daricu!t u!turai.
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No dilcoveries are of more impor-
tance than thofe which are connec-
ted with the Improvements of Agyi-
culture. Every one who has atten-
ded to this fubjeA is acquainted with
the fweeping deftru6tion which has
been occa6oneG by the genius Of the
Eruca, or Caterpillar. Many coun-
ties Of this kingdom, Especially 10 the
wefern diltri6ts, depend, in a great
degree, on the annual produce of
tbs orchard and in thefe diitri4s,
at leafl, i viii be of great utility to
circulate the intelligence Of an expe-
riment for the protection Of fruit
trees, from the Caterpillar, which
has been attended with complete fuc-
eefs. A clod Of earth is moulded
round tie top Of the trunk Of the
trees, and this is the whole Of the
procefs. From the hour that this
operation is performed, the infeas,
even in the mott remote ramihcations
will begin to fall, and the tree will


in fhort time be wholly freed from
this deffruGive incumbrance.- Ii
is true that the animal will afterwards
attempt to renew his depredations,
but as foon as he arrives al the ring
of earth, which fhould be permitted