, 1876-01-24
IOWA.

stnte Horticultural Society State
pcacc saclctv-Statc Temperance So.
cicty.
spse,al Correspondence of The CHICAGO Tribune.
DEs Mo1aEH, 1a., Jan. 22.-The Btite Horti.
cultural Society awarded premiums on apples ~
fo.tows:
Heat collection Of sesdttnes, II, r. Teller.
1]cat accdl!ng, James Smith, Dea f1oIncs.
u: Sssa 4ss a;ss
rnium: Jamos smllh. toeond rfzEniula,
Boat Kept srecmgns, Jamea Smith. ....,.
Best pl,s Of seedlings. James Smith, nzst premium;
Best apple, :" Doa hfoinea," James B.ulth.
No man In the Vest has done moro to promote
apple.growing than Jstnes Smith. More than
twenty years ago, ho took tho 1rst premium on
apples ut tho Natlonnl Fair in Chicago, ono Of
tho bcas exhibitions Of fruit ason in this country
For dozca yearD, bis orchard has been bIighted
gasherod from .the orchard over 1000
Bushels of app1ca; zud yot Iowa cannot
raiso apples. At tho Exhibition hero this weok,
oil soctions Of Tho Htata wore 1epreacuted and
the show of apples Haa superb. b.-neyes eaualod
IN th!s State.
Dir. Book. OF Davenport. presented valuable
osaay on pear culture. Twenty to thirty degrees
below zero ,s fatul to peaE-tloeB Of tho foreign
varieties mostly cultivated in Iowa. Propnga-
tton should bo mado from accl!n,ated aeedltnRA.
Poar- blight IL csueod by sudden and extreme
changes OF temperature In winter and
summer, Lop Of bllghtod houghs. Apply
no fertil;zcrs o1copt in oxsromp cases; then
only aahos.-neycr stablo-manuro. SIulching
10 good for gratis or qnlnce-roota. 4 great Cause
Of ete1llty OF pears IN thu Btato IL excessive
root--grosth.. 1lomcdy BY aummor-pruuing and
pinchlng back.
Capt. Mathews recommended growing sooa.
lngs for three years saoct tho tno.t promising.
and graft on bearing traoe. Recommends
dwarfs; givo good cnlture until July tllon
mulch, and leave alons until unxt spring. Ne-
top or root.pztno every tno or threo years. TITO
White Thozn promiscs Noll ID stock for poa1-
grating.
BUGS AND WORMS.
Prot. McAfco Ut the State Agricultural Col
lego, read paper on Entomology. Tbs best
remedy for the caterplarn which infest and do.
atroy maple trees IL to scatter corn uudof tho
:roes, turn IN tho hogs. and knock the Gator
psllarn from the sEoes. The larvn ia Tho ground
$Ae IT, IT, f91ss ass 1e.,eas 1e
For two years tho borers remain in
tho bark; ono yoar In tho solid wood tho
f9,lstn ,.9. They y, bore outward to the bark tao
auro remedy ID to cut out tho borcr; apply alka-
limo washes to destroy larvR. For tho fiat.
headed boror,. mix limo with sohp-auds, and
wash trosa In July and ,August. mako friends
"AbA 1alt4ct AAl VqkcCiNitJ bu9 Hu&}l HuoupGEk-
ora. which aro tho natural enemy Of tho bolor.
u. ". Kaufman, = succchBful pIuul-groncr,
KAyo EemodI for ourculo. Jar tho trees IN tho
morning, when tae ipsoets are chilled. and caLch
them On sheets. Smoking by coa!,ssr ts a good
plcatlon1 to the tree and ground aro usoless.
Mr. Kaufman supplied this city NTH magEi1-
cont plu,us last soaEon.
sTATK PEACE SOCIETY.
Tho 6tAte Convention OF QuaksrS has closed
Its snnual aessson. Tho lusden Of tho CITY OF its
members was, ''Lot us have peace" They re-
solved that their distinctive distinction Haa op-
position to tho baibaEous practice Of war, aud :
dsse9 dssoDf 9F Mesas to a5S'ste ~
arc repfoach to any nation; that
college coupulaory military drill should
DO doplored; !, That the QuaAers who wcro
II tho War bring their war-implementH to the
Centennial, there to bn broken on tho anvil to bo
prepared for that purpoao; and that tho tIme
has como for tho disarmament OF the Great
powess Of Europe. 4 Committee Of hyc-Joseph
DuEdsle, Laurie Tatum Of Cedar; Dr. MAgouu,
johnson County; snd seaatos Jeasup, OF Hardin
CountJ--uoto appointed delegates to tho Na~
tloual Peace Convention.
eTATE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
Th!a Association has alao closed tts work.
Among tho resolutions adopted wcro these;
Providing . committee to let IN conjunction
with tbs Legislative Committee on tho Sup
prossion Of 1ntemperaucoi that all persona who
iAEor !lceoao to the itluor-Beller ATa responai-
bio in degree Tor tho orimes OF him who socks
protection BY license; that women should hats
tbs ballot aa means OF seit.psotecsion. The
o1hoerH elected Ueso.
Iretideat-Jamts Plnthafn, Wsss Draueh.
s*tarsmGsiOsI' Observation-Disclosures r.1. e. t%sa' Ios. IT, T.; a'n'
1reasuF<t-u, Monroe, Des Nolres.
An Executive Committee OF QUO from eAoh
Dlytsiot ln the Htato wad selected.
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