The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
The Time 10 Feec, noSes.

1t has nov passed into an axiom that
roses need feeding. The more food
the richer the colors, the larger the
size, the more solid the texture, and,
more marvellous still, the sweeter fra
GRANGE the rose. This IS not according to
the ancient cultivators, who not seldom
starved their roses into puniness for lack
of food, and could hardly hayetpo1ne the
sight and smell OF any kind Of manure
within view Of their sweet roses. But
all that is altered now, and to the ex-
IRENE. Many rose beds or borders are
more ike heap of compost or manure
than soil Of any kind. They are soft,
rich, Juicy, savory; in fact, the richness
of the root runs of roses Is not seldom
drawback to the fuller enjoyment of the
fragrance of the flowers. One can hardly
get near to admire or gather them with
out being brought up sharp with the
strong and dfsagreeable odor of rank
dung. This arises, no doubt, at times
from m9nuring to excess ofttimes proba.
bly, from manHring at the wrong time.
And this leads Us to our point-the best
time to manure roses. Many manure too
late. They seem to fancy that when the
strain is heaviest on roses or other plants
that is the time to assist them with stimu-
lants. No doubt, could the stimulants
only get at them, but it takes a long
while for solid dressings at the roots to
reach rose-leaves and flowers. Even
liquid manure, which we are accustomed
to speak and write OF as If almost acted
at once, takes DAYS, weeks, it may be
months, to reach the places where it is
most needed IN our rose trees; while as
for solids, they have to undergo no one
knows how many processes of cemminu-
ton and chemical decomposition, and
perhaps decomposition, before one parti-
Gle OF their strength can go to support
the rose either in its efforts at growing or
Towering. Hence the best time to ma
. nure roses Isl probably, November.
Winds, rains, frosts, SHOWS, sunshine and
showers, heat and cold, and all those sub
tie atmospheric forces many of them
patent in the ratio of their subtlety :;
prepare the manure for the plants and as
sist the oots to absorb it. The roots, too,
are also abnormaIly active during win
ter. They lever cease absorbing unless
frozen, and then during the winter and
early spring the manure may be turned
in or out, or tossed about, in any way
best suited for the roses, without creating
much or any nuisance.-London Farmer.
applying Bone Dust.
The amount of bones or phosphate to
be applied to wheat will depend ON shs
condition Of the land. If ia good heart
or fair condition, $50 TO $50 pounds to the
acreiwiH give good results. If the and
is only fair, use $50 to 300 pounds tesaI
acre, and, if the land is so poor thatyou
fear young grass will not make good
catch, then apply 500 to 400 pounds to
the acre. The above amounts are Tor
the ground raw bone and the best cl ass
of phosphates. IF the bone is coarse or
the phosphate poor, then much rger
amounts must be used to obtain the
same results. We get fine, pure, clean
raw.bone fertilizer here that is all we can
ask or desire We get the best results
from this bone by drilling in with the
seed, for small application B vi if you
want to make heavy application, of say
about 500 pounds, we drill portion OF
the bone dust separate, and then go over
the same way fshing with the bone and
wheat mixed in the drill sogether. We
used to get phosphatesln the east which
were made of bones. bu now some o.