Agriculture.
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I SIa-lIaving seen, in your valuable pa
lpcr, many useful remarks on the treatmen
, of orchards, aud as the season is at hand
when it is usual to trim them, wash, &c.
beg leave tn give in my mite to the gene
Iral stock, and to protest against that tot
|common practice OF white washing trees
as tis, in my opinion, attended with TIN
worst consequences. II is done under tn,
that the caustic quality OF tn,
lime will destroy the insect-were it II
end there, | would cordially approve o
the applcation.--lt will not only destroy
the insects. but trees also. by stopping ~
the pores of the bark, thereby preventin.
the absorption of those gases that are a.
Essential to preserve, and promote yegc
tation, as it is necessary, in the human sys
TEN, to keep open the pores OF the body
to preserve health aud vigor. How long
would a man continue healtliul. were hi.
body to be incrusted with thick paste
| have for many years, given considerable
attention to the management OF fruit trees,
Iand am satisfied, cleanliness is as lmpor-
Itant to them, as it is to the human family.
Pl'his is to be produced by scraping Oft the
moss and old bark, and good washing
with soft soap and water in which tobacco
has been stepped, during moist spell Of
weather, in the months of February, or
March. The taking off the moss and bark
serves to expose the insects and their eggs
to the sharp frosts, that are usual at that
period of the year.-The soapsuds soften
the bark, open its pores, assist in destroy
ing the insects, and act also as stlmulant.
| have used all kinds Of mixtures as a
dressing to the trees, and have never found
any equal to tobacco. 1t not only is ac-
tive in its operation, but will eifectually v
Danish all insects and mice from the roots
--other manures attract them.


atm unwilling to occupy your time by
giving detail of my Experimental will,
however, mention to you one fact, in con-
firmation of my opinion of the utility Of
keeping open the pores Of the bark.


Contiguous to my garden, have a small
orchard. and have had for several years
past, the scrapiugs of the walls and the
weed, from the garden thrown into a heap
between row of apple tress, which serv-
eu, Wheh rOtttu, as top-hfessing Ior the
small seeds sown in the garden. tree.
nearest the heap tar "ut-aripped the 9th !
rs. ana those limbs immediately over it.
ere n much more luxuriant grnwth I;
and, as if anxious to inhale every exha-
latinn, from the weeda, inclined towards
and l2nt ovef them, instinctiYely impelled
To SEX for nourishment, which was re-
ccved thrnush every pore. and which could
not have been imbibed, had the trees been
covered with a thick crust Of lime, by white
washing. A friend to Pomona.


ID. w. Jr.


Haitimwc County, FEB. 25, 1924.