264 FARMER'S ASSISTANT. 



thriftily, than trees raised in a nursury where the soil is 

 suitable to their growth. 



See ORCHARD, tor a case mentioned by Mr. Peters; and 

 also, PLUMTREE, for another mentioned by Mr. Livingston; 

 where this point is more fully illustrated. 



Let the ground be ploughed very deeply, early in the 

 Fall, and be well mellowed ; then lay the seeds, or stones, 

 along in straight rows, and let them be laid plentifully, in 

 order that enough may come up. The next year, they are 

 to be thined, so as to stand at proper distances, and the 

 ground is to be kept hoed, and clear of weeds and grass. 

 After they have h;id one Summer's growth, they may be 

 cut off near the ground, for grafting. 

 See GRAFTING 



Inoculation, may also, at this growth, be successfully per- 

 formed on them. 



See INOCULATION. 



They should afterwards be kept clear of weeds and grass, 

 by hoeing among them, until they are transplanted. 



Where snows fall deep, they art apt to bend down the 

 young trees, and make them crooked. The best remedy 

 for this is, to drive down stakes, proportionate to the height 

 of the young trees, and tie them to these in such manner, 

 that the bark will not be injured by the string, nor by rubing 

 against th stakes. This is to be dune after grafting them. 



Some sow the seeds, or stones, on a small spot, and after- 

 wards plant them out in the nursery. This may be best 

 for stone-fruit ; but, lor appletrees, sowing the seeds in the 

 pumace is ihe easiest method, and answers as well as any; 

 and for other seeds, or for acorns, if oaks are to be raised 

 in a nursery, the above method will answer very well. 



Many trees are propagated from the slips, or cutings, 

 such as the Lombardy-poplar, mulberry, and others. 

 For raising appletrees, in this way, see SLIPS. 



NUTRIMENT OF FOOD The parts of food, whence 

 nourishment is derived, consist of gelatine, albamen, and 

 the saccharine matter. 



In a course of Lectures, delivered by Mr. Davy, before 

 the Board of Agriculture, in England, he pointed out, from 

 his own analysis, the quantity of nutritive matter contained 

 in various seeds, roots, and grasses, used as food for Man 

 or beast. 



From this, it appears, that the best wheat contains ninety- 

 five parts in one hundred of nutritive matter; good barley, 

 ninety-two; rye, seventy-nine; oats, seventy-four; peas, and 

 beans, fifty-seven; potatoes, twenty five; beets, fourteen; 

 carrots, nine; turnips, from four to six; clover, tour; fio- 

 rin, six ; and other grasses, from two to five. 



