The Newtown bee., 1879-05-27
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
iaraest Orchard i,, the world.

doubtless that owned and worked very successfully by MT. Robert McKinstry,
 of Hudson, Columbia county, N. Y.
 The orchard is situated on the east bank
 of tha17 Bison river, on high, rolling tal1 lohd, and contains more than 24,- Ed0O apple trees, HOO pears, 4,O0O cher ries, 800 peaches, 200 plums, 200 crabs, ,5OO vines, COCO entrants and 200 chest nuts. The varieties grown are: Rhode Island Greening, 1000; Baldwins, 6,o00;
 King of Tomplsins County, 4,O00; AsEa-
 chans, 800; Northern Spy, 500; Wagener, 500; Gravenstem, 400; Cranberry Pip pins, 200; Ben Davis, 200; Ouch ss of Oldenburgh, 200; with Jonathans. Hub bardstons, Cayugas, Vanderveers, Pear | mains, Peck's Pleasants, Twenty ounce l Pippins, Russets, and others in less number.
 The pears are Bartlett, B. d'Aniou, Sheldon, Seckel and Lawrence chiefly.
 Of cherries there are twenty-eight vari-
 cites. The orchards are remarkable
 thrifty. and the oldest trees are about twent years old. The soil is dry, roll- | ing gravel, with some limestone; the l trees are planted twenty feet apart and l do not by any means seem to be crowded. The ground is plowed several times in
 the year and kept fallow; except when 1 thought advisable it is seeded to clover.
 The orchard is intersected by roads over six miles in length fer the passage of | wagons, and is bounded by continu-
 ous row of apple trees set ten feet apart
 for four miles and half. The apple
 crop of last year is 30,000 barrels. l ITwenty-four men and fourteen horses
 are employed hauling out the crop or in 1 blowing.
 The success ot this orchard has not | been achieved, nor has it been main tained, without the closest supervision and most industrious work. Suckers and sprouts are removed as soon as seen :; the borers are watched and followed with vigor. Wires are used to reach
 them in their burrows, and the damaged bark is removed with chisels. AS trees l fall, others are planted in their places. 1 As the market for good fruit is ex-
 tending every year, and foreign custom
 CTS are seeking supplies, the business of
 growinfi fruit cannot fail to be profitable and permanent. No other business pays l better than this for the most skillful at l tention and management; indeed, with out these, 1t is vain to expect crop I that will sell in the market for remuner- i ative prices. Good fruit sells itself, and
 the grower is soon sought for by the
 purchasers. Those who desire to take a
 lesson in things appertaining tothe busi- | ness, and to prove the truth of these 1 facts, may well study the ways and
 methods of MT. McKinstry and his orchard. .-Rural World.
 {! Root Crops.
 | The season for sowing roots, says the
 American Agrica7htrtst, lasts from May ! to September, and during the four
 months intervening variety of crops ! may be sown. The first in the season is
 mangels. of which there are several va l rieties The smaller kinds of these, al- ! though they do not yield so heavy a
 crop as the larger kinds, are more desir-
 able on account of their higher feeding | value. Several yellow -fieshed varieties of mangels have been introduced of late, which are very promising for our eli
 mate. Webb's Yellow kinver Globe, | and the yellow-feshed Tankard, are the | most popular varieties of these. The 1 flesh of these is less watery and more
 solid than that of the Mampotn Red; may be sown as late as June; of these ! Dane's Improved, and Vilmorin's Im-
 proved Sugar, are the leading qualities. | Red or blood beets may also be sown in
 June, and furnish an excellent food for | milch cows, as they have the effect of | contributing some of their high color to the cream and butter. Carrots and pars- nips will be rarely grown, on account of
 the expense of harvesting them, while beets, sugar beets, mangels, and other shallow rooted bulbs, can be grown with less labor and greater profit. After beets, | ruta-bagas may be sown in June and l early in July, and in August white tur- nips may follow. With so large a choice l of roots, there is no reason why press of work should come in the way of grow ing this valuable crop. When roots have
 once been grown successfully, there is TO
 need for advice to raise them, but only
 to mention the newer or improved varie- ties. Where as yet they have not been grown, 8 trial of an acre or less, with
 good care, will surely be well repaid,
 and will serve to establish the practice for the future.
 How to Take on n Corn.
 Fo1y |. lo about one-third of an inch wide, and
 grind off the point to the shape of a sur- geon's lancet. and pretty thin, and to a keen edge-say one-half an inch in length on both sides, then draw the edge lightly over fine whetstone or hone, just to take the keen edge off, and have the thus dulled edge perfectly smooth.
 Then commence at the outer edge of the
 corn carefully working the instrument
 under it all the time, lightly pressing the instrument up against the corn so as
 not to break the thin and tender skin
 under it. Continue this until the corn is removed. In this manner it can be
 done with no more pain than cutting
 your toe nails. Soft corns between the eOCS SdI pC iCluofCu tIfC Setiilc
 ner. The same and even less causes that produced them in the first place
 will cause them to return, but as soon
 as you discover that they are growing
 again, take them off in the same man. ner. Green operators must go slow and cautious at first, but will soon become skillful. Where there is chit or seed IaI q {. II the main corn, which it is in the major ity of cases, they can take off the main
 corn and leave the chit seeds and work