The National tribune., 1883-02-01
RURAL TOPICS.
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers.

hSiIaltui"I N'"u'Io'
FL in the Country GeuVe1Gn. saws that
the patent granted 10 Weber and ScDyile. the
chemists who have been so successful in sugar
making Al Champaiuu Illinois. is simply the
application Of bone black STEERING processes 10
The seEi.situp af.cr IL has BEEN defeated by
lime NJ boiling heat. and there after reduced ia
4 steam coil heated tank 20 p Baumv Tho
difficulty heretofore in making sugar from sor-
gaum has been the gum. which has resisted
every att-mp. at SCI agat.0n. and the patent
covers the first successful, attempt in that di-
rcCt5ou. Bat th.sr chemists have also dlSCuy-
Cryd another Important fact IN DELEGATION
When the juice. si.gr being defeated IN the
ordinary manner. !, introduced 10 close vessel
TUs subjected 10 steam M ~ nearly COM
I...c a.lgu-ian takes place. part OF which IS
supposed so zee duo 10 The considerable pressure
og tav liquor ga4 la.t 10 the extra 2l- OF heat
From j:l"se ;rr'srt appears that the successes at
Champaign are t"'~' = due 10 the inventive
skill OF she TIyateos. and that unless these
several lroc -aoS ave controlled by skIlitul
chemists. with complete apparatus ut command.
sorghum sugar makers Will .1iI hereafter. Is
hitherto. when undertaken by ordinary I'M
skilled persons.
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vines which have been trimmed. thiurcd, tied
UP and carefully tended during summer.
The reason for these results IS easily found.
All OF our best varieties Of grapes are more or
less subject IL loss Of foliage ~ mildcW: mil
dew ) prevented by shelter and protection.
The foliage and branches OF trees Afford this
protection 40 vines which run up and through
tatln. and vines Oh trclllses which are entirely
lat alone curing .um.Her make such an aDund-
oJhei- 50 thai, although the OUTSIDE leafeS
su.fcr, they protect Others below, and thus
enough -" retained TO Hlatur" crop. But,
on tie other hand, when vines on tTcilise5 are
constantly Subjected 20 trimming and pruning
during summer. late:a.s removed and branches
neatly tleC up, the success o. the crop depends
upon the healthy action OF comparatively few
leaves, ana i these leaves suffer injury, the
growth Of the plant is arrested. While al this
tends TO show that summer pruning of grape
vines may Yaoitably be dispensed with, it does
not follow that winter pruning should be neg
lcctcd. Ii VIII not matter whether vines are
growing on trees or on treliises, if they are not
properly winter pruncd-od wood removed,
weak shoots taken out. and strong gToWths
Supplementary VIII soon cease to be profit
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P-oN11iS ''iiu Ia Iiii"S ID Vi 'o1ii0 ACCOUNT
ACTION OF FROST.
The process of conpeIation is cyJrious and in
fcrcst M X is well known that water when
frozen, IS expanded, and occ1pjes more space
lllal II old before and hence that ice is lighter
l., u water. and swilns upon it. IF a bottle
i'll. Of water. tightly corILed. be left 10 freeze
III. bottle will be broken for want of room for
tie ,.,.0dns:on OF the water while assuming the
solid form This Dronprty of wafer when
frozen tends every wear to diminish the beioht
Of mountains. Fissures and crayices become
filed with water duriu, fine summer and its
exhaustive power when frozen detacbes masses
Of rocks. which viii roll down TO lower posj-
tens. In its more moderate and minnie eli, cts
the orcration Of this General law is productive
Of = very beneficial consequence 10 The farmer
and gardener. for the hard clods of Turned mn
soil are Iooscned and broken into pieces bv the
e,.pqpsiou of wafer which tbe,y contain when
frozen. The earth is pulverizcd and brought
to Eneiy DIVIDED condition Tor receiving seed.
Hence me utility Of turning up strong or clay
soils 10 be acted upon by the irosts OF winter,
thus saving mechanical labor III trying to ac-
compllsE what the natural forces can do SO
cheaply ana so wei.
CUTTING CRAFTS. &C.
A CORRESPONDENT. who Sims himself w Man
teneU. but gives no further address states That
although nUrserv1Den may find il convaniort
To emf their crafts inst befra ,t,.r and stCre
tbam safely fn~ use he finds tbat i hcttar
for farmers TO cut their scions inst a. tbo, mood
them and that sncI, ora So tJcated riIir1aI
q mucb more yiaorGIs nrorytb tbaT thoeo ,,+
and stored durip6 winter He fndS tba+ roosnO
berry and current cuttinos Who, ect o1,+ 81,
in tbe fall viii he vcII-root.d 1Io,'te Nv +I,o
following spring Cranes he nr,fers n st ont
just as they begin TO grow. He thinks that