Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-05-21
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THE LEDGER
say- Until January Isl, 1886, -ass
Seventy-fve Cts.
- 9Th - tI-anan
q of Wisdom.
Always Cash in Advance.


Large grown trees should not be
within 40 feet of the building or
each other, unless you provide for
cutting out the surplus growth after
wards when they crowd.
Set out an orchard at once on the
highest eligible ground you have,
setting the trees 40 feet a part each
way.
In selecting the varieties go to
the nearest successful fruit grower
and see what varieties succeed the
best with him, and set out these.
Let there be but few stands, and
these chiefly winter varieties.
Go into no new speculation in this
matter neither be enticed by fine cuts
shown by the agents; but go to some
reliable ~nursery,and purchase young,
vigorous stock.
Set out a few grapes, as the Con-
cord aud Early Victor; cherries, as
Early Richmond and English Morel-
10; blaekberries, as the Taylor and
Snyder: raspberries, as the Turner
and Brandywine; strawberries, as
the Charles Downing and Crescent.
These varieties generally succeed;
new varieties can be added after
more experience. Set out also a few
pears, peaches, plums and ounces,
such as succeed best in your neigh
borhood.
A few ~currants, g~ooseberries, and
rhubarb plants may be added.
By so doing, you will have plenty
of all kinds of fruit for your family.
Store it up, preserve and can it;
use it freely, instead Of pork, and
you will enjoy better health, live
longer and be more cheerful and hap
Ply.
Head your trees when young to a
proper height and natural form.
Trim them mostly when young.
The greatest enemy to the orchard
is the rennd-headed borer.
A band of strong tarred paper put
around the trees next the ground, 20
inches high, is the best preventative
of injury from this pest, as we'll as
from rabbits.
When once in the trees, lose no
time in cutting them out with a
knife.
Thorough and repeated culture
should be your motto with all kinds
of fruit.
House your poultry, and do not
make your fruit trees a roosts for the
fowls.
Do not mortgage your property
when once paid for.
Keep out of debt. Pay what you
owe. Buy only what you need.
Borrow as little as possible; return
when promised, and in as good Or
der as when received.
Attend to your business. Govern
your temper. "Bridle your tongue"
If you have nothing good to say of
your neighbors, say nothing evil of
them.
Observe the "Golden Rule" sDo
unto others as you would that they
should do unto you"
Educate your children well; make
home attractive, cheerful, and agree
able.
Furnish them with good books.
Use no tobacco or aleohoI,and dis
courage its use in others.
..Mothers Should Note This"
Under this caption an old physician
writes to a Cincinnati Medical Jour-
nal that IN view OF b fact that peo-
pie living at a distance from cities
arc frequently obliged to resort to
cough mixtures already put up for
use, they should provide themselves
with only such remedies as are known
to be free from opiates, polsons and
narcotics, thus avoiding not only
danger but even fatal results. He
recommends the recently discovered
Red Star Cough Cure which analyses
and tests by various boards of health
proved to be purely vegetable as
well as prompt, efficient and entirely
harmless.
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