ahould bo to glvo pre-
clsc. practical inflammation on poats pertaining
to Agriculture. Wo 10 not think anything would
70 especially gained by, tho Embellishments by
Government Of aspocial ycloo!. either Of Al.
Horticulture or Of V'niculturo 1T the National
store. IL soma nr,ynte md nuhlic.gnr;tad in.
diyldual liia Mr. A. r. Htawart: xnuji iiEo In
make o colt ulnue {or aone Trofcsaor. by tl,a an
dowueut OF such = sclIooi. ali rlrIt. and no nm
would probably lind fsult with Of feoi .Ins,t. .
I'd" II tho fnct .sthat tho eatato IN wblch sio
school would bs betd would iperoase In value
through tLo very ,mproyomoata maIe tLoro by
il Nj. I,mIot will ,lait Tia Wat VA think IN
viii ind that ss nooplo know "rat,v wo law ~ ~
cot nnv for thar 5abnr IN ths cniti.stIan NJ ma
so,l. in tho productiou not oulv Of tho orlinnry
lie uroduct,ou cf fruits thu. arc not nn1v hand.
eomn tn tho ayo hut a!>n sficinntiv wnli f1avnrnd
10 az not TO 6e absolutely nauHoous 10 tha "a.
fned t,nto of eran Furp,oan rsplronon,orx ~
npo.dtogge,a,
iArr,prAs7rn orors.
The sonaon1b,o tuirv. that' since lima corna
in hevn hncr ,,ra,fv vnnarni +l,rns,oh ti,o Val