, 1874-05-09

inuooa there l6 pofnaps no foltto Of travel nIor-
| ing hnch hn array Of continuous Bcenlo Attrac-
tioila--uot to spoa!s Of, tho different phasts Of
mining life to b6 aeon-aa are to Go foltild tofp;
and tho tourist In Colorado who fails to spend Mt
lenst ono day In this Canon missos very enjoy
| able and not-soon. .to-po-forgoton sonsation;
Il. 8.
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
THE. s,.gnr : Rect Tho Apple Trec-
Irorer, - penr blight - iron Glad
Fruit-Trcca-I7utt at the
Fnctory-Dlirnbility OF Eimber--Thr.
k6ys nrad the small Eruits-a0rgot In
lky6-Srrchil OF tho ChGosc- Factories
Observation-Disclosures
From Our agricultural Correspondent.
CtAsipA1uH. Ill., MAY 7, 1874.
THE auoA1i~DEEr. .
T.. u1z,, ~. LEBANON. II, April 3, 1874:
for Il feeas Hae sS ast s 1fas
4tsf w you please Rve Fee9ns IN regard
It is doubtful II tho ausar-bcbt cai III auy
event bo n,ado profitable in thls climate for tho
above purpoae. It Is a small beot,, seldom
| woighin moro thnn 2 or pounds Tho
yollow g1obs u1angold which il several t1ncs
larger, would 10 bottor for tho purptze and 1t ia
not fully demonstrated that even TINT cah be
1nade to pay during serios OF years, Us, III n
| dry eenson, tho root would not only DO small,
| but ilnnutritlous: Tho seed is long timo in
coming up, and this gives THO weeds good start
Of tho heets; but this difficulty may bo.mainly
overcome by. narrowing tho land Just be-
| foro tho plants appear aboyo ground. A good
narrowing aid rolling it that tiino will destroy
tho CROP Of weeds, and put tho soil In q bottor
condition. Tho Planting must be curly, Jay Ia
tho first part Of the complaining eoason. Tho
seed may DO planted with o drill, tho rows 8
foot apart and tho plants must bo thinnod with
the hoe to about inches In tho drills. In q
moist, favorable soasop. tho crop will ho im-
mense and pay largely but, in dry seasonu, or
dry periods ut tho limo Of planting, tic disap-
| pointnlent is great; for no attention can eayo
tic crop. I hive madoso many failures that tho
| crop hna beon given up.a
| very uncertain crop. AS we 70 north, this crop
| docs much better. aud, in sono parts OF Wiscon-
Bl and minnesota, is we'll worth tho attention Of
| tho: dairymon; but here, where corn does 40
well, ithas very little valuo US n torngc-crop.
AprLE-TnEE DonENs.
| a.. -. uENs1EY, ILL.,, April %. 1874.
Mn. "nunAl'"-sm: 4 few days ulnce IN exam.
ining. m, orchard, found tree with loose burk
was present. huggcsted thas tho tree 10 cut down and
burned. aeeordnEly cut # down md split up the
nes tha hoatt Tesarday found anothar tres sol IN
similar situation can bore holes into the tree
ss FL Yf Sss @ ts n s9fg t. a tho
IT IL probable that those trees l,ayo high heads
and lean do the northeast. and that tho sun in
jured tlp ba:k where the borers made tho attack,
thia class Of apPle-troo.boresa prefer to d.:
For this reason, w-hoaded trees havo an ID
vantage over tho tall ones. I huye section Of
orchard Of acrcs,: in which the tzeeu, Ct the
RI Arff f,0rtr fra ,ptft,
inches Of tho ground, and tho hoads wero formed
| ut that point but lnve hoen gradually prltned
up. so that the pillow and tho mower can be run
| quito close to them. In pruning ths orchard
nor is there any III the maple hhetor-belt on the,
| north and east sdoB OF 1t. 4 low rods to Tho
south Of it thoroar several mountain -aah- troes,
| having high heads and trunks 8 or 1 inches IN
| diameter, that hare been destroyed by these
| borerB and attribute tho oxempt1on ofs the
Arploo orchard, not 10 much 10 tile abseuce Of tho
insect rs to the shade Of tho trees It is prob
| nble that to hatch the oggs requires the direct
| rays Of tho sun, or the miller woald not bn SO
| choice Of tho location. II THIS IS 80, VIC have
| tho ounce Of prevention to saye tho pound Of
cure. First, thora ia shade aud the next il to
| rub the exposed trunks With strong soap, in
Juno and July, at the timo that tho fomale 1ays
in bailt which is to Kill tie flll-grown insects
without killing the tree; and that is to 40 open
| tic hols witha knife that bent wire may be
made to reach the insects, and thus destroy them.
Tho two apple-tree.po aro tho two-stripea,
mud tho brown aud white atrped Sopprda They
attack the apple, ,qu!lioo, monntain-ash, our
native thorn, Junc-berry, and other trees and
shrubs Of the Aroma family. They continue in
the tree Tor two or throe years. They b.,rrow
cat out through the bark at the upper ond of tho
hole. When they cannot be reached by wire,
tho knife or agougc-chisol must 6e used to cut
the way to them. It, Is claimed that small
piece Of roe% ea%mphor. plugged in % the hole With ,
this Inns not been fully established; aid
tho only ro1ncdy, therefore,. ia to keep
them out with the: usc ;! ,of soap at
{irst, and: when they have, made a
knife, aud gauge-chisol. Orchards noar the
groves arc the mont liable to the attacks OF tho
bottles. ae they are in tho thorn, and June;:hng
trees bnt, eyan there. 80 far aa my experienco
&c eg gRs os oS sy is Il s sse S s sfs sd to- %
cut its way fpto tho wood. IT is 1t that stage
that wash Of aoft soap, potash or sal-soda, will
readily destroy tliaul::,
Mtpss 81 AasGqRia County piofsFs The
3D. with both tho round md the fat-
headed. d.. .soporolS9,,. DO has Ind ample
ing. and, Us it contains nearly 100 ncros, ia OF
sufficient sizo to give this inject plonty OF ROOM
PEAn-DLIaHr,
=. ,,,,..- SaDEy, Ill.,, NAY j, 1s7i:
pearbght; OF rather, are there not varotlea Of tho
lrsr that arc not aub1ect to that nlalady? Just
when ne have thu 3. promise Of fruit
Gomez thu blight, :, and fruit and tree
ere killed. lind feinlsh Beatty pear tree blight
Just as. tho frltswas reaay for uso We canned ilo
fruit but tho treo mas dead. It Ind sakon tAs blight
IN the trunk enyinE the leaves green for long time
and thus saving Tie 1ruit:. We 1--we so-calisa IRON
ahalf-do1cn irou-cla pcars and p!ums aool things
hays slow way ofspseading, but. hlnshng sweepz
through tho land like t.euty-nle Whtrlwind.t :.
-. =, l: ~.,:. -, ~ ,,,, g, ANDREWS,
We must Keep On planting laa small Vay, . aid
in timo the maIad may leave uH,77at leatt, like
tile potato.rot, for time. True, there ia. little
enoouragemoat, ;bat yet VIC must not despair,
for tho pear Aas done very wel iu tjn,ea paAt ii
s ,f 9t ta ho o., sst 81 ana negters eosa 70
hut in one Heaaon this hope wpa. ,bastod.
In, 1880 tho ,pear-traea were, nearly AL
first that I had seen Of It.; and from tIoro it
slowly spread, ana, for tho past four, or. tyo