New-York daily tribune., 1857-08-24

quite cIoeey with plain blue nbbon aud all of their
own manufacture, the blue silk ribbon iucioSed. This
is one Of the wealtbieet Societies in the United Stae
bu, mus. room die out as there has no. been birth
among them for over forty years.
The Ohio Vallfy.-The Valley of the Ohio, sn the
xsy 10 Steubeny ie, is perfect farm garden. Such
s,e.n corr such broad mesdowsi And as for the
wheat bave not seen the shocks standing so close
veg. ther since was boy gathering bundles, and
then thought them entirely TOO thick, because /
thought I should never &c. them all gathered.
A Dark Picture Of Indiana Isdastry Along tie
Ohio and Mississippi Rarc ad from Cincinnati through
Indiana, I corfess l was much disappointed. The
land vas poor and bad titled consequently with the
exception of an odd field Of corn, the crop was poor
ard all along the road 70 any idle men-I safely
,ay did not zee man at work in fifty mile from IL
70 O'Clock; all, all idle. Ten or twelve ran out Of
com field to the depot to see the paper bu they did
10, appear to have been working. After crossing the
Wabash at Vncennes into Illinois things 60: better in
the way Of crops. How would you like to see at
once stretch field of one hundred acres Of splendid
ccrn higher than your head Something like OLD times
span-two bits q bushel-you would say. So have
seen it, and am gid to record it.
That Ertra Acre.-I must not forget to thank you
for your not only hinng but pressing all the neces
sty Of planting that extra acre. succeeded in
getting 10y main crop il betmes and looking around for
choice We found four extra that would have lain
IDLE but for that article which planted 10 oats and
com on shares We then powed three quarters Of an
acre of virgin soil on the edge Of wood where our
cattle harbored, which We planted in turnipsi and,
finally, af er finishing crack piece of potatoes, sowed
half an acre of iuIbip seed between the rows, the
weather being very favorable. All came up very
handsomely. hope many others have gone and done
Likewise.
TIE BoRrRs-A New-Jersey fruit-grower says, if
owners of trees troubled with boIers or barrelnsss,
will bore hole and n,ert roll of birthstone 10 the
BODY it will keep off all attacks Of borers, and make
the tree bear good crops. For small trees, mix flour
of sulphur into paste, and cover the bole Of the tree
near the ground. friend at Rutland, VT, says:
Fine sand aboat the trees is Of NO value prevent
the borer for the y which lays borer eggs, deposits
them ust above the surface of the earth; generally
under come loose Bit Of bark or in the cracks OF the
rcucber iind about the bottom Of the limb. The
grub pepetrates the bark, and then works dowaward
ard Upward I have found that winding newspaper
about the foot Of the tree, allowing it to reach upward
about foot .ond Milling the earth it at the bot
tsm 10 prevent the fly from getting under the paper,
efiectualy defeats the deposit Of the egg. The ny
cannot penetrate the papers but frequently lays the
eggs in its folds There papers, wourd about the uee
till into September when they should be gathered and
burned. / am glad TO the notice OF the applica-
ton of hot water after the evil is partially accom-
plished.' = W.
PRoGRTss OF THE PorATo RoT.-Accounts are
comrg in from various directions of the potatoes be-
ginning to rot though are pleased to sea that the
crop is very promising yet in most Localities, with no
appearance Of disease.
The postscript Of letter from Chaumont JEFFERSON
County N. Y, Aug. 9, says:
Tbe potato rot has already shown itself in this sec
ton Of the country aud there is reason TO believe
that our potato crop will be an entire fallure.
Another from Monmouth County, n. j., Aug. lO'
says:
"In our county, two weeks ago, potatoes never
locked better but now the tops present the appear
ance Of fire having run through them, and In many
places the rot has made its appearance. To-Day the
prc spect Of crop is poorer than ever knew it."
A letter dated West PowneI, Me-. Aug II, says:
"Potatoes look better for the time Of year than
they have fer ten years past After making consdera-
Bile inquiry have OF beard OF any rot in this county
lCumbt rand, but have heard Of one instance on the
KenLebec."
Boone County, Ill.,, Saturday, August s, 1857
Corn and potatoes ore uncommonly promising. Some
stalks Of corn have already attained the hight Of
twelve feet, all siked out nicely.
Anoka, Mnnesota Avg. Corn aud potatoes are
unusually promising.
Putnam Comfy, Ohio, Aug. ll.-:Al our crops, ex-
cent fruit, promise well. No potato rot.
Green Caste, Franklin County, Pa, Aug. H.
Tie com crop is looking unusually well, and will Ger
,.iry turn out WELL Potatoes are backward, but are
rap;d,y improving. Z. EMERSON.
TIE BoRERs-AyoTHER REAEDY.-An Indiana cor.
respondent gives the following very easilyrisd rene-
DIV for the borers. He says:
'"I would recommend driving cutnails Of some
length in proportion to the size Of the tree, so as 10
reach well into the trunk in spaces OF one aud nan
or two inches apart round the tree, near the ground
so az not to interfere with in cutting down in
future. Mailing does not injure but promotes the
growth .f trees by keeping oil kiods OF insects from
eating the leaves of Of the young branches Of the
during the sesson, and does not ipure the umoer
TIE APPIE-TREE DESTROfERS.
To ne Editor Of The ~ Y Tribune.
SIR: Your correspondent, l.. M. Taylor, gives IN
THE TRIBUNE Of July % remedy Tor rru.. tes tiee
be spesks Of but " IL not avail against the borer we
have in this section of country. IL works the most IN
the apple.tree, and is injuring and aesu2yns W.
many trees. will describe and give the haoits Oh tns
borer, and ask for some person to give through your
paper remedy.
have a young orchard Of about 400 apple Trees
they are tive inches in diameter. and were grated tWo
yaers ago. The graft was put in five feet from the
iuey but the bodies are much injured by the borer.
They have been stung by rome insect mostly upon
the wet STE of the tree-some Ga mem In dozen
different places from the ground to the limbs, mostly
within two feet Of the ground. The bark is dead IN
spots, differing in size from half 10 three inca.s -
diameter. If you cut into those spots you Will hnd
white Cub from half to II inches long. The body =
formed in iings or joints Its head is very large ana
f,t-a regular beetle head. The small ones are gen,
eray in the bark, and large ones work between .He
wood and bark They do not incline TO work into tue
wood much Wherever they touch they seem 70
poison tie bark You will readily zee that the sss s
tar is not the thing for our borers unless We give INC