The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-03-08

Some LEI the spurs grow TO get large
trunk. This he thought was fatal er-
ror. lie was down OH the New York
tree peddlers, for he once bought and
set ono hundred trees, only fourteen of
which ever bore. There were three
causes. They proved to have been root
grated, grown too rapidly, and the
spurs allowed to grow until taken up.
The dark nights in autumn were the
most discouraging, when some people
cannot see to read the eighth command
ment, but IL is astonishing how well
they can see TO gather fruit. Laugh-
ter) Read all the authors on fruit cul-
ture, but blindly follow none. Com
pare with your own experience. Find
what section of the country is written
about. DO not pay less than dollar
for each tree. Trying to get cheap trees
is one great reason why we have so
many worthless ones. You cannot buy
trees for fifty cents which it cost a dol
lar TO raise. A grower once said that
they raised cheap trees because people
wanted to buy them; would raise good
ones if they could be convinced that it
was the cheapest to buy them. Mr..
Morse hoped this subject would be dis
cusscd at the next meeting of the La
noble HORTICULTURAL Society.
Another paper on the same subject
was read by ii. j. Baker, of Enosburgh.
He would avoid wet land, river-bottoms
and select hill-sides. Clay soil is not
natural. Before setting, fit the land as
for corn. Would not set on inverted
greensward. Trees received in the fall
should be carefully kept in the cellar,
protected from mice. Transplant |
twenty-five feet one way and thirty the
other, before the buds Logan to swell ;
nearer in gardens, perhaps. Dried trees
may be buried under ground two or
three days after beirg immersed in wa
ter, and they will swell and be good.
Fasten TO stake when exposed to the
wind. Mulch in setting with chip dust,
which is best. If straw is used, cover
with earth, to protect the roots from
mice. Fence young trees against cattle.
lie gave receipts for grating wax. De
stroy the eggs of the bark louise in win
ter. Cultivate young trees several
years. When bearing leaves, give the
tree annually light dressing of horse
manure. Unripened wood is the prin-
cipal cause of failure. October is best
for pruning. Several kinds of the best
"ironclad" bearers were named, and
other rules given for selecting. Also
the best kinds of crab apples.
President Christie would raise his
own trees and shun every tree pcddler
as pestlcnce. There are good apple
trees in johnson from which to cut
scions. Cut off trunk four feet high
and set them, and YOU will be astonish-
ed to see what they will bear. Trees
cain be raised here rs well as crop of
calves.
The subject was discussed at length,
Mr.. Hclano. of Elmorc. opposing fruit
raising in Lamolle county entirely. lie
had ITO doubt that Mr.. Baker spent
more Than the entire profits of his farm
in his orchard.
Mr. |. ~. Manning, of johnson, said
iruit could be made profitable.
Rev MIR. Huntington thought the
land might lack certain elements, like
that IN the tennessee valley, where so
much wheat was formerly raised.
Professor Smyihc said fruit could not
he raised without proper food, any more
;h;,l chickens.
Mr. Tinkhm poke of new pear he
was trying To raise, while Mr. Chap
man, Of Middiebnry, said good fruit
could be raised both on clay soil and in
vcrtcd green sward, and gave his exper-
fence. For grating he used grating
wax, made OF three and one-half pounds
best rosin, and one pound each of NUT
ton iallow, bccswaN and crude turpen-
time.
Mr.. Griswold, ofIIydcpark, made OK
ccllcn cider vinegar from crab apples.
In the after noon. G.. 5. Fassett read
the paper he gave at East IIardwick, on
Needs of the Dairy" with Il dcscrip-
zion OF tnllow butter.
Mr.. Tinkham explained and exhibited
five pound boxes he used for sending
butter TO Boston in the warmest Of
weather. which never failed to keep il
in good order. They are made by Hope
n Watson, of Burlington, al six dollars
per hundred.
Mr.. Fassctt was piled for haitian hour
with the usual questions.
DR.. Wakefield gave at length his ex-
pcricncc as superintendent of the Re-
form School, at Monson, Mass, with
his management of the crops and milk
COWS. 1t was substantially the same
statement rs that made at meeting of
the Dairymcn's Association AT Burling-
ton few years ago.
After Mr.. Tinkham had sung, with
much ecldt, Burns song, "a mans
man for that" II. G.. Hill, of Elmore,
read paper on "Long Wool Sheep
lie spoke of the Cots
wold rs the most profitable, both for
wool and mutton. They keep nearer
home and fat more readily than others.
They cannot be kept successfully in
large ilocks to run the Australian
and hence there is no fear of
the competition from that quarter. to
which our other breeds are subject.
Some of his sheep did not go twenty
rods from the barn, in a pasture of one
hundred acres. They are contented
when shut up with enough TO eat. Their
meat is rs good as chicken or turkey.
He had cut five inches of fat on the ribs.
The meat is as profitable as that of "a hog
Or steer. Crossing other breeds with
Cotswold bucks improves them.
A large audience attended the closing I
meeting in the evening. 1t was varied !
in interest, and enlivened by Mr.. Tink-
hams singing, and considerable fun.
Mr. Pearl, the leader of the choir, sut-
tering from a bad cold, his choir was '
not present.
o. NJ. Tinkham, of Topsham, first
spoke on EARN Barns" illustrating by d
diagrams and describing several model 4
barns in Vermont.
Lyman Newton, of East Fairfield,
read an excellent practical paper on the
Cultivation of Grass" the great crop
of Vermont. lie gave rules for making
and preserving hay, and concluded by
advising to manure beautifully, seed :
literally with the best, cut early, and
pasture with horses as little as possible.
Mr.. Tinkham sang 81 once knew
maid, whose sire was testy
old man." with much ecldt. Being en-
cored, he gave "Lanigan's Ball." which
brought down the house in a round of
applause, and woke up large dog.
l.. b. Sherwin, of Hydepark, read an
essay on "The Education of Farmers