The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-05-30

Tho Pleasant Ari Of Grruinv


There Ia not one among oil the PRO.
rosses OF agriculture that il capable Of
yielding 80 rich n return for . trife Of
trouble M tho grating Of a wild tree
with a fruitful and enjoyable variety.
One minute will suffice tor the grating
Of the topof a young Seeding, and this
minutes work will effect n change Of It's
whole nature and Of all ita produce,
throughout the ten, twenty, or ElLy
years OF ita future growth and i"rGitage.
Everybody should learn TO graft. II is
one of the simple, useful, practical, and
everywhere practicable things that should
10 part nf common school instruction.
The writer ono knew GONE Young
women who could pare and set Il graft
or bud neatly, and with entire success,
and who took pride and pleasure in
practiclng the art. Grating will prob.
ably be attended with more than
usual success this spring, because of the
mlIdness o the winter, leaving the wood
inhnTt for those who did not exercise,
at All earlier date, ioretbought enough
TO cut and store the sci0ns. Young
practitioners may find some hints useful
md here are a few, IN addition 10 the
excellent ones given Iaat month by Mr..
Smedley
Choose sound, firm, ripe shoots, grown
in full light, for the sciOrs, and let them
be entirely dormant when cut and yet.
with the cherry and plum it is indis-
pensable to graft before the buds swell
in the least; apple and pear will do much
later, but oil make more growth
from the graft, and fewer wild shoots
below and around it, if set quite early.
The risk with early grating is from
dry March winds parChing the gra t,
while it M yet receives little m0i..
ture from the scarcely started ascend.
ing How Of watery zap This IL pre-.
vented by using sound scions, by pro-
tcctiDR them with a film Of wax or a |
llIet OF paper, md by using thicker wax
and tying IL in place 80 that IL can.
not become In the least detached, to ad.
init dessicating air. A temperature of
90 to go degs. and dry weather are most
favorable Tor the operation. The wax
should be made OF such Il temper as TO
work nicely at that temperature : not 50
9ott "a to be very sticky, nor 20 hard az
not to stick or not TO manipulate well,
II should handle like rather tough putty
IN the temperature Of ordinary spring
water, There must be 40 free grease or
oil to stop or enter the pores of the bark.
whip Or splice grating is the most
convenient and the safest, 1t is pfacticed
on small shoots the szf Of Il large or small
lead pencil, The wax ja then applied
from a roll Of strips Of haiE.wOrn muslin
soaked IN II while melted by moderate
heat. \ piece is taken long enough for
each graft n "trip One.quarter to one,
halt inch wide aud two to three inches
long wrapped on spiralIy will completely
cover aud secure the Joined parts. A
good small knife, the roll Of waxed cloth
and the sclons are all that need be car.
ned. Nut u few strings, u hone or fine
MILESTONE, and n rogidter for entering
the names, ets, should be- part Of the
eutft,-- N. Y. Tribune
r"rrt"' Ward w"''r 'r"n .mimn,s,
Horses have an instructive love for
aolt water, and rU!use hard water il they
can possibly get the former. Hard water
produces a r0ngh aud stafing coat on
horees. and renders them liable to gripes.
Pigeons also refuse hard water il they
can obtain access to soft. Clephurn
states that hard water in Minoirt causes
diseases to The system Of certain animals,
especially Of sheep. 50 much are race
horses influenced by the quality Of the
water, that it is not unir,Quent to carry
q supply OF SOFT water in the locality
IN which the race is to take place, lest
there being only hacd water, The horses
should loge condition. Mr. Youatt. in
his book called "The Horse remarking
on the desirablenes9 OF soft water for the
horse, says, " Instinct OF experience
has made the horse himself conscious OF
this, lOT he will never drink hard water
II he has access to soft he will leave
the most transparent water Of the well
for a river, although the water NAV he
turbid, and even for the muddiest pool. "
And again in another place he says.
Hard water drawn fresh from the well
will assuredly make the coat Of u horse
unaccustomed to il stare, and will not
nnfn quently gripe or further iujure
him"