Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-03-15

site machinery. The vines need good,
rich soil, plenty of water In the dry
seasons and good all-around culture
With such attention given, there is no
reason why money should not be made
in the work If there is good mar
ket for the fresh, red raspberrieS and
blackberries, 1t will pay to give them
the same good culture.
In bulletin 80 Of the New York sta
ton some additional words are given
about the use and value of electricity
in the garden and greenhouse. The
effect of the electric light upon caull-
flowers grown In the winter forcing
house proved unsatisfactory. When
the light was too close to the plants
permanent injury was done, but when
removed ten feet or so the plants had
a tendency TO stand more erect. but
otherwise the results We're no different
from those propagated in the dark
forcing houses Caulifiower as win
ter crop has proved very successful az
this station. and the same bulletin
shows that the vegetable can easily be
electric light had no beneficial influ-
ence on the caulifowers IT did favor
ably affect the lettuce and radiShes In
their early stages of growth. But as
the plants get older and reach ma
tTity the effects are less noticeable.
The real value of electricity as a grow
ing agent has not vet been determined,
but with continued experiments better
results may be obtained in the near
future,-American Cultivator
A very large orchard requires
large capital to run 1t. One might
think that this would go without
saying" but it does not-not always.
One of the biggest orchards with
which / am acquainted some 5000
trees-though we'll located upon nat
urally good land, and set to the best
standard varieties, about twenty years
ago, has not yet nearly paid for itself,
and without a heavy expenditure for
fertihZing material never can. The
land upon which it is planted had
been farmed in the ordinary way for
many years before these trees were
set At that time It was in fair con.
dition, as moving, yielding from three
fourths to one ton of hay per acre.
1t was plowed, set to trees. and sub
sequently kept i'm hoed crops, with
enough manure to keep the trees
growing fairly we'll Nothing seemed
to be wrong with it until the trees
reached fun bearing size: and then.
after several years It became evident
that there was not strength enough I'm
the land to keep up growth and make
apples too. Since then II has "sort O.
Jagged along" TO use the words Of a
neig.hbor, "but don't produce anything
hardly" Other orchards Of one tenth
the number of trees, and no older,
are actually giving larger and better
crops Now, what is the matter?
Plainly, this orchard wants manure,
and unless 1t gets manure, and a good
deal Of it, and that pretty soon. 1t
viii be gone up" beyond hope.
Mr. Harris Northern Spy orchard.
Of which he wrote in Walks and Talks.
is a case in point fully illustrating the
situation. 1t was considered a failure
until he plowed and manured It, and
then 1t produced big crops Of such
big fruit that If am not mistaken.
less r,'an 100 of the apples filled a
barrel. But It is going to take an
immense quantity of manure to bring
up this 1O0Acre orchard like that, or
anything near It, In truth. the ma
nre cannot he had. unless It can he
brought by the schooner load Cand
good many Of them, from some large
city to the lake shore upon which the
orchard stands. At the ordinary price
estimate that 1t would cost not less
than $1,000 to get the stable manure
into The soil Of that orchard which z
would require TO make it proftabI
productive. The same effect Nigh,
possibly be produced for some less
money by using In place Of the ma
nre ground bone and Canada ashes
-Vick's Magazine