THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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n has many irons in the fire ; some are sure to 



iirp. and among those are his garden. 



1. ijjnorant man, would not pay the postage on 



'St agiicultural paper in the country, even if it 



forwarded gratis His judgment is very great 



lae management of tx farm or a garden, and his 



»!i'!s come to the Bame couclusioa while visiting his 



■emi.seg. 



J jobs it for moaied men. 



!v iineela to the shrine of the curse of the vforld, 

 ebt, and is obliged to run at every man's call. 

 L looks to his own interest, by watching his em- 

 irrassed neighbor, in order to know when to 

 trike " a good bargain, and double his money. 

 M manages to run his face for a little more land, 

 lile he has twice as much as he can properly till, 

 d must of necessity give hia whole time and at- 

 Dtion to some saleable crop, in order to free him- 

 1£ 



N now and then pettifogs a little, and gives his 

 are momenta to the law. 



on all such occasions risits the bar-room or 

 ocery. 



P preaches occasionally in the Echool-house, and 

 ist look well to his text, depending on his hearers 

 bring in the sauce on donation days, or when 

 endly visits are made. 



Q questions the utility of eating so much fodder, 

 len pork and corn-dodgers are so easily made, and 

 . so well on the stomach. 

 R rather inclines to speculation; thinks he will 



1 or let his farm and go into trade, and makes his 

 culations accordingly. 



S sleeps the best part of his time away, which is in 

 i morning. 



T takes a trip to the Far West, is delighted with 

 i country, sells out and moves off, and the next we 

 ar of him is that the "shakes" have a mortgage 

 him, 



U underrates the value of agricultural papers, af- 

 • returning crumpled and soiled the one he has 



. rrowed; knows the biggest part to be lies, got up 



, purpose to cheat the farmers. 



V varies somewhat from the rest; holds town of- 

 e, and is fond of political strife. 



W watches the signs and the times, has his alma- 

 B days, and plants in the moon, whether the ground 

 fit or not 



!X ia about X — can play on a fiddle, and sings in 

 nrch, and ail leisure moments are spent on his 

 Bws," and sol do rols. 



Y yearns to be somebody else, or in some other 

 ^siness, is very much out of health, can't eat but 

 ile, for the reason that he " don't raise it." 



Z, zounds! makes up his mind as he looks through 

 3 open window and discovers the tops of his last 

 •ar's onions, parsneps, beets and carrots sticking up 

 it of the ground, that if he hoes theoa a little he 

 .11 have as good a garden as his neighbors, and 

 ach better than he had last year, for they have a 

 hole year the start. 



&c. is persuaded to subset ibe for an agricultural 

 iper, which ia " the best means of rectifying the 

 iL" The first year there is created in him a love 

 r the beautiful, which grows with his growth, and 

 rengthens with his strength; he is soon posted in 

 le treatment of soils and manures, the effects of 

 ihich will first be visible in his garden. 

 Seymour, Allegany Co., JY. Y. J. C. Adams. 



CUSRANT WOBM, 



Messrs. Editors: — I have been noticeing an inquiry 

 in the February number of the Genesee Farmer frotn 

 D. C iJousBKRGER, Ualnhaui Center, C. W., in regard 

 to the currant worm. 'I'he worm he alludes to is no 

 doubt the gooseberry caterpillar that has proved so 

 destructive in many parts of Canada, that the goose- 

 berry and currant bui^hcs have nearly disappeared. 

 I will give my remedy which has proved so satisfac- 

 tory to me that I think your correspondent and all 

 those troubled with the wormy pest may benefit by 

 the same. 



About five years ago I found my currant bushes 

 infested with multitudes of these caterpillttrs. I could 

 not bear the sight, so I declared war and set to work 

 to kill them. I found that my chance was a poor 

 one amongst the miserable old fashioned hedge row 

 system, crowded against the fences amongst the grass, 

 weeds and briers so commonly seen in Canada. I 

 consequently dug up my old hedge row by the fence 

 and cast it over board and changed the sight into a 

 vine border. I pr^ared a portion of my garden by 

 trenching and filling the trenches with surface soil 

 and fertilizing substances. I then selected strong, 

 healthy currant shoots of the previous years growth, 

 cutting away all the eyes closely to the desired height, 

 leaving several buds at the top. I planted them in 

 rows six feet apart and four feet apart in the rows, 

 from the following improved varieties, large Red and 

 White Dutch, White Grape, Victoria, Cherry, Black 

 English and Black Maples. They all rooted freely. 

 By clean cultivation and regular pruning, I not only 

 have fruit of double the ordinary size, but also much 

 improved in flavor. I cultivate with clean stems; 

 this give8 them the appearance of a miniature little 

 orchard and adds largely to the ornamental part ot 

 the garden; it also gives me free access to all parts 

 of the bush, and when the worms make their appear- 

 ance I generally prepare myself with an old tin dish, 

 and on jaring or shaking the bushes they will all fall 

 to the ground or else be found in a suspended form 

 by a silky thread. In this form the old tin dish will be 

 found an excellent means to secure them with. Those 

 that fall to the ground may be easily destroyed by 

 the foot, or by spreading a cloth under the bushes 

 you may take them nearly all. By watering and pay- 

 ing attention to my bushes in the proper season, and 

 probably spending not more than five or six hours ia 

 a summer season, I have nought to fear from th« 

 wormy pest. S. S. 



Humberstone, C. W. 



GRAFTixa THK GoosEBEET. — In the Farmer, YoL 

 IX, page 234, a writer speaks of grafting the goose- 

 berry on flowering currant. I have thought I might 

 graft the currant on the gooseberry prepared as for 

 standards, to stop its propensity for throwing up 

 suckers; I am down on every shrub or flower that haa 

 that propensity. The flowing currant is a favorite of 

 mine ; it far surpasses some of the new shrubs, but I 

 would not admit one into a good yard, unless I eould 

 grow it on some stock that would not sprout. I have 

 a tree sixteen years old, eight feet high, length of 

 body five feet, the limbs droop naturally and makea 

 perfect weeping tree ; a mass of flowers when in 

 bloom; it is slender, and has to be kept tied to a 

 stake. I have never suffered a sprout to grow, as it 

 stands alone I can keep them down. Amaieuiu 



