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Preparing fcroundsfor Orchards
The subject of the preparation
of the ground for an orchard com
ing up, Mr. Meelwtn said hc did
not beliexiilin or
Subsoil ing orchards. The feed
ing-roots of trees are near the s ur
face, and if they are led, there is
no necessity for deep tillage. He
approved of a system of ridging
the land, by which by successive
ploughings the soil is thrown up
two or three feet above the natu
ral level, and the trees are plant
ed on the ridges. This is so eco
nomical a process compared with
underdraining and subsoiling as
to possess great advantages. The
idea of making the whole orchard
“one big hole” is ridiculous, ex
pensive and useless.
Mr. Parry had not much faith
in great preparation of soils for
fruit planting-, and jt is unneces
sary. An elevated position is
generally bed, pud more natural--
ly draim*(l r drainage being an es
sential A clay subsoil, overlaid
by a sandy loam, is best for fruit.
It the soil is poor, it must be en
riched. Commended the ridging
system, which he had seen prac
ticed on the Eastern Shore of Ma
ryland.
31 r. P. Morris referred to the
instance pf the nursery grounds
of Wm. heed, of N. J., which were
well drained, deep ploughed, stiff
soil. 'lMie trees had the most ex
traordinary roots Lie 1 ad ever seep
from any nuisery. ife. said there
were many Cases where tin* clay
sul.soil comes within JOur inches
of the surface, ami at such places!
subsoilit’ig and drapfiug were. ne-|
ccssifies. Soiuef i-nMJH-a very yel- !
low is converted into a
good nd,nitro by* the influence of
the aii. Cited an instance of a ■
man who dug a cellar and threw'
oul such st ill clay t hat he was ti
traid io pul on his land or in his!
barn, and w! Fell he throwout on
the sides of the public load, where
the next year, it produced the tin- '
est white clover ever seen in that
seel ion.
Mr. Engel objected to subsoil
ing, <m the ground I hat soils nat
urally compact soon relapsed to
that-condition after the process,
and I but loose ones did not need
it. havered rather the gradual
turning up and mixing withthei
surface* of the subsoil, putting on
manure, turning under clover,
buck wheal, Ac., and thus amelio
r.tiingas well as breaking up ttie
under soil.
Mr. Martin who was named by |
the President as one of the most
successful fruiters of Pa., said
that the digging of holes 6 feet
\\ ide and two feet deep, and repla
cing the subsoil by light earth,
(which Mr. \\ ilHgms said was the
plan he pi vsued,) would cost
an acre. A four-horse team w ith
a plough cost him sG adax;and
another such team with a subsoil !
plough sG. These teams would
plougiifupl subsoil from 1 to 14
acrcft a’day—the cost averaging
.s 10 an acre, ami the soil would
be then broken up all over to the
dep h of 2 feet. Said in his neigh
borhood there was a great ditler
viice ot opinion about subsoiling*,'
ami the vaiions judgments stood
tans: those favored it, who had
trit it, those opposed it, who had
md. 1 "or m\self, he said, if Mr.
Salterlhwaite, [who opposed sub
soiliug.j tookawav his subsoiler,
Mr. Saunders, bis pruning knife,
and Mr. Meehan ids hoe, lit*
should abandon trait glowing ami
take to raising w heal ami corn. ;
?dr. MtK'han said he acknowl
edged lie had been a false teacher;
he had in ged for \ ears subsoiling
;b:i preparation tor orchards, bin
now he achieves the same results
muter than formerh and much
cheaper. Ho described hisspeei
men orchard, which is grow n on a
soil, w’me , a» the depth oi a toot
needs a pics io<l;g it, and at two
teet requires blasting. Here lie
has i. ■)!) \ m ;eP-s ot fruit trees
• rowing. lic planted tin* land
first wi:h potatoes, followed them
wuhiv ‘;p : uited iiis tn'es in sma’l
holes a: ' ,:lici hi glu cut last >ea
> m, whah a poor one. three tons
of hay to the acre, in two cuttings.
Applies compost or manure
around his trees as far as the
roots extend, to the depth of two
or three inches. The expense of
preparing the ground for this or
chard was hardly more than $lO
an acre. Last summer some of
the apple trees had shoots from
5 to 7 feet long. Believes in keep
ing the roots near the surface and
feeding them there.
We omit from our synopsis the
report of the General Fruit Com
mittee, much of which, though
very interesting, was local in its
character and not applicable in
its reccommendations to the
wants of our readers in the South
ern States.
The question of destructive in
sects coming up, there was agen
eral acknowledgment of die mer
its of Weir’s trap for the coding
moth, which, wherever tested, has
proved very efficacious in destroy
ing that pest. This trap being
patented, one member suggested
to the Convention an arrange
ment by which the effectiveprin
ciple of the trap could be availed
of without an infringement upon
I the patent right ol Mr. Weir, but
I lie was met by Mr. JZeehan with
i the objection that there was no
reason why a man, whose brains
and skill had devised an improve
ment in horticulture, should not
be rewarded as well as inventor
in any other branch of science or
art, and asMr. Weir charged a
very small sum for the use of his
invention, only $2 or $3, he
t thought fruitgrowers should be
, glad of the opportunity of re ward
■ ing their benefactor r.tiher than
i seek a mode of evading the pay
ment of his very small lee.
The Boy that Stuck to Farming.
I When 1 was a boy, says a disn-ti
guished man. iny lh>t saving of tno
. cent pieepSj, earned by Saturday after- ■
noon work --for school kept half a day
on Saturday then were expended in
I buyinga heifer calf. Then J worked
j on, and paid my father a certaui sum
I each month for keeping.—When rhe
call wits one year obi, I traded it for
two steer calves, and now- had to put
I in good and strong for their keeping
but I oceupied all my time in t< aching
; calves to w ork in yoke-, aml at.
one year Ahl/tfidy would gee and hawr
as well as old oxer., and my father
; paid me for use in lending the team
lor breaking his two and three yo&v
I olds.
Again, I had a piece of ground each |
year, ajtcr I was fourteen, that 1 cotiki
work and plant qh shares; and, if I
wanted li<-!p, v,hy, 1 had to give tw r o
days of' my time to the hind innu’s
one day. I grew just what my fancy
ami learning dictated, and from the I
proceeds 1 dressed as well as any of i
tin boys of the present time. 1 always •
had tiu|b to play, time to lead, and;
i now look back with love and pleasant ;
thoughts,'to the old farm, and thefaim
hand wno taught me- how to use tools, !
and whipped niu win n 1 neglected to !
drive the tenni out stnrigl 1 at the end ;
, of the furrow ploughing. The remem
brance of'mv boyhood daysdias always
induced me favor ail items of cm
comagi urriut aghomeou thelajin: and
I believe,-if it were* more generally
praci should have more good
fnrmeis; .-ffi'd less broken-down mer- I
chants. hanging ou, time- i
serxiug flltfiks.i’Luly Tor anything ax
. <•< pt honwlililc labor and m><’t‘iUurs.s.—-
l‘i.i vhanyt‘. * > ' “ . * .
_ j. ■ ■
A I’kk».i< a s Ikn.—«A family mimed!
Peter, hading fre-m \ vi'lilont, and on
their way to (.rand Bnpids, w. re seat
ed in tin- Detroit ami Milwiuikeedepot
yeste-day, when one of their b ys. a
tow headed lad :tix.>ut eleven years oh],
slipped cut of the room, wandered up
the strce’. and finally lost, himself.;
The mother’groaned and wept, the
•father turned pale, and tin re was some
lively getting around until the I >y was
found. Part of the anxictv arose from
parental love, but there wa< another
reason. The boy had on Iwlots a size
too large, mid under his stockings was
tin- sum of S24D. which he was carry
ing lor the fam’ly. Ih-froi! lit-
On Tai 'll iv. a negro man by the name
ofilanv W il lam.', eu-plvycd onthewood
rram vn ihe An Line Kailway, in attempt
ing u jump oi the ears while in motion,
al at lu uii vs from Acanta, slipped and
k- I uii die lu k, (l.e eai - sunn.ng over
him and severing Lis Lead from bis bo ly.-
,-i’ < i't-'t.
The mining toast in Yorkshire is. may
ali out labors oe in vein.
JOKES.
Bnlt upright—A balloon ascension.
Flat falsehood—Lying on your back.
; The best place for she blind—The .see
side.
An unsatisfactory meal A domestic
broil., r
A racy subject—The winning horse.
- The tabic of interest is the dinner table.
A good hotel-keeper is a man that you
can always put up with.
The condiment for late dinners—Ketchup.
People who sell hay do business on a
“large scale.”
When a man’s necktie is untied how un
tidy he looks 1
It is not considered civil to ask a milk
man for a piece of chalk.
Chairs should never be covered with silk,
they must be sat-in.
When is a bow not a bow? When it is
bow-not.
One style of bonnet is called the “Man
sard,” because it takes a great deal of a
“man’s hard” earnings to pay for one of
them.
A scientific friend who has been reading
with great patience, an exhaustive treatise
on the “velocity of light” says that he now
knows how it is that his gas bill runs up so
rapidly.
An I Ilin ris jury recently found a verdict
that a man “came to his death ui expected
ly.” The circumstances of thecase seemed
to warrant the statement.
“I’ve five cents left,” said a'loafer “so
I’ll buy a paper with them.” “What pa
per will you buy?” said a friend, anxious
to learn the literary taste of his acquaint
ance. “A paper of tobacco,” replied the
loafer.
A Connec’icut sexton prevents the con
gregation from shifting about and changing
seats by dexterously applying a gob of
pitch to their persons as they enter the
sanctuary. He says “the church is no
place tn fool aionnd in.”
“I wasn’t so very late —only a quarter of
twelve.” “How dare you sit there and tell
me that lie ? I was awake when you came
in ami looked at my watch—it was three
o’clock.” “Well isn’t that a quarter of
■ twelve?”
“John, what is the past of see?”
il S>en, sir.”
“No, ir, is saw, recollect that.”
“Yes, sir. Then if a seo-fish swims by
me, it becomes a .s-uic-li.-h when it isprs£
and can’t be seen."
You can go home John.
As the subject of the weather has been
almost monopolized by conversation clubs, a
-friend suggests a substitute to be usedin
, Conversation. Why should not arithmeti
cal observations be used in place of those
lof a meteorological nature, so as to render
unnecessary -uch time-worn and utterly
I useless remarks as :
“It is very hot this evening, miss.”
. “Yes, sir. I think it is hotter than it
was this morning.”
“I really believe it is ; but it’s not as hot
< as it was last night.”
I ...
i “if it is as hot to-morrow, I don’t know
1 what I shall do.”
' But I don't think it is possible for it to
; be hotter than it was yesterday.”
We have here something both navel and
1 instructive to the mind. For instance,
' people of ordinary culture might thus con-
■ verse. ;
I “Good morning, miss. Nine and eight
make seventeen.”
“Yes, sir, they doo ; and three from sev
enteen leave tourteen,”
‘‘And one more will make fifteen.”
: Yes, sir, but seven into fifty-three is very
; difficult.
L pt makes all the difference if you put
before instead of after a uan’s name.
tYeung ladies who lace themselves too
.tightly when dies, ing for dinner evidently
| prefer Les ne ntcal.
i V» hat two cla.-ses of paupers arc best
known in the Indies? Ihe East Indy gent
and West Indy gent.
When Jonah's fellow passengers pitched
him overboard, they evidently regarded
him r.s neither prophet nor 10-s.
San Fiamisuo milk is so badly adultera
; ted that the cows blush to think that their
mimes are used to cover so vile a fraud.
“How can we escape fire?” is the ques
tion in Boston just now, to which a sacrile
gious “typo” replies that the Gospel oflers
truly euuuuiageiueht.
“Boast beet,” said a boarder to a waiter
at the house. “How will you have
it sir?” “Well done, ihuu good and furth
fui servant. 1"
M is'avtiii'Ciis reports two new monstros
ities—a t'lby eighteen months old who re.
cite- the Gieek alphabet and a ghost which
sL)V;> w I ff the sidewalks.
The newspaper ptes-s of lice Germany
is !■ rt: i i n f > pul .isb the Pope's unfavor
able eon Hicnt-on the Teutonic Government
under ; .:o of immediate suppression.
Mrs. l i'hvi. i f Harrisonville, N. H.,
sing' her “llii'b, ms tube, to her infant
son \\ i:. am. v !. > m-a-ure* twelve months
one wax and one hundred iniuuda the other.
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Georgia Railroad.
DAY PASSENGER TKAIN,
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| ' L Atlanta 831 “ am
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Atlanta, Ga., June 30, 1872.
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“ Chattanooga, 3.23 “
Dav Passkkoef Trian.
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