Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-11
Aancaster :9ntellige1lccr.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL l.. 1883,
FARM NOTES.
Recommendation of tho Growing of 0uinces.
Germantown Telegraph.

FARM NOTES.
H.commeudstio of tho Growing of 0uinces. |
Germantown Telegraph.
As we have more inquiries as to the
best mode of growing ounces, we will
give in brief again the method we pursued
when We grew them, but have given it up |
for a number of years because we made
no use OF the fruit. The tree does not
require more room than an ordinary dwarf
pear, say eight feet each way. The orange
variety is the best, and can be grown
wherever the ground is rich and not
too wet. Along wall or board fence is
good location. The trees should be set
rather deep, and somewhat deeper than
they stood in the nursery. See at plant
ing that there are no worms in the stems
st the ground. rs we'll as little below
and above the surface. This pest will
attack every tree, aud should be carefully
ferrered out every spring and fall but 1t
will probably, with it all, get the upper
hand, and finish the tree in from Blk TO
nine years. This must be expected and
provided against-and it will DO asked
how? BY having another batch OF trees
coming on and ready to take their places.
This is better than trying to keep alive
old, sickly trees, whose usefulness is over
the fruit for market and regular custom
ers for regular customers at good prices
there will be for all that can be raised.
This is all the mystery there is in grow
ing ounces. Almost every farm has room
for from twenty to fifty trees, which, if
properly attended to, will bring in nice
purse of pin-money for the ladies Of the
family.
Tho Corn Crop Again.
As tie time for planting corn is ap-
preaching, We propose saying few words
again on the past and present cultivation
of the crop. We suppose that forty TO
fifty years ago means "Old times" In
preparing corn ground at that time diff
erent process was followed than the pre-
sent but not as we see it stated, by merely
throwing two rough burrows of nnplowed
ground together, and, after running cross
burrows to simply plant the corn on the
top of the ridge. We do not pretend to
say that this miserable way was not
pursued by some lazy or ignorant farmers,
but it was not the common way by any
means indeed, We never saw it followed,
though accustomed to notice farming for
some sixty years. This, however, was
the way mostly followed Manure and
plow the land, harrow thoroughly, then
run two opposite burrows and also
run like cross furrOwS. Planting
on the top of the little ridge by
this means made tho rows uni
form both ways, and admitted freely of
plowing and narrowing (there being no
.'cultivators" at that time,) both ways if
necessary. This plan was mere liburious
than the present one aud was more sci
entiiic." The crops produced by it Oh
good farms were as abundant as now. For
many years after the present methcd was
introduced this was continued As the best,
and that looked upon rs lacking in skill
and good sense But as 4 rulo far more
attention is paid to the crop now than
forty or fifty years ago. 1t was always
customary to either manure in the hill or
apply "plaster" after the plant had grown
two or three inches. And VIC repeat that
We have witnessed as fine crops of corn by
the old method as we have by the new.
This much We feel enjoined to say in be
half Of the way our fathers and grand,
fathers cultivated the corn crop.
A few years aco, on the strength of an
experiment or two by one of our agricul-
tural colleges, which seemed to show a
gain Of from ten to fifteen licr cent. in the
product of drilled over the hill system o:
planting corn, a number of farmers at
different points adopted the drill system,
and for ono or two seasons thought it the
best but we believe nearly or quite all OF
them have now abandoned 1t and returned!
to hill planting. We we've satisfied at tho
time of the experiment alluded tc, that Lesns
experiments much extra care had been
bestowed upon the crop, that they did not
furnish reliable information, and that the
old way could not be improved on. And
this has turned OFT to be the case. In this
section, in noticing hundreds Of corn
fields last year, we did not encounter one
that had been drilled; though there may
be still here and there one that follows
this method.
1t is SO with great many new ways and
things. They are sent forth with a loud
blast Ofthe trumpet, and they everywhere
find more or less believers, who will not
be convinced that fhey are going to make
worthless investment until they find
their fingers burnt. Farmers as well as
other people should keep their eyes wide
open as to new ways and things involv
ing money.