Show THE SMILE OF SPRING I 1 know the notes that the song sang birds sing I 1 know by the voices voice that the tha rose wreathed forms of the velvet spring oer the uplands now rejoice rejoices I 1 know by the scent of the primrose pale pales bv the violets azure eye thai that the sprite of the spring has been inthe in the tha vale yale while the winter said good ayel tiye and I 1 know by the lilack birus early song sons As it itee echoes hoes boes clear and wild ry the wind they stort hiort i tort lort port in glee along that the queen or of spring has smiled I 1 know by the pear trees g gorgeous argeous bloomy bloom by the crab trees tret a goir goor g irm irv qoon uni dresse dres by the hawthorns haw thorns d ir hatful rich per pir furne fuire that felt the ep ephings rings caris earls I 1 know by the song hat that the field lark bin sin bins aioo sli As he be mounts up from his nest and flowers flutters aion aloft on his airy alry wing wilh wilb dew on lis his his gaiden golden bre breast ast 1 that spring has bas nie riia rita ith her thousand dyes on tha the wild landscape landsi ape to dwelt and scatter warm sunbeams down irom from the skies over nul sul sand and wood and dell deil I 1 know ly the thelsie bre ze that comes from the tha sonah south at buh tuh buh of the thi plea piea pleasant sint day dai I 1 know bv by the toe notes that are trembling torah forth from the pee tee wit on the spry that the goddess of spring has come again in la her dress iress of or blue and gold for to t iwers and birds on meadow and plan 1 the or gies of thankfulness hold bold the prospects of f fruit dar daring during in the past winter we have not ik experienced perien ced so large a share of stormy weather as usual the cold however has been intense and from the time when the ground was first thoroughly covered with snow until the gradual thaw in february the sleighing 0 was good more particularly within the corporate limits of great salt lake city thou though 1 h not marked with their ordinary number of rough 0 severe and stormy days the winter has had one f feature that will permanently distin distinguish C it from froth all others in this mountainous region at least since it has been inhabited by whites namely the frequent prevalence of thick heavy fog 11 for several successive days causing a damp chilling most disagreeable alid and unhealthy atmosphere and enveloping the branches of trees and everything else exposed to its operations with a heavy coating of in many instances to such an extent as to break down the branches in some cases entirely destroying the trees whether from these causes trees are rendered more susceptible to injury from subsequent hard frost we cannot say but but if there is any reliance to be placed upon external appearances and the judgment of some of our most experienced horticulturists the injuries done to the fruit trees in this vicinity is not inconsiderable some have gone so far as to assert that many of the largest and finest apple trees jn this city are killed but we do not believe ft 11 the p peach k has unquestionably suffered much not by the killing of the tops and extremities of the limbs as former formerly lk batby but by an apparent at the trunk isele the wood changing to a brown color as it if in the first stages of decomposition ard the bark shrinking and loosening 0 from the tree the last named affection namely the loosening of the bark froin from til the e trunk is mostly discernible on apple trees impo imported 1 ted plums and apricots budded or graf I 1 on peach stocks are generally considered a failure the peach stocks it is said wish comparatively few exception exceptions 2 being kill 44 seedling Seed lint apricot trees we believe belleve are the 11 nacye ad tye lye ye or ahk s commonly called the IP ottay ottav v m ae plum seems beems to have hive survived the winte tc I 1 ry urt 0 the k e trees so far as we have learned are als ais al injured in all our observation thus fany farse 6 have not found even abud of the seedling erry harmed the th e 4 limond va r 0 hard and soft seem to have been too t tender en delfor for tor the very early winter blasts and ere mid had exhibited symptoms of mortality it is probably a settled question now w that a fortune cannot be made at least for sometime to come by growing almonds forthe desere fians what favorable changes daiset may yet be effected io to pi encourage courage those who are eager to supply us U torn oan oar own soil with tropical clil cill nuts to c crack r 4 ca during the long winter evenin gs remains to be te seen I 1 As an ornamental tree where it is 13 hardy the above species of almond trees together with the flowering almond are worthy of cultivation ti until superseded by other and more desirable kinds of the few pear trees introduced here we vve regret to learn that most of them to td every appearance pe arance have been injured we are not however wholly dis heartened relative to raising pears here as from irom information furnished us we infer that there is a fair prospect of havin having haying a reasonable supply of pear trees grown la dahis bis kis his territory from the pips bips which doubtless when improved on their own stocks and judiciously trained will not be so liable to be destroyed by the rigorous winters of the mountains it will be needless to state that wherever the peach or other stocks are killed the plum apricot and other varieties worked into those stocks tho thol as yet apparently alive and tho some of the fruit buds may look sound and healthy cannot survive our only hope therefore for apricots the ensuing season rests with the seedling varieties whose buds so far as we have had opportunity of examining are not all winter killed wherever it has been worked upon the wild plum tho not considered the best stock for this purpose the apricot is most probably safe it may be advisable hereafter seeing that peach stocks are liable to be winter killed and until seedling trees can be raised in suemi sumei sufficient clent numbers to propagate the apricot on the wild plum by root grafting which will overcome the principal objection to using the plum stock namely that in its growth it does not keep pace with the apricot in consequence the point where the bud or graft is inserted frequently assumes the appearance of a protruding in 0 knot does not perfectly unite with the stock and ig Is liable to be torn off by high winds the fruit buds of the apple and peach are in a condition similar to that of the apricot mostly pronounced beyond recovery but some may produce fruit relative to the cause of all these disasters to our fruit interests as yet only infantile infaLt ile lle many conjectures are offered some attribute it to the excessively cold weather which may indeed have had some agency 0 in the matter since it is reliably asserted that the coldest weather known in great salt lake valley since its first settlement by the people called cormons mormons Mor Alor mong mons occurred in the early part of the winter dec 6 when the thermometer was 2 22 02 degrees below zero that there must have been other influences also operating to destroy the trees maybe plainly inferred from the fact that in vermont and other eastern and middle middie states the apple tree has been known to survive a temperature of 40 degrees below zero without wishing to at once settle the mooted question or establish a cause for the present unpropitious condition of our fruit trees we may revert to a few things that would probably have a deleterious effect upon vegetation inthis high altitude it will be remembered that late in the fall af after ter the fruit had been gathered and irrigation ceased there came a few days of warm growing in weather followed by genial rains which doubtless caused the sap that should have re burned to the roots to ascend again into the trunk and anal to in thicker parts of same s ome of the lower branc branches ilek liek wernle in this slate the coldest weather known came upon the trees like a blighting blast withering and destroying every bud that was susceptible of injury and striking its venom into the verk veny very centre of the trunk and probably to the roots toots from the fact that the topmost shoots do not generally appear to be so much injured as they have been in previous years while the trunks trunk of large flourishing VY healthy looking 0 fruit i bearing 0 trees are in some gardens said to be three fourths killed the above hypothesis is considerably strengthened 0 should the fears of many prove greater than the real extent of the injuries done to the trees we shall not be disappointed but certainly the damage inflicted by this strange combination of causes the effect of which in the absence of a more proper term we shall entitle mortification in fruit trees cannot be trifling now what shall be done shall we cease our efforts to produce fruit shall we become distracted and cut down the trees that seem to be struck with this blight 0 as some have thought of doing or hall shall we let lct them remain and see whether they maybe may max be reclaimed and resuscitated so far as we ice are concerned in this matter we shall pursue the even tenor of our way leavin leaving to a kind providence and good treatment the fate of our gur trees as well as every other earthly to us ilour if our trees should perish every one from the severe mortification they have experienced the past winter we shall be as eager as ever to set out another orchard from which peradventure we may reap fruits ere another winter like the past shall come which in all probability may not be very soon the past winter has hag summarily settled the question what fruit trees are most hardy in this latitude the tree most hardy is the seed seedling ling linX cherry the seedling apricot may be commonly relied upon the peach is uncertain the apple grown here from seed in our opinion will be found generally hardy and probably pro bably babli some imported varieties alpo alio also aiso the plum on its own stock may be considered worthy of cultivation the young seedling apple trees wees of br L S Hemen ways nursery in the ath ward which we visited a few days since have we believe wholly escaped injury the young 0 peach trees have not fared so well those bad budded ded with the apri apricot kot plum etc he will not dispose of because they cannot be warranted alive his pears have proved a total failure notwithstanding standing the misgivings of many relative to the failure of fruit and the wholesale destruction of the trees we are very sanguine in the hope of 0 partaking of apples peaches apricots plums cherries etc the present prop sent year though the crop will unquestionably be greatly reduced the irresistible conclusion attained bythe by the experience of the past winter is that attention af should be more earnestly directed to the propagation pa it and improvement of our seedling varieties of fruit trees as well as that of our native breeds of stock of which we may have more to say hereafter 1 1 spring operations the ile weather for several days has been warm and pleasant favoring the commencement of work in the garden the ile frost is now out of the ground in all exposed localities and the uplands have been for sometime some time sufficiently dry for spading 0 and planting we are glad to see so much energy manifest this spring in the various labors and operations required required to secure an abundance of early delicious vegetables spring wheat if not already sown should be sown as soon as the coridi condition tion of the ground will permit J oats should always be put in 16 the ille ilie ground as soon as possible we shall probably have something further on the oats crop next week 1 eek peas onions carrots b beets par barl bari early y turnips radishes lettuce cress mustard spinach ac maybe may be planted at once plant hop roots cliel divide me and rep replant lafit horse radish prepare strawberry beds ac the agriculturist for march was wag received by the last eastern mail N thich arrived on the dinst ast the january number has not yet come to hand band neither has the september no of the lisa la s volume together with a package of specimen numbers forwarded for wardell ome some months since i vaccination of cattle cattie the medical times says that in holland there a are re assurance offices for tor cattles lives vives one company h bib bis all its cattle vaccinated vaccina ted as a preservation ona against enst contagious pneumonia another company in inoculates tes only when the disease has invaded the animals stalls the third company does no not t vaccinate at all it has hag been calculated that the first company has lost 6 per cent of the second 11 per cent and the third 46 per cent heep sheep dogs A number of these faithful animals were recently imported from australia L by a gentleman of new york city and the most of them have airo alro already faily been purchased by the agents in that city of the wool growers in the vicinity of san juan monterey county they are of the colip breed and are said to be very large and powerful being the only kind of do dog that can stand the cutin cutting fangs of the coyo e la in bloom apricots almond almon d and peach trees were in bloom in placerville erville cal gal before the close of february the weather during the whole of that month havi having aig tig been delightful WHAT MADE r FOR eor sidney smith says the anglo saxon race was made for two wo purposes to manufacture calico and add steal land how tobacco is grown and prepared for dor market II 11 we publish according to previous announcement the continuation of the article an on tobacco from the agriculturist from which doubtless every amateur wishing 0 to produce his own need may obtain much needed information FIELD CULTURE after the plants are set some will be cut off by worms and some will die from transplant ing g new plants should be put in the vacancies cles cies cles as fast as they are made until about the tenth of july after which it will be too late for them to mature to hasten the growth of these late set plants it is alood a good plan to give them some extra manure A mixture of three teree parts guano to one of plaster will be found faund to aid their growth some apply this Q n the drills before the plants are set at the we rate of about pounds of guano to the acre after being st strown in the drill it is covered by throwing up a light furrow on each side and the plants are then set set upon the ridge if this is not done in the first preparation of tee the th e field for planting the dressing may be applied at the first weeding about ten days after the plu piu plants are set covering it with the hoe the tillage of this crop is much like me th that of corn only that it will not bear neglect as well in the first and second hoeing the ground should be deeply worked between the rows to make inake a mellow bed for the roots to penetrate penetrate the horse hoe or cultivator should be e kept moving as often as once in ten days until the leaves are so large as to interfere with the operation many cultivators only hoe three times but no crop pays better for a frequent stirring of the soil not a wo weed d should be suffered in the tobacco field if ifa a I 1 prime crop is desired ENEMIES one would suppose that thit so dieg disgusting stino a plant and especially one so destruct destructive ni e to animal life would be secure from the attacks of insects but no crop suffers more from the depredations of these robbers no sooner is it set than the cut worm commences his work near the root and the supplying of new plants forms a large item of labor upon many plantations lons one of the best remedies for this enemy is iff plowing the previous fall or winter this brings up a multitude of the larvo from their winter quarters and the frost makes quick work with them if this has not been doni done don there is no remedy but to watch 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