The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-04-29


move them into another field for a week
or TIVE at a time, or say, every other
month, and put cows and horses, or
colts and calves, on the said seven
acres, the while the sheep are away,
and he viii be struck with astonish nent
at the better thriving of the sheep in
Consequence of this change, for no ami
mails do well long when they have no
grass but that which is stimulated only
by their own droppings.
As the blue grass is established, and
as white clover always comes on we'll
grazed land, and such grasses as are
natural to the soil viii also keep filing
up all the spaces not covered, till there
IS one continuous thick mass of herb
age, there viii be no necessity for SOW
ing any grass seed Bus if z J. would
Like to SOW any, he had better wait till
next year, because the aftermath of last
autumn will be somewhat In the way /;
and Lext spring (1S76), some compost
Of mold and rotted manure might be
spread on the surface, and some orchard
grass, clover seed, and any other vari-
cites suitable to the soil could be bush
narrowed and rolled In as soon as the
ground Is IN condition to have 1t done.
IL does not iniure the best grasses on
any permanent pasture to Craze close ;
for those varieties which will not bear
to be eaten down, may as well die out
and make room for those that will
thlcken into a perfect mat, like the
sward so often met with in England,
where there are as many as seventy dis
tinct varieties growing on any square
yard in a field.
TREATMENT OF PEACH TREES.
No fruit tree pays better for proper
care than the peach. Mr. J. F. Turner,
of Philadelphia county, Pa, has ex
cellent success by the following treat
ment
TO grow peaches the right way the
tree should be headed in every spring.
By doing this the trees make a vigorous
growth of young wood, and the result
viii be plenty Of fine peach s. It is on
the young wood that the fruit gro VS.,
and the trees look so much better when
headed IN, than when they are lett to
grow their own way. I have done it to
trees that were in my care, and last
season they we're a sight to see; such
fine peaches would be hard to find
elsewhere, and the trees had never
yielded anything before, as the fruit
was always small and fell off before il
ripened. There was one tree that was
not headed in, and it had but 9
half dozen peaches on it. The other
trees were not fifty yards from it, SO il
looks as though it paid to do it. II
might not pay for the general peach
grower that had q hundred acres in
cultivation, but I think if he would
try few trees he would get finer fruit
and better price for it. It is better
not to grow so many but to grow finer
ones, and clear more money.
1 find it pays to put wood ashes and
lime and a light sprinkling of salt
around each tree. The top earth
should be removed from the tree before
the ashes, lime and salt are put around
| it. If the trees are at all unthrifty it
will restore them TO life again, and in g
short time they viii look as thrifty as
though nothing had been the matter
with them. think this helps to make
the fruit stay on. I would advise every
one that has a few trees to try what I
fruit does not ripen better, and grow
finer than when they are left to have
their own way. The soil where these
trees stood was heavy clay soil, and
the ground had never been worked, as
they were planted by q stone wall, with
hot beds next to them, which prevented
working.
will relate another experience that
1 had with few trees. A gentleman
asked me one day if I knew of anything
that would make peach trees bear he
had about a dozen very fine ones, la1t
was never able to get any peaches from
them. I told him that would try and
see what could do with them. In the
spring dug the earth from around
them foot deep, and about one and a
half feet out from the trees. made a
mixture of lime and wood ashes, about
equal quantities Of each, and filed the
space that dug around them with this,
and sprinkled about a pint of salt to
each tree on the mixture. The next
fall the trees were as full of fine
peaches as they could be; so there must
be really something in the application,
as they had done nothing before. They
were on the lawn, and the ground had
never been dug around them. The soil
where these trees grew was clay soil,
which is not recommended for peach
trees. The result goes to show that
they can be made to bear nice fruit on
any soil, with the right kind of treat
ment.