Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-07-09
FARM AND GARDEN,
Topics of General Utility to the Husbandmau
How to Grow Grapes.


before the La Crosse Horticultural So
ciety on grape growing. OF the diff
ferent. ways of preparining the ground
he said the best way is to make a
trench twenty inches deep and lay the
soil on the down-hill side (supposing
it to be on slope). Then put wood
mold, leaves and small twigs on the
bottom of the ditch. Begin another
similar trench on the other side, throw
ing the earth into the first trench,
continuing in this manner until the
ground is all spadcd over alike,
Mark your ground for grape vines
in rows eight feet apart each way.
Dig the holes for the roots in the fall
before the ground freezes, as the soil
thrown out will be much better for
the new roots after it has been frozen
and thawed. Make the holes from
fourteen to sixteen inches deep and
eighteen inches across. In setting
the roots. the following spring. see
that mellow rich soil is placed next
them and packed firmly.
In setting, put one bud just below
the surface and one bud above. Early
planting is advisable, as il insures
better growth.
The above is for heavy soil.
For light and sandy soils make holes
two feet square, put the best top soil
on one side and the lighter soil on the
other. Procure enough heavy muck
to ill the hole one foot deep. Leaye
the hole open until spring. then set
the roots as above, taking care to put
the best soil next the plants.
The first and second years cut down
to two buds and keep the soil clean.
The third year, if you have two canes,
cut one down to two buds and the
other to four, five or six, according to
the strength of the vine. Also the
third year will be the time to set posts
or build trellis to sustain the vines.
The best time to prune is in Novem-
Der and Decemper. Then select the
shoots according to the fruit buds.
The third year is also the time to
trim the roots. Open the soil about
the vines, and with sharp knife cut
all the roots within four inches, from
the top down, then put the soil back
in its place.
In cultivating use four-tined fork
instead of a spade. The spade cuts
too many roots, while the fork goes
between the roots and loosens the
soil; and cultivate at least once every
year and keep down the weeds will
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Transferring Bees.
1t IS impossible to reap much bene
fit from bees in common box hives
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we must have our bees in movabl,
comb hives. But the question arises
"How can this be done when our bee
\ are In box hives?" Well, | will en-
I deavor to tell you: Procure YOU
movable comb hives, wait until tn,
bees commence to make honey from
the early plant bloom; then on som,
warm day take hive off the stand
smoke the bees so as to cause them Il
fill themselves with honey, which
they will do in a few minutes, thel
they will be perfectly peaccable ant
will not offer to sting. Lay the hiv,
down on the side; remove the top o
the hive; blow few puffs of smoke il
one end of the hive, and the bees will
come out the other into box you hav,
prepared for them to enter. Whel
they are all out, take one side of th,
| hive off (and you must be very careful
or you will spoil a great deal of comb)
| cut all the pieces of comb with cas-
knife, or honey knife if you hav
| one. Place the comb in the house 81
that the bees will not bother you il
your work, for you have considerable,
to do yet and will not care about bein,
bothered with the little fellows. Nov
| you will need cup of melted beeswax
pencil brush, and lots of tin clamp
to hold the comb in place in the frame
| You can fasten small pieces in tn
frames with wax and the large one
| clamps. After you have the comb al
in the frames, place them in the hive
place the hive where the old one use,
to sit, take up the box of bees an,
shake them on top of the frames an,
they will glide down between tn
combs. When they are out of the way
so you will not smash them, place tn
cover on and they will go to wor
Neutrality-suspicious. and Farm
Growing Corn.
AS soon as the condition of the sol
and season admit, prepare the au
tumn blowing by cultivating or har
rowing thoroughly, thus securing
fine and mellow seed bed. / the
plant in check rows, with the two
horse planter set to drop three to fou
grains to the hill. / harrow thor
Oughly at least once before the corn
up. The after cultivation is done wit
the two-horse cultivator; one with six
teen shovels preferred. / cultivat
deep and close while the corn is small
shallower and farther off as it get
larger. There is no fixed rule as
the number of civilizations corn re
quires. 1t is safe to say that it ough
to be worked often enough to keep tn
ground mellow and free from weeds
until the corn is about to tassel, whe
it should be discontinued. By plant
ing in rows, the cultivation is NOR
completes; the entire soil being stirred
every particle is made to do its work
when drilled, small strip in ever
row is allowed to become hard, rot
bing portion of the cultivated sol
besides favoring the growth of weed
that can be reached only by the hoe
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