The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-28

row will he. After smoothing with q
harrow, rc.plow Ivy beginning at the
dead furrow. and throwing the earth
TO Il. Then level your land with tie
harrow. and then mark for your
rows where the dead burrows we're,
ten feet apart, and dig holes eight
feet apart in the rows. BY this time
YOU should have gone or sent TO the
nearest reliable nursery and should
have gotten about n hundred
| strong, healthy, one or two.ycar-old
vines of the following varieties
Twenty Moorc's Early, ten Niagara,
ten Horton, Virginia, fifty Con-
cord. Concord is in grapes what
the Ben Davis is in apples-the king.
| When ready to plant, put some fresh
dirt in the holes, and see that your
vine is deep enough so the last
ycnr's growth is at the surface then
fill in with fine top soil, and tramp
well with the foot; then dive q
stake, two 10y two and four feet long,
on the south side Of your vine, and
cut the last years growth back to
two eyes, (the stakes will answer I'd
mark the place where the vine is
and to tie so the first three years
when you should be ready to put vi
your ~ee rfrs- NY siveIng goUu, strong
posts fifteen feet apart in the rows,
and putting the first (use No. l2)
wire eighteen inches above the sur
face, the next thirty.three inches,
and the third forly.eight inches.
You may plant a row Of potatoes in
the middle of the rows the fret two
= years, il you will promise to keep
the land clean and well cultivated
until tue first Of August. While
. the vineyard may be neglected. ond
{ yet give moderate returns, ii vii re-
i. spond to good treatment a. well as
, any crop, and in order TO ksep it
+ healthy and render it lougl we'd, it
d, should be well cared for al jie lime
, by properly cultiyating and lining.
!. | have meyer known any one who
. could tell a new beginner how
/ to prime q vineyard so that uv Guild
+ 70 and do it right withou "a ther
. instructions, and yet it is y,.y easy
4 and SIMPLE after one has l.a'ied,
Just before the buds swr.i ia esrly
spring e the best iilne to rune
The first year after planting, tile
wears growth or new 900, LIQUID
be cut back TO two OF thee eyes.
II The next year leave one game. two
, to two and one half fept long. that
: may bear two or four lunches Of
grapes. but all others bach - one
eve, and in May rub of ali buds
! that lave etayted from Ia, spurs,
except the two strongest. Which are
to be saved for fruitiug ,Ar next
wear. The vineyard will then he es-
tahlished, and by q proper eombina-
ton OF energy, industry and com
mon sense, you will have all the
grapes your family can use, and
some for your n~eigiibors. After
tt,c vineyard las borne a few crops,
the grapes may show some signs OF
rot. and to guard against this, one
should be prepared with a spraying
outfit, and as soon as the vines have
been pruned give them aud the
ground and the posts a liberal spray.
ing with Bordeaux mixture, repeat
ing when the grapes are IS large as
goH5G shot, and ugain in two weeks.
Now, DO not say there is too much
work and bother about this, and you
cant afford to do 1t. Any farmer
can find odd times to do this. and
never miss ;t from his regular work !.
Have sOmc thought for the pleasure
aud comfort CT your family, and go
at it and make a family vineyard,
that they and the nciIhhors may en-
joy the lGxulies of country life.
The thing, Of Ibis earth were in.
tended for mans enjoyment, bat e
must not expect to lit under his sA.n
vine and tig'rcc without any effort
whatever, and >titl enjoy The pleas
ures of them.