The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-04-22

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ture of lifetime. to replace the repulsive
evidences of disease with the glow Of health,
and thus render beautiful the face Of man or
woman, is to deserve the gratitude of man
That Cuticure externally applied, with a
proper use of the Cuticura Soap, and the in
speedily and permanently the worst forms of |
skin and scalp diseases, with loss of hair, |
think I have fully demonstrated. Grand cura-
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dealing poisons Mercury, arsenic, zinc and |
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Testing New Varieties.
Every season several new varieties of |
fruit, vegetables, or grain are brought |
out, with statements of their wonder |
full yields, and sold at e1tortionate
prices. Not unfrequently ten dollars is |
charged for a sickly grapevine that has |
been rooted but one season, while from
one to five dollars is asked for q pound
Of potatoes. New varieties of corn and |
wheat generally sell for one dollar per
pint. A few years ago the Wild Goose
plum was advertised as very product
i've variety, that was proof against the
attacks of the curculio. Many thou
sands of these trees were sold in this
vicinity at q dollar each, and some per-
sons purchased enough to set q con-
siderable orchard. It is safe to say
that not one plum has been raised for
every ten trees planted. The career of
the ever-bearing strawberry was very
similar. As q rule, the nearer an article
comes to being entirely worthless, the
higher is it extolled and the greater is
the price demanded for it.
These new candidates for favor,
whether planted in the field, garden, or
orchard, are always the object of spe-
cial interest. They are cared for and
treated like sickly infants. No atten-
ton is denied them. When the sun is
hot they are shaded, when the wind
blows they are sheltered, when the soil
is dry they are watcred, and, if thought
beneficial, mulch is applied; the best
location and soil are selected for them,
the best manure is obtained, incorpor-
ated with the soil, and used as q top
dressing. Their cultivation is never
neglected. A pillow will answer to work
among the ordinary crops of the farm,
but the hand-hoe is employed for cult
waiting the1 high-priced novelties. A
potato of new variety will be out with
a penknife into as many pieces as there
are eyes, and each planted in hill by
itself. The sprouts from this potato
will receive as much attention as all
those that spring from bushel of some
old variety.
1t would be strange indeed if pota-
toes, or for that matter any vegetables.
grains, trees, bushes, or vines, planted
and tended in the manner just de-
scribed, were not productive. 1t would
also be strange if the quality of the
products was not excellent. Extra
culture will show itself in the increased
yield and improved quality of the vege-
table products, and it will make but
little difference in this respect whether
the varieties be old or new. Farmers
who pay dollar for pound of potatoes
or for pound of seed-corn are natural
ly DESTROYS of multiplying them as fast
as possible. They are generally anxious
to have some seed to dispose of the
next season, and to have a considerable
amount to plant for themselves. For
this reason they adopt the forcing sys-
tenn and witness the usual results.
They are rewarded for their pains by an
enormous yield, while the quality of the
products is excellent.
It must be admitted, however, that
this method of procedure affords no
test of the value of the plants cult
waited. An old and almost worthless
variety of the same plant might, and
probably would, prove very productive
if subjected to the same culture. Vari-
cites of plants, to be profitable and
worthy Of general attention, must be
tolerably productive on common soil
and under ordinary cultivation. To as
certain how new variety of plant
compares with an old one, it is neces-
sary to place both in the same kind of
land, at the same time, and to give
them equal care and attention. In no
other manner can the comparative value
of plants be tested. If it is desirable,
as it generally is, to bring the yield of
the new variety up to the highest point
possible, then some old varieties must
have equal benefits by way of favorable
location, excellent soil, high manuring,
and careful cultivation.
Most new varieties of plants are not
tested in the true sense of the word till
after they have been introduced several
years. After they have become quite
plenty and are sold at about the same
price as old varieties are, they are
planted and cultivated in the same way.
Then, and not till then, are their COM
parative values known. 1t is often the
case that some variety that acquired a
marvellous reputation when it was first
brought out is declared to be unworthy
of cultivation as soon as it is cultivated
in the same way as old varieties are. It
is to be regretted that more sound COM
mon sense is not employed in the
matter of testing new varieties of plants.
The amount spent by farmers in obtain
ing and propagating new varieties of
plants is enormous, and in large pro-
portion of cases no equivalent is re-
ceived for the Chicago Times
What Better Evidence
Could the people ask to substantiate the mer-
its of DR.. Pierce's Family Medicines than the
fact that they have not only yearly grown in
demand for them has become sogreat as to ne
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gland, that these blessings to the afflicted may
be dispatched from the greatest commercial
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Consumption, which is but form of scrofulous
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