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PLANNING A FAMILY ORCHARD.
What One Farmer Planted for Hi«
Own Needs.
In arranging nn orchard for the use
of the family, there are several things
to consider. It must be located con
venient to the dwelling house, to save
time and labor in gathering small
quantities of fruit. It should, if pos
sible. be located on land that will af
ford the best natural advantages, in
the way of type of soil, and exposure
to the sun, etc., and the orchard
should be so arranged that, the fruit
nearest the house will commence to
fruit first in.the season.
A variety of fruits should be select
ed to furnish a supply of fresh fruit
throughout the entire season, and at
the same time furnish enough of late
fruit to store for the winter; therefore,
it is necessary to plant trees from the
earliest to the latest fruiting.
Following 1 give a sample of my
own fruit orchard for family use which
I think after several years of use to
be convenient and profitable, writes
R. B. Rushing, in Farmers' Voice. I
have a piece of land containing 1 %
acres, lying south of my dwelling
house, with a southeastern gradual ex
posure, of soil specially adapted to the
growing of fruits.
This plat is 20 rods long, by 12 rods
•wide. I have 91 cherry trees one rod
apart each way.
In the center of the orchard, south
of the cherry trees, 1 have 36 grape
vines, rows running east and west four
hills long. They are grown by the rov
method, as I think 1 grow more that
■way than by the hill method.
Just east of the grape vipes I have
20 peach trees, which consist of both
early and late peaches.
West and south of the grape vines
and peach trees, I have 41 early and
late apple trees, with the early nearest
the house.
As to my reason for this arrange
ment, the first fruit ripe in the spring
are the cherries. I have them so that
wife will not have togo to the back of
the field to get her supplies for the
table and canning. And for the bene
fit of the reader, as I go along I will
give a partial account of what this lit
tle plat of ground is bringing in dol
lars and cents beside supplying my
family with plenty of good, fresh,
wholesome fruits the year round.
My orchard is 12 years old, and not
doing its best yet. For the last five
years I have shipped, or sold, an av
erage of 50 cases of cherries beside
what we have used for canning, etc.
The 50 cases each year have netted
me $1.25 per case, which is $75 per
year from the cherries alone, above
what we used.
Having few early peaches I have
sold none except to neighbors, of
which I kept no record. But we have
had an abundance of very excellent
fruit ourselves. I should say that for
the past five years I have sold as much
as $lO per year.
We have had for six years all the
grapes we wanted to use, and for the
last four years I have sold an aver
age of 1,000 pounds at two cents per
pound, which is S2O per year, above
family use.
The apples are just now beginning
to do something good. I have been
getting a small quantity for the last
four years, but since they were seven
years old they have supplied the table,
plenty for winter, and an occasional
treat for the neighbors.
In the last three years I have sold
above what we used, an average of
one bushel to the tree, at from 50
rents to one dollar per bushel or about
$25 per year, for the last three years.
From now on they will do much bet
ter.
As to profits, the total orchard has
furnished plenty of fruit for our fami
ly, and an average of $l3O for the
last four years. Of course I laid out
the use of the land practically for the
first six or seven years, and was out
some little expense of handling, but I
think I received pay for all that from
keeping poultry on this land.
PRUNING PEAR TREES.
Experiments to Prove the Value of
Different Methods.
The following experiment in prun
ing Kieffer pear trees was made last
season and will be repeated to deter
mine the relative value of time when
to prune, writes an Indiana farmer in
Farmers' Review:
Experiment No. I—One-half1 —One-half all new
wood was cut back before any sign of
the bud expanding in the spring.
Experiment No. 2 —Same was done
to other trees when buds were ready
to open.
Experiment No. 3 —When in full
bloom and ready to drop the bloom
other trees were cut back one-half.
Nothing further was done, the trees
needing no pruning otherwise.
Now for results: they were just in
the order as was the pruning. Those
trees pruned early gave the best fruit
this year and the wood growth was
good. Those pruned second did not do
as well as the preceding, neither in
fruit nor wood. The third lot gave
poor fruit and but little wood growth.
This is oply one trial. There may
have been other causes for this re
sult, but we expect to continue the
same process another season to de
termine the matter more fully. We
will also try the same process on
other varieties than Kieffer.
HEAD LETTUCE FROM HOTBEDS.
Now Is the Time to Begin to Plan for
Early Vegetables.
Plants were started about March 1
in an ordinary hotbed and were well
aired to get hardy plants. The hot
bed into which they were transplanted
was made the last week in March,
making a bed of hot manure eight feet
wide and 18 inches deep on top of the
ground. Frames were made as for
ordinary cold frames, except that they
were deeper, 18 inches back and ten
inches front.
These frames were set on the ma
nure. After it had settled well and
had been trampled evenly, five inches
of rich soil was putin, which was cov
ered with about one inch of rotted
sheep manure and thoroughly mixed
with the soil. The bed was then
marked so plants would stand eight
inches apart each way, putting in
about 40 plants to the sash.
Our sashes are made three by six
feet, using two by two-inch stuff, with
a crossbar of the same in the middle.
Common sheeting, costing eight cents
per yard, was tacked onto this frame
with large-headed tacks. Plants were
set the last day of March, and it
seemed as if to test the value of the
plan a cold snap came; on the morn
ing of April 2 the thermometer stood
at 16 degrees above zero. Cabbage
and cauliflower plants set in a well
protected cold frame were frozen bad
ly, while this bed, with only a slight
protection of wild hay, came through
without a bit of frost.
The sashes were removed every day,
unless it snowed or the thermometer
stood below 40 degrees, but were cov
ered every night when there was dan
ger of frost, writes the correspondent
in Orange Judd Farmer. A row of
Scarlet Globe radishes was sown be
tween each row and were sold at a
good profit ten days before we could
pull from outdoors. A few sashes
were planted to Grand Rapids lettuce,
which was ready to cut May 20. while
plants set outdoors were not ready un
til two weeks later.
We began setting head lettuce June
1, which was 13 days earlier than
from outdoors, where fine, large lieada
were set. The lettuce from the
sashes brought us 60 cents per dozen
wholesale and from seven to ten cents
per head from the wagon. On our re
tail route it brought about two dollars
per sash, beside the radishes, which
brought one dollar per sash on an
average.
April and May were cold and wot
here, so that with an average season
and by using large, strong plants, I
think we could have had heads by
May 20. Nearly every plant made a
good, hard, well-developed head. The
varieties were May King, Big Boston
and Naumberger, a new variety which
proved better than May King, both
in the sashes and outside. It made
a larger, more solid head that stood
longer after it was ready to cut than
May King, and just as early.
SPLIT TREES.
How They May Be Treated and Pre
r served.
A kind friend contributes a method
for saving trees that split or threaten
to split at crotches. The drawings
show the idea clearly, says Farm Jour
nal. Any blacksmith can make a
brace of this kind, the desired length,
at small expense. Bore a small hole,
Plan of Saving Split Trees.
as indicated by the dotted line, insert
the rod, tighten anj} adjust the attach
ments —and there you are! Surely
valuable trees are wor{h this little at
tention when it is needed.
Castor Beans.
Castor beans are remarkably strik
ing plants for the annual garden. They
give a rugged tropical effect when
planted in clumps or with rank grow
ing annuals and perennials, such as
cannas and elephants ear. They should
occupy the center or back of the bed
unless they are dwarf varieties. In a
single season they often grow more
than ten feet tall. For extra large
plants the seeds should be sown in
pots in a greenhouse, hotbed or win
dow when tomato plants are started.
But large plants will grow from seed
sown in the open ground when the
weather has become settled. A dry
situation in deep and rich soil is best.
Among the most striking varieties are
Ricinus Zanzlbariensis and R. Borbon
iensis, which reach a height of 12 to
15 feet, and R. Cambodgensis, which
grows only about six feet tall but has
beautiful, bronzy foliage.
Low-Headed Trees.
Keep yonr trees headed down so
that they will not reach up to the
moon. We have seen old apple trees
that were certainly 30 feet tall. It is
as much as a man's life is worth to
pick fruit on such trees.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY., FEBRUARY 2£, 1909.
NOT FOR HIM.
"Now, boy, this is important! It's
an invitation to dinner!"
"Thanks, boss. But I can't accept.
Me dress suit's in hock!"
IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA.
Whole Body a Mass of Raw, Bleeding,
Torturing Humor—Hoped Death
Would End Fearful Suffering.
In Despair; Cured by Cuticura.
"Words cannot describe the terrible
eczema I suffered with. It broke out
on my head and kept spreading until
it covered my whole body. I
was almost a solid mass of sores from
head to foot. I looked more like a
piece of raw beef than a human be
ing. The pain and agony endured
seemed more than I could bear. Blood
and pus oozed from the great Bore on
my scalp, from under my finger nails,
and nearly all over my body. My
ears were so crusted and swollen I
was afraid they would break off.
Every hair in my head fell out. I
could not sit down, for my clothes
would stick to the raw and bleeding
flesh, making me cry out from the
pain. My family doctor did all he
could, but I got worse and worse. My
condition was awful. I did not think
I could live, and wanted death to
come and end my frightful sufferings.
"In this condition my mother-in-law
begged me to try the Cuticura Rem
edies. 1 said I would, but had no hope
of recovery. But oh, what blessed re
lief I experienced after applying Cuti
cura Ointment. It cooled the bleeding
and itching flesh and brought me the
first real sleep I had had in weeks. It
was as grateful as ice to a burning
tongue. I would bathe with warm
water and Cuticura Soap, then apply
the Ointment freely. I also took Cuti
cura Resolvent for the blood. In a
short time the sores stopped running,
the flesh began to heal, and I knew I
was to get well again. Then the hair
on my .head began to grow, and in a
short time I was completely cured.
I wish I could tell everybody who has
eczema to use Cuticura. Mrs. Wm.
Hunt, 135 Thomas St., Newark, N. J.,
Sept. 28, 1908."
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Overdoing It.
A young Englishman, after he had
been in Devil's valley for a couple of
months, began to grow thin. Wyoming
cooking did not appeal to him. Be
sides his squeamish appetite there
was another thing that the natives
held against him —his outlandish cus
tom of taking a bath every morning.
One day his landlady was discussing
him with a friend.
"I tell ye what, Sal," said the visi
tor, "he's jest a-wastin' away a-griev
in' for some gal back east thar."
"Nothin' o' the kind," said the land
lady, contemptuously. "You mark my
words, now—that young feller he's
Jest a washin' liisself away."—Every
body's Magazine.
The Prince of Grumblers.
When Mr. Beeton asked if he did
not find many unreasonable people
among his summer boarders, Farmer
Joy quickly assented.
"Lots an' lots are never satisfied
anyway," he said. "No matter what's
done for 'em, there'll always be some
thing wrong somewheres.
"Now last summer," he went on,
with a gleaming eye, "we had a man
here that was eo fond of grumblin'
that one day he actually called for a
toothpick after he'd had a glass of
milk." —Youth's Companion.
George and His Wad in Demand.
"The young wife answered the
'phone.
"That's another call for George," she
said to her mother. "Somebody wants
him to come somewhere and play
bridge. It's the third invitation he's
had this evening."
"That would seem to indicate," said
the mother, "that George is very popu
lar."
The young wife sniffed.
"It unquestionably indicates," she
■aid, "that George is an easy loser."
GOOD CHANGE
Coffee to Postum.
The large army of persons who have
found relief from many chronic ail
ments by changing from coffee to
Postum as a daily beverage, is grow
ing each day.
It is only a simple question of trying
it for oneself in order to know the joy
of leturning health as realized by an
Ills, young lady. She writes:
"I had been a coffee drinker nearly
all my life and it affected my stomach
—caused insomnia and I was seldom
without a headache. I had heard about
Pof.tum and how beneficial it was, BO
concluded to quit coffee and try it.
"I was delighted with the change.
I can now sleep well and seldom ever
have headache. My stomach has gotten
strong and I can eat without suffering
afterwards. I think my whole system
greatly benefited by Postum.
"My brother also suffered from stom
ach trouble while he drank coffee, but
now since using Postum he feels so
much better he would not go back to
coffee for anything."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever ren<l the above letter? A nen
one appear* from time to time. ThfJ
are Keaulne, true, and full of human
Interest.
MONEY MADE IK LIVE STOCK
IN CENTRAL CANADA.
W. J. Henderson, visiting Seattle,
writes the Canadian Government
Agent at Spokane, Wash., and says:
"1 have neighbors in Central Canada
raising wheat, barley and oats for the
past 20 years, and are now getting
from the same land 20 to 30 bushels of
wheat per acre, 40 to 60 bushels of
oats.
"It was the first week of May when I
got my tent pitched, but the farmers
all around had finished putting in
their crops, so I only got fifteen acres
broke and seeded. They advised me
as it was late not to putin much
wheat, so I putin five acres of wheat
and ten acres oats, one-half acre pota
toes and vegetables. All kinds of veg
etables grow well up there, sweet corn,
tomatoes, onions, carrots, peas, beans,
cabbage. My wheat yielded about 20
bushels per acre, for which I got 76
cents, others got 80 cents; oats
threshed 35 bushels per acre, for which
I got 35 cents per bushel. You see I
was three weeks late in getting them
in, still I was satisfied.
"Prom my observation, there is more
money made in stock, such as cattle,
horses and sheep, as prices are high
for such, and it costs nothing to raise
them, as horses live the year around
out on the grass. In fact, farmers turn
their work horses out for the winter,
and they come in fresh and fat in the
spring. Cattle live out seven or eight
months. They mow the prairie grass
and stack it for winter and give oat
straw. My neighbors sold steers at
S4O each, and any kind of a horse
that can plow, from $150.00 up. I raised
60 chickens and 5 pigs, as pork, chick
ens, butter and eggs pay well and al
ways a good market for anything a
man raises, so I have every reason to
be thankful, besides, at the end of
three years I get my patent for home
stead. I heard of no homestead sell
ing for less than $2,000, so where un
der the sun could an old man or
young man do better?"
UNPROFITABLE CUSTOMER.
Cat" ■ pill ir—How iuut h a shave,
barber?
Barber—Ten cents, but It will cost
you a dollar, the price of ten shaves,
if you want to be shaved all over.
$33.00 PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
EXCURSIONS.
Colonists' one-way tickets Chicago
to the Pacific coast, via the Chicago,
Union Pacific and Northwestern Line,
are on sale daily during March and
April at the rate of $33.00. Corre
spondingly low rates from all points.
Double berth in tourist sleeping car
only ?7.00, through without change to
San Francisco, Los Angeles and Port
land. No extra charge on our person
ally conducted tours. Write for itin
erary and full particulars to S. A.
Hutchison, Manager Tourist Depart
ment, 212 Clark Street, Chicago, 111.
A Dire Threat.
It is well known that certain vaga
bonds desire nothing better, especial
ly when the cold weather comes on,
than to be arrested and locked up, in
order that they may be taken care of
a while. One of this fraternity suc
ceeded in getting himself arrested for
vagrancy, and on the way to the lock
up he was so much overjoyed by the
prospect of not having to sleep in the
open air that he behaved somewhat
boisterously.
"Keep quiet!" threatened the police
man; "if you don't, I'll let you go!"
Exchange.
The Secret of Poverty.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson of New
York unlocked the secret of general
poverty in an address at the Ameri
can Museum of Natural History in
New York early this month, when he
said: "What is killing the people of
this city may be stated as overwork,
underfeeding and overcrowding; and
two of these may be included under
the one word 'underpaid.' The mes
sage of the church and of medicine
to-day to the community is not 'Give
to the poor,' but 'Don't take so much
away from them.' —The Public.
P.acing Him.
"Papa" inquired little May, after
Sunday school, "was George Wash
ington an Israelite?"
Before her father fcould answer this
somewhat unexpected question May's
six-year-old brother broke in.
"Why, May, I'm 'shamed of your Ig
n'ance! George Washington Is in the
New Testament, not the Old."—Wom
an's Home Companion.
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