The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-07-08
A HUGE APPLE TREE.

Dayton horticultural society of q
large apple tree in Cheshire, Conn.
which was supposed, no doubt errone-
ously, to be 1S4 years old. 1t stands
on the land of Delos Hotchkiss, who
is now 81 years old, whose grand
mother, when girl, played under its
branches. The body is four feet in
diameter up to the limbs, which are
five in number, and each about two
feet in diameter. The extent of
these is about thirty-six feet. The
largest apple tree which the writer
ever saw, and which was about the
same size, had a trunk which measur-
ed 3 feet 10 inches in one direction
and 4 feet 6 inches in another, four
feet above ground and the six large
limbs, from Is to "A inches in diane
ter, extended thirty-six feet in one
direction and nearly as far on the OPP
pOsite side. This tree was examined
sixteen years ago; it has since fallen
but it was supposed to be but little
over century old. 1t stood in West
chester county, n. Y.
NOTES.
The Usage orange, which is so ex-
tensively used for hedges, should re-
ceive favorable notice from those
contemplating the culture of silk. 1t
is said to be equal to the mulberry in
every respect, the silk worms keeping
in good health when fed with the
leaves, while the quality of the silk
is said to be excellent. There may,
perhaps, be no advantage in using it
in preference to mulberry where the
latter is plentiful. but as the Usage
orange can be utilized for hedges, is
hardy and may be made to occupy but
little space, it should not be over
looked. 1t may be grown directly
from the seed, or the young plants can
be procured and set out, either
method easily furnishing a hedge in
a short period.
Herbs for drying for future use,
should be cut just about the time
they are coming into flower. Dry
them in the shade, and after suffi-
GENTLY dry to put away, tie them in
punches, and hang in cool shed, or
place them loosely between paper
and stow away in cupboards or
drawers; the last mode is by far the
cleanest and most approved plan with
the best housekeepers. Some, in.
deed, powder the leave, at once after
drying, and put them away in bags,
ready for use.
1t is stated in French agricultural
journals that French cheese makers
are not satisfied unless they get from
$3.50 to 5000 per annum for each
COW. This is owing to their expert
ness and thoroughness in the manu-
facture of cheese, and each particular
agricultural district of France has
attained celebrity for the making of
some particular variety of cheese,
developing into a special and i'm
portant industry.
To can milk successfully, when
the milk is brought in and strained,
put it in to boil in a steamer, or
pail set into a kettle of boiling water.
As soon as it reaches the
boiling point and begins to bubble,
pour into glass jars already pre-
pared and heated, and screw up
Immediately. Keep it where it will
not freeze, and when needed it is al
ready for use.
Plant out few fruit trees every
year; it is the cheapest, easiest and
best way to get an orchard, for where
only three or four trees are to be
planted plenty of time and plenty of
rich soil always can be found to do
he job as it should be done, and it is
adding so much more to the value of
he farm.
One of the grand secrets in feeding
calves, as in feeding all live stock, is
70 change to any new food gradually,
md to give no more t1an will be eaten
With good appetite. Young ami
mails, too, need to be fed more fire.
luently than older ones.
In New England when the farmers
ave a low wet piece of ground that
5 not fit to sow until late, they plant
with Hungarian grass, or some of
he other kinds of millet. Millet, it
) said, can be sown at any time In
he season, and it is very profitable
odder plant if fed with care.
The Shropshire breed of sheep is
aking, or has taken, the place of the
They are remarkably
eavy for their size, aud their