ttrat Ponontg.
ENRICH THE SOIL,
To gather up the fragments that nothing
be lost; to collect together and use for ma
nure all the waste animal and vegetable
matter that is no longer directly serviceable
to man, should be the object of every fartner
who wishes to reap a plenteous harvest, and
at the same time to improve the soil -he cul
tivates. And yet in visiting many farms it is
not unusual to see ashes and rubbish scattered
about, or thrown into heaps, often the accu
mulation of several years. A spot of land
bare of vegetation marks where barrels were
emptied of their brine; while woolen rags,
bristles, hair and old .bones disfigure what
should he a well kept yard.
On visiting some back lot' we shall find
mounds, where the carcasses of animals that
have died in the service, sheep, poultry and
swine are buried too deep to be of use to the
growing vegetable. Too many farmers.seem
to thing if they each spring cart out the
manure from the farm yard and stable, that
they restore to the land what was taken
away in the crop the previous year; but
never was there a greater mistake. The
manure is what the animal rejects. The
most valuable portion of the soil, that which
is assimilated first by the plant. and after
wards by the animal, is found not in the
excrements of the animal, but in the ani
mal itself. In this are found all the ele
ments for the highest organisms.
Hence we see the value of the blood, hair,
flesh and bones of animals; they restore to
the soil not only the materials for producing
the vegetable, but they constitute that por
tion of the vegetable which builds up animal
tissue. Not only is the yield of grass and
turnips greater when grown on soil manured
with animal refuse, but an equal amount of
it is more nutritious than that grown on land
which is not so treated.
It is true that the amount of animal refuse
which the farmer can readily obtain, is very
small when compared to the mass of decayed
vegetable matter that is under his control.
But if he will industriously save what he
has, he will add to his soil substances which
make up in value what they lack in amount.
Hair, bristles, woolen rags and blood have
only to be placed on the ground and plowed
under. The parings of the hoofs of horses con
stitute a most valuable manure, and can al
ways be obtained at.no greater expense than
the cost of gathering them up. The same is
true of the refuse parings of tan-yards and
currier's shops.
It requires more labor to render bones im
mediately valuable to the crop, than it does
the other portions of the animal, for if ap
plied whole, their decomposition is very
slow. They require to be pulverized, and
the finer the powder, the better the results.
As a top-dressing for grain, grass, or turnips,
there is nothing that equals this kind of
fertilizer.
Ashes are in one sense the bones of plants;
they contain all the earthy matter, and when
the wood is imperfectly burned, there is con
siderable vegetable substance in the form of
charcoal. There use as a top-dressing for
grass and corn in the earlier stages of its
growth, is always attended by the most.
happy results. All vegetable matter, and
waste or decaying substances; even the sift
ings of coal ashes, chips and rubbish of vari
ous kinds, should be carefully collected; and
wet from day to day with suds and slops of
the house, it will become of great value.
Too much attention can hardly be given to
this feature in agriculture.—Prairie Farmer.
THE CROPS.
The prospects of abundant fruitfulness,
from all parts of the country are now most
promising. Reports from all sections repre
sent the crops as never before appearing to
promise so bountiful a harvest. The hay
crop, one of the most valuable, is now so far
advanced as to be beyond any calamity, un
less unusual wet weather should prevent its
being properly cured—a thing not at all
probable, considering the abundant rains of
the Spring. The Crop of 1860 was put down
in the census at a little over nineteen mil
lion tons; that of 1866, by the Agricultural
Bureau, at 21,788,627 tons,
valued at $317,- .
561,837; but the yield of 1867 is likely to be
over thirty million tons, a gain whose im
portance can hardly be overestimated.
Advices from all parts of the Western and
Northwestern States indicate that wheat,
rye, barley, and oats are all in a healthy con
dition. The Winter wheat looks better than
it has for several years past, and the fruit
crop promises to be quite abundant. On
account of the high prices obtained during
the last year, a much larger breadth of land
was sown to wheat, and there is no doubt
that there will be a larger quantity marketed
this Fall than ever before. Owing to the
rainy and cold weather, however, the corn
planting is unusually late, and in some sec
tions where the planting was done before
the recent heavy rains, the fields will have
to he replanted. The New Orleans Republi
can say that the planters of that State have
paid great attention to corn, for they are
learning that merchants are loth to make
advances to them for the purchase of the
food they can so easily produce; so that the
demand from the South will probably be
less the coming year. The yield of Indian
corn for last year was given in the census
returns at 867,946,295 bushels,
valued at
$591,666,295. For this year the promise
now exceeds twelve hundr4million bushels.
The wheat crop of the United States for
1866, is given by the Bureau at 151,999,906
bushels, valued at $333,773,646. The yield
this season is still subject to more contin
gencies than the hay crop; but the testi
mony from all sections is more universally
cheering and favorable to the largest esti
mates than ever before in our experience.
Reports from the extreme South repro-,
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1867.
sent the cotton_ as looking healthy, but as
two weeks later that' usual, owing to the
cool weather. This had recently changed,
and it was now thought cotton would soon
recover, and mature in July, in time to be
out of reach of worms and frost. If so, it
will be an average crop on the lands culti
vated, which was of less breadth than usual,
owing to floods and want of capital to sup
ply laborers. The prospect for fruits of all
kinds is equally promising.
The effect of such abunoiant harvests upon
the finances of the country will be very
great and beneficial; and the relief it will
bring to all classes of laborers and producers
never came at a time when it was more
sorely needed. It should be accepted with
devout gratitude, and a due, acknowledg
ment of its divine origin.—Evangelist.
UNFRUITFUL ORCHARDS.
We know of many young apple ,orchards
in Western New York which are of suffi
cient age, and the trees are of sufficient size,
to bear renumerative crops of fruit; yet the
owners and cultivators of them, as yet, have
received no adequate return for the labor
and expense incurred in establishing them.
What is the reason ? Is it because of the
varieties cultivated are of unfruitful habit
until then arrive at mature age ? or has
the growth of wood, induced by the fertility
of the soil and the system of pruning adopt
ed, been so great as to preclude the bearing
of fruit ? Doubtless to some extent both
reasons are good, but chiefly, we think, the
excessive growth of wood preludes the at
tainment of fair crops of fruit.
Our cultivators, as a class, practice but
little that system of pruning which is adapt
ed to bring a tree into a bearing condition.
They are usually content when the orchard
makes a good growth of wood and apples
healthy and vigorous, thinking that in the
future the reward will come in proportion
to the amount of wood grown. If the trees
are largo, they must at some time produce
large quantities of fruit. Perhaps so; but
it is weary waiting, and "a bird'in the hand
is worth two in the bush," and we think a
majority would muc'h prefer moderate crops
of fruit as soon as the trees attain sufficient
size to support their weight without injury;
and we think, also, if such crops can be
grown, it will be better for the interest of
the fruit grower, and no detriment to his
orchard. We do not advise over-cropping
in any case, if it is possible, but reasonably
and moderate production.
Now, it is a fact that apple trees may be
forced into moderate bearing at a very ear
ly stage of their growth, by pruning, and
we advise owners of thrifty young orchards
to avail themselves of this art, and cause
them to produce some fruit. Prune in the
winter for wood and in the summer for
fruit," is an axiom, and let ns act upon it.
Pinch the growing shoots on a tree in the
summer,
bend down the branches, thrust
down the sharp spade into the ground and
sever the roots—in short aim to check the
circulation of sap, making the growth less
vigorous, and fruit buds and spurs will be
produced and fruit will grow. Aim at the
life of the tree, and straightway it produces
fruit and seed that its kind may not perish
from the earth. This is care, and • not hard
labor ; the work must be done in the sum
mer, when other farming operations demand
much attention, but the orchardist who
does it faithfully and understandingly will
find his reward.—Rural Hew Yorker.
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