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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



aurfac* of the heap, which may be prevented bj occasion- 

 alij applying a fresh coating of earth. The great art in 

 this operation consists in keeping up a continual smoul- 

 dering fire, without either smothering by applying too 

 much earth or letting it break out into flame. 



The ashes are, when cool, usually scattered over the 

 ground with a shovel, and the soil plowed and prepared 

 for winter wheat. If it is desired to preserve the ashes 

 for a crop in another field, they may be carted away to 

 some shed where they will be sheltered from rain, then 

 sifted, and drilled in along with the seed. If wanted for 

 potatoes, it is usually kept all winter, and applied in the 

 drills or hills before planting, at the rate of a handful to 

 ouch hill. 



The nearer a soil approaches to pure clay, the greater 

 is the benefit derived from burning it. Peat soils have 

 frequently been burned with advantage. The yield of 

 ashes depends much on the quantity of earth burned. 

 In England, from 25 to 40 loads of 36 bushels each is the 

 usual yield per acre. 



We should be glad to hear from any of our readers who 

 have had experience in burning clay eods. 



EvHRGRKEN Seed. — Owing to the scarcity of timber in 

 these parts, and the necessity of raising it both for fuel and 

 building purposes, I would like to ascertain whether there 

 is any pine seed sold in your region ; also, the price, the 

 quantity to sow per acre, the time to SOW, and the fastest 

 growing kinds. Any information concerning the grow- 

 ing of pines would be acceptable through your paper. I 

 would like to obtain seed enough for ten acres. I have 

 no idea of the cost of seed, as I have never noticed any 

 article on the subject. One of my neighbors informed me 

 that it is sown extensively in Germany, and large forests 

 of pine are grown from the seed. — Hbnrt Stcbgess, 

 Niobrarah, 2s\ T. 



Evergreen seeds may usually oe purchased of J. M. 

 Thoebcrn- k Co., 15 John street. New York. The most 

 valuable kinds for your purpose are the White Pine {Pinw 

 ttrobus), the Scotch Pine (P. gi/h-estri-i), and the Norway 

 Spruce {Abies excelsa). The price of seed ranges from $2 

 to |4 per pound. Four or five pounds of seed would be 

 sufficient to plant the surface you mention. The seed 

 should be sown very early in the spring, in beds of light, 

 sandy loam ; and after appearing above ground, should be 

 shaded from the scorching rays of the sun until lato in 

 the season. They should stand in the ^ed-beds two 

 years, and then be transplanted about a foot^apart in well- 

 pulverized garden soil, where they can remain two years, 

 and then be finally transplanted into their permanent sit- 

 uations. The best time for transplanting is in the spring, 

 just as the buds begin to swell. Much care and attention 

 is necessary to grow evergreens from the seed, during 

 every stage of their growth, until they are permanently 

 planted; and we should advise our correspondent to pur- 

 chase the young plants, ready grown, from some nursery- 

 man who cultivates them. 



SaooTs ON Applb Trbrs.— Last winter, I gave my apple 

 trees rather a severe pruning, and they are now full of 

 young shoots. What shall I do with them ?— B. F. A. 



While young, they may be easily rubbed or stripped off 

 by hand. By this time they may be too tough for this ex- 

 peditious method of removing them. If so, cut them out 

 with a knife. If allowed to grow, they will weaken the 

 tre«e, and involve considerable labor to saw them out next 

 wiat«r. Attend to them at one*. 



Osage Orange Sbbd — Pear Tebes. — (R. H. M 

 Palmyra. Ind.) One pound of Osage Orange seed 

 sufficient to plant the amount of hedge you menti- 

 rods. 



Prepare your soil for Pear teees by deep spad 

 plowing and manuring well, and we have no doub 

 trees will thrive in your soil. 



BnoKTHORN Seed. — (W. A. Forsyth, McLean, Tor, 

 Co., N. Y.) The following named seedsmen usuall; 

 Buckthorn seed for sale? J. Rapalje, Briggs k Bi 

 0. Bloss & Co., of Rochester, and J. M. Thorburn 

 15 John street. New York. 



Oats for Green Food. — Will some of your corn 

 dents please inform me, through your valuable pap( 



1st. If I can cut oats green, twice from the same 

 ing in one year, would it give more fodder for gener 

 than corn, from the same piece of ground, takini 

 consideration that when corn is entirely ripe, the ; 

 is entirely dried up, and consequently can hare but 

 nourishing properties, and the husk like so much ci 

 ter's chips, while the oat straw is green and nouri.s 



2d. If two crops of ripe oats could be got froi 

 same ground the same year, by twice sowing, would 

 a more remunerative crop for feeding than one cr 

 corn from the same ground ? 



3d. Can a greater number of bushels of common 

 be raised to the acre, than corn or other grain usi 

 feeding animals, (on the same ground) ? and is a t 

 of peas as good or nutritious as the same quanti 

 corn or other grain for animals ? and which is mo! 

 bausting to the land peas or grain * — Elias T. C. 

 Los Luceras, ^'ew Mexico. 



Wheat in Hills. — Will your correspondent Ch- 

 Brackbtt, of Rochester, Ind., give us a full accoui 

 his method of growing wheat in hills ? Will it pi 

 plant spring or fall wheat the same as corn, and cull 

 It?— W., Oakville, C. W. 



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