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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Site Unsuitable for an Orchard. — A correspondent in the Province of 

 Quebec says he has about twenty acres in sod that has never been ploughed, it 

 is in timber, but the trees, though large, are far apart, and are mostly elms, oaks 

 and walnuts. The soil is first-class, but bare rock lies from 3 to 8 inches below 

 the surface. He asks whether such a site would be fit for planting apple trees 

 in the spring. Obviously to all experienced fruit growers, every condition 

 mentioned appears to be unfavorable. Trees planted in sod will not thrive 

 unless the land is kept thoroughly worked up with the spade, so far as the roots 

 extend ; a more expensive operation than ploughing. Far the best way is to 

 have the land thoroughly worked up for a year or two before planting. Then, 

 shade is sure to stunt a young orchard, and nothing will more certainly prevent 

 it from bearing any fruit. The shallowness of the soil is a great hindrance to 

 success, for apple trees in such a position suffer exceedingly from drouth in 

 summer, and are seldom fruitful. 



The Sorghum Industry in Canada. — It would seem that there is some 

 hope of a really profitable line of industry being developed in raising sorghum 

 in Ontario for the manufacture of molasses. Mr. C. W. Wellington, who hales 

 from the Southern States, and understands the process, has been experimenting 

 at Grimsby for some years with hardy varieties of sorghum, and is so encouraged 

 that he is enlarging his works, and preparing to manufacture into molasses as 

 much cane as the farmers here choose to grow. He showed us a letter from J. 

 M. Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, speaking highly of the 

 quality of his syrup, and saying that he believed American capital could easily 

 be secured for producing such an excellent article. 



