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ORCHARDS 



are a necessity, but may be made also ornamental, the whole 

 secret of success lying in few words, " Keep your trees young." 

 That is to say, remove the old and decaying ones, and 

 plant young ones, but not in the same spot where the old ones 

 stood. The above remarks are applicable to apples. Peaches 

 should never be transplanted. Put the seed where you want 

 your trees, and grow them without removing. They are tap- 

 rooted, and no tree tap-rooted can be removed without shorten- 

 ing its life. 



A VINEYARD. 



Everybody needs a vineyard, though some do not seem to 

 want one. I was careful to have one. I would advise every 

 farmer to plant at least a hundred grape vines. If he has 

 them not, let him go to some reliable nursery and select fifty 

 good thrifty Concords. Then look over the list with care and 

 take twenty-five more Concords. Then examine once more 

 the catalogue with very great care, look wise, and take the 

 balance in Concords. Cultivate carefully and even prayer- 

 fully, but don't cut them into shreds, because some one has recom- 

 mended pruning. O ! if, as some pious people think, trees, 

 plants and animals are immortal, what a terrible account some 

 of us will have to face on the last day. 



KEEP ONLY THE BEST. 



In the great order of nature, which is but another term 

 for the Providence of God, we have primarily the mineral king- 

 dom, secondarily the vegetable kingdom, and lastly the animal 

 kingdom. Now, since the animal can not subsist on the 

 mineral, the providential order is that the vegetable king- 

 dom lives mostly on the mineral, and so prepares food for 

 the animal. 



The farmer will, therefore, find it to his advantage to 

 raise the best, whether vegetables, plants, fruits, or cereals , 

 and the best of domestic animals, and never keep a worthless 

 animal about him, or propagate an inferior variety of anything. 



