Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-05-12

orally conceded Ia be-, everV expedient Ia
improve the various kinds, prOduced by
our orchards, should be sought after with
avdity, as it will cost no more to raise good
fruit than it does 10 raise that of an inferi-
or quality, and the difference in finding
market for the two kinds is we'll known to
every vender of the article. ".0 " 0
81. The great length of time required to pro-
dncc most kinds Of fruit from seed, aud the
tac' IN regard 10 many kinds, that like will
not commonly produce It's like, teaches the
inexpediency, it not the impossibility Of
making any material improvements in the
frnit of our orchards in this way. We are
therefore led to seek this dtsideraiuns, in
some other way. Superior cultivation will
do much towards improving fruit both as TO
size land therefore quantity and favor
bos this method has the disadvantage. OF
being slow in progress, and Of producing
general instead ofparticular improvements.
Where particular improvements are desir-
ed, that Is to say, where you are DESTROYS
exchanging one kind of fruit to particular
superior kind, innoculation, or grating NAV
be resorted to. Each of these methods
has IFS particular advantages, but as the
present season Of the year is favorable on
ly to the latter, it alone shall receive our
present consideration.
The best time for grating is when the
buds of the trees have become. SO swollen
as to be almost ready to expand into leaves.
as at that period is can generally be per-
formed with the greatest success. If the
scions which you design to use are near
by, they need not be cut until wanted, but
if .hey are 20 be brought from a distance
they may be cut amy time in February or
March, only be careful to keep them as
much as possible in natural state. The
operation Of grating is very simple, and
may be performed by almost any one who
has ever Witnessed Il; and if due care be
used, the failures will be very few. Diff
ferent opinions exist as to the best kind of
wax TO be used in grating, from which we
infer that many kinds may be suitable, tho
we have generally given our preference TO
wax for this purpose, composed Of two
paris OF rosin, one part Of tallow and one
part of bees-wax. flour orchardists would
give this subject little attention VIC have
no doubt but that their fruit might thereby
be improved many per cent with very little
trouble aud expense Wesifetd Farmer.
Erom the BOsses Medical and Surgical Journal.
PULMONARY CONSUMPTION.
This is the season when the foundation
is often laid for consumption IN this Sec
lion Of the United States. Although thou
sands are annually swep, from existence
by this disease, the public never seems to
be alarmed at the fearful mortality, though
tine fairest, most promising and intelligent
portion Of society, in the day-spring Of
youth, are dropping into the tomb, one at-
ter another, in rapid succession.
That imprudence in dress is one Of the
predisposing causes, is beyond all doubt i;
yet with multitude of evidence, all Of
which is irresistible, that in q majority Of
instances the consumptive induces the dis
case which must necessarily be fatal, mas
much as it destroys the organization Of the
lungs, little or no attention is given to the
fact, and, year after year, therefore, VIC
Tins are multiplied. Physicians have GER
tainly discharged their duty they have
warned, entreated, both by lectures and
popular essays, but to no purpose. Re-
gardless Of all counsel, phthis;s has become
the most familiar term in northern bills al
mortality. Great complaints are made a.
gainst the climate, aud travellers from mild
or regions are shocked with the destruction
that is made Of human life by what. they
consider atmospheric changes Of tempera-
ture, so sudden and 50 severe as to destroy
the function of the bronchial apparatus
Now it may be true that in some iDdividu-
ais, consumption may have had its origin
from this cause and others, the number OF
whom, however. is comparatively small,
have an hereditary tendency 10 shat condi-
ton in which the lungs arc drawn into dis
ease bot two-lhirds Of all who die of pull
monary affections, it is presumed, have d.
rectly generated the mslady by trusting 10
the physical energies Of the system. The
idea is absurd. to youth. that simply wet
ting the feet, wearing thin shoes. dressing
in thin clothing, in damp cold weather.
&c., can have an influence upon the func-
lions Of concealed organs Of the body
Knowing little Of the sympathies existing
between the skin and the vital machinery
within, !. is not strange, perhaps. that little
attention is paid to the admoDitions ofthose
qualified TO advise. No spot on earth is
probably more favorable to long life and
health than New England; but the pre-
dominance of transatlantic fashions which
were by no means designed for this merid-
ian, are followed with such avidiiy, that
still greater mortality, by consumption, may
be unprecedented. as these fashions increase.
When our forefa,hers were more simple in
their habits, and less acquainted with the
potent enginery Of the customs TO which
we have become the fawning slaves, the
young grew 10 manhood. land were hardy;