Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-03-24
Agricultural.

FEW Practical WoxDs 10 ouR FIKNrR
BoYs--W: receive scores nf letter. rom u.rso,,.
III flffrnnt sections Of the country. askiny -
sstance in procuring situarions In the city 7,
10 i'hp'sslhie to answer all such letters, aad
'e" ""rfs OF advice on the subject NAV save
'''''' IRE trouble Of nitkinz iruitE IS ap...ca
''r'H 'or employment. The tendency of our
S"nl" hrn IT, hork 81" the cities l. on,. ol the
. -f'~''%'s 0f tht- a,ri IL ~bo..tI h.. =
c"''fds'- ~ every bou-,haid The many ternp-
la h" o' city life the luxury and apparent
"hich present theiRs ives to the casual
''-'''''r 'F'''" H. rH~irc frIgui huma too often
~" ~ % sir. ,'t anI Ins..tr.c The wise
~ i''-''~ ! pi"ini>i" iyes. Thy are for.yetfuI
-" h'hi''i the picture of success that tiev $40
~ 'n'I' limited 'nugiue with the civ people.
Vast rugged beach that is piled up
"' ''''S' "'o Ters. thus tempted and lost
most successful in the great
~ in ciriee a majority
3 TT" 'ii e''''i'T and attain Success bv the
~ e'''' ''sor u at th'H have Inherited from the
,'''''''''n-' ara from IN" frugal habits which
nave grown up with them IN, for evsry one
'ha' Is successful, ninety AMI min, .,,, the .tr,g
gle /" hitter disappointment VIII -
Inent that h"nors Industry, and Io6., 90 =.
! prosperity IA the prosperity Of the patior -,
with virgin prtirieS i',J primitive far,-s,s No..
mines of exhaustless weasb ,b,r,,,;-,, -
climate nf the continent, li, o,- o.,,,,.
I With the protection of oar laws aacbipg iut.
every State and Territory Of the Unr, the last
/ dream of our young men should be Of ,itr Iifc
! IL Il asafe rule for those who can 40 .eI at
home to stay there AMI whrn they cannot they
shonld look towards the setting sun where the
:, present c..nt,ry will additional tens OF mil
| lions of peopir prosperous IN their work of de-
! ,elei.ng the bound'ess wealth Of the Great
West.-PhRa Times.
HoLDISG on FoR HIGHER P,.lCEs-The aues
tion comes up whether ii is best ID sell crop as
soon it is ready for market or to hold on for
higher prices. is question which cannot be
decided by newspaper articles. There are so
many temporary or local circumstances which
Largely enters into the question and on whfsh
everyone must decide for himself. But in >, gen
erai wa tuere is no doubt that il is best TO sell
as soon as ready, and this is the advice We have
frequently given in thrs- columns,
Even though prices below, and there is the
reasonable prospect of a raise in short time
there are the losses from shriukage and waste
: which in large number Of cases are quite as
much average increase in price would be.
In the articles which we havesbefore given. and
to which we have alluded, we have presented the
sae;s particularly, and we remember especially
{ referring to the case of friend who put one
hunfred bu-hels of potatoes in the cellar liz IA u
and which Orly turned out eighty when sold in
the spring. Here was loss Of twenty per cent,
and with interest the receipts if they had been
, ~old in fall requires good advance to make 10
worth while 70 hold under such circumstances.
We refer To the matter now because We believe
that this figure twenty per cent, even By those
who are conscious Of loss By keeping, is gener-
ally believed % be quite much IA is lost but
U VT have recently some figures which show
that it ia often much greater than this. Twenty
: ~, cm. is given as about the loss BY shriu kas.
in corn; bat as much as thiriy-three per cent:
is claimed as the loss in pstatOes il kept till late
- i, the season. say June This is a strong argu-
:, menr against the general principal of holding
/. on.-Gsrmantosrn Telegraph.
PREPARING FoF AN ORCHAgD-Athough it is
% frequent practice with many farmers /, Get
4 their trees first and prepare their soil afterward
still many wrongs never make right" It is
impossible to obtain even depth to be soil by
this method of going to work. ami one can never
promot~ regular loose surface close up to the
), vonng BY so doing. In fact the man VINO
decides where his orchard is to he planted one
year in advance of the word, and puts his ground
in the best possible condition before tree is set
will not unfrequently gain several years by -6i:
foresight
We would suggest that be should plow il deep
ly in the spring, give it IA good coat of manure
grow only hOed crops.and then again plnv in the
= autumn, erosswise rozthe direction taken in the
spring. These two features are Of paramount
importance. i-s-, thorough pIlverizitiOD of the
= soil and a liberal coat OF manure. As apple.
are not as subjecI 10 the blight as pears, and
cannot be grown well in poor soil, put on the
manure with no slinting hand Whether plant
ed in the autumn spring the soil having beer
p rviousy well loosened, the fhers are encourag
ed to grow and the trees viii at once max,
rapid hepdway. .'Why DO not my trees start tC
grow p said farmer, la:eiy. They are plant
ed in sod, but plOwed up close to ihc bodies
as possible afterward." Had h. given the roots
sufficient encouragement at first. here would
not have existed IA necessity Tor making the in
quiry.
WHITEwAsHISG TKEEs.-The advauta..e OF
l. lining fruit and ornamental trees is generally
:. eeded, bnt many omit this practice, on account
: of the unsightly appearance which whitewash-
IL ing gives to the entire premises. Those who see
:, no eauty in their trees, half white and hall
green, can obtain all the advantages OF lining,
minus the hlewash, BY letting the wash settle
and then pouring of the clear water, which
when ippiied 10 the trunks of trees does not dis
figure them. and at the same time produces the
same benefits a thorough whitewlshing.