L. XIV. NO. 3. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



21 



;d for a few years, many of the trees will 

 ■ely die. 



recently transplanted trees it is peculiarly 

 ions, and lays the I'oundation for disease and 



1 decay. It] like an obstinate patient, who, 

 r the care of a Quack practitioner of niedi- 



occasionally survives in spite of the renie- 

 administered, some of them should live, after 

 :ig been thus treated, still no evidence is af- 

 ;d by such a eircumstaucc that its application 

 any manner beneficial. 



Ills practice probably came into use on ac- 

 t of the cflTect caustic lime has, in destroy- 

 usects and moss ujion old trees and causing 

 1 to shed their rough bark. I am not prcpar- 

 1 say that in such eases, it Is not sometimes 

 ficial. 



le art of cidtlvating an Orchard successfully 

 ry simple and may be comprised in a very 

 ules. 



is necessary that the heads of the trees 

 Id be regularly pruned and formed while 

 ling in the nursery ; and during the operation 

 ansplanting, no limbs or roots of any size 

 Id be shortened or mutilated, 

 le soil into wliich they are to be transferred 

 d be rich, and I am Inclined to believe that 

 if clay is preferable to sand ; producing fjult 

 higher and richer flavor. The holes should 

 ig considerably larger and deeper than would 

 ly receive the roots, and should be filled up 

 a compost consisting of rich earth and de- 

 1 manure. 



ir high chestnut timbered ridges are usually 

 pt from the injuries from late 8j)rlng frosts : 

 )n that account, furnish favorable locations 

 rchards. 



peated ploughings will facilitate the growth 



e trees, but whenever omitted for a few years 



having been practised, will be followed by a 



tion of growth and a spread of disease — be- 



the rootsand bodies oilen suffer much inju- 



l| the carelessness of workmen. 



l)ie best cultivators for an orchard, are swine 



l| ;y will destroy insects and worms In various 



i, and preserve the trees in a healthy state, 

 le ground about the roots should he kept 

 by an annual application of manure, lime, 

 ish, ashes, bones, horn shavings, old tan bark, 



lOuld they become infested with lice or moss 

 ark becomes bound or incrusted with a can- 

 is coating, they should be thoroughly washed 

 soap suds applied by means of a broom or 

 en cloth as often as their condition requires 



Experience. 

 ilumbus, O. June Slh, 1835. 



SHEEP. 



is a well known fact, that wool grov.ers In 

 section of the country, whose flocks exceed 



iheep, lose a large number of their sheep 



winter. Some of them, we will allow, die of 

 ige ; but too many of them do not live more 



two years. There Is a remedy for this loss 

 ■operty and that too directly in the handsofthe 

 herd. This being the case I am anxious to 

 t before the public that all may profit by it 

 after. 



is a custom among many farmers, when they 

 e in their flocks in the fall, to put the whole 



flock together In a single barn, shed, or whatever 

 place they may happen to have to keep tliem in. 

 Now it is very evident that the young, the very 

 old, and weakly, or In other words, the most un- 

 heaithy of the flock, cannot possibly fare equally 

 w<'Il with the rugged, and It Is a fact while tlu; 

 one Is thriving the other is losing its strength. 

 When ke|)t in this situation, one after another falls 

 from hunger, and other causes incident to this 

 state of affairs, and they are no longer able to 

 raise themselves. Here the shejiherd for the first 

 time separates the almost lifeless sheep from the 

 multitude, and endeavors to restore it to health. 

 But it Is too late. He is soon convinced that "a 

 stitch in time saves nine" — that ten thousand dying 

 sheep, are worth no more than the wool on their 

 backs. 



When sheep are brought In from the pastures. 

 In the fall, they should be be divided into four dis- 

 tinct flocks, viz. * 



1st. Meagi-e or sickly — which should be kept 

 In a warm barn, with but few in a pen. They 

 should have salt as often as once a week — should 

 have a handful of corn each day through the 

 winter — as much hay as they can eat through the 

 day, and should be watered as often as twice a 

 day. This will not fall to keej) them In good 

 order. 



2d. The Ewes also should be kept from the rest 

 of the flock and should receive the same treat- 

 ment with the exception of the grain which may 

 be given occasionally, though it is not necessary. 



3d. The Bucks, intended for the benefit of the 

 flock, should be kejtt by themselves, that they 

 may be In good order, and for another reason that 

 will suggest itself to all wool growers. 



4th. And last of all are the Wethers which may 

 be if healthy, kept entirely on hay and water. 



I have for twelve years kept a large flock of 

 sheep, and have lost a great many ; but since 

 1830 I have adopted this course and have not lost 

 ojie tenth as many as I did in the same number of 

 years preceding tliat time. An Oi-d Farmer. 

 Claremont, JV. H. Eagle. 



THE USE OF FRUIT. 



As various kinds of ruit are beginning to 

 make their appearance, and as no inconsiderable 

 amount of disease is usually imputed to their agen- 

 cy at this particular season Lt may not be Inappro- 

 priate for physicians to institute some inquiries in 

 relation to their supposed deleterious effects on 

 the health of people of diftereut ages and condi- 

 tions. 



We are filmillarly acquainted with the prejudi- 

 ces existing against the free use of our domestic 

 fruits, but very much question whether they have 

 ever operated so unfavorably as is generally be- 

 lieved. It would be quite as philosophical to dis- 

 card bread stuft's, the various leguminous produc- 

 tions of the garden, and the meats offered in the 

 market, as to interdict the rich fruits which nature 

 has scattered around us. If a careful register 

 were made of all the deaths arising from excess 

 in eating these two species of food, it is quite 

 probable as many would be found attributable to 

 oue cause as the other. Eating and drinking have 

 become altogether too artificial; people consult 

 their books oftener to discover how, when, and 

 what sort of a meal should be taken, than to as- 

 certain the state of their finances. Life is thus 

 reduced to an unnatural scale, and the capacity of 



the stomach measured, as a tide-waiter would 

 guage the dimensions of a hogshead. Instead oi' 

 following the simple Indications of hunger, which 

 makes no dangerous mistakes under ordinary cir- 

 cumstances, in well regulated society. There is 

 a vast difterence between gorging beyond the 

 ability of the stomach to relieve itself, and satis- 

 fying the cravings of appetite. Were an individ- 

 ual never guilty of any excesses, he would be 

 exenjptfrom the penalty invariably Injposed on the 

 breach of any law of the animal econonjy. 



Instead, therefore, of standing in any fear of a 

 generous consumption of ripe fruits, wi; regard 

 them as positively conducive to health. The very 

 maladies commonly assumed to have their origin 

 in a free use of app!es, peaches, cherries, melons, 

 and wild berries, have been quite as prevalent, if 

 not equally destructive, in seasons of scarcity. 

 All naturalists will testify to the importance of 

 the fruit seasons to the lower animals, particularly 

 to birds. When there is a failure, or an insuffi- 

 cient supply, the feathered tribes are less musical, 

 less numerous, and commence their mlgrationis 

 much earlier, than when amply supplied with the 

 delicate nutrition designed for them at certain pe- 

 riods of the revolving year. 



In the scheme of creative wisdom, the indica- 

 tions arc clearly manifested that man Is omnivo- 

 rous ; and it was not until muzzled by the opinions 

 of one, and perplexed by the ridiculous hypothesi.s 

 of another, touching the subject of his food, of 

 which he is himself better qualified to judge than 

 the most learned physician in Christendom, that he 

 relinquished the faculty of discrimination implant- 

 ed In his nature, to become the football of those 

 who raise themselves into a short lived notoriety 

 by giving to unfounded theories the character only 

 belonging to well established facts. 



There arc so many erroneous notions entertain- 

 ed of the liad eftects of fruit, that it Is quite time a 

 counteracting impression should be promulgated, 

 having Its foundation in common sense, and based 

 on the conmion observation of the intelligent. We 

 have no patience in reading the endless rules to be 

 observed in this particular department of physical 

 comfort. No one, we imagine, ever lived longer, 

 or freer from the paroxysms of disease, by discard- 

 ing the delicious fruits of the lauds in which he 

 finds a home. On the contrary they are neces- 

 sary to the preservation of health, and are there- 

 fore caused to make their appearance at the very 

 time whoithe condition of the body, operated 

 upon by deteriorating ciuses not always under- 

 stood, requires their grateful, renovating influence. 

 — Boston Medical and Surfncal- Journal. 



To prevent Turnips from being destroyed by 

 flies and other Insects, the following method has 

 ])roved successful In Pictou : Soak the seed in 

 water, and when thoroughly wet, pour the water 

 ofl", and tnlxthe seed with as much flowers of sul- 

 phur as will adhere to it ; BOW the seed in this 

 state, and no Insects will come near the young 

 plants; the sulphur will also fertilize the soil. — 

 Pictou (J\r. S.) Register. 



To Preserve Milk. — la very warm weather, 

 says the Genesee Farmer, when milk sours soon, 

 put two table spoonsful of salt into every pail of 

 milk before straining ; it will greatly improve the 

 the quality and quantity ol' butter. 



