New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-15
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or T-o5erhiu reusried tia; ke had never peeled tie
bs.s from s-ees IA order 20 I'd them OF inteets sad
been erooeousy staie in the On; had taken
icf for as purpo,e Of making tie t-se smooth he lad
lasir oo,cre II which destroys ;oe q1iSes oy
singing tie uask and LIMBS OF tee sres-aA lat part OF
lie Iirb above tie f,;ps Immediately cJrs- Lss' !eA
he los, ns1y bu,1:l. OF qu!aces from ihii cause As
preventive this year &c bad al bis tees wen IKE
xs.bed and the rc.ul, be would no; lose 'sntn
part &. much 4. he d;i last year-
NJ skinner. Editor OF the Farmer LiorsIy. calico
attention 20 Col acLeos ob.erva;ioos In Tie July JUN
Der Of i1st work the disappearance OF ne long Ie"
7ue il Sor;h Carolina; AID suggested in way rs'ne' Oh
iseui- than OF cpipor whether hey uch; Dot Be killed
by til same in.ec; spoken Of by WILSON tie oEni'aolo
zs, and qao,ed by RzNSrE il following passages 10
&c found IL Els Work or lasec! Architecture:
M Is so1ewh4; startling atn that he condition Of
tie The human se!ogsls inbred By ihese Petty an
noyaEcss Ct: II IS perfectly tue taAi ne at and us
OF man ye; been able 10 oye.ccule ise colecS
force the individual perseverance, AID the Duplicated
machinery Of destruction which insects employ small
ar;.cco-ir 20 CAREFUL md philosophical observer,
OPPOSES Amos; nvirci5e Obstacles The o., cTi
eaton IN many parts OF The equnociia zone These ami
rals devour payer and parchment .hey destroy every
and manuscript. Many provinces OF spa!!ish Amer
"a cannot In consequence show written document OF
hundred yea-. exis;eae,. Whist Development. he ADDS
can The civilization Of people assume II toeTe &c no.
The present win the pSt- tne uepos1-
tories OF human knowletee mus, re constantly renewed
II the monuments OF genus and vtSto, caSo be trans
litted 20 pJsterty -. Asaa. there are beetles nica
5epos, their lscv4 in in such formidable numbers
hist whole f.ess perish beyond The power OF remedy
the pines ot the Hirz bave thus been destroyer. 10 an
enormous extent ant North America, a. ere place IN
south Carolina ess: ninety trees n every hurGrec
iron tact Two thousand acres were swept away oS
small black winged eug. And yet, according 20 ison,
the historian Of American birds the people O. the Iu'ed
STATES were in the habit OF destroying the oo-
pscSer the great enemy OF these insects because he COCA
oaa.ly spoiled al applet The sane delightful! writer
and tue naturalist: speaking the lsboFs Of he ivory
billed wcodpecseT. saws, Woult Il be believed thai the
laVv IL, no larger than grain OF rice
should silently and in destroy some thousand
acres of pncree many OF them from two 10 three et
In diameter and hundred and ATTY feet high In some
places The whole far you cs1 zee around you'
sre dead stripped of the bark, their wintry-oos!ns As
and oa,e trunk: bleaching in The Gun. and rmons 10
ruins before every blast The suoterraneoHs arFa o
species beetle has often caused complete ta'u
Of the seet-corn IL the district OF Halle in ISL Inc
coru-wcev which extracts the dour from grain eA'ipe
the husk behind. will destroy the contents OF the ase
.torehouses very 'hort period The wiz worm anu
the iUrEip iy are dreaded oy eFary iafnef. i'e IN
of the locust arc well known not 10 be a: once reeo
ected rs example OF the formidable collective power OF
the insect race The white ants OF tropical countries
sweep away whole villages with much ce.tainty as
ne or an nunts,on and ships even have been desro!e
~ these interchangeable republics Our own docks ard en-
bankmen, have been threatened by such minute Iavaee
Humboldt. Voyage. lib VII oh. 20
!.
Bumenosch see also Insect Trsn'fornscrs, p !'l'
Dr. UnderhiI thought there great analogy in the
cases He showed specimens OF blight in pear
In proof of the fact. lie also showed ounces the
work Of another insect The fruit perforated and de-
Gazing, and the outside Of it covered with yellow
dust which full of The blight in the
peach tree which had been acrbed TO the east Hnds he
thought entirely the work Of insects The deposor
Of these insects lie thought was small black beetle, i'm
mense numbers OF which generally appeared abou, the
time the blight begun Another insect was making great
havoc among the Newtown pippn THIS blight
also ascbed 10 the wind but the microscope show
ed every leaf covered with AM alculr. Grapes suffered
less from insects than any other important; fu A,ponge
with turpenine and nxed upon pole should be
used destroy the caterpillar which of the clusters
OF grapes. The "roseous, which had formerly proved
destructive 10 grapes he had eIteminaed by powIns
bis vi eyard late in the fall The egg which was In the
ground exposed and Us vitality destroyed BY
frost.
The time when insects do damage in the even
ing when As al are aware myfAds OF them hold their
Iaolees AZ this hour large nfes IN the open air are very
effective modes for destroying insects In very early ages
peasants employed TO keep great FIRES on Mount At
10 destroy the ocuss which annually ravaged The land
of the Mica precedent which holds good but finds too
little practice among modern agEicuusts. friend
had his orchard nearly ruined by the canker-
ago the next season he tried the effect OF
these Hres aud raised good crop OF apples To XII In
secs he would recommend hres at night which will de-
sroy millions Of moths iae fall piowing which exposed
larvG and eggs freezing turning hogs Into orchards
whereby the soil cleaned OF grubS and WORMS and
thoroughly scrapng the bark Of trees in the fall taking on
the eggs deposited In the creviees.
Judge Meiss related that about 100 years ago the To-
Gusts passed through Estranada In SpaD and devoured
every green thing edible or poisonous except the Tomato
that plant they would on occasion touch He asked II
IL were not possible that the presence Of this valuable
plant in orchards would prove protection TO other fruit
But one been found the Tomato and that wa;
a worm nearly the size OF mans little finger The Alan
thu. tree In streets, he believed was en-
trely Tree insects. Would not Aanthus trees and
ToiAto plants prove preventives in fruit gardens
DR.. Cnderhi said II would destroy insects we must
preserve birds Birds which run the trunks Of trees.
like the Woodpecser are of especial benefit They dis
the larva OF insects from tho bark aud devour II
Ca,-brd would destroy hundred caterpars In day.
Where BIRDS even Crows destroyed 1t is through lack
OF knowledge OF their usefulness
Dr. Field said free application OF water or alAatua!l
solutions with syringe was good way 10 XII worms on
trees.
Judge Van WICK had known wheat to be protected
from the ~ BY having the field halfslaked lime.
Wood ashes will have the same effect Solution OF potash
he found was an excellent wash for trees
DR.. Field offered resolution which was carried, to
have an chronological Cabinet for the use Of the Club
and strangers which should contain specimens OF all known
insects injurious 10 the farmer.
Nj A wakenan said many farmers in Connection. had
destroyed In their corn fields by spreading ashes on
the ground Del ore rains.
The Club adjourned until Tuesday next, when The sub
ject OF " Insects" will be continued.
CITY CoNvESrIoS.-The following standing Com.
rnittees appointed asreeaby resolution by
the President All resolutions presented 10 the Convcn-
zion, with slight exception will be referred to them pre-
vious TO anal return.
l. on he Dirioa orAe CigistO Wards Election Dis.
srcs-Mrssts. HATFIELD Beach, Flanagan French and Nc
( Gag.
J. On he PoEers and Duties OF NayOrMessr,. Compton,
Davies. yArian. Cantee and Briggs.
g. On The Election, Tenure Of Qe and Porers and Dates
COuacl-Messrs Purcy, Cock, Graham,
and Grape.
l. On Election and ippou!r en-, 10 Qs and The Tenure o
oce-Messrs Porter. Inns B.oderick furdy and Davies
On Tie Creation. Porers dsd Duties Of he Department,
Of the Ciy GoyerrBent-9lessrs. Prdy Cook Benedict
SIeserule snt Hlsorouck.
6. On he Accountability q Public Qreers-Mess.s Cook
Browneli. Kelly, Avery and Graham.
J. On he Judtcory-Mes-rs. Graham. Nsrisn, Porter
Grape axe Greeanan.
g. On AsseSsneFsJ ard Tdre-Messrs. Benedict, lines
Broderics, yaraa and Canhee-
g On Con-acas-Me.sr.. Barker. Mcspedon, Hasbrouck
MARITIME and Doushsrty.
TO- On the City De5t-Mes,Es. Lee. Puser Davies, asss-
role anc Brsgs
H. .hs Board Of S4perrsors-Messrs. Meserole Boyd
J Hasorouck. Greenlnan and McCay.