Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-02-23
Misefllanecua.
AGRICULTURE.
SHADE TREES.

No element OF beauty is so comp etely
manageable as trees, and the resources oil
this section of the country in that respect
are very great. Situated in the middle OF
the temperate zone. we have all the best
of the deciduous trees, the oaks, eims,
beeches, ashes, hickories. walnuts, cher
ries, naples, the chestnut linden and but
tonwood OF the temperate regions, togeth-
er with the finest of the evergreens, the
pines, frs, spruces, cedars and hemlocks
and the delicate birches of more north
ern climate. Each one of these trees has
its own peculiar and distinctly marked
character, and produces an effect which
need not be mistaken for that of any 9TH
err. 1t is surprising how small is the num-
Der of trees necessary to produce strik-
ing effect. Ten or twelve trees, FORUM
ately or skillfully disposed on the sides or
brow of a hill. are often sufficient to give
il an air of richness, harmonzing perfect
ly with highly cultivated country. A
single tree by a farmers house protects it
and gives ii an air of peace and content
ment. An unprotected, solitary house
gives chilly, lonesome, barren impress
sion. At this season of the year, when
every intelligent farmer is making his
plans for the future, let the planting OF
few shade trees, in desirable spots about
his premises, be included in the work for
the coming spring.
sHIFTLEss FARMING IN THE WEST.
A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker, speaking of the shiftless method
OF farming in the West, says: ut is the
unsurpassed fertility OF our soil that leads
IN oil this In pnaHs No f,,,. -.
first crops, and the few years in which it
produces well without it are just sufficient
time for farmers to acquire lazy, IMPROVE
dent habits about taking care OF their
manure. Ii is common thing to
hear them ridicule Eastern folks about
their economy in saving, composing and
applying their manure TO their hands. An
other trouble is there are too many pro-
ducing corn. and the supply seems to be
greater than the demand in about five
years out of six. Every farmer here is
expecting to make money to pay his tax
es. improve his farm and pay the accu-
INFLATED debts of years by growing on
halt WORKOUT soil. foul with cookie ours,
twenty and twenty-five cent corn.
BONE MANURE.
The Increasing use of superphosphate
Of lime in m2ny parts OF the country in-
clcsiss the PRACTICAL benefit derived from
its application ln the southern portion
OF CayugS county. y. Y, the QUANTITY
used by Farmers ~ fertilizer Tor wheat
has gradually increased to several hun
dreo tons annually within district of a
few miles IN extent. and it appears 10
be indispensaby necessary for successful
and heavy crops In other parts of the
State large quantities are applied with
very favorable results, even in those To-
.calites moi commonly regarded a. heat
Producing regions. Among others, we
learn from james WOOD OF Westchesier
county, where comparatively little wheat
b. raised, that he scarcely ever fails of
obtaining 70 or 80 bushels per acre. even
IN nniasorabie seasons, and the present
year an entire field yielded an average OF
50 bushels per acre. He finds combined
application of bone dust or superphos-
plate with yard or stable manure. gives
better crops than either alone. On most
land, bonetdust succeeds best, on dry ridp-
es the superphosphate is most profitable.
his good crops OF wheat are MANFRED
with about eight or ten loads per acre of
the best stable manure, with a few hum
dred pounds OF bone or phosphate sepa-
rately applied. His chief object howey-
er, is to benefit the succeeding crop of
grass; the product in wheat is "A seconda-
~ object. He finds the Clawson wheat
the most productive OF all the sorts cul-
tivated, but inferior in quality to the
Treadwell.