The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-30
now TO MAKE FIVE ACRES PAY.

The Bal!imoi American publishes The
following: Son of our farmers boys
might induce tt sir parents to allow them
tn try the exnerimont. Select a s)ieca
>. land. convs1isntiy situated, which can
be seen from the house, if possible,
where it will not be a temptation to BIZ
peds or quadrupeds. Unless it have
natural drainage through graveIly sub
soil. under.draln it; plow following the
plow with a sub.soiler; give it good
coating Of rotten manure; p!ow again
not very deep; harrow thoroughly, and
the ground will be ready for planting
Now draw line along the north side,
and set sticks exactly thirty-two feet
apart. Draw parallel line along the
south side and set sticks opposite to
those in the first row. Set at any time
between the falling of the leaves in
Autumn and the starting OF tho buds in
Spring, whsn the ground is in readiness,
apple ire 8. thlrty-two feet apart each
way, being careful to make the rows
perfectly straight and to follow the nur.
s-ry mans direction for planting. Forty
thre. trees will plant an aors, which
should bs OF the best varitiss, an d will
cost from twenty to thirty c-nts Half
way b.tween the apple trees each way
plant dwarf pears. plu Ms, peaches, april
cots, ounces and otuer fruit trees which
bear early aud are shorter lived than the
apple tr es. S,r'y.lour OF ,hes. trees
will he REQUIRED pr acre. Small trres
are ju.t as good AS large ones, and they
cost much less. Toe kind of fruit is
more important than th- size of the tree.
Tue NJ are sixte feet apart, Half
way br'ween the rows IN every oth-r
sp.c'. plant rows of blackb rries eight
f'et apart in tho rows r,spberries ak
teet IN the rows. aud currauts and goose.
bsrri-s four feet. Over half the Geld the
roEs are now eigut feet apart Divide
th-sr eight feet spac 8 by rows of straw
berries aud other plants which will
occupy th- space for two years. Plant
th xlt-rnate sixteen feet spac and the
un0ccupie spac s 10 the rows of tire. q.
with Gitns po +to 3, beets. beans, Dab.
b.ses and Other fsd and garden crops
d .sir.d. 81 that when the planting is
done the whole LII may b. filed with
rDws four feet ap ,rt, the rows running
north aud south, that the sun M " shine
W. Soo "AN 49, 'bo sAVAdt hut VIC OtQ0E
in The af ernoon, and upon the ground
between the rows in the mldtle Of the
day. II th- Gsld 10 enclosed, let a strip
twenty to thirty feet WI 10 be left without
trees OF each end, that there may be
room for driving, turning. etc. This
strip may bs planted to potatoes or kept
In grass The alternate sixteen. feet
spaces being unoccupied after tn annual
crop is removed may be used as avenues
for driving with loads of fertilizers and
crops Tbs rows beng straight aud four
feet apart. tha whole ground can be
worked with pillow and cnltivator.
Such piece will be o source OF profit
from the first, and will increase in value
from year to year. 1t will give abun-
dance of fruit and vegetables for every
season; it will give pleasure and profit
able employment to all the members of
the family. even to the children, and will
be constant source of the best mental,
moral aud physical culture. The ordin-
ary method Of working by hand-power a
seven by nine garden patch half filled
With scrubby trees, makes head of cab.
bsgs more expensive luxury than a
bushel of berries or barrel of fine fruit
shonl1 he