The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-04-20
Keep Up the Standard.

There never was a time, perhaps,
when greater necessity existed for
keeping up the standard of breeding
than the present. This arises, first,
from the strong tempta ton on the part
Of breeders to grow careless and in
different when selecting pure bred
males, because prices generally are at
q low ebb; and, in the second place,
because when margins are close there
is all the greater necessity for having
suitable animals in order to secure
profits at all. OF course the buyer of
pure bred stock cannot afford to pay
the prices given for males in former
years when the tide was in. 1t would
not be fair for those who sell to ask
It. But prices considerably above meat
values must be paid, OF there will not
be sufficient inducement for any one to
breed them. We cannot keep up the
tandard of grades properly unless we
also keep that of pure bred stock up to
high mark Tt is therefore to the in
terest Of every one having stock that
there be a plentiful supply Of good
sires. 49, ~. $5.4 e.. .. =. y.
If that unfortunate day were ever
. 20 arrive when the various live stock
associations would disband, as did the
society at one time formed to promote
the interests Of the Longhorns in
England, it would be most unfOrtu-
nate day for the world, says Canadian
Live Stock Journal. If ever the time
should come when the registration Of
full blOods would cease, the sun in the
live stock armament would go back
ward many degrees Good feeding
and careful selection would retard the
evil day, but these alone would not
suffice to prevent it. When prices are
ruling low is also a good time to Gull
out the pure bred weeds, inasmuch as
it is then so easily done. The culling
Of these weeds is always in order; but
when prices are ruling high it is much
more difficult to prevail upon owners
to adopt such a course. Breeders will
do well to stick to the ship Of live
stock progress; for unless this interest
is kept in the forefront, our farming
be. 0..., .
How to Secure Yearly Crops of Fruit,
President Barry, of the Western New
York Horticultural society, in reply to
various questions, says: I think that
the cultivation and fertilization Of or
chards, Notwithstanding all that has
been said and written about it, is not
properly understood to-day. I believe
firmly that if an orchard be thoroughly
| cultivated and well manfred, and the
fruit thinned, and this method put in
| practice every year, we can have a
good crop of fruit. Those are the great
secrets of fruit culture; you cannot put
on too much manure, nor keep the
ground too thoroughly cultivated. Is
| there any method Of pruning that will
answer as method Of thinning the
fruit? Proper pruning does thin fruit;
that is one Of the ways Of accomplish
ing thinning properly, by pruning,
which should be attended to every
year. An orchard that is not pruned
in four OF five years becomes so injured
that it is almost impossible to get it
| into proper condition again.
What has been my experience in sort
/ ing apples for the market? That is
1 another very important operation in
fruit growing that does not receive the
attention that it merits. The ordinary
| fruit grower is not particular enough
in grading his fruit to get satisfactory
returns for his sales. Our practice is
to sort out the very choicest fruit and
put it up in very small packages, and
I believe this is the course to pursue
not only with pears but with apples.
i How He Did It.
i In recent number of Farm Poultry
correspondent describes how he sue
4 ceeded in perpetuating a white spor1
! of the silver-laced Wyandotte. Seyera