, 1875-03-13

inarkct, still ieap OF summon and fall varieties
| would be needed. since II Ia tho STANDARD wbtor
kinds that command tho bgheHt priccs, eitheF
In tho homo OF general markets.
Or the1e vAr1osot, no should plant largely Of
Duchose. KoHEick Cooling, snow, slauna!d, Cc'i
Davis, Jonathau, Wagner, Vino Sop Timber
Tw!g. and Ka.ca' 1auct. It you want cider,
odd Lin!e Red Ronsntte- lsprot!uces tito l,oa.-
nlx with othcr late aoSss Tor cider. md 1t koeps
forovor. We should alRo try Smiths Cider.
You will. Of conrso. wans como crnb npp,os: Tho
| Also good, and also Tory beautiful.
Wo do not adviso You to adopt this list, A.
though It has been 5oIcctea with exceeding caro-.
Take 1t To- yonr nonress ncighaut who
hau al orchard On D eotl md location aud with
amino with him worry carefully AZ TO tho sortB ia
thin ltas that havo been tho most hardy aud tile
most abEndaut bearers, one year with anothor.
Tho sorts we bare named arc ail good in quality,
hardy md productive. When you plaut your
o.chsrtl ladgo IL lii, unl, II you lave not tho
protection Of timber, plant l!nes Of t.ubor anu
osergtao1 trees 10 Rhield It. II Nilt pay.
AREo1t-pAY
10 not inr on. Arc you roady, farmers Of illinois,
1own, Nebraska, and Kanyas, to cunteAt, chcll
With tho other. for tho palm AZ trec.pl.nters2
Ncmenbcr, :. Trees Frow while you stoop:" and,
aimee tito principal value Of a mos farm, and the
cseateat roIt 10 ovory farmer Ia In the Improves
rens VI tho farm, what cat, you do that Will in-
ctonso your r1cllcB faster than 10 pla,t trees on
1ra'ries that only need tho woalth OF SHADE to
mako tue hnoas country tho huu over shouo up
OIL?
rroyldeuco las given oil, savo trccs Cannot
YOU supply tlleao Ask yourself ti.u question.
which you had rather d.. open ttnlbor, farm,
wsit lorE yenra bcloro you cs1, use improved iui
p!cnlents in tillage; Or oct out or 2 neros
year until rou hara your Guer.or or hall sactiun
protected, and wItll Just such timbor as you
| Exortlmonts IN Europe hnvo decided
| of . couhtrY al,onld 10 in timbor, 10
leach tho best results IN tsllaeo. "Tho Farm
| u throuEhout .onr .psarie-sesion, planted to
wiud-bteass and small groves, wouil add IS ror
cent 10 thu vaiuo Of tl.e otllcr ctors cultivated.
Besides tils, 1t would a!os tho cultivation Of
| 1)lnnts as cgvlia low exotic, by rendering tho
| climate mltdor and moro equnhie.
| Wo live not alone for ourselves, but also for
onr child,en, and humau'ty NJ latgc. Every man
hopes to leava shoao who arc 70 Inherit. Rub-
stance thoy wilt be Efo1d oi Can you leayo a
bottsr ono than homo shndcd with troos; fields
surrounded with living walls grove Tint may
give 6.rfh to riu Of water tarsn whose own
OF may lie down Mt night satlsile.1 that he had
would know tllat his postcrity. would call him
blessed? Much Of this may bo brought about oy
working faithfully. Arbor-Days.
| ... SHEEP.
9Ers;Hsoa aSs gops11, T." l@Wseat. ja.t stripped of
its covrriuH Of snow, ooka baliy: but few warm
~ esaoe M eonsto with taa Wess IL @ r.islus stosk &
Neither can ~ ra1so corn On our worn land u ord
fsss 'na d sSeP = thu ont 1s esR sa
nnoilIas nlI s shst 6ster repa5s liz care. car cros.tna
the lons.waolea Canadians upon good common swes
eh to shorten this wool ty crossing with
fu,!.bIoolel Raut41onnH. viii the Agricultural Eor
Of The TrInusk's readsss Ga.ing experience,
truly, "Tho tread Of tho sheep Il golden" Lat u.
yhs
4 or exhausted lAul1. y. 8. II.
| You will haya noticed what no havo previously
said N relation to sheep. BY cruising eitbor
canaliaue-by which weBuppoeo yo1 mean Cots
wods--or 1.eiceaters, and then following With
Southdowus, you will not mces With Tho success
you desirs. We suppose, whon you apeak OF
sood common ewc8. you moan ahoep With moro
or less alesno blood In them.
II YOU wish tlno wool and tolsrable mutton,
| and c1peo: 10 keep your Bheep III large tlucks,
the only feasible plan Ia to improve tho native
ahetp By breeding them to Tho bust Amorscan
1tcrino rama you can get. II you want Bheop
TOR years. has beeu steadlIy increasing 10 dennnl
and value / and Also. excellent mu.tou,-v,so
Cotsrold or Leicester lAlns. II you want superior
! mutton, With lair wool, then usa Soutndowu
Iams. but, whichever breed you adopt, breed
I constantly up to the typo OF the maleB selected.
| So far as We kuow, ali attempts to pstabliah n
permanent intermediate var,atY, bY ctoAs.ng any
Of the mutton OF loug-woolad broeds with tho
| expectation OF combining ans. Of tho especial
e1coIlences Of oach, has resulted In complete
| faslura.
Wo havo previously stated that the fourth cross
upon any an!inal, and their Progeny, would result
| render them nearly equal 10 pure bloolH, 20 far
| ~ leah roints woso concerned, the wool would
not Increase In such valuable proportion, or 10
| like manner. Therefore. you cannot hopo, by
csossinK on commoa ewes. to a1riso at superior
oxcollouca IN wool for many Yea,s. Fur thus
rsas3u, ne haEo atHays ndyised, while breeding
up Ia both bhcap anti hogs, at the tame time to
presor7o aud breed to ,pure females. Thus in
time yonr sheep might grow INTO . pure
tho females. for tho mnles you havo alrendy
| bought for crossing on your nau1a atock. VII!
| TRtBONE readors who hRvo cZpermontod in
crossing, not onlr sheep. but olhos tasm-Hni-
mails, give the result: for ,e1nember. IN agricul.
turo 1t IL only by tile dissemination Ok facta that
progress IL made. Will you not put 5our shoul-
dess to the aheal and hatp roll siouK tho chr Of
| progress?
AGRICULTURE is AN EXPERIMENTAL ART.
II always must bs. To u,sao it progressive
aud fa1esehohing, each must tmpatt tile iufor.aa-
t!on gainea. Tnua the improvement IL mutual
and, sincc tho press u tho only truo medium OF
aSnentusai tnfpt~a.ion wy not we It e IT, lo.
seck md collato Information from varied SOURCES
AID w1lely-separated channels. This ha has
| iacslitiea for, and means Of ,oucllng that fow
privato individuals hayo. He has a'so. II Ae be.
or han been, = practical fArmoe, hls own poraonai
experience 70 gulde hlu: Every practices! man
hal valuable experience. II mado Known.
1t Ia true that the experiences Of Ill fasmcrs
must, Of COURSE, run IN parallel lines III GER
tain aud soutinos, aud thess routine lines ORG
to!osaaly yell kno*n. 30 far ~ they do sEr,-
culture becomes scienco. Evory new fact that
Ia constant, aud can he fixed, adds to tao scspo OF
/ this science. Tho mat. woman, Or cluld, who
| discorolx new tacts and nakus them known, IL
! 10 10 far scientist, and, moro, benolac.or to
Iull Evelyn, Lobby, Dast.am, Downing, Keuni-
colt. overman. Dunlap. ana host oi otler
practical agricultural and horticultural workers.
whose uar1ea will not soon he forgotten. II IL
minds Who have made asricnlture what 1t Is. Tho
ia ho fI,a;,