Litchfield enquirer., 1835-04-30

,IxrSrcrs,-I lately mentioned that ! nau read somewhere of hags of salt being tted a. fouOd trees to prevent the ascent Of insects ! have since found the passage. contained In a letter from the late Dr. Hilton to Judge Fe feFs, both eminent men in their oay' anu whose memories ought to be cherished Oy our farmers and gardeners. The letter was eritfen in the wear >t807, at time when the destructiye ravages of Hke yeiLOics in peach trees was exciting great attention; and when if xvas not determined whether if was dis ease. or whether tt was only the result Ot h. fury committed by the peach worm. It IS noIy known to he distinct disease.
 "CUl. Nichols, near EastoH.( Md. Eab"unds in the hest kinds of peaches. He IS an old residenter, and particularly attentive to fruits. ' showed him your letter, and iaQalired for information, He told me he had read my dissertation on the CurcnliO. nd.could vouch f5r the salutary effects of hogs rtitnring at liberty among fruit tReesS particularly the peach. apricot, Ssc.. He also gave me re cipe, which be said he had practiced on trn'! trees with advantage to their health. ana which now tEauscribe in his own words.- nTake away the dirt from arOuRd the roots' and where 1ou discover gum issuing out yo" will also fndAa white maggot, whlgh must ne carefully taken away; then wash the bocy and roots with strong brine. when you WI. U. repeat now and then in spring and summer. h inc t;ourse of conversation, he remarked
 ,pop the poxiOus influence of salt upon ln- sects generally: and observed that by tying a small bag of salt around the body of a tree: no insect would crawl up it. He said he nad practieed this method on willows particular iy. and never failed to free them from those crawling tribes. to which they are so liable.
 V = Gepesses Farmer.
 PRUNING FRuIr TREEss-We dePrecate inc old practice of trimming fruit trees in au' tan1n, winter or spring. Vegetation De'ng then dormant, the tree can make no sPeeuy effort to cover the wounds inflicted ny tnr knife and saw. The wounds, exposed to eearching winds, and scOrching sun, become diseased, and often bring on premature decay. Besides, an attentive observer must nave no- ticed, that whenever pruning is performed in the spring, three shoots are often thrown out ,nhere one has been cut away, so that the ye' Ty evil which it is intended to remedy, a re- dundancy of useless spray, is increased rather than diminished. Ifpruning is fperformed in summer, after the 6rst growth. say te'the nFst afteen days in June; lke tree then abounds m elaborated sap, the wounds are speedily heat Cd, and avuply protected. by the foliage, rom the rl,aligu influence of the sun and winds We have remarked in successive years. ana inc fact is noticed by others. that wbena tree is pruned in summer, there are very seldom any sprouts seen to shoot from the parts where the knife and saw have been employ cd. Y the reader will try the experiment. ot summer pruning upon a few trees, we nave
 little doubt lie vill agree with ussttlat tt has dec;tIpd prefefence over that performed in a- nv other season. The grand error of our farn1ers consists in Not pruning at ali or only at long intervals. whenM becomes necessary Co take out large limbs. and in doing this, inc axe istOo often employed. which nlangles the srees = -harily that fhay aildAna E'us' r"onvs' from it. Pruning should be performed annu- ally, while the ,limbs ia Ye taken of. and the spsay, are small. The. operation iss then trl. @ng andssafe, and.tke woundR speedily peal. We want no better evidence dT a slovenly Tar. n,er, than to see his fruit treessO enve!oped with succor as to render it doubtful which ls the parent--a case which. batting a.llttie nc ton, is often witnessed by the traveller.
 WY CgitiuasOr. 1
 Elooa.ens Ertroct t-The following eloquent uassage is from speech delivered recently in The Senate oftl United States. by Judge Porter, of Eouisiana:
 "There is 10 real freedom where men do pot hold all their rights, personal and Poilt.l. cal, by higher tenure than the arbitrary wlli of any man still less where the enjoyment of the personal right ia mads to depend on the manner the political. is exercised. You may hold up in your kand the written con, stitution of the country. and proudly exhibit h to the world as . prSOf 0f your superiority of knowledge in th theory of government; ; but it is all mere unoekery and teusion,'i tt its practical operation be tO enable any one en- trusted with its administration to expand or contract, for political effect, its protection. and its beneGt. The men of the revolution, who, at all hazards, and every sacrifice of life and treasuye, established this glorious la tric, thought, or have read. their history to very little purpose. that they were lighting for the reverse of' all this., It never entered into their ifnaginati0ns that the political rights ti1ey were to transmit to their posterty were to be exercised under the risk of penalties that rewards and punishniepts were to be any more the consequsnce of voting. than of breathing the free air of heaven. Sir, tt at the moment when the gallant ancestor of my accomplished friend from South Careli0a tN6r. Preston) was rallying and leading his 6ackwoodsmen to the third and decisive chasgs-ai KiHgss Mountain; his gnsd genius had addressed him, and said, "Y0ung man for what are you cOn.bating? You imagine you are destroying arbitrary government.- You are doing SO. 1t is true; but hatter not yourself, that, the glowing visions of freedom. which now fll your imagination, will be real ized. In less than half century Roln!this