The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-09

.hiito Pf'otsNii, al ~ Cuc pIIVdtlOuS anu CrlalS
he passed through tEsl.fo1 fostw
While the Episcopal Church in Wis.
consin suffers great bereavement, and
the church throughout Che whole country
loses loved and venerated patriarch,
the public generally will feel the loss Of
one who had at heart the moral and
spiritual good of all, a pure and noble
Christian gentleman a & ssfs a
Unhealthy Fruit Tress, Bark
sas Lice, &c.
The Western Ho53icugurist, published in
Chicago by E. f. Curtis, D. pra tical
Inurseryman, has the following sensible
article on trees and the treatment of
Them: a .es3k.s
THE greatest enemy to orchard culture
IN the west, is very generally concluded
to be the bark louise. Very many versions
go so far as to believe that if this could
be destroyed, we would have very little
to contend with 1t is very ture that
very important point would be gained;
Ibut these lice are the effect and not the
fc5ase of unhealthy trees. 65 sst
F. We start out with the affirmation that
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any more than cattle lice will breed on a
well-ted healthy calf. Lice wherever you
find them, come an consequence Of disease
Therefore, if you have a tree afflicted
with them, restore it to healthy condi.
ZION, and the lice will disappear But,
Says one, took up my trees from the
nursery with my own hands, preserving
all the roots, and set them out the same
| day in the most careful manner. Have
since cultivated the ground about the
roots, and bestowed on them unusual
care; still they have bark lice To this
We reply by asking, did you rot discover
in cuttlng a limb, other than the last
years growth, that the heart of it was
black, or at least a dark color If such
is the case,the your tree was diseased
and ready to take GA lice the first oppor-
1tunity =
There are many reasons why trees may
become diseased. If they are ever so
healthy when set, and are tender varie-
ties, such as the Baldwin, Rhode Island
Ireening, Roxbury Russell, &c, I'VE are
there speaking of varieties, with reference
10 Mort bern Illinois, Northern Iowa, and
wisconsin, it the roots are bruised by
the pillow; If the bodies are Scared with
the Whiffletrees; if cattle and hogs are
Fallowed to rub and mangle them thereby
loosennig the roots IN the ground If
sowed crops are raised about the bodies
the trees, or stiff timothy sod allowed
Ito form; if the trees are set without trim
ming the tops and cutting away the bruis-
ed ROOTS if mulching be neglected, if set
lin wet ground or set so deep that the
" of
then we ought not to be disappointed If
our trees become unhealthy
Now the question arises--your tree he.
ling infested with the bark lice and nee.
essarily unhealthy how can you restore
| it to healthy condition? We answer
first II the orchard is seeded down
pillow itwith care. Cut away from one to
two thirds of the top, being governed BY
the amount it has and then dig careful.
ly about the roots so as not to bruIse them
II it is necessary to remove large limb.
the wound should be smoothed over with
a knife, and a coat of paint or
grating wax-applied to keep it from the
action Of the weather) Next mulch
with partially decayed straw to the denth
Of eight or ten inches, and as far ont nc
the roots extend, which generally corraa.5
pond with the branches. Scrana +bn
trunk OF the tree, and the limbs as far az
convenient, with a. dull knife and then
wash with strong soap suds or alkali.
BY these means, you will start So ran;d
a growth, that the shells, holding ~
eggs of the lice, are loosened, and viii
fail, and the sap, which has heretofore
been absorbed for the sustenance OF lice
and limbs now cut away, will sn 90 to
assist in restoring the tree.
It any considerable portion of the cen.
tire OF tree is dead, you need no more
expect to restore it to healtil and pet ri5
of the lice, than you would cure 4 mar
in the last stages of consumption: but
any tree that has sufficient yitulitv Il
throw ont a fulisized leaf, may be great.
ly benefited, living and PRODUCING for
many years. A young tree, however. full
OF vitality, may be entirely restored nv
the above process. and freed from tcs
entirely.
We have given special prominence To
this subject as it Is of special importance
and has been sadly neglected thus far