THE WISCONSIN FARMER

It is supposed the salt of iron afforded by the MECHANICAL & (
nails is offensive to the worm, while it is harm- _



less, perhaps even beneficial to the tree. A A Good Opening for Easte
chemical writer on the subject says:                             apta
  " The oxydation or rusting of the iron by                     Capita
the sap evolves armonia, which, as the sap   Circumstances of geog
rises, will of course impregnate every particle
of the foliage, and prove too severe a dose for physical configuration, o
the delicate palate of intruding insects."  posits, of immense suppl
  The writer recommends driving half a doz- exhaustible natural mecl
en nails into the trunk.  Several experiments
of the kind resulted successfully.           the westward tendency o
                      *                      all conspire to enforce th
  MANAGEMENT OF FaRIr TzEas.-Dr. Kenni- Great Northwest, already
cott, in a late essay on this subject, makes the
following remarks: He says, '* a crop of rye, world, is destined to beco
barley, oats or wheat, in a young orchard, is in the department of man
worse than fire-blight or caterpillars "-that  if this hope is not to
be
fruit trees need as much cultivation as corn
and potatoes, not for one year or five, but for- these millions of fertile
ever, or as long as they bear fruit. Cultiva- all staples of food, and y
tion should not be continued late in summer,
for balf-hardy trees, such as peaches, but the most no other portion of
wood allowed to harden and ripen. lie says the growth of the wool a
that. as commonly practiced, orchard trees the manufacture of clot]
need pruning about as much as cows' horns;
and that most of the shaping should be done fabrics?  What mean ou
in the nursery, or during the first three or four of lead, iron, and copper,
years.  In the rich West he would apply no ted quarries of stone-c,
manure to orchards till the trees had been years
in bearing.  Ile would spread it broadcast in pine, and cedar, of oak, a:
autumn, not at the foot of the trunk, as is and the other woods so ex
sometimes done, and where the roots cannot
get it. Plow it under slightly in spring,  building of houses and E
                                             branch of the mechanic i
  REMEDY FOR BARREN FRUIT TREEs.-Some and measureless water-po
fruit trees will never produce any good fruit,
and some will not bear even poor fruit. I had world of mills and factori
several such trees, and every effort failed to facilities for easy water-
make them bear fruit, but this one. We erect- every people on the globe
ed a portable fence around each one, and kept
a pig or two in the enclosure.  Four panels, a sure prophecy on our be
about sixteen feet long, of light board fence continue henceforth and
were placed around the tree, and simply nailed merely? aellin the fruit
together at the corners.  After the pigs had      y        g
been in that pen about a month, they were re- lumbering, and our agric
moved to another tree. If this remedy fails to the East and to the Old M
produce good fruit, after they have been well
manured and regretted, then let the trees be  The answer will not lonj
cut down.  Make a high board fence around en cloths and linens, pain
plum trees, for young chickens, and keep them  copper ware, castings of
there until they are old enough to run at large,
and see if they will not destroy or frighten agricultural implements,
away the curculio, and thus save a crop of be manufactured for us bJ
plums. The experiment is worthy of trial, as with the added cost of
it promises good results.
                         -              ways, still further incren
  BARK-WOUNDs.-To protect bark-wounds intermedi
against the decaying influences of the air,ate profits.
cover them with a thin coat of gum shellac,  Factories at e sure to be
composed of one ounce of shellac dissolved in cessity ere long, and it
one quart of alcohol of 96 per cent. strength. capitalists, either Americs
The alcohol will soon evaporate and leave the
shellac coating dry and hard-but it should be not do better with their xi
thin or it may crack and peel off.        in certain branches of z



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rn and Transatlantio
a£.
graphical location, of
f soil, of mineral de-
ies of timber, of in-
hanical powers, and
f the star of empire,
e conviction that the
r the granary of the
oee a leading section
ufactures.
e realized, what mean
acres, productive of
ret adapted, as is al-
our vast cou ntry, to
md flax essential to
lis and other textile
Lr exhaustless mines
,-our well-distribu-
ar mighty forests of
ad ash, and hickory,
tensively used in the
ships, and in every
LIts ?-our numerous
wers, sufficient for a
es-our unexampled
communication with
?  Are not all these
tlhalf ? Or are we to
forever to produce
s of our mining, our
cultural enterprise to
World?
' be doubtful. Wool-
to and oils, iron and
every description,
&c., will not always
y Eastern mechanics
transportation both
sed by half a dozen

established as a ne-
is our opinion that
an or foreign, could
money than to invest
manufacturing even



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