The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
TIE BLACK WALNUT.


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TIE BLACK WALNUT.
Within one hundred feet of this well
and in substantially the same soil, |
nuts. about eighteen inches apart, i'll
tending 10y and by to transplant them.
The NUS spron!cd and grow, but very
slowly. On the third year they were
only about three feet high, but had
very stout stems, one and a quarter to
one and half inches in diameter ut
the ground, and were strong healthy
trees. AT this stage undertook to
move them, and set my man at work
in the morning to dig them out. What
WAS my surprise on returning hone at
night to find that hc had dug at them
all day. making ditch six feet deep
and twelve or fourteen feet long, eX-
posing tap roots larger at that depth
than the trees were above ground, and
apparently extending to the lower lev
els without any signs oftapcring off.
In despair Of getting to> the bottom of
the difficulty made lin cut Off the
roots and plant the trees. But rs they
had no lateral roots whatever they all
died without exception.
The existence Of these tap roots cx-
plains the fhct that the first crop in
Frui, Vale does not seem TO be injured
by drought. In fact, the dricr the
summer the better the fruit, both in
quantity and quality, and tho greater
ihc growth Of the trees. 1t seems as if
the demand Of the leaves for water,
owing to lis absence in the air, stimu-
lated the roots to double duty, and
these invigoratcd the whole economy
of the tree. So well known is now the
tendency ofthc trees i'll Alameda coun-
ty TO form tap roots, that Mr.. James
Bailey, the principal forest planter of
Oakland, has adopted plan to encour-
age This growth. lie drives crowbar
four feet into The ground Just under
ihc tree TO be set out. This hole he
fills with fine siftcd earth, selected from
the richest top soils, and tramps it
gently. The tree planted over this
column OF rich soil soon finds it, and
its tap root follows the lead prepared
for it down into the moist strata below.
The wonderful growth attained by Mr..
l'aicy's. plantation of eucalyptus, cy-
press, pine, and hedges on the Newton
tract on the cast shore Of Lake Merritt,
III only three years, illustrates the adj
vatagcs of this mode of planting.
doubt not that it would be found bene-
fetal to use this method in setting ont
oranges, olives &c. In Los Angeles
county. Who will try it, and report the
result through your valuable paper?-
G. 4. Hopkins, tn Southern CulDor.
nia Eorttcuturht.
~ VEXED QUEsTIoN.-It will be re-
mcmbcrcd that several years ago
much excitement was caused by tic
killing Of citizen, accused of illicit
distilling, by Corporal Davis, of tho
United States army. Davis claimed
that the casualty was an accident, but
was arrested, tried in tho State court
and found guilty Of manslauyhter. A
now trial was obtained for him, how
ever, and in tho interval he was re-
leased on q bond of ST. 900 for his ap-
pcarancc at the next court. In tho
meantime hc was taken from the
State authorities by writ Of ho6eas
corpus cim cHHSH, and his case trans
tcrrcd TO the United States Court. He
Yves ordered away from the State
with his command, and not appearing
IN tho State court when called, Judge
Mackcy decided his bail bond to have
Dccn forfeited. Council for Davis and
the bondsnen took an appeal to tho
supreme Court, and that tribunal has
issued an order confirming the dccis-
ion OF tho court below. Measures arc
now being taken to got the case be-
tore the Supreme Court of the United
Stalcs.
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