The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Orchard :and rearden Notes.


trees from one to six years old on the
grounds of the Iowa agricultural college.
and at the end of the season il was
found that the distance between the
tacks had not increased thus illustrat-
ing the fact, familiar to botanists. that
tree trunks do not elongate.
Avoid hollows, ravines and any sponpy
black land. Even if well drained. such
land grows trees which are likely to be
succulent and short-lived. Gold air set
ties in the hollows, which are colder
than the hills; For an orchard, choose
land that is high or relatively high.
The land may slore in either direction.
ihere Is not much choice unless the
land is very steep. Professor Beal,
Michigan. ''
The Rural NeW Yorker saws: We
condemn the practice of heaping up the
earth about the stems of fruit trees as
generally recommended. Some say this
mound will steady newly transplanted
trees and will also tend to keep away
mice. The only effects of this mound.
20 our thinking, are to soften the bark
underneath, rendering il more sensitive
10 the alternations of freezing and thaw-
ing IN February and March, and to in.
uuce sprouts from the parts so covered.
:, One OF its readers sends an exchange
the following note: Out of twenty-six
witnesses 1 have examined in reference
TO The best way of managing an orchard
after the trees have matured. nineteen
OF them say the less ploughing the bet.
ter-keep in grass and clover and ton.
1ress with manure every fall. Two of
shem recommend blowing shallow every
few years to let in the air, and five of
them believe in "hog cultivation" that
is, let the hogs run in the orchard and
root up the ground as they please. All
agreed that up to good bearing age, the
cultivation of hoed crops, with liberal
dressings OF manure, was the only proper
way.
Pants are often frosted through neg
iect, and allowed to die through ignor-
ance. Those that have been quite
severely nipped may be saved if treated
rightly. An exchange says The proper
way is, when the frost has been partially
drawn out of them, naturally, to drenc6
them with cold water from fine-rosed
watering pot, and Immediately cover
again and let them so remain until they
regain their natural color. When thew
are removed clip off all such parts as are
blackened. As soon as it is discovered
that plant has been touched by frost
remove it to cool, dark room. and on
no account suffer the sun to shine on IL.
IT they can be covered so as to exclude
air as we'll as light, it is better still.
Dahllas, cannas and the like need not
be removed until the frosts are severe
enough to blacken the leaves,
Cnitivatins Roses.
have for several years cultivated
few choice roses. Last spring added
twenty to the number, and nearly all of
them l set out in three or four-inch
pots. In June plunged these into the
soil OF my flower garden; two of INV
older roses and three Of my new ones.
however, were planted directly in the
SOIL. All these roses were of the ever
blooming sort. One of the three new
roses that were set in the ground, and
only one, grew more luxuriantly and
doomed more abundantly than those in
the pots. 1t was the charming rose bon
Sstene. 1t gave me six roses in midsum-
mer, and then c new shoot sprang up
from the roots, grew very rapidly, and
pvt forth three buds, and branch put
forth two more, SO in the autumn had
nve roses eleven in alD on that tiny
oush. After potting and removing to
the house in October, 1 let it rest few
weeks and then cut off nearly all of its
leaves; from the shoot referred to re-
moved every one. At this time. two
weeks later, there are vigorous shoots
more than an inch long, with three buds
already peeping forth, where 1 cut OIL
the leaves.
Several years ago was forced to strip
my bushes of their leaves, not knowing
then how otherwise to get rid of the
aphls, though | have since proved the
virtues OF hellebore Soon after thus
dtespoiling the plant, it would repay nv
harshness by putting forth new shoots
at the leaf-ioints, crowned with buds.
some people are 80 careful of their bar
fen rose plants that not leaf must he
cut Off, net branch pruned, SO thew
have naught but the unsightly bush to
care for, whereas, if they would cnt
down the old wood, they might be re-
Warded by new growth. A good rich
soil is quite as essential as pruning
also moisture and sunshine. [ have
seen people who have became discourap-
ed because their new rose plants dron.
ped their leaves. No matter how green |
the stalk, they exclaim, "My rose bush |
is dead "and by neglect they soon kill |
1t. Had l pursued the same course.
several OF my choice plants, that have
yielded lovely roses two months after
setting out, would have been failure.
so long as there is life in the stalk there
is hope that it will put forth and bud. -
NJ. ID. W., in Viok's Magazine.
Value of Apples or Fodder.
The value of apples for fodder for
farm stock is one point on which all
stock-growers agree who have had an
opportunity of giving this fruit trial
IN connection with other rations. The
chief objection to apples for this purpose
the liability of animals choking on
them-disappeared with the introduc.
ton of root-cutters. and farmers, espe- |
cially those operating in climates which |
forbid grass during the entire year, are
the area devoted to orchards.
with view of disposing of any surplus
amount as fodder. Some of our pro. |
dairymen, indeed, go further,
aud urge apple culture as necessary
adjunct to the dairy business, SO
thoroughly convinced are they that
apples given to milch COWS in connection
with feed rich in nitrogen, during the
winter season, impart to their milk a
rich flavor, and to the butter a color akin
to that gained from grass. Where soil
and climate are adaOted tn tbano tbara