The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-12-25

IN tDlaCK Derf1eS, SGOue y SI1hTQJ III sGue
hardest \ Snyder next, then in order
Taylor, Wallace, Agawam, " achusetts
Kittatinny i Lawton, Brunton's Early
Harvest and CRYSTAL White the last
fyeiwere dead to the snow line, except
where protected by; ttiimb Der. Stonet
Hardy, Snyder, Taylor and Wallace
are all hardy enough for this locality
Wallace is the largest and best il qnalia
ty Of the hardy sorts. Among red
raspberries, Marlb borough, Cutnbert
Turner and Lost Rubies were hardy
Shaffer suffered some for the first time
October Work IN the Orchard and Garden
Protecting Trees. All trees standing
in or near turf land should have amound3
Of fresh soil or 3 manure q foot high
around the trunks, to protect them:
from mice during winter, which, nexi
to rowing cattle, destroy more trees thar
die from any other cause. Any mulch
or weeds should be 4 first removed, Of
the mice may burrow under the soil
and girdle the trees below the surface
n Tender raspber1ies and BLACK berries
should be bent over and covered with
soil to protect them from severe winters,
This seems to the novice; like q formida.
BE undertaking but let him put on an
old pair Of gloves, q stout coat, and with
"a man with q spade to help him, it can
be very easily done. n ow, with the
gloves on, take hold of all the canes 81
the hill and ,draw them close together;
then, with q hard pull, start the roots d
little; at the same time beni1 over the
crnes, and have the man throw on inst
soil enough to hold them down. Then
if the plants are in rows, the work NAV
be finished with; the plough, throwing
up q furrow on each side; for, If irregu.
larly planted, by Throwing sona soil
enough to- completely cover all the
canes andsmake q little mound over the
roots. TO insuresa crop Of fruit every;
year, this must be done with all the;
tender kinds, even such as Synder,s
|Wachusett and Taylor's Prolific black.
berries; y and Turner, Guthbert and,
Caroline raspberries are much benefit
ed by the protection. Before this, ia
done all old fruiting canes must be res
moved. 90 n
Grapeyin may be pruned at any
time after the leaves have fallen al
though the work is generally more
prof tably5 done later, For during the
warm days Of winter. I4.5s
Planting. IF trees, shrubs add yines
can be planted before Nov. 10, now ia
the bess. time to plant ;;bnt it they grow;
late so that the wood is not well ripenedi
at that date, planting should be deferred
until spring although the work Of dig
ging holes and making every thing ready
may continue until the ground freezes.
Ifthe trees are to be planted in turf
land land they will succeed, il properly
treated, as well as it set in plougheds
land and the soil cannot be cultivated,
let the holes be dug. several times larg-
er than needed for, the spread of roots
after the hole has been filed up enough
to cover the roots one Or two inches
deep, one or two handsfnl sof some good
phosphate will be found Of great bene-s
1T; but do not put lit in contact with
the roots. When planting lis done,
mound foot high should be made
around the trunk to keep the air from
working down to the roots By the sway
ing Of the tree IN the wind Grape
vines and small shrubs may be covered
up entirely for prot ection from cold .#
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