Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-09
The I'll FIR AID.
AGRICULTURAL.
winter Protection ofPrui. Trees.

Trees, il winter, are less hurt by
as low temperature than by the dry
ing winds, which all cold winter
winds are. Blowing sharply, they
dry the branches of the trees faster
than the sap can supply them, the
sap being lessened 10y the freezing
OF the wattery part, thus becoming
incapable Of resisting the dessicating
effect, and so branches or the tree
dies. If the exposure is short, there
will be little or no harm. 1t is the
long continued, severely cold and
strong winds that work the mischief,
and particularly if the roots as well
as the branches are frozen. The past
winter was noted example. The
remedy is to protect against the
winds. A screen of evergreen trees
can be made effectual. So hill of
wood will protect what is near It,,
on the side opposite the wind. A
building, also, is guard. But some
times the sun is apt to hurt, and all
the more for such protection as con-
fines the heat. This is difficult to
prevent. But it's effect is not so
great as that of the cold, strong
winds. 1t ia not enough to merely
protect so as to prevent d struction.
The mere strain may be so severe as
to be felt the season following. So
it is with strawberries. If severely
strained by exposure, do what you
may, there will be a lack--the plant
will disappoint expectation. Grape
vines serve US in the same way. Pro-
tect your strawberries well with
evergreen brush, and make secure so
the wind cannot remove it, and you
are safe, it matters not how severe
the winter nj y be. So if your hall
tender .arbor vitae hedge is protected
from the sblast, you need have nc
concern.
1t becomes US not only to guarC
against the wind, but much can be
done by attending to the ground. A
mulch will lessen the severity of the
frost, both in degree and in extern
in the ground. This will cause {
greater amount of vitality in the roo
which will be transmitted to thu
tree. A rich soil also adds vigor, af
fecting the plant. From experiment.
made, | am persuaded of this. APP
ply the stimulan. in the fell 80 as Il
get its action on the plant. A mulcf
containing some manural property
will do this and act at the same time
as protection. Nature indicates
leaves as warm bed for vegetation
little sour milk, or perhaps what il
little more energetic, urine, with 1
sprinkliDg of ashes, applied some
time before the leaves, the grount
freshly dug, is sure to have gooC
effect If in addition there is a guar(
against the wind, there is little danger
with even half-tender plants or trees
let the winter be as severe as it may
Almost the only danger will be from
the sun, and that only in some local
tiles. Sudden and extreme changer
in the temperature have an influence
but no. a seriols one, on anything
like u plant or tee. There is plal
prevailing Of wrapping half-tende
plants and bushes with etraw auC
other material. This ia well if no
wrapped too tightly so as TO exclude
the air, for it must be remembered
that plant growth goes on during tn
winter, though to slight extent
yet sufficient to require air, withou
which no plant can live, as it get
it's principal support in this way
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