Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-02-23
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BEST TIME FOR PRIISfSo


:" The frequent injuries and occasion
ri mistakes made as To the best time 70,
pruning orchard trees, induces us to re
eur once more to the subject. 10 sbov
that no fixed or blind rule can be adopt
81, applicable alike to all conditions
Inc effect OF reducing tn branches. OF
OF cutting them back. IL most conspicu
ousiy shown in young ire y, and mos,
OF all In those which re newly trans
planted. a newly SGT tr ,e, which. Ia,
its shoots shortened I o )unter balauc.
the necessary mutilai On Of roots, will
Do improved or accelei at,d In growth II
tnls pruning Is done in spring before
CROWN commences, or before the buds
b'gin 10 open but 1t will be seriouslv
checked IL the work In done later.
The effect thus exhibited in you,o
trees shows the principle which governs
grown In larger trees connected with
pruning at the different times. Ii is
most strikingly exhibited in all newly
transplantcd rees most of all in
young cherry trees, which are severely
checked by summer pruning and often
killed by 1t; and least of all in peach
trees, which have more power TO re-
cover from any check given but even
THESE should not be pruned In sum
mer, unless the work IL slightly
done, OF unless In trees of great vieor
OF growth where some check will do
them no harm or sparinRly In young
nursery trees tn reduce them TO shane.
The most common difference of opip.
ion among orchard hts, 10 in relation &c
pruning bearing trees. There Is suffi
cient mass In large trees to supply
growth TO new shoots with less check
than in smaller trees, and a rule com.
monty adopted IL to prune in Jnpe.
when the wounds will soonest heal
over, and there will be less exudation
of sap. This rule will answer for such
trees AS are growing rapidly. and
which will bear some che OK But it IL
not adapted TO trees of slow or feeble
growth. The same principle controls
growth in large trees as in newly set
young trees, az already explained.
although less in degree.
The summer wound may heal over
soonest, but IL does not always leave
tho tree in the best condition. Expert.
rnents made some years ago, by cutting
OIL a liinb IN every month, showed
after "A growth OF five years by cutting
into each, that the central wood was
least Il =cayedin the trees which were
pruned III February and March, and
most 80 in thos@ cut In June and July.
Tbe winter made wounds dried ana
hardened best. This experiment /.
easily repeated, and 1t may give useful
Information to orchardists IL ofteper
tried. Bnt It should be remembered
that in all such experiments that heavy
pruning at one time Ia YER desirable
GETTING HORSES INTO CONDITION.
Condition In horses Is not fat-far
from tit is hard, tough, elastic muse le
which may be actively worked with.
out tirink the horse, without sweating,
and without exhaustion of the vita
forces, I'm less the exercise Is utterly ex.
cessive. a horse out of condition Is ex-
hausted by n half mile or a mile trot
comes III putting and breaks out In a
sweat, VIII lie one In condition returns
all the fresher in appearance for having
his blood stirred. What makes the
uiherence Proper feeding, good
grooming and regular work or exercise.
and enough of it. All exercise tires The
muscles brought into playa tired IN us-
Gle needs feed ing. The feed for the mus.
Gle is digested I, cd.
After any muscle has been taxed IL ID
Tor come time In a condition to appro.
PIRATE from the blood the proper ele-
ment TO build itself up and Increase its
strength. When horse IL fed imme-
dtately before labor, the food remains
uudieested until labor ceases, and then
Is nADie 10 DO marin. All hOrs6mcn
know that horse should not have "A
feed OF grain when warm or until he
has cooled oil, yet when they start q
Dorse Of TO any kind OF hard work b.
fore his food han time to digest he Ii
liable Ia be injured by It. After labor,
~ soon rs horse co0ls off and in rested,
the blood, which the use of the muscles
drew 10 tie extremitics, return and Is
ready 10 take active part in the work
OF digestion Then In the time to feed.
To get horse rapid ly into condition
he should De vel! worked or exercised
according TO his strength when
brought in, vigorously rubber OFT and
down. and when dry, cool and rested,
fed. His food should DO good hay when
his appetite is sharpest, followed by
grain (oats) which IN quality should
be unexceptionable, and in quantity
Rauged according TO the work ne does
Fat will sweat of, IN uscle will not. A
fat horse il liable to Indigestion, sun,
stroke, cold, hatulence (colic), and
ever 30 many other ills, which q horse
in condition is not only free from, but
II properly fed and cleaned, and work
ed IL not liable TO get. 1t is usually
poor economy to reduce either food or
exercise.
PLASTER AS A FERTILIZER.
Plaster consists of lime and sulphurio