, 1866-12-24


duco large and vigorous growth. Peaches,
! however, had rotted by the application.
Ashes, be thought, WAS good.
Mr. Richardson said clover seed, mixed
With plaster, WAs dtst-rate manure. Buck
wheat and cats were also good.
Mr., Spau1ding had seen plaster used to
| advantage. A gentleman asked whcro plas-
| ter could be procured. It was replied that
! IL could be bought In Chicago for $3.50 per
| barrel.
Nj Burnside said old stable manure was
very good: He had found 1t wonderfully
Mr.. Shick said he used stable manure on
| two rows Of Strawberries, and they grew
more fully and in better shape than any
others he had.
Nj. HadleJ had some experience IN apply
ing manure to pear trees. In bis orchard he
had pear tree which seemed to be dying,
lie placed straw around 1t and brought 1t
back to life, ana recently It produced fruit
worth fitty dollars. He had found clover one
! OF the best Of fertilizers.
Mr. Tewksbury told Of an extremely sue
cesefrl vineyard that WAS manured with al
ternate layers Of sod and stable manure and
plaster mixed. ~ ..
Nj. Jones said he was making experiments
/ with manu1es. BE was putting down cotton
seed and anticipated great results.
RABBITS.
The next subject taken up was the best
method Of destroying the rabbit. ..,
One gentleman suggested strychnlne put
in apples as the best way.
Mr.. Read said that arsenic, mixed with
eggs, was good thing to kill oil rabbits. Il
being suggested that people might eat the
rabbit after be takes the poison,
Mr.. Real enid the rabbit would hide lmme-
diate1y after he got his dose, and would die
soon.
Mr. Jones said hogs liver rubbed on the
tree 1Yus good. No rabbit would touch a
tree with hogs liver on 1t.
Mr.. Deyo had tried that experiment, and
had failed.
Mr. Carpenter had tied laths and corn
stalks about apple trees, and saved them
from rabbits, when sulphur, tar and grease
had failed.
Dr.. Dubois suggested that he was using pal
ings On his farm, that the rabbits could not
get through.
Mr. Wligus had used soap, mixed with to-
T rabbits OF the trees.
Mr. Hlncklcy used soap aud clay, and
found it effective. Cheap, coarse paper Was
suggested as m efftctual thing to Keep off
the rabbits. II not taken of IN the spring,
| the trees will dle-
Mr. Earle had found soap and SCOT, diluted
with water, good remedy. Rabbits had not
I injured him.
After some further discussion, the Society
adjourned, to meet again in the evening.
| EVENING SESSION.
The Society resumed its sessions at B1{
| O'Clock, and took up the question Of insects.
Mr. G. V. Kf1ey, Of Chicago, WAS called
| upon to make some remarks on the subject.
He said there Was O vast amount Of popular
Ignorance on the subject Of entomology, and
eren men who claimed to be au ta1 on the
subject we're often lamentably Ignorant. He
I preferred to reserve anything he might have
| to say TIL other gentlemen had spoken.
1 THE B0HER.
The apple tree boEcr was taken mp.
| Judge Brown said he understood that hard
| sonP, rubbed on the tree, was specific rem.
| edy.
borers. They work differently. The round
headed borer deposits her eggs around the
bottom Of the tree. Plugging the hole
| where the borer goes into the tree frequent
ly DESTROYS him, Tor the reason that the In
sect, in boring, makes shayings. He has got
the hole. Il the hole Is plugged, he can'tget
| ont, and dies. he said ping the tree was
good for the round-headed borer. The other
species deposits her eggs In the limbs Of the
trees. soapIng will do them no harm.
Mr. Hinchley had used soap, and Ind never
bad been injured though, were liable to the
rnvagcs Of the borcr, soap or no soap.
Mr. Jones had some experience with this
ugly customer. He tried soft soap, tobacco
juice and sulphur, but the preparation did
no good. He next tried hard soap, and since
last spring he had not seen borer In his Or
cbard.. The ones he was troubled with were
round headed borers principally. Persons
should begin to apply the soap about May !,
or sooner. There are but few Of tho t1at
headed borers In this part Of the country.
The soap he used Was made with one box Of
concentrated lye and four gallons Of grease,
boiling them together for four hours. =
Mr.. Richardson had used ashes and lime
on his trees with good effect on the borer. It
not only Killed the borer, but made the tree
vigorous. .
the borcr out Of the tree early in the fall, pro-
vidtug no measures bad first been taken to
keep them from going In.
THR PEACH TREE BoRER. !,
Mr. Jones said the peach tree was DIFF
teEent fellow from the apple tree borer. Al
little lime should be placed around the tree,
aud 1t was sovereign preventive.
Mr. Riley said the peach tree borer was
moth, looking little like wnsp at dis
lance. It deposits its eggs at the foot Of the
tree, and comes ont . moth from the egg In
July and August. Piling the earth about
Z. LII. Jones said that two or three grains OF
lime to tree would be sufficient. It should
be applied about May.
MI. Barker had produced good effect by
placing tobacco leaves In the forks of the
!. Mr.. Brooks said boiling water was good.
ME. Hunter told Of q man In Missouri who
put crooks OF soap auds th hfough the orchard,
and set lamps at the 9tocks. The Light
drew the moths into thsf crooks By hushsls5
the mans orchard looked like city at night.
AIr. Riley said that e{White sheet under
tree, aud the tree sutearcd with rum and
molasscs. drew the Insects and captured
them.
hr. Freeman dug the dirt away from Tho
tree and let the frost freeze the borer.
Afr. Malan said several Thousand trees
were killed about CentfalIA by that means.
Dr.. Dubois spoke to the same effect.
Mr.. Riley said it vas very foolish prac-
tfce to bare the roots Of tree to kill tho
borcr. Iansey was suggested IS remedy.
Mr.. Walker had seen It tried and failed.
afr. Riley said 1t was an insect that devel;
ops on tho branches of trees principally
md sometimes on the roots. He said ten
cents worth Of chloroform TO tree would
Kill the insects. Hot water Was also good
remedy.
Mr.. Brooks had heard that strong lime
water WASH good remedy.
Mr.. Richardson had found qulck-limc
good remedy. He put It around the base OF
The tree .s ear In the spEg Anotne5 ne gentle
Mr. BulkIey had used dry lime about the
collor OF the tree, and It had NO effect on
them at all. He thought a difficulty about
uafng hot water would be that it could not
reach the flhrous roots.
Mr.. Clark had used hot water with splendid
effects.
Nj. Riley said that tho orphis did not de-
posit eggs, bat Produced its young alive. and
one frequently becomes grandmother in
three =; four days.
This is a moth that deposits Its eggs In the
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