The National tribune., 1882-08-19

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mixed with the oats Draper & Hall, VIII
are feeding about 800 horses, give corn onl.
IN the fall and winter. Very few of th
stable-keepers give cut feed.
Ventilation and drainage of stables receiv,
much attention, for on the perfection of boil
very much of the health and well-being o
the animals depend. The new stable of tn,
South Boston Company is considered to b.
very perfect in its sanitary conditions. Al
the floors are of brick, laid in cement, those
In the stalls having a slight incline to tht
rear, so that the urine may run into gutter
which extends the whole length of each sec,
ton and empties into the sewer.
Water is arranged so that the stalls can be
washed out with hose or the cutters flooded
at any time In each section is watering
trough made of iron, which only holds five
quarts, so that If horse comes in very hot
and, through inattention of the groom, gets
at the water, he cannot drink enough TO do
! him harm. When the horse is allowed TO
drink as much as he desires, the turning OF
a faucet keeps the trough full to the top as
fast as it drank up. The arrangements for
warmth as well as ventilation are very per-
feet, while all draughts of air are carefully
excluded.
a FRAGRANT ROSE. H. W. Ellwanger
says: Not one of the least qualities we de-
sire in rose is fragrance. In this regard all
classes must do homage to La France, the
sweetest of all roses. Compelled to choose
one variety, this should be ours To be sure
1t is rather tender, but it can easily be pro-
tected, and so winter safely. 1t does not
always open well, but it is a simple matter
to assist 1t, an operation not practicable with
most varieties that DO not open perfectly. If
La France does not develop well, by pressing
gently with the finger the point of the bloom,
and then blowing into the centre, the flower
Will almost invariably expand, the pent-up
fragrance escape, and almost intoxicate with
delight our sense of smell.
PEACHEs.-Mr. Julius Harris, of Ridge
way, n. Y, has twenty-five acres of peach
orchard, which he plOws early in the spring,
then cultivates freely and thoroughly with
asprlng-tOoth harrow as long as he can drive
through the orchard without iniuring the
fruit, then rolls it thoroughly, and, when
dry, rolls 1t both ways; manures, once in
three years, at the rate of six cords of COM
mon barn-yard manure to the acre; trims
the trees each spring, and thins the fruit
when about the size of chestnuts For re-
suits, he has four good crops out of five
years, with one small crop the fifth year.
PEAR-TREE BLIGHT.-In the proceedings
of the Western New York Horticultural
Society we find the following note on pear
blight: The writer of thisreport has young
pear orchard of between two and three hun |
dred trees, all Bartletts, which were attacked |
by fre-blight in the summer of 1879, Just as |
they arrived at the bearing age; some few of |
them were killed, root and branch, but as a |
general thing, by promptly cutting off the
branches near the bodies of the trees, the
disease was stopped at that point The
blight was so prevalent that very few trees
n the orchard escaped being affected, and
1e was compelled to cut the entire top off of
learly all of them. This was In June, and
hey all made short growth of new wood
hat season. Having heard of what is called
he Saunders Remedy which consists of
me peck of lime, one ounce of carbolic acid,
nd two pounds of sulphur, made into a
hick whitewash, he applied that to the
hran Of la or
his orchard about the first of June the next
vear, and not a twig was affected by blight
n the whole orchard that season. The same
emedy was used last June as before, and he
ost not single tree, though it must be
tated that the tops Of some of them were
affected above where the wash
vas applied; but In no case was tree in
ured below the point where it was put on.
While In all neighboring orchards the blight
vas very destructive. From this he is en-
to think that there may be some
1rtue IN this remedy, and would recon-
1end its application twice in the season
nee about April 18th all over the tree with
force pump, or some other way, and again
bout June 1st to the trunk and main l
ranches, put on quite thick with white
7ash brush. This wash has been recon-
lended for many years, but your committee
elieve it has never been thoroughly tried
any rate they never have heard that any
ne had done SO and failed of success with it.n
The writer of the above is mistaken in the
opposition that the remedy has neUer been
OrOughiy tried. 1t was very thoroughly >
led for several years before it was public
ly recommended, some twelve or fourteen q
oars ago. y
AS it acts merely in mechanical manner
le coating of wash preventing the fungus =
ON attaching itself TO the bark, it can have +
, effect whatever upon branches or twigs n
1T coated. But when the trunk and main y
ranches are thus protected, and prompt T
mOval Of shoots which are attacked per ~
stently followed, the blight becomes a mat il
r OF no great importance as an evil in or r.
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