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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



ber, and at many other nobleman and gentle- 

 man's, seats in England, as well as abroad. The 

 machines are made to cut breadths of 42, 30 or 

 20 inches, as required, the latter being adapted 

 to liand power. The machine performs three 

 different operations at one time, viz; rolling, 

 mowing, and collecting the grass; and works 

 witli perfect ease, producing a beautiful smooth 

 surfoce, and attended with great saving in 

 abridging labor. 



Orders may be addressed to Messrs. Alexan- 

 der Shanks &, Son, Machine Makers, Arbroath, 

 N. B., by whom further particulars will be 

 given. 



Sold by Messrs. J. & F. Dickson, Nursery- 

 men, Chester; Messrs. J. & C. Lee, Nursery- 

 men, Hanmiersmith ; and Mr. George Barry, 

 Nurseryman, Castle-street, Liverpool. 



Planting Orchards. — The following on the 

 subject of " orchard planting," should you 

 deem it of any importance to j'our readers, 

 may be inserted in your valuable paper. The 

 growing of fruit should be a source of pleasure 

 to everj" farmer, and would be a source of great 

 comfort, health, and profit, at the expense of 

 but little time, attention and labor. The time 

 and application required, to grow the very best 

 fruit, need not materially interfere with the bu- 

 siness of the husbandman. It is the little at- 

 tentions the young orchard receives before sun- 

 rise in the morning, and after sunsQt in the eve- 

 ning, that ensures a speedy and profitable re- 

 turn. The labor, after your orchard is once 

 planted, is comparatively trifling; and indeed 

 there can be no excuse for any individual, wlio 

 pretends to be a " tiller of the soil," not having 

 an abundant supply of the best fruits upon his 

 land. 



In travelling over a great portion of "Western 

 Pennsylvania, you will find scarcely one good 

 bearing orchard to the square mile ; this is ac- 

 counted for by some, that their land is not suita- 

 ble for fruit, and by others, that they have tried 

 orchard planting, but found after waiting many 

 years, a majority of their trees were dead and 

 destroyed, and what few remained produced but 

 a meagre crop, and of the poorest quality. The 

 conclusion, therefore, most generally arrived at 

 is, " that there is no use trying to raise fruit; 

 it takes too much time and attention, and in the 

 end pays but little." 



My desire is to show that every farmer may, 



short period of from three to seven years, 



aping the rich fruits of an orchard, in a 



fine, healthy, bearing condition; producing him 

 a profit greater than any other crop, and with 

 the least labor. The modus operandi is as fol- 

 lows: Select the spot for your orchard, having 

 an even surface — if a little elevated the better 

 — and having also, if convenient, a south-east- 

 ward bearing. If the land selected is good, the 

 less preparation will be required. Surround it 

 with a good, close, and substantial fence; and 

 if necessary, to prevent depredations, plant a 

 hedge of the Osage Orange in the inside of your 

 fence, which in a few years would prove a most 

 complete protection. In the fall of the year 

 plough and trench-plough the whole, having first 

 applied a copious coating of stable manure ; the 

 next spring pulverise with a heavy harrow, and 

 again applying a heavy coating of long manure, 

 plough and subi)lough to the depth of sixteen 

 inches, if possible, then harrow well and plant 

 in potatoes. This crop itself will pay the ex- 

 pense of preparation. 



After your potatoes have been taken up, which 

 may be a little earlier or later than usual, plow, 

 harrow, and mark out for your trees ; for apple 

 trees, forty feetdistant, in squares or pentagons, 

 and between each mark for peaches; and, hav- 

 ing selected healthy seed, and peach nuts from 

 healthy trees, plant alternately, eight or ten in 

 a hill, applying some well rotted cow droppings 

 or compost, and placing a small stake to each 

 hill. 



In the coming spring, a majority of the seed 

 will germinate, and being thinned out to four or 

 five in a hill, must be carefully cultivated, and 

 kept clear of weeds during the season. The 

 ground should be again planted in some hoed 

 crop, care being always had not to plow within 

 four feet of the hills of your fruit trees; in July 

 or August, your young trees are ready for 

 budding, which must be done from the best se- 

 lections, and early in the mornings, or after 

 sunset in the evenings; carefully recording in a 

 book kept for the purpose, the names of your 

 varieties — and here we might say your work is 

 done. The spring following, the hills are to be 

 again thinned out, leaving two of the most vi- 

 gorous buds — and if there ai'e any vacancies, 

 supplying the same ; continue to cultivate hoed 

 crops, as before, and keep the ground about the 

 plants, loose and clear of weeds. In the 

 fall or spring, select the more vigorous 



