Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1855 — SETTING OUT TREES. [ARTICLE]

SETTING OUT TREES.

On the early opening of early spring, a large proportion of our readers are particularly interested in any plain, simpie directions as to the best manner of setting out trees, and especially so, when in that way, common and fatal errors are easily avoided. Let us therefore suggest:. 1. Do not set them to deep. Tins is the secret of the-grand discovery of the great law of vegetation, for which Russel Comstock asked the small sura of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, viz: “That the ‘scat of life’ in a tree or plant is just at the point where the earth should cease to cover the foot of the tree. If covered deeper it strangled the tree at said seat of life, or forced ii into sending forth suckers; which stifled at! healthy progress in the tree.”

Now the discovery is not a new one, that trees must not be to deeply planted; certainly no deeper than they were growing in the earth previously, Without doubt thousands of dollars worth of trees are annually lost to our country by tikis simple errog.. n Ken pirn , Put nothing bat pure and finely pulverized earth around the, roots. — Many persons are told their land wants manure, ashes, &c., and not having time to manure apd ash their whole fiejd, they as a substitute* put these substances into the hole of the tree, and mingle it wish- the ee y^

. - .. , W KgfiflPffjßiPP with which they cover the t fo<tfs. This is all wrong. The soil nlqyiieed manure and adies, bat these inut be composed in the soil before flowed to come in contact with the fibrous roots of the young trees. . 3. Mulch the tree w«U after setting it out' Mulching consists in placing the manure,6e it new e* tanbark, or whatever is Used, loosty on the surface of the ground considerable space around the tope.--On no account mix it with the soil ju transplanting. 4. The first step, and meet important in preparing for a ffaityard,’is thoroughly to drain the soil. The tree cannot be healthy and vigorous without this. 5. Take care of the tree after setting it out. Many persons do not bestow as much labor on a tree, which ought to yield an income of ten dollars per annum, a* they do on ar hilf dozen hills of potatoes? They do not seem to be aware how great the difference is between the quantity 'of i fruit on a kindly treated, well-fed tree, and that of one half-starved and dwarfed. Let it always be remembered, that whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.—American Agriculturist.

Portrait of a Good Milkck.—Hie following scale of points is offcVed with much diffidence in the hope that it may aid, at least, in forngftg »rane. system. If societies or committees would adapt somesnchknown standard, to be JbJlojxedJfi*M»U#T cases, it would be found, it is thought, of essential service. They arlfjAken from the first annual reporUSf me Secretary of the Massachucelts Board of Agriculture: ‘- r > 1. Head small, lean and tapering; eye full, lively and mild; ears small, orange within; horns small . . . ,5 2. Bnck straight, from withers to . root of tail. Brisket full, chest deep, and nearly on a line with tljd’ belly. (The shoulders sometimes' rise loosty above the back bone, many good milkers have this de*s , feci) •. . - . 1 il - /*- 3. Skin moderately thick, bii|' 0# mellow; hdir soft to the touch and fine. The skin should incline to yellow and be soft. . . i . ; 3 4. Barrel-hooped, broad anddfop* | tail tapering from the ruinp downwords ~4 5. Legs straight, delicate and fineboned 2 6. Apparent health . . *9MWPI 7. Udder coming broadly and squarely forward, large and full: behind and rising up the thighs*preserving its distinct character of. skin, soft, delicate and loose v with teats of medium length,stand-; ; ing ivcll apart . . . . .5 8. The escutcheon is renresenb* 1 ed by the fpfiiird growing IfaSr, which, commencing on the back- | side and near the lower part of the on the iagt, of hocks, extends upwards towprd| f the first touch or tip of the nunp, and also upwards and outwards to the outer edge of the“ thigh. “The ’ better marks are those which ex-^ 1 tend fartherest out upon the thighs other things being equal. Accompanying these best are also two spots or rounds of • downward growing hair; each aide of the udder, near The hinder teats.. There are also ma--1 ney other particulars connected ' | with different escutcheons the com- ‘ parative value of which can only be understood by reference stud the small treaties upon thospb-r jeet by M. Guenon, which is easily accessible to all, in a translation,* a second edition qf, which has beMl. most who keep milch cutcheoti which indicates This fit' 5 the highest degree should beoatf-s .(led to, ~*» perfection No animal should um rftifrlWWlijfrlliit ll The,points desirable i*f .*> bulhfSWS in the nmin, the s ame, marked, how* ever, more ' --%-Kbw TlASfwmtm* l&jitrndte-dflLr turns from 205 towns, Metcalf nvMe is 31,8?5rBlte* 25, 5 84; h 164; the 20 towns yet s»WTg*# from will probalilyreduee xiefc<S|®%

JLWD on’t ho afraid Mfjjf ’ menial young lady. times melancholy: but no nuttier t§. wng tt she b pensive .