The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-12-28
COLUMN.

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contains salts ~ ammnn.a n mm.t
nnt IN. uiyed with onickIime ~, those
salts will be decompOsed, but it may be
mixed with small quantity of salt
with advantage for dry soils. l know
of NJ crops to which a liberal dressing
Is applied that are not benefited there.
by. 1t is excellent for onions. Salt
alone is very usefu! foI dry soils on ac
cC unit of its great affinity for moisture.
The soil of asparagus beds where it has
been useG freely are often cool and
moist in summer when the surrounding
ground is hot and dry-even dusty. II
a gardener has at his command any or
all of the fertilizers named, and uses
them judciously, he will not only be
able to increase the productlveness of
the garden IN his charge, but Will net
require such large supplies of stable
manure as wnu,u otneIWise &c heccss'
sary u sustain '"e lett'IVy Vi neaViy'
cIoPpeo gIouhu An 'nnpoItans auVan-
.age III tle case vi guam anu soot Is
'ne,I 'aIue Iol nl"h'pG nqu'u manure
U. IiIe oes' IuHii'y'- He''el u oourh"'
vi IloT'lcul'uIe'
Room FOR APPLE TREES. One very
important thing which all trees and
plants absolutely need, yet which only
a very small proportion OF them ever
get, Is sufficient room. When taken
from the nursery it seems as if twenty
feet apart would give plenty of room
Some farmers who mean to be on the
safe side, give twenty five feet; very
few allow from thirty to thirty five.
For willie twenty feet answers wei
enough, but in few years it is eyidepi
that the trees are too near together, anC
that all will be injured by excessiv,
crowding. In some cases farmers have
cut out every other tree, and thus left {
good orchard with the trees just abou
far enough apart. But this Is an ex
pensive operation and involves a grea
waste. 1t is much better to take plen
ty of room at irst. For the ordinary
varieties at least thirty-three feet be
; tween the trees should be allowed, ant
for the larger kinds forty feet would b.
still better. If it ls objected that thi
) makes an orchard look too bare an,
naked, it may be replied that perma
nent benefit is more to be desired thar
merely Temporary good, and that 1t
better to sacrifice little in the appear
ance of ali orchard now than it Is t.
make it look well in the present an
e seriously inspair its future value. BE
# side, if the appearance seems TO be G
vital Importance, all possible benefit
III this ditrction can be secured, wit
n no pei maneht lulury To the orchard, b
setting the trees thlrIy'hve or forty fee
apart and planting dwarf pears G
= peach trees between. Ihe standar
II trees would not be Injured, and til
a a orchard would certainly look better fC
this addition. The dwarfs woul
is come 10 maturity, produce thier frui
3 and pass away before the trees whic
Is were to remain would attain their fu
. size. But tie temporary trees woul
;, have answered their purpose and ais
IL have pIaduced a liberal quantity