New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-06

young frnh trees have discovered since the ov want
away, that the mice have wrought Searfa, hrvoc 3,
the orchards. II said that thousand, Of tree. have
thus been 70 completely girdled that they Will never
leaf again.
OsIoss.-lfyou want the best crop Of on,snr vos
ever saw, 'pade or plow your land deep and nansre
| highly with the droppipgs Of the hen. house. Ron
the surface smooth, and scratch it with pe r.le b.
fore you marx of your rows There is no troubls in
rssr twelve or fifteen bushels Of Onions upon bed
rod and half square, by u.ing hen manure. Tryit
GRArEs.-The future If not the present crop or
grapes has been injured by the cold Winter Mr. Long
worth of Cincinnati says:
That be cannot supply cuttings this season, the
buds of the Catawbs, hebemoIt and Marion grape
vines have been killed by the severity of the Winter
He says that hundreds Of thousands Of cuttings have
been SID and shipped by other cuiivaos on The Ohio
but eIpieS his feais that of them will spoqt
and be therefore returns the money TO all who order
from him, and warns the public Of the ri.k they are
running in ordering cuttings this season."
Ths is very e ner, Us aud timely warning though
it will prove very unfortunate to many persons who
had made all their arrangements to start a vineyard
this Spring.
GEYuISE NATIVE AhERIcASIsM.-The Editor Of
The Ohio Cuirdtor is down on foreign impsrtstions
He thinks America raise her seeds and cattle
If farmers were a little less sovenly and careless.
Hear him:
"We have had some experience in the introduction
of New and Rare Seeds; but the conclusion we came
10 after trial Of some year, Is that does not pay,
for where we have succeeded with one kind we have
mace dead failure with twenty Others The truth ls
{ we only thought 60 do need tn go abroad for
scarcely anything If We will propagate carefully the
varieties We have We make them better for our
own We than anything we can get In foreign paris.
There is d., OF gas and fummery about taese i'm
poItations from live stock to posey Seeds Let ne be-
tow the sane pains and half the expense upon our
present stock Of spm-s and seeds, and we can beat
the world the quality and profit of our produce az
we do rev IN many things, even with our confessed
sloyenliness and il-matching."
MAN BuILDIsG HIS Own MoSUhrsr.-Dr. Or
Vile Dewey has donated the earnings Of his last Win
ters Lectures to his native village, to be expended in
planting shade trees along its streets And its shil.
dren shall rise up and call him blessed.
GARpES,-Now, this very day, as soon g. you have
read this item 90 to your garden and sbont plant
ing more vegetables. Our gardens should aooundin
choice vegetables and our tables should be supplied
with them in tempting variety. They are more
healthful more natural, and more economical than 30
much flesh. We eat too much meat, and consequently
too much salt and then we drink too much water and
things we mix with it. We should plant more and
elt more fruit and vegetables.
DURABLE SSOw.-Till the middle Of April, the
snow drifts in Connecticut within two on three hours
of this city, were several feet deep and in noun
famous roads it was extremely difficult to get about,
after it had thawed just enough to let horse slump
in" Some of the farmers could not pillow up to the
wall" ON account Of snowdrfts.
MICROSCOPIC DISCOVERIES OF THE NATURE OF
BLIGHT IN WHEAr.-The researches Of N. C. Da-
yaine into the nature of blight in wheat have been
published lately in the Complies Rerdus Wheat 10
subject TO disease which in rainy seasons u very
prevalent in certain districts; ii is known under the
name Of blight. This disease is caused by microscopic
anmalcules whose organization is similar to that Of
the cylindIc which 1--we parasites in tho
vorticello and in They belminthes Of the
order of manufactured worms. These whess-
have the kable cspsbility of aiming Ia
a dry and horny state for years, and then regaining
life and motion being moistened, and this process
can be repeated eight or ten times. Il long dis
puttd whether they were animals or vegetables. On
exam long a grain of blightcd wheat, II ia found 70
COL sist VI hard shell filed with white powder.
This powder contains no trace Of starch it consists
entirely Of microscopic threads, which are dry stf
worms. When placed in water these worms exhibit
hygrorcopic motion for a few moments. When the
whest is they make other manifold and con.
siderable movements which are uumistakable signs Of
of life When the grain old requires several houu,
or sometimes even days. before they resume motion
and life. In single grain of affected wheat there ara
generally several thousands of these worms. They
have no sexual distinction; they are the offspring Of
other forms. Before blight comes on there found
from two to twelve larger worms in each kernel which
is about to be affected and the females Of these larger
worms have been observed TO lay eggs. II blighted
wheel is sown with sound, the worme, after few
weeks, and when the sound wheat has terminated,
gre awakened Tito life by the moisture of the earth,
break through the thin shell which has confined them
anG follow the dictates Of individual enterprise. Th
great mass of tn, die unfuitful DEATH but few
reach the germDated wheat and effect lodgment il
the stalk under the forming leaves. They are carried
up by the growth Of the plant, and in wet weather
by their own exertions As they are dried
up most of the time they suffer considerable change
until they enter into the forming kernels and lay Their
eggs. The bGghted wheat is more grain than nut
galls are fruit Its tirsue is composed of hyperrophc
cells 1t is only after the worms have entered this ts
sue that their reproductive organs become Distinct
Both males and females become much larger, but the
females are larger than the males and lay multitude
of eggs, in which can be embryo that soon
breaks through the membrane Of the egg and COM
uepces its arva life. BY the time the sound corn b
als..~ ..,s I'D MA