| Show A c al t U Is TR MR el IN transplanted TREES in giving directions to facilitate the successful removal of fruit tree trees to cut off some portion of the top is almost universally recommended and it is given as a reason fo for fon r this that because in digging up the the trees the tho roots got mutilated the tops should be cliffa cut cub ct proportionately to preserve an equality A adent of the country gentleman hailing bailing from the pennsylvania talvania tyl vania vanla agricultural I 1 college not at all satisfied bati sati hied bied fied with an answer so unlearned enters into a r labored effort to elucidate the true and ph abilo iio ilo reasons for so doing he re says by digging up P the tree even with the best of feare care we greatly lessen its ability at least for one oae seabon season to eu su ply the very large e amount or of filid fluid necessary not only to float 10 up p as sap the dissolved solid matter which becomes deposited aa as growth but to keep all the exposed parts of th tho ma mihi mihl nery duly aily moistened the leave leaves the bark barke the cambium and the millions of cells that compose them now the parts most roost liable fo to buffer by parching either elther in the dry cold winds of wih win wi ter or the beat of summer are those most distant from the bup aup supplying plying organ organs the roots v or r from the main trunk of supply the stem hence nurserymen nurseryman nursery men in transplanting cit alt down own their stocks to within a bud or two of the surface of the ground and secure a fine e strong trong shoot from every root p anted without allure failure f soo boo so on finding a stem too much injured to carry bap eap to the top with sufficient copiousness or too crooked to be tolerated or too bare to gait a pair purpose pobe do not hesitate to cut cuty cutt when the leaves are off to the root and anew a new fl ii prout rout or a thicket of them springs up with a vigor which soon eoon outstrips the former groo grow growth h tue tuc new growth rec receives ilves tives sap freely ti the ie former groth growth received only what could ascend the narrow dry old stem on the same pr the tak takes off part of c the buds of his tree in order that those remain ma may receive sap con scantly and sufficiently and ie be does the most moat to secure this when lie he leates leases the retained I 1 buds either all on a main stout stem or branch ai or close to one me ali an incidental advantage resulting from shorten ngin ng in of the shoots is thau that the buds near inear their bass do not open BO so early as those atthe atthe att hc extremities and are therefore slower blower in their demand for more sap it is when en teJ taj eates are open and fres i that the sop 84 must mast irh hui hyi h yi jyla 7 up 1111 in orchard pr practice acice adice it 1 is a good plan in the case of large trees to 10 leav leave e two branches at be proper itts pios per height to tb form fo th the n ce first or branches brahe 4 t f the tree an 0 n these abely but bul to e equal ual lengths shorten the cen 1 trai leader to correspond and ana then cut cub all A other ther bran hes hes les il ii to 0 one oue or two small bu Is say to about one inch we may nay conclude e then ahen 1 I that we do not shorten shorter in with special inference reference to the amount of mutilation of the roots 2 that we do ab shorten 0 in to raice reduce the amount of evaporating surface of bark neav gleavea es or open wounds and to bring these aa as near to the source of supply as possible to aid in curing securing st the newly planted tree from this danser denser of drying up we are careful to preserve the roots as entire and arid fr fresh esh as possible to coat all ait wounds or bruises of the taig baik bark with save bave aa ie or varnish to shade the stems sterna where there is much exposed top with loose wrappings of straw to moisten jn this straw with wilh water ater in very parching par ehing ebing weather to shelter 4 iter lter the whole plant plants rom irom desiccate desiccating ing winds as much as pis bibe sibe and last not least to JL beep a good mulch extended widely over the roots if the stem ob orce ce becomes shriveled it is seldom possible sible to render it rapail capable again awain again of cody coay eying efing a 4 current of dlf sap GRAFTING GRAPE VINES vianes the ile following in relation to the reri renewal gwai ewal of vineyards by grafting grafting was communicated to uie the amador cal ledger by mr jur V aborio thirty years agg ago under the auspices of the french government the renewal of extensive vineyards bl lay grawzas graf commenced and soon boon spread over bothe both franco france rance and ger sany pany to a tery ery lery gra gna gratifying ityl idi degre before tha period titers aiters TI vi were forced to dig up their aldstock old stock and set out a new one when the old hi had hid d proved use es e s four years were ere expended edon on such buch process until the new dew crop may come to compensate for such a icing delay now large vineyards are entirely renewed in the course course courie of two years ears the tile first year in which the grafting haa baa been dane done brings al r ready eadra ome fruit and the second year a full crop about the be beginning of february cut from the ibe th evines rines vines intended for the renewal the thi quantity ot slips roqui required r ed for buch euch operations go set thebe these cutting eln i sor son i slips in 1 pure w wet web et saed tadd in a nar northern t b I 1 location 0 t 1 on weil well protected fr from OM the solar rays lettie let them in at stand nd in uch such locations until the grafting time Js is at band the cuttings should be selected so as to be neither too large nor too small those which are round in form with plump buds and such buds set close on the slip should be taken it the cut cutting is taken from the old wood only the middle diddle buds buda should be taken for such purpose grafting vineyards commenced at as aati early a period as al po possible sibie sible and be accod in the shortest space of bf lime timi the real time to graft is when the grafts buds are ready to start and the scions onda ouda are swelling in our climate we should say the early tut aut part art of march A cloudy day ig is preferable prefer abe but if clear dear the ac scions lons ions ke kept pt protected I 1 from the bun sun and trae thae grafter shu should ld place himself in such uch a position as to shade th the e whole process in france each grafter has the assistance of a boy whose duty auty it bhail shall be to fo clear out the collar of the vine down to the roots an and I 1 I 1 j after the grafting 13 done to bury the graft so j asto as to leave only one eye cut out of the grounds I 1 surface each vine is to be attended to as I 1 soon as the grafting is accomplished i P I 1 1 e bill being 1 9 careful artful not to ibave leave the plant exposed even for c one minute the grafter having his bundle bundie of scions ready selected and prepared as above described comes down with a fine pruning saw a sharp straight knife a boxwood box wood hammer and several w does to fit the size side of tha stock As soon as the vine is cleared to the roots be sits down takes the collar of the vine with onelard one Orie liand bard and saws oli off the plant leaving leavin only two or three inches collar from ife tie the first roots ile he then splits the stock in the center with the tha knife and sets the two parts asunder by meana means of one lot of the wedges wid es so to aa as to leave room enough on each side for the insertion of the scion the split should be made as neatly as possible having progressed thus fary far tar lie he takes out one setting bet set tins and cuts cuta out two buds from it so that the lower end of the he scion may be te long enough to go into 1 the he at stock ck and have the lowest bud resting on th the 1 vine I collar he next napes this lo 10 low W part of thor th stem into the form of a thick keife blade on one side and when two stems are thua thus prepared tire fire pared they must be directly inserted into the stock so fio that the ilber liter of the scion and stoc stock k shall snail corres correspond ponti exactly with each other in nnie be operation of inserting the scions consists the whole success of the operation and the more exact is the connects n between the liber ilber of the scion andt and the bestock stock 1 the surer the success this all done aone the grafter takes a bit of the old stock bark puts it on the split lo 10 keep the ground from falling in and ahn carefully buries the grafted plant leaving out only one eye and taking 9 care not to disturb the p piece 1 ece ot bark in this process som skill attention sharp charp to tools 0 Is and a strict attention to the above directions are requisite to success THE ane IN NEW ew MILKING STOOL it consists of a stool of the right he height long iong and wide enouf enough h for an opening anone in one erid cad to 0 hold the pail while using ir it at the same time giving a comfortable seat seit forthe for the if cows are ara I 1 gentle gentie is they should sh 0 uld be this thi would b be 0 a desirable article A COW dairl DAIRY A writer in ille ine country dont dent gentleman leman ieman allvin living at glen haven byj desirous of experimentally testina what he could produce from three cows in days gives the result as follows ibs lbs butter besides besides selling quarts of milk 11 quarts of cream and using all the milk and cream we wanted in a fam family ily lly of three persons and raising two calves I 1 have bave done it all myself no bridgets or susans Susin sto to help in the least been very regular regula r in milking and kept my cows in the sta stable static bie ble every night the year ear round german GEBMAN rioe MODE mone oy OF preserving OB oil transmitting PLANTS the cumings cu tings are put into cylindrically ally aily shaped bottles with rude months mouths from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful of water is put into the bottle lottle and the stopper her metrically sealed cuttin cuttings e 1 1 a kept in this way for a month have bave grown treely freely and hav having ing bent sent out roots during i a ion lon long iong k journey and been immediately potted on their arrival have thrived ived well A lot of swede turn turnips P vere vire were wore lately shown at dublin deblin six bix six bix of the roots weighing lbs ibs COTTON I 1 11 1 tiie THE ehe MIDDLE STATES 1 WITTI WITH directions tor you ITS CULTURE the toe eddo endo kind kidd of 11 cotton adapted for cultivation cuti cu ti in the middle states stales ia is what is known as the green seed it should be pla pia planted I 1 anted from the lt lot to the loth of ot atalay may Alay hlay blay plow the ground well then harr tarr harrow it mark it out in rewo rows rowa five feet apart ow if it the land is po some good fertilizer in the row before planting put vu five seeds in X each earb hill bil the the bills one foot apart in the row and aad oyer dover over it lightly with th a hoe boe when four inches high thin it out to lo one stalk in a blila bilt and cultivate as you t would corn cern y J 1 aright alight alluvial soil so with a southern bouthern expo exp 0 isu sure rela reis reia is li to the growth of cotton WOMAN IN BARBAROUS NATIONS f the following extra caf from an articie article on the vassar vascar demate college 1 inthe in the last a st j nem new ew ein Bin englander glander reviews hils the condition conditi ion lon and suffering of woman la in the ages 0 or nations of barbarism an abstract lb of the codes of f nations nation sl ay bays baya emerson would be a transcript tr ansari t of the he common consciences the ile mohammedan law forbids piza pica d dogg women and other irai J pure animals anima a to enter a mosque and ac according ord to its prohibition the hour of p prayer rayer i may never be proclaimed by a female a madman a drunkard or a decrepit decie decle pit person perso n it is stated by the jerman laarman traveller K kohl 0 hl bat a ture turk bushes and apologizes when who n he mentions his hia wife afe I 1 aa as if he bad been guilty of a neeti needless lebs feas impertinence penetrating farther into asia listen to the of vishnu sarma women atall at all ali times have bren inconstant even among the celestials Celesti als ais comans womans Wo mans virtue is founded upon a modest countenance couite coutte coul tenancy tena nance nee precise behavior rectitude and a deficiency of suitors sut sui tOis flin in fidelity violence deceit envy extreme avarice a total tt antof of good qualities with impurity alethe are the innate ihnate faults of womankind woman kind i and add since in those teeming lands the married woman according to an old writer is to be but lan lap an echo inthe lathe in the bouse louse during the lifetime other lord hird spouse apo us i is it not possible bie bip that after his bis decease behe the will possess the he privilege at least of or original nal nai vocalization Absurd for for tor what saith the hindmo scrip scripture ire ft it is prop proper er for every woman after her husbands death to burn heisele hei hel in the fire with his hia corpse 21 the code of the Ter persians blans estimates timatea es the testimony of four women as equal to that of two men but the brahmin regards the testimony of women as worth just at all ail wherefore very logically itis it is never admitted the cochin chinse proverb says bayba A woman has baa nine lives and bears a great deal of killing 2 the chinese woi wol woman mail maii with wilh a babe upon her back and another in ner ber womb drag drags I 1 the plow in the rice field while her gal lint fint 1 int h husha ild iid holds the th handle and wields the whip the tartars say wamen Wp men were sent into info the wor d to be useful and convenient to the men in siber siberia ia the morning after tb the e weddin wedding the brides father delivers to the young husband the emblem of his ant authority hority a whip among the morduant the bride is presented to the groom with these words feere wolf take thy lamb iamb 11 in australia australla uh when C n a female child Is born the natives break her f finger I 1 nr n r j joints eints when the new hollanders are d displeased islea sed with their wives hey bey they have bave a very expeditions method of divorce di voice they simply im y spear them or knuck knock k them thiem on the head even ever the feh feg legislature I slature 4 f indiana must roust yield the palm to the comman law ladof of the remote pacific isle moorish gentlemen it may be inferred I 1 lead ea an easy life they lie upon their mats whole days smoking and sleeping the he work meanwhile being done by thir wives wilo wh 0 for the slightest of mence fence are beaten most C cruelly ru elly eily but who so far for from regarding nl 1 this c conjugal con coo on jugal joga pounding as a misfortune are rather disposed to be proud of it as a token that their lords and ang masters consider them of so some me importance the condition of woman in anc ent cht greece was very abeck abject she kept her husbands bousa siept slept in his bed and brought nought b m but in inthe ibe iba sight 0 of f the law aw bhe ehe was only a thin thi tig jig she abe could not ilot appeal from her husband to fo the ifie courts and after his hia death the eldest son became her guadian guardian dlan A t f male captive was subjected to indignities ihus thus 11 e cuba complains that she ivas chained like a dog at the gates of agamemnon ag Agi memnon the practice of exposing infants revealed a gloomy distine ion for says 46 Amiri thou bi for will bt byi expose his hogton son but ir it bes hes will guarte his da dush dust ter 11 among the romans woman was treated with far more defere deference nep nef yet her civil rights were extremely frail she could neither inherit property nor not transact business without the concurrence of parents husbands |
