Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-27
Journal Devoted to Agriculture, Liye-stoe,


Jued there will be a little moisture ooze ont
DeVeen the bark and the wood: bnt If in.
)ufd the whole cut across will look dry.
ne blackberry requires just the same at
tenon from the knife as the raspberry.
Ie strawberry, though not bush, re.
guns sort of pruning, in this that we
oust to thin out some of the runners as
soohs the ground becomes dry enough to
allo Of working among the plants without
pashg or pudding the soil.
1, grape requires more art in trimmino
andaus there have arisen men who make
graz pruning quite an art. Nine-tenths of
the Professional pruners are but humbues.
mower. II they be asked why they cut
on y preferred plan, they don't know
Dut is their way" But to have good
beang vines there must be good strong
Wo1of last year, and so the weaker wood
snod oe cut away and the stronger wood
a lle shortened just as we would cut in
theposeberry or raspberry. Again, in the
gfavlne there is great tendency to have
It's longest shoots on the top of the vine:
andnless this be checked in time there will
De little good bearing wood down with
IN reach. Hence, good grape-trimmer
looIwlth much suspicion on the vine which
hasfew strong leading shoots, and nosh-
inglt small spray along the main stem.
Heay not like to sacrifice all his hopes of
fruoy cutting away all these top-growths:
out there be no chance of good strong
wopushing out unaided near the ground,
ne very likely to cut away one-fourth or
evene-half of the strong top-shoots in
oFto encourage the vine to push out
vpous low growth. It may be that this
y done In some cases last year. in which
hf may be now vigorous canes pushing
lou|oW down on the vine. When this
chaeshappens it is often question wheth-
81 notas we'll to cut away all the old
"o,hboye those new shoots. Butall these
arg testions which can only be decided
"i'ife vine before one. The great thing
~ remembered is to cut out weak
orallcNs, and to so cut the others that eyery |
p"'s the cane shall be encouraged TO
push " vigorous fruit-growing branches.
Inc I'm and cherry are much like the
o"' q'ept that we never knew any to
'Dufe t'fpselyes by overbearing of fruit;
!, ,ue 'heyften bear great ugly knots, and
nese espeally gust be cut away. We be-
'e'e = thlls persistently done year after
e'r, there fll be found few knots to trouble
NC 10 tlml The knots come into most
eopie gaffns once in a while, whether
'ey arc gov truit-groWers or not; but
10y senerallA come to stay only with the
Ay ''i'a siiiltRs. They soon seem to tire
ae'' a' illdusfous man gets after them.
1As 'oi the aple-the prince of, f'uits-it
30 receives noreat benefit from the prun-
g kuite. Weakened wood sicl, wood
''''i "ooa' calipe cut away, and where
y sisolous ieiuef are too numerous some
'y pe removed. Nd trees that have over
'rne, or from any tluse become .stnnted
4y W partially heafd off, msshapen ugly {
'es may pe cut heraor there in order to I
'ce out some brandes where none are s
turally produced tli forest OF suckerinc {
F"y "hict often comdput along the main a
anches OF bearing trees giving the appear i
ce to the tree Of beinga gigantic crows Y
50 may De CUT out. Bgond this the ap-
'-tlee may be let alone to grow pretty
'ch in its own way.-drn,anto,vn 1sze- n
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GRATING WlX.
ne proportions we use are: four parts Of fl