Show iid AND W planting fluit trees I 1 inow now ii a good time as eaily eady in the he spring as the condition of the soil wil permit inathe loathe eatie upper wards of this city peaches fl jurish test J esl eil in in fact in many of the ha lower wards tho fill trees seem beem to thrive pretty weil well they bear but P gillie fit fruit an I 1 that gim generally nally rally of an inferior quality the apple plum apricot etc how f ver er are found more wore productive and in those a should be culli satel vatel in preference to 10 11 the 1 ie peach veach wh ch eh seems seeing to be peculiarly adapted soil and situation of the bench arnch lands lauds or I 1 those in that vicinity liei viel nily but these lands are generally rally rilly gravelly and some ln ins s q lite ille rocky and que neep ep and thorough trenching drenching tren ching are requisite eto to thir vigorous growth ayd and ard rem ir bearing yie ve need not reprint the excellent directions repeatedly appt g ven in grevl us years ears for trans pl ibling trees but bat lest the absence of sufficient lent quantities of bones bonea oil oli 01 I 1 shoes and other litter should G deter sime eme from planting trees this spring wo would suggest the plan of digging holes say two feet deep and three feet in diame diameter tei ter in which plant your tree free throwing tile the best of the top soil a round around the roots and as you accumulate old rub b ishi ashes etc etc it around your trees for fora a mulching la in biting oft off the grou aroud d for an orchard the diamond or hexagon plan recommended by ll 11 1 S hemenway is worthy of atten attention tion tian while the trees are young tile the intervening ground may be planted in potatoes or vines when they begin to bear that portion of the ground that is not shaded by the branches if weil well will may sti sil I 1 be cultivated without particular detriment to the trees ana when this Is is no larger practicable lle ile lie he soil should be loosened yearly early y great care bing being taken not to the roos carefully mellowing the soil around the iha aply ing vegetable dust lust ashes etc ete and mulching if aptly attended to a and yearly repe repeated ted will eventually ev in a great measure secure the benefit arhaug arising more directly aiom inquiring greater expense and bestowing mord mora labor at the time of tran transplanting splinting manures should not be put immediately ely at the body of the trees but scattered aroun arouni 1 so that the fibrous roots can cau absorb them and that the tree ibay liay pay fay be induced to 0 o fend out urs urt in of food it lias has been recommended by some to plant an lei laca or two deeper than the ibe ar ire tre e grew in the tux Hi ruz usery sery A who evidently prides himself on his knowledge of practical arboriculture in speaking of or the depth of planting trees treis trey says ays A tree is 13 sometimes too deep in the nursery the he body should never be planted panted deeper than the crown roos 1 11 washing trees tree a once or twice a year with strong budr sudi his luj been lieen found advantageous bous never cut off a large larg living limb from a healthy riu ilc lic svere S vere rimming trimming ai U detrimental every man who has a lot of ground should lieve an orchard whether a I 1 birge arge or a small one ajl aji x 1 who wish may obtain ahe the gro ground tind lind whoever ivison chard orchard ot should make himself acquainted with willi the anost approved methods of grafting bud ditri ling pruning and doctoring tree II 11 should also acquaint himself hy by ditt gent and systematic C with th tha limes tidies and ard seasons for performing these operations ope rallon and aa a 1 l other othe opera liona thit that will end tend to the root moot per act development of his rees raes refs ard he the culture of those known 11 standard which hichi yield led aed a 3 delicious ha harvest barvest i richly T remunerating liim for whatever what wh ateser eser eier care lie im las bestowed and doully so fo where the skill of experience elpe ryence haa has directed liis his labors I 1 early turnips are much prized for table use A as soon as the ground will permit 1 the carple topped ruta boca boga ia Is a mast ins st pro fiam variety for field crops 1 seed of this rua raa baga bam ax a well as that of tha the billow globe mangold the white sugar beet and lyng ling rod carrots may mav may be id in cons demable quantity of E sayers ers ere adener 12 it ward the white sugar beat for feeding or for sarup syrup may leeown to sonn conn abigt the of the spring if it sown ery iery early arly e the young plants of tig tia lih es as welt well as aa the iba blood beet inake excellent greens tha the thi masola is conal coraide dered red better belter for feeding than the beet beef parsnip parsnips Par snips s excellent root which is is BO so generally gene pene rally raily bought sought for in the ihring eho eba shaila ild iid be grown in the deepest and richest soil on high grounds where there ignot is no frost plant the seed without delay I 1 early wi poa batool deat forget that they aro are very good depth of planting seeds much d depends el ends upon the he soil and the kind of seed A proper degree of warmth moisture moh moL ture turp darkness and presence cf of air are conditions most fao favorable rable rabie to germination where theae these conditions are not obtained seeds either remain sound and fa I 1 to germinate gei minate or decay and perish in porous and gravelly soils ike our bench land seeds wei ULI ii not only grow from greater depth but bilt they require deeper planting if burled buried too deep very small seeds will be most certain to rot or if they germinate to perish before they penetrate the he surface however we may safely assert as a general rule that the nearer ta the root the seed leaves can come out that i the tiie shorter the stem between them thern the more vigorous the plata piaia 11 doubtless if some means were devised for depositing our seeds at the proper depth there will be airest a great saving in seed and the crops would be heavier A feretich french og agriculturist mons moreau to determine at what depth of or planting wheat would yield the most formed thirteen beds each of which was planted w ith grains graing at dif dil different Terent depth and the following table tabla shows the results depth thoe which heads no na gains grains of jaches came up gathered gath gain ered seven 6 63 53 I 1 M six and a half 11 1208 five and nl three fourths fourtha 90 2071 four and a half 40 fur and a ii quarter arter 72 three and three 91 9 three cultis 1417 two and a half 1560 1660 two 1590 1690 one and three quarters 1660 one 0 n 6 1461 1161 I 1 d 61 62 1057 1037 on the surface 20 1600 it will be seen by the tile above table that the seed planted at the depth of two inches the largest number of grains the coffea coffee plant was not much known at the fhe he time of columbus discovery it grew li la arabia and upper ethiopia Eh iopu its use as a beverage is ascribed to the he Sup superior prior of an arabian monas monastery mo lery who introduced it to prevent the hie monks from sleeping while performing 11 thir their nightly devotions two hundred years afterwards after afler wards namely in 1614 a r single ingle plant was brou brought bt to idris paris which became the parent stock oi of the coffler of the west indies in the united states alone it is estimated that some s eteen million dollars worth of coffiee Is cons consumed timed limed annually there are now several of coaree in com commerce meme but the arabian or mocha is the tte tie best its bean ii 13 small and of a dark color java and east cast india next best are larger and of a pale yellow color the wet west india rio has a mixed tint thit of blumish blit eish elsh green and rey grey dr ll 11 speaks of the coffee detree tree gro growing win ahr angola A arci large enough to be used for timber tho the avera average e height lih glit is from eight to ten feet fret some claim for africa exclusively he file production of the celebrated licha acha coff coffe e A wrier in the colonization journal lei iea the fact is that thai while the coffae if is sapped at mocha its real origin is from the mount bias hias of equatorial Eili eeli hp 11 1 I 1 I 1 the seed soon toon germinates being planted before ibe tile ralus rains and when the tree is six doullis old i 1 is transplanted ane yield from afuli a full fuli bearing tree is froin from thirty to forty pound gathered in in march and april A white milk milka looking pulp called gul squi laboo by a til ali k kin skin surrounds the lite coffee bean which wl deh deb by continual free ventilation out of W do doors for far a ar noath dry enol enci enough igi to remove the tile is sold for a beverage separately from the seed when planted the seeds are not divested oi of this husk in caffa catta and elmea anarea africa cliffie grows wild like a weed the tea plant br cl D graves informs us i that in 1 tile the spring of 1856 he planted plan pian teti teil I 1 in n light sandy soil some seeds bloh he obtained obtain d from berries inthe in the tiie tea before planting he lie soaked the ahe seeds about six bix B X hours and put them hem in the sun some fix hours mora mor NO II 11 kept the ground emst till they came up lie ile says hh plants are thrifty hardy and require no covering up in winter when he lie gathers the leave leaves will he lie send feud ui us a specimen 0 of f his tea lea perhaps he will want us to give it a name we will state in this connection that the corm corn mis ioner of intents patents at washington has just received from china lills tills of ladwig for large gran of tea seeds packed in earth also aiso the nae nao tree and lt it seeds seeds of the he tung oil and oo dang trees the fruit of the yan yang nae is much esteemed in china the Tun goil yields an oil valuable to ian lan iau ic the O Od dall dari angia is richly ernani sugar from the sorghum that the chinese cane sane will ill lii produce sugar stems lo 10 have been abundantly tested by some of the most roost practical and s scientific gentlemen of the urian ulian professor lawrence Li wrence smith of louisville ky gives his ills experience and says that the result settles the question that the bulk of tile the sugar contained contain cd in sorgho ia is or cane sugar proper but as we have before stated tile the feeds must fully open lipen as an indispensable condition for securing crystallization machinery will probably be in er ern era long in this territory for the he manufacture of sugar as well as syrup from the sorgho and should this be accomplished in time for the working up of the present seasons cro crop p the cane will be in crea grea great t demand but in case sugar making machinery should not be set in motion in time to work up the cane of the present year there will be no loss sustained by those who may nay enter extensively into its it cultivation for there will lii ill be every facility afforded for manufacturing the syrup and there is little fear of the supply being greater than the demand I 1 farmers wil will find it a profitable crop besides those already alluded to there are various methods of planting the sorghum seed A gentleman who has had some experience in cultivating the cane cana in mail utah recommends two methodi methods either of which he be thinks is preferable all others for this dry climate plant in rows three feet apart each seed in in a row about eight or ten en inches apart ad W plant in lills tills three feet by two apart a p art from six to eight eybl eeds feeds in a hill ile he also sug suggests crests that more syrup may be ob a given area by pulling out the more backward shoots leaving some four or five stalks in ili a hill these young shoots are excellent for feeding milk cows and by removing remo virg them those that reman remain obtain a ranker growth and the seed ripen more uniformly he also urges the time of 0 corn planting as the most proper time for planting the cane seed to insure its ripening and the largest yield of syrup instead OF of june or july as printed in no 3 which should have read about the middle of may alay asparagus those who have or can obtain the manure may start a bed by digging a trench two or three feet deep and of such dimensions lis ag will suit their wants or the amount of compost they wish to devote to that object about half soil and halt half manure thoroughly mixed being a good proportion good siz d roots of one years growth are probably the best for making bed beds lay off the beds four feet wide draw two drills wo ro r o feet feat apart and plant the ho roots in them one root foot apart and cover four liches deep to facilitate cili tate irrigation let the length of the bed be laid off olY parallel with the tho diorec direction llon lion in which the water runs I 1 in the he fall after afler clearing off lle ile lie he stalk stalks spread on a covering co verin of manure which very eady eaily in the spring should shochi be forked in at the same time adding a sprinkling of salt where there is not already lent 19 in in 19 the soil it li Is not best to cut over a new bed till th third year fences As oon soon as possible have them repaired where they are broken down that your own may uny be protected gali gaii the he incursions of stray a jimale and also that your neighbors noy may not have cause to complain of your negligence e n c e the fences in some parts of this city are ll il in 11 a very dilapidated state ednd a nii in a some instances thern them may have been teen good cause for if it the Kin kinyone have been almost inaccessible for some inie luye time iuie but the snows will soon give way before the he warm sun and as soon as fence timber can be had we trust that good and substantial fences will be erected if not around every manya mania lot at least securely inclosing each bieck block A disease in la oho amon amod amons cattle called black leg by some by others hoot hoof hoot ni ail all 11 is m akiam serious havoc amon horfed cattle cattie com corn men cirg ig in the liipa delit fret foet it extends expends upward and soon paralyzes the parts so that the he animal is is brought down on its hind quarters qa artera arlera the disease is is attributed to ergot in the grass and grain guano rca c fow af I 1 manure Is s a in the peruvian government and is NI agents have bava realized the enormous sum of twelve million dollars fon ton for article during the year 1858 it is 19 selling in tha eastern marke markets tsAt al 32 10 40 T ton on seats and carrots for early eaily use uso should be sown as soon as the ground is suitable for working A deep rich soil is almost to pofi profitable labie lable crl cul culture turp turf the new Nw jorsey jersey agricultural society at their late lite annual irl trl eting elected gov newell N president and a vice ice president in each congressional district of the state with an executive committee of one from each county the receipts during the past year ear were including 1 4 1000 from the state slate expenditure expenditures sp ine lne in clouding eluding premiums and incidentals e blance biance in treasury in texas corn planting was mostly done before the he close of february not much cotton had bad then been planted the wheat crop which which would be reaped in may alay promised an abundant A calf weighing bing ibs lbs the morning after its birth was lately born in Harbor town mercer county N J A hog was lately slaughtered 11 at somerton pa 16 months and 15 days od we ahing ibs lbs |