Show i extracts from tit the country Q ngy gentleman J successful S gipe gr a pa cul oui culture tu re having received several inquiring letters in relation lation to mr mckays method of or cultivating etli e grape grom I 1 beve concluded to answer all through your columns I 1 should have done it ere this had 1 received the xoi fol lowin dg information mr E A mckay ay of naples nales orl Ori ontario tario tarlo county cooper in ip an all article articie beaded A profitable acre in in western besfer new yori 11 published shed in your columns last fast fall tali there is ii a great mistake respecting quantity y produced instead of ten fon fond the aa actual yield was a little over pounds bunds grapes on bri an acre but this must still be considered on I 1 a great yield and a very profitable one mr mckay says that the amount over ten cents per pound which he received for his grapes will pay bill all the expenses of cultivation gathe gathering tinz and getting to market this would leave leaver 1100 clear clea profit I 1 i i said acre was wes planted in the spring of 1848 one b half balt alt ait with vinea one year old and th the remainder with those aged two years vines acre or a rod apart each way mr mckay mcka thinks 0 on n a middling steep side sige hill bill 12 feet eack each way would not riot be too near his hii vine are trpe trained d in all cases so as to give give them the greatest amo amount at of sun sunshine shine for planting tina plea pita were duo dug dug P from 2 21 1 8 to 3 feet deep and 6 to 8 feet in diameter at the bottom of the pits ha be placed 16 heavy loads load of refuse from the curriers carriers curri ers shop and 80 dead oxen a i drove of which had been driven into naples al at the commencement of winter and a large portion ot them having died during the winter and spring 11 mr mckay also aiso uses ages well rotted barnyard barn yard manure but avoids all fresh zm unfermented fermented manures his vines now measure on an average average over twelve inches in circumference around ti the body nor is is there any essential difference in size between the parts of the vineyard planted with one ortho or two year old oid vines they are trained on wire trellises trell irell isep isef eight feet high running nearly north and i south no 12 iron wire is recommended with a wooden slat two mabes wide one and a half feet above the ground and a similar one along alona the top of ot the trellis ile he takes no fruit from his vines vines until the fourth fall after planting the first year yean but oue ope the cane carie or shoot is suffered to grow and ana that is cut back two tivo or three or four buds from the ground the winter i the second season two shoots are allowed bogrow to gron grow the third season the trellis Is a built and the two canes are shortened to three or four feet each in len ien length lenth I 1 th and brought down horizontally and fastened with leathers to the slats alon aion along 11 the bottom of the trellis the third seaon every alternate bud is allowed to grow and trained u up p the slats along the top of the trellis and strapped there about the first of september the fourth reason season the vines will bear abundantly but a vine of three inches span around the body should only be allowed to bear give five v e pounds of fruit and be increased to ten teh pounds po nd s for every every additional inch of girth to any extent this an can be safely done with good culture the ground between the rows TOWS of vines may be cultivated with any low vegetable or plant desired eda which will help to defray a large portion of the expenses of cultivation mr mckay also cautions against heeding tha the advice of nursery men mer frequently given to plant vines vinea as near together as six or elgh eight t feet juch such has been the success of mr mckay that tit his ex expedience experience peri perl ence mus mui mut it prove accept acceptable able abla to 0 o all those ose who are about to begin the cultivation of this his agreeable and healthy fruit if it wll well cultivated v it will pay well weil nor is there any danger of too kanj many grapes being grown and the market overstocked over ov stocked e at least for miny dat gat years s since the demand inci eases faster than I 1 the ae supply as all cultivators of grapes well know the isabella grape is perfectly hardy in our climate truly I 1 S 13 BUCKLEY vest dresden N Y feb 14 |