The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

set as closely as one foot each wav. n, set
the plants, trench about eight inches vile 1
and six Inches deep should be dug along the
line. and in this the plants carefully plated, |
80 that the roots shall spread out freely In
every direction. after this cover In The plants, |
being careful to work tn soil that Is flne about
the rntts4 This last caution Ia hardly nnres-
sary fot II is supposed that the preparation
given the soil Ia sn thorough that every spade
full Is Zine aud mellow. After planting, cover
the ground with dressing af nd MANURE, but
DE- not use fresh manure, az 1t nearl " always
contains mnrn M less If weed seatl ready 10
gnrlninatn IN the spring.
ECONOMY
The value 1T ever ything a farmer buys will
probably increase considerably before long If
the Increase has not already begun Whether
agricultural products advance III proportion
~ not rigid economy IN expenditures will
lie prudent. The experience VI tile pnat fnw
years ought not tn he soon forgotten Every
TOOL. implement. machine VI appliance about
the rrelnIaee should be used and preserved
With care. aud hnfure anything II purchased
III may well hn considered If Ii cannot he pro
H,lnei VI made VII home Then the money
may he douhly saved, fer the needed article
may 10 had without much cost. aud the
money II would have required will he still "
the pocket,
srtNnRy MATTERS -Mz
Every kind Ut litar aud waste matters. ey
nppt weeds In seed may he gathered and
spread III tie yards Abundant litter tpr the
stables and pens will ha valuable. Htraw II
worth too much To be tfndden under foot u
the straw and chaH after thraahlng are In
the way. bug some thin stears nr take some
cattle fnr feeding I'll shares. hut give some
| thing besides the straw.
"A general cleaning np about the barns. sta
| bles, house and gaftlen Will give things neat
| and comfortable disappearance. A good arrange
mpnt fol Watering stock IN winter may now
tho thought If. Poultry and other animals fni
fattanlng should ID put ,ip III once. keepoval
only such fowls as are. profitable. 0ea' All
stock from Fnrmtn, carhnlte soap may an Tot
| COWS. calves and rigs. and catholic powder
| FOR poultry Lastly, bit by TIL means least,
every farmer should provide himself With
pals of good rubber boots and q rubber coat
| Tn protect himself In storms and preserve biz
health during the winter
FRUIT GROWERS MASINIs.
t. Where fruit trees pre 10 he planted plnw
the land beforehand. harrow we'll. and enrich
| with manure.
/ j rlant either apling M fall II ~ the fall
after tile leaves fall. IN the spring, before they
arrnar.
| 4 Snlnrt few varieties and allch as are
known ID he large bearers IN naighhnfina
orchards An abundance 1T secund-rate ia
bn,te, than "a seantr Yield nf tirst-ratn fruit
/ If thetn is a good nursery neal by 60
there South rather than North
4 T. Go Yourself. select healthy trees, take
none hut tluan with AL abundance uf tthlnna
roots. Keep the roots from getting dry Take
i home and plant
4 d Trim the branches tn correspond 10 the
shortened roots sat the trees the exact depth
they stood In the nursery row. spreading out
the roots evenly. and pressing mellow earth
firmly about them Shake each tree :, :.
H "A Make A diagram of the orchard and file
=, Keep the trees worked around for sls or
eight years. keep Dtlt tho hpIefs, keep tile
trees trimmed In good shane, fertlllaa every
| year OF two.
Il n When the trees come into bearing get the
orchard III with grass. turn III the hogs IL cat
the wprmy fruit and roof M the soil. u q
tree dies Ut gets sick. plant another.
SAVING CRAFTS
Crafts are eut in autumn. after the fall d
the leaf nr hi winter and can hn preserved "
nth until wanted for use. tions should In
varlahly he ut firm we'll tipaned wood. taken
from the upper branches OF healthy, v'goI-
pus tree A medium sized shoot or oinn,
when sound and well maturnd serves the nur.
pose IL which II Is nut much better than &
larger one that is unripe aud pithv. Barry
advises. when cnns arc designed fnr root,
grating early IN the spring in the house. tt
bury their lower nntls ~ earth III n cool ary
cellar. but II wanted FOR outdoor grating, II
ID recon nnnlad they he buried In dry sand
soil In pit on the north side ~ wall NJ
fence and deeply covered with earth drawn
IN In a mound tn throw oft the water IhaY
are Titus kept perfectly dormant until used.
and not SO dry ne IL shrlvel the back.
~ DISTANCES ron GRAPES.
The strong growing American grapevine
!, must have ample space I'D grow Ihny may
he restricted for a few years aud bear ma1es
rrpus but when they arc older they ahnnlf
have a full chance Ia grow out their full arms
The late VIM. A, Inlerhill. ST Grutnn Point
N y. showed ua part of HE twantY-yaai
n isabella VINEYARD where he had allowed tht
Il vines to extend owe, a roadway. giving then
I aomn sixteen feet more room. Tie improve
Y mnut In the eron was striking. MIR Hood
4 III Ontario. planted Iancnrds aiS feet apat
II each way They bore little fruit. The spring
4 | III the seventh Year ha took out every alter
nate vine. and then had fine crop. He tried
n similar experiment on n large IataWEt
vineyard planted eight feet apart. the result
\ was greatly Increased quantity Vt cranes
g lie alao stated that Concord vines naverln1
! twenty four In twenty-alEht feet tEnllis. cat
L riad by actual measurement more grapes
than any adjoining vines twelve feet apar
Q aiid nrcupying the same extent nt tfe'lis. Al
y experienced grape grower has Just stated Y
D ua that lie had planted hia vines twelve ien
! apart. aud the OLD vines being thus thinned y
u one half III number, gave a much better ornl
] than the whole did before We might CIT
u many other cases all showing the Import
y ance Ut giving ample space to strong grow
era Aud one other precaution should AWAY
y ha observed never to allow the vines tnnVel
y hear. thin out the numerous hnnehes we III
4 not now hear vinayaraista, aa formerly. hnaa
/ Of the many tons OF grapea they have ralse'
= To an acre. as they have learned that the f,ui
% Ia better aud the vines lass exhausted. VINE
Il the thinning has been properly done l1outl
= try Ientleman,
HENS Ar GlTH pEsTRoYElis.
II Hnrnhams now poultry book givoa the fol
lowing The French peasants have y move
,r mode of fesatinr their fowls and at the sam
J. time destroying the common gruhWotm WI
~ which, In some dlstriots. their land Is litetaii
d "alve" In early spring, and IT which ueat "
II farmer there thus ride himself; When tn
1t blowing II being done n large COOP OF hnS
t. placed upon wheels and filled with advance
Il chieRcne and fowls, forty. nifty ~ hnndrs
In each. aud this vehicle is taken TO the new
II blowing fields aud follows tho nren 'nrroW'
vi The fowls arc let out III the peramhulatin
epnra AZ soon ~ the ground Ia turned owe
for given apaoe, and they arc quietly bus
III gobblin4 tip the mYr'ada nf Hruhwotm
" thrown to The surface by the pillow. gorgin
II themselves with these rare pickinEa. Of White
~ they seem inortlinately fond Tho coop
~ moved on as the birds advance behind "
., plowman. and the fowls feed constantly q
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