, 1875-03-20

y i6EHHS Tdn
giyo $3.50 eauare inches Plants inel,es avn WI
Will occupy, cach, as square inchca nt .at apAtt
Thus In a nRais. yen n,ny got 115 nlanIs.
inches apart you Eot 80 piarts; anil, At ,nrs,s
nrsr+ you hsye ony 10 Elaft. Thus you hasss
rl"nta At the icssor distance tan you l,rs o.
tho greater. And, Of cnt,rse, yut, innroamsaa' ma'e h
vallto of your ElRas III exact proportion 10 u, ne
distances. 30. where tho ono Bynta1n mIoht h.se ~
tnay r,t'' you tn dobt. tho otlcr wonId pya ~ w.
cloHor yon grow them, trarBpIantlnR nIwsv, tAe
fore they crowd each other, tho groatnr ts- ~
profit. e~soF he
THE VINEYARD.
Wo think 1t will bc found TINT tho t1.m,c. :
vineyards, AZ vol AZ orchards, will he fo,p 70
haro been ovores!imatel. We ndyanccsI1 s1a .,11 %
opinion at tho to tho roporls Of wintcrt,i;aala ala
woro sort from the various frult-localitiea ~
Wost Tin opinion wsb founded upon liz ~. f..e .ae
That tho drought. extending as 1t did up to IT,
ylucs into tc winter In tho bout poasbs eoe, saa
tiou. lad tho fall boon warm and ~eaa. ~.
tho West would hayo experience, VET
far groater destruction OF frult.s,e,.s
vines, and other p'atlss usually kssd,
bo found that tlloro will DO fir ehste ~ VII
plds, hardy chorrics, grapes, otc., tnloss ~ ~
timoly froats should inluro tho bloysopn.a w. ~
y0uhg fruit. VI
For ourselves, We t3nd upon examination, .h,t
h3iItnekberr'es,- 3it' s,-althongh aouesb.
recovering and BID fair to come oil sli i;es. ~
ilaspberrfcs.. ..-purpic.cano,-u -uulor tbo III .S.,
tor Of belt Of Norway spr,,ce ,ny sasl.
killed to tho ground; llaok-cap, ,u,t 1s
exposed, loo much injured for fmZy
Apples, tho salno and grapos,@Goneordf dfs.f E.;
though slightly dtscotored, are improving oY.r,
day. Thoy will undoubtedly comic out .o"a3 u,s'3
and bear full crop, ~ thoy havo fof The IL.
three years. ''''
WHERE T1NEa HAVE nEEN INJURED
go that they will not bear fruit tho pruscnt RAJ,
son, na aoon as tloy havo made growth aui6ci.a
70 provo tho fact, cut tho canes away, rcsefTn.
three or four OF the moht likely shoots, pe1s NJ
bottom: As tlloy gnin strength, take ss,, ~,
s qnes eus to 'he ,t.Iss sI.se'so7 Il 4 70 You trail.
trolliscs, loavo two cnnos. and pinch tic eun.ns
bundant growth, to Induce stont, strong toIi,.,
and wood. THUS you mny renow your yipcs. i
they hnvo boon properly pruned heretofore, Mi,
will not DO difficult matter. II they hayo besa
arc, pursue tho aamo general conrso, varyiprtt,
pruning to suit the circumstances Of tho case,
OF courae. no ono acquainted with tho perni,,
natnr0 Of tho vino will pruuo iu tho bp,ir1
until Until s!la foliage hay put lonE.
sine sa,,; go. such excessive blueling Of 81
may Kill tllom outright. After the vino il n
full loaf, tllis bloodlng from pruning viii 70
longer occur but We shonld not t.lcn pms.
away tho Wholo Of tho wood At once, but Ie,r,
artilo1cnt to carry tho zap tolerably, until Il.
eanos intended Tor frnitlng next year hnse 1t
Tho wood Of all other fruits, whether lasreu
Bua'!, should bo pttlned before the lcsyes IA.
pear and, when injury lns occurred to i,
tips Of branches OF fruit-trnos or tlle csnea ii
bersy-hushos they ahouid be cut buck at lua,sta
CpLonAno BErrLE-rrr rurnrr .N sc,n.
Franco aud tho other wine.growing diatlitt,
Of Europe haye had their panio over the er,,a
riiy]asera. An insecl introduced from tho Uritd
States. or, at leaat, native hero.
tries, but especially England and Dslg;an,
hnTa been powerfully o1ofctgod on ACCOUNT
Of the Colorado potato-bcotlo, Hhia
haa now found It's way to our seaboirI
Thoy ecem 10 DO aflnll It will tas
submarine arulor, aud swim oyer tic pona 10
them. Their last particular source Of alum
aocmh to bA that this post-whlch they call
bug when 1t is . bcetle- bo introduced sila
potatoes exported from hence 10 those countries
hi. a. 10 Hardy do Dolslieu, a Belgian. ID
dressed letter to tho Mayor Of st., Louis fa
bug; and tho agricultural authority refc.7t
TO Wroto Him what he 'knoH about farming
md which WINS published in CoInldn's LWt
World, with comments, an q good Joke. TIT
following extract contains tho giHt:
Tsea1g sSs. your st!er therefore, seriou.y ht
about ~ Lo'ttn Of any other city IN tho United sa.
Or Territories; that tho potato-bng has tausA
sy .larm u ,ny ely n9s IL ths
ton OF aaa!n. atn not anar0 Of tho potato-bUg stk
lug any other yegctaffc. consider the fears Of IL
ages ot tho potato-6na lid Leu great in sng oasy
tho past bcason twhiclli. has noi), au is n1l,tt
sh!A country. josEru DNoww, As,es.
Gp1r fell ~ 1,a $,.13 L.
too hard on this now light iu ontornical eclsnes
as applied to Agriculture. "rllo Farm snd
Garden instst8 tint tho worthy Mayo, Of St.
Louis 10 right. The pota!o-bug has not been
seer, flying about that rtyor-to@u. ne!aei
people Of Belgium on that score arc tlefsfois
Eroundiesa, and for tho simple reason that IL
bug that lo Was talking abont MAJ no bur st ILL.,
lio might have added That tic bug would scq,n
to oot u potato, top or bottom, anyhow.
Dnt on tho other baud, tho ten lined Colorado
weAtEcr and potato-tops; flown over and lut'
every city and villago; crawlod. into s's9
parloE, kitchon, w0od-ahed, aud barn In ihs
Northern and Middle statoa OF tho Unloni
hns i ! tor years Destroyed potatoes eue1sh
is credited with Having poisoned innocent buooIa
childtcn without number, who hayo tnLaIod she
fumes Of their burning bodies. . Professor Of
horticulture to tho contrary notwithstanding.
Ihoy are Known to eat Yn-iouH plants Of !9a
aolanum family, aud probably would feed On I'll
It dtigcn to 1t BY llungor and hare been M
subject OF groat apprehension and comment
would bo now il Paria-grecn had not pfoveda
simple romedy. tho agrestic Mayor Of 81. Lou'a
knows all nbout bufs-aud bcettos, Of cou5sa.
lie only wanted to l,avo littlo joke.
oun roTATo-Loy1N9 NEI0HGoRs
ovor ths pol,d noed, however, Elvo shetnaelTa
no trouble about importing this Insect tu Eota.
toes. They don't trasol tlint wny, II they So
al, they are going iu the eaioou-cabln. fIss'
class, although some Of thom may consent u
take steerago passage.
Tho rcAl danger to our transatlantic fftcnesbt
that, during tho 1yinE aeason.-and W bsft
eown beans,-tloy will ly on board steamships
and sailing vessels, aud thus bo carried scrots.
1n tho lnttudo Of New York, thelt htts
flights would naturally occur early IN 1une.
Now, 1t European authorizes would take psinsm ~
have properly-colorou cuts Of these inscesA
with short description OF thatn, placed ~ w.
hands Of tho officers ot yosaela trading IN the4
ports, 1t might 60 = good way towards pfeteusx,
ing visitation. At all eyonts, this pss' ,s.1 H1
mover bo taken over In potatoes, Unless tpsd
may bo sHcEetod In the earth adtsF'ns ~
tEom, aud thls IL altogether unllkesy.
slHce the mature hoet!e Is hs A!se M
% marrow-boan. Tho greater fear wiz
Europeans mny we'll DO, thas the egGa q la's ~
usy bo imported upon somo fancy egg.plaaL "
other growing Bo!auum, or else thas some sns1.
Ynntnr{cAl f1rnamAr rnhv hrend than "a ct!oSi9