The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-06
AGRICULTURAL.

A NEW REMEDY FOR TUE CURcUIiO-I mad.
one of these accidental discoveries this season
which often prove more valuable than the re-
suits Of carefully eonductei series II expsfi-
ments.
This Is no less than a preventive 10 the attacks
OF that most uneenquerabie enemy TO al smooth
siene fruit-ths CurcuiiO.
/ have long been so troubled with this insect
that | have considered the plum tree OF Ius
value TO me.
This season, wishing 10 stimulate couple Of
old plum trees which stood among others in nv
fruit garden, | directed my gardener to place
round each tree a couple Of barrOwfnlis Of fresh
horse manure from the stable. This was accoT-
dinghy laid on the surface Of the ground, aui IN
work was rather pressing at the time, il was sui
fered, though rather a strong in smmOnis, u 10
thus for fortnight. think il was put ABOUT
the trees Just as the fruit began 10 swell. ans De
fore it became As large peas The result +,
that these two trees are bearing good CROP Of
fruit, while every other plum tree in INV ga-jsn
has, as usual, been s,ung, and dropped all is
fruit. There were no punctures, Or scarcely
any, TO be fOuni on the fruits these two trees
understand from this, that the pungsnt fumes
ofthe fresh stable manure are offensive TO the
curcu,io that it avoids the trees under which IL
is placed. Ii this, repetition, proves 10 be the
case, we have. | think, weapon against the dep
redator; for though the effect OF the application
is n OF the most agreeable one in neat fruit OF
kitchen garden, vet no one would hesitate 10
resort 10 il, annually, fthe eurculio can be civ
en- away by such means.
Yours, SUBSCRIBER
Philadelphia, Aug. 10, lcii.
This is interesting. and we have some eOrrObo-
raiive evidence. This season being one waea
insects of all kinds are unusually abundant, We
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tacks Of the curculio. though not TO such an
extent as to prevent our having a moderate crop
of plums, spricots, etc. But We observed sOEe-
time ago, with some surprise, that upon couple
large nectarne trees, growing directly against
| fence which shuts in our stable yarJ, nj
single fruit was punetured by the curculio'
though other nectarine trees, sixty or eighty
feet distant, did not escape. We attributed tat
the time to the fumes from the litter ihrOwndai-
ly into the yard. Since our correspondents
experience, which is more direct, would appear
to confirm the opinion, it will, as he suggests
be well to make more extensive trial Of the si-
feet Of a direct application next season--D'lsH-
ing's HoTfieuhurisf.
WHITE AND BRowS BREsD.-The general De
| lief is, that bread made Of the finest Hour - 'hs
best, and that whiteness is the proof OF It's qea
| ity; but both these opinions are popular error
The whiteness NAV be, and generally Is, CEN
municated by alum, 10 the injury Of the con
sumer, and it is known to men Of science iha' ms
breld of unrefned flour will sustain life, wlHe
that made with the refined will not heep
man on brown bread and water, and lie Will ave
! and ENJOY good health; give him white DIS
| and water only, and he will sicken ana aie' iu'
meal of which the first Is made, contains ." -.
ingredients necessary 10 the composihon u
nourishmsnt to the various structures conn
ing our bodies. Some of these ingrec en's he
removed by the miller, in his efforts 10 P'e"e
the public; so that fine flour, instead oil oe'n1
better than meal, is the least nourishng, ana 70
make the case worse, il is also the most dliieu
Of digestion. The loss Is therefore in all
spects waste, and il seems desirable thai 'h'
admirers of white bread, but especially the POI
should be acquainted with these truths, ahu
brought to inquire whether they do not pnrehAss'
at too dear a rate the privilege Of INDUCING =
the use Of it. The unwise prefereurs gwen y
universally to white bread leads 10 the perm
cious practice of mixing alum with the no~,i
and this again TO all sorts Of aduieTaiiohs '"-
impositions.
Il To KEEP Eoos.-A correspondent saSs'-
have seen variety of different methoas =.
mended for keeping eggs, so that thsy h'1;
fresh and good through the winter o"t Oh III
have ALWAYS failed TO have them come oat ss $50
asnew. About two years ago thoug" a.
pack some in charcoal. l pounded the .,'-, =.
coal, and packed them in the same h'1 III, r.
recommended in oats, ashes, salt, &c. Inc ne
suit was that they kept perfectly good ana VIZ,
used were as fresh and good to all appearance,
new layed eggs. We have tried tue e"''''
: two years, with the same result
Al the late annual fair of the Masssehus n
Hortic ultural Society, held in tos'oh, ..ir.d !
Wilder, the president of the society, ssr..
premium of sos for the best exhibition Of 80
consisting of one hundred and sixty 'n iastv.
Captain Lovett, of Beverly, furnishes I ~ ~.
four kinds, together with many others "
different growers in the vicinity nv.
The best exhibition Of apples was oy Inn Of
/, French. to whom was awarded the premium iii
the society's plate, valued at so whe =, oar
any one Of our fertile gardens furnish, an bel
Louisville society . exhibition an s9ua'
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