, 1874-06-06

uot"Nt A't'TAtE ~ eAso t2N4its ~ HRUIFBAE HOLul
to CITY bua,,oBs man ID like d woll-hopt lawn
and honeo-gronlNla to tho farm for bott, net tllo
part of p}oasaf1t relaxation from Tho moro at,-
sorbirg dusiee and businona Of llro. LII ortlor
to ocouotntzo and to cultivate this fasse wo need
tho afd Of tho social Horticultural Society for
eyon our pleaRuroa and DastineH nacd ctiIturo.
IN Judge Ga grounds wero found tho largcst
cabbago Of tho aoasor. and tho oarltoa POTATOES,
licst Of tardy sousonB. Thoro Tho poas woro H.
most of Bizo for tho tabto, md tho poars md
chorrics wero we'll 1oadod With fruit. Tho appc,
like the whole crop Of tho county, was thin OH
timo. At2 p. m. tho mombors bogan to arrive,
and Boon the nmplo pnriors wero ilf!ed. mud tha
busincas Of tho meeting proceeded With.
Injurious inaocta came up for consideration
anu, Of thoso, frat III order waH
THE COLORADO p0TATo-nEETLE,
DOW 90 common In this part OF tho 9tato. Prof.
Burrill, Of tho Industrial University who Ii al
mcst iho only member bf tho Faculty who takca
sufficient interest III Horticulture to nttond those
meetings, remarked that ho lad bco,, 1ivng this.
INJECT Considerable attention Of lato ii tho Hor.
ticnltural department OF tic UniyorHtty, and
that 10 was non prepared to dlBabuso tho public
mind in regard to tho poisouous proporiioa ol
t1s n1aa beetle 9,,s3sr or its 1asyn' ne lag ap
to big arm, had rul,1od sl1cm iuto Il cut
on hB lnnd, Ind crushed l,undrola
Of then, In his hands, and In QUO instance tho
hutd spirited INTO ono oyb,-all Of which lad mo
tlley posseHsed any poisonous properties what
ovor. He could not INV tho Bau,e OF tho common
potato-ty, ,-Lyta Vit0t0, or striped oantliarls,-,
whiol, was no doubt mora or loBB poisonous, aud
IN regard to the Colorado insect. Tho Professor
10 practical oxpormeuter. l1ll nugcful nlembor
OF the Faculty; and II tho who'll Faculty would
take d like interest In industrial scioncc, wo
would aoon l,aye; not only a.usefn), but popu-
lar, Industrial College.
NEstEn1Es.
Common asaeilo, sata Prof. D.-ai ta1fespoon> ,;
ful to y buultttt f.TRtor, ,--sprinklod on tls
apply dry araenio or PnriB green, us those latter
must bo applied when the dow ia on tho plants.
md must be ronowcd utter shower; whilo tho
liquid adhoras to the plant for a long tinlo, aud
Increased growth Of tho Leaf. Tho loar appoara
to retain tho poison without any chAnge, md NJ
it does not soom to be asBimulatcd by tho plant,
Il IN no way affects its growth. Paria green Inns
aboan th9 sis effect r. 01f Ill., IT'S pxss coat t. thp
that, IN somo instances, It ssau trliio
bottor than tho arsono; but Of that he was not
positive. Tho chcapnoss of araenic recon.
mondcd 1t, aH 1t could iie had ut 10 cent? pound
Whilo Paris groom {ars8nRta OF coppor} cost %
cents. When eithor Of these Iii used in POWDER
twenty or thirty times their weight could be
added Of common land plaster, or ten parts oi
flour, aB too much Of tho drug waa injurious t.
tue plant On tho whole, 10 much praforrod tht .
Rprinkllng With tiue cool water pot.
THE BTA!rEp 0ua.
came in for 4 ahare Of attention. A1r. ]. B.
rlinncy had tried caiomel md found 1t posi-.
tive remedy against, ths old 9nemy;, a small
plnntB, proved elleotnal. III this connection, III
would take the llnorty to giyo another yaluabla
uBo Of ca!omol, nnd TINT was
r, ~, TO K1hL RATS.
Sprinkle little cn1onlel Oil bread ind butter,
md over tha pour molasscs, atll Put 1t In the
rulwnys Of the rat, md after eating, tho rat re-
turns to his hole and dies. Ho had killn1 hun~
dreds OF tlom IN thin manner, untlor his corn
rat-tcrrier.
Others mentioned FREQ uaa OF pIastor as
otfectual for tAo striped bug aul one or two
suggested manipulating Of tho first brood Of tho
the ground, whero it appears to have wintarod
in tho porfoot state and ia resdy To lay tho first
lot Of egsz. Thoro IL no question Of tho yalus
OF curly attention. Prof. 3urrill ia to continue
his Investigations, through tho summer. mud,
no doubt with valuable results. This orsst on
the part Of 4 membor Of tho Faculty
encouraged; and tho day oannot DO
long delayed when tho rarmor shail look to this
of many disputed aud unsolvod problems in rural
matters.
THE ORCHARD.
hayo been walking through the orchard
os as ts s R S soS ns 70 s ts Tas @ @
itB abundance aud ita condition; but canlo back
sad. for little fruit il naanifost Among tho Bua-
1ner apples, He'd Astraclan is fair; Rol June,
Early Harvest lrir', Peach, Spin Sweet. bononi.
aud some others Of loas note, nro almost a
total failure; Sweet Juno loo1a bottor;
Golden Sweat has u small showing;
while sops Of Vino is quito full. OF autumt
appias tho prospect is not so good. mud OF theAo
tho Snow apple ts tho bcst; ai'd tho vintor-llHe
grows eyon Worso:; reported these things to
ia Mrs; nurAl, ind al,o alao went out but tena
aud she lod at onco to block OF ovor 200 trees
Of tho koe"icls Goblin. and examined tree after
tree OF this old fruit, not fit for tle table, Int
which occupies 40 large cnaco in the pic, tart
aud apple-sauco line. "WoIl, DECLARE! not a
Codln Tor drying, to tone up the ples but it is
possiblo there may DO T. fow ems. Please, Mr..
'Nurnl, do not sell my, for VIC will can tho few
TINT may mature, and wo nust full back
on tho Lied Astrachen ns tho next
bese. Anu hore, too, our OLD ttounu sweet
(Lyman'B Pumpkin sweot), TINT WIS 10 full Of
bloom, is going to diaappoint us, and 10 NOT
know what we shall do for q barrel Q! good. old
fashioned cldor applo-sauce." Mnito apple