Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-17

Gent BY it we get good qualities Of one
apple and the hardness Of another
tree. Plant trees of different varieties
side by side rather than plant blocks of
one kind
The greater the wealth of the world
the greater value of fine things be-
| come. In growing choose the best.
Fine flavor with the best coloring
should be sought after. If we grow
more of that we have partially solved
the problem Of competition.
Better care should be given orchards.
them care for themselves. First prepare
the ground perfectly. then given continu
Gus attention. Wise selection of the
stock l consider first, and tillage second.
High tillage enables us to supply the
roots with plant food and helps to con
troll the water supply in the earth. 1t
will be found that orchards that stood in
grass, untitled. are without fruit buds
The other orchards are loaded with buds
"A Michigan peach grower has demon
strated the value of tilage. The summer
of 1898 was dry there and the trees were
not properly nourished. There came a
freeze in the winter. All the orchards
but the one | mention were failures, this
year and this one had an enormous crop
because he had paid attention to tillage
If we could look into the soil we would
see strange operations. Tillage liberates
plant food. Soil said to be worn out
would be proven to be good il properly
worked. In regard to outstanding II
moisture: During the dry season the
moisture works upward. II we keep the
soil worked, the moisture will not be lost
through the pores Of the earth, but it
would have to go out by the way of the
roots of the trees. If | can have free ac-
cess to the soil. tilling it TO a fine soil,
court dry weather after spring opens.
IL find that crimson clover is best in
orchard tilling, 1t restores plant power
to soil. | have planted buckwheat and
rye. and plowed them under but by
planting crimson clover three seasons
after the usual crops, and plowed them
under has worked best 1t has been
found that soil that had the clover
plowed under three seasons contains 8
per cent more water. 90 per cent more
nitrogen, 103 per cent more Of humus,
and .oo7 per cent. of phosphorc acid.
You can bring up the soil TO won
derful productiveness. Crimson clover
has been grown in Maine but you should
grow your own seed. as experiments will
show
by tillage. and a better choice in selec.
ton Of the varieties expect To see New
England leading in the fruit supply over
the Western demand"
Questions were freely asked and Mr..
Powell showed that he had tried the tx
periments on other fruits, especially
strawberries. In the cultivation Of straw
berries the clover was found to have
been 4 most efficient moisture preserver,
giving a crop in a dry season where other
fields failed.
The question box occupied a time in the
evening. Members had left questions
they wished answered. and these the
president read. asking some person to an.
swer. where no one was specified. This
is looked upon as an important part Of
these meetings.
Mir. NJ. 5. Pope Of Manchester. read Il
paper on ''Begonias in House and Ca.
dem giving the process of treating the
plant. several of which were displayed on
the platform.
Prof Elijah Cook on Boy and Fruit
was interesting. Proper environments
should be placed about the boy said the
speaker. Help prepare him for useful
career. We are anxious to enlarge the
herd, To increase the flock and make the
crops more abundant, yet all of this Is
secondary to the mental. physical and
moral condition of the child.
Influence does much, encouragement
and inspiration does more to strengthen
! ~. 30 broaden hp mind an
large the soul. Whatever line Of work
we have upon the farm, the advantage to
the boy or girl should always be kept in
view.
"Ecforc the young man at the present
timc the advantages ana great possibil
ties are grand but these do not belong
to the boy alone, but they also affect The |
girl as well.
What can We DO that will encourl q |
him more. that will have more effect in |
causing genuine loNc for home and a |
desire to remain among The tillers Of the |
soil, than proper treatment of fruit cult
ure? The neglected orchard will accom-
plsh little or nothing; the properly titled !
enriched and sprayed orchard Will accom-
pish much to increase the profits ANA |
help the boy to properly select business |
for life
The programme for Friday, the clos |
ing day will be as follows:
10 a. Manual business meeting: !
report of officers and committees: cleo
ton of officers; general business.
+. M.-Short papers on fruit cul- /
ture. 'Plums," Willis A. Luce Unity: |
Pears for Northern Maine, DR.. Fl. A. !
Robinson. Foxcroft; Strawberries, Z. |
w. Wooster. Hancock Point: "Currants
and GoOseberries, a. A. Eastman,
Dexter: Experiences with Caterpil-
lars" Charles S. Pope. Manchester,
Charles l.. Jones. Corinna.
80 p. M.-'.The Experiment Station |
and Horticulture" Prof. Chas. ID.
Woods. director Maine Agricultural
Experiment Station Orono.
Capt. II. Fl. Lawson, the steward and
two sailors from the wrecked schooner
Alfaretta S. Snare. which was aban-