Show A IR ra 0 L As THE mix TOBACCO CULTURE james M crafts I 1 who can speak from practical experience in the culture of tobacco c tributes contributes p on the following directions as to the treatment of young tobacco plants to the boston cultivator the best time to set plants is when they are rc large enough reg Teg regardless ardless of the weather it if the land la is very dry and the sun shines hot aa as it is very likely to be at the time of setting my mode is to begin to set about three or four pm and work as long as I 1 can seey seep bee see betting setting the plants in the dry earth watering soon boon after and again in the mor morning ninh early it if a covering is resorted to I 1 should prefer preter to use dry hay bay run through the hay cutting machine then with a corn basketful 10 in one hand with the other a small email handful can be dropped directly on to 10 the thus affording protection from the scorching rays of chesun the sun bun and the plant will in a few days erow grow up through this mulching and the winds will blow it away BO so that it will be unnecessary to remove it but sometimes the young plant has another enemy more dreadful than an army with banners to contend with the cut worm and where th ahr mulching is applied it is more difficult to find and ana destroy the rascals for the last two years I 1 have not used any covering preferring to give an extra watering or two after having set the plants then begins the strife beleen be wen the planter and the worms for possession os session of the field and let me advise the rinner minner beginner to possess his soul in patience for sometimes the struggle is lei a terrible odes ones ode one lasting days and weeks brit bat perseverance will have its reward rewards and the planter will come off victorious in toe end but the scars and wounds will be numerous but keep stocking over all the time when the weather is suitable th this is is usually done in wet weather or just at night and caterin watering well welt in worming g the best way is to take a dipper or something to carry the worms off the field for this reason in mahy many of the large worms aher pulled apart as a 3 many as twenty or thirty young ones are found round and if the carcass is is thrown on the ground these young rascals will live and do much barm this statement is I 1 believe in opposition to the books booke but having een been them miny a time I 1 cannot doubt the evidence nor the fact As soon as the plant begins to grow or aa as 11 soon boon as you can con get to it begin boeing and cultivating be careful not to leave any of the leaves covered with dirt hoe and loosen the earth well around the plant if the season ig is dry it is best to stir the soil often iti it hould be hoed three or four times at least if guano is to be applied the beat best time or a very good time is to apply it from the of july to the loth of august strewn between the rows from to lbs ibs or more and cultivate thoroughly and hoe dra drawing the dirt from be tween the rows around the plant where there thore are double headers or two or more shoots growing on one plant in consequence of or the chit having been eaten out by the worms pinch orf off all ail but one PLANTING PEAR tho the country gen GeA gentleman fieman fleman says every fine thing has its drawbacks the pear in some respects the ginest finest of all fruits and secondly to the apple in the long period of supply which it affords is more liable e than other fruits to diseases of the tree were it not slot for this liability orchards would become much more numerous the fruit more abundant and prices lower than pears peara can ever be afforded at ar the old rule is an excellent excell tnt nt one that ahen when one pear tree in an orchard dies of blight two more should be immediately plan plau planted ted this s will keep up the full number and ana a little more the suggestion now occurs which we offer to every one about to set bet out an orchard of pears to keep a email small reserve to fill out all vacancies of the kin 1 it would be well for example where it is intended to set out a thousand trees for the owner to procure twelve or thirteen hundred bet set out the best and place the smallest and poorest in nursery rows or what may be better procure second or third rate trees for this reserve nursery it is not absolute absolutely y necessary that the precise varieties should be taken takena so that the game same sort should be in every row for the top of no tree is more readily changed by grafting than that of the pear where the nursery frem wh nh ch eh the purchase is made is in the same the tho trees may be obtained as they are wanted but even here there would be an advantage in the reserve nursery because the trees having been once transplanted may be removed again with less danger and less check in the growth where the nursery k is situated at a long iong distance a few trees cannot well be sent for at a time as needed and the whole hole thing will be apt to be neglected and the orchard ultimately to to present many vacancies CARE OF an article in the urges b that in rearing a calf the great object is to cause a rapid and uninterrupted increase in the weight of its body at first the food of the animal should be furnished solely from the matur maternal mat rial parent p but at an early stage of its existence about the third or fourth week other food may wholly or in part be substituted for the natural aliment its food should be given in moderate quantities but at frequent intervals of course there may be objections to thia this pan on the score of economy but as a general rule too much liberality cannot be exercised in feeding growing anima s and there is nothing more certain than that the calf calt which is illiberally fei fel will never be developed into a valuable matured animal wb n carefully te ded from their bir h comfortably housed househ in winter and abundantly supplied with wit 0 nutritious food iti it is sometimes wonderful the rapid aa progress which young stock make the case is given of a steer suckled for three months which at one year old all the development of an animal twice its age and weighed pounds fifty stone |