FARMERS' REGISTER 



665 



I must however observe, that instead of wash- 

 ing my bacon with warm water, previous to hang- 

 ing it, 1 have experienced the best eil'ects (roin 

 washing vviih a srrong lie, made from clean hicko- 

 ry ashes. I am respectfully yours, &c. 



A Subscriber. 



TUEATBIENT OF PEACH TREES. 



From the New Genesee Farmer. 



In a late number of our paper, we noticed the 

 diflerence between peacli trees sufl'ering ii-oni the 

 yellows, and from the worm at the root ; but it is 

 remarkable that some inteiliffent minds seem un- 

 able to comprehend the distinction. One imagines 

 that this disease i^ induced by the worm ; atiullier 

 thinks it is caused by intense cold suddenly suc- 

 ceeding mild weallier in winter; and a third is 

 satisfied it arises from the root soaking in mineral 

 water. These opinions would be entitled to some 

 respect, if the authors had respectively taken the 

 pains to show us that the supposed cause was suf- 

 ficient to explain the whole phenomena ; but so 

 carelessly h'^ve they looked at the subj^^ct, that 

 they appear not to know that the yellows \s con- 

 tagious. Neither do they appear to know that it 

 commenced ilS ravages in Pennsylvania and New 

 Jersey, about the year 1797. Let us ask, however, 

 were there no peach worms, no unliivorable sea- 

 sons, and no mineral springs (or the trees to dip 

 their roots in, previous to the year 1797? Peach 

 trees were cultivated near Philadelphia (or more 

 than a century before any such diseases appear 

 to have been known ; and in western New York 

 more than thirty years passed away, after the 

 Indian had resigned his old peach orchard to the 

 white man, belbre it was introduced amongst 

 us, yet the worm was busy, the weather came as 

 it listed ; and the mineral springs, where there 

 were any, soaked away as they had Jonc (or cen- 

 turies before. 



The origin of this disease affords an interesting 

 subject of inquiry and speculation ; but, like the 

 origin of the small pox and measles, it will proba- 

 bly remain unknown ; and the horticulturist may 

 do well without such discovery, if he can be made 

 properly to understand thai it; is very contagious. 

 "With this idea (iiirly before iiim, he will remove 

 the sickly trees from his garden before they con- 

 taminate the others; and he will be careful not 

 to let any tool that has been so employed, especi- 

 ally the saw, be used on a healthy tree belore it 

 has been thoroughly cleansed. 



The peach worm, though an enemj' not to be 

 despised, rarely destroys a tree, except when it is 

 small, or when considerable numbers attack it at 

 the same lime. It has been several years since 

 we went round among our large trees to search 

 for this insect ; and we have no reason to think 

 that more than two or three have suffered niate- 

 lially. Still we would recommend the search to 

 every proprietor who can steal away from his 

 other avocations. 



The oozing of the gum in wet weather is no 

 certain indication of the worm, especially if it he 

 on the trunk a foot or more from the crround ; but 

 vv'hen the gum is crowded with filth, diliiient 

 search should be made. Remove the earth from 

 the tree to the depth of two or three inches ; and 

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with a strong pocket knife endeavor to find the 

 cavity where the depredator resides. Vile as the 

 outside of his dwelling appears, the inside is gen»- 

 rally kept clean — (not crowded with ordure like 

 the track of the borer.) When the ktiKii once en- 

 ters this covered way, which is cut in the pulpy 

 part of the bark, it ia commonly easy to find him ; 

 but in all cases where it ia practicable, cut longi- 

 tudinally, and not crosswise. When the worm 

 is removed, — and no creature can be more helpless 

 when he is expelled from his nest, — the hole 

 should be laid open through its whole length, and 

 then filled with clay mortar, or some o her compo- 

 sition. A peach tree very speedily recovers from 

 such wounds. 



Lime or ashes laid close round the tree is an 

 excellent preventive o( the worm ; and if the lime 

 has become mild, or the ashes leached, one or two 

 shovelfuls may be very ea(ely applied. Quick 

 lime, especially hot lime, or unleached ashes, how- 

 ever, may require to be given in smaller quantities. 



The advantages ol' such applications appear to 

 be that the grass is destroyed, and consequently 

 the bark is harder down to the very surface of the 

 liiTie or ashes, — near which the mother insect is 

 more unwilling to depos^ite her eggs. 



A !iiw words in regard to pruning. As soon as 

 the peach trees show symptoms of being stunted 

 by bearing. — amputate, and encourage tlte growth 

 of young vigorous branches. The fruit on such 

 is often as fine as the fruit of a young tree, 



BLOODY MILK — INQUIRY. 



From the Cultivator. 



" Gentlemen~\ should be glad lo obtain a re- 

 iTiedy lor a disease in the udder of cows like the 

 following: On Sunday evening I discovered that 

 bloody milk was drawn from one teat, accompa- 

 nied with a slii^hi swelling behind it. O.i J\]on- 

 day morning one-half of the udder was so badly 

 swollen as io render it nearly impossible to milk 

 the two teats atfected ; the other two teals re- 

 mained unaifected. It has continued until this 

 lime, (Saturday;) there is ho appearance of ex- 

 ternal injury; though I should state that soma 

 lime previous to my purchasing her, three months 

 since, she had had a back rib broken. 



"M. R. Griswold. 



'= iVlddletown, Ct., 1840." 



Bloody milk may be occasioned by external in- 

 juries ; by garget, in which case it is usually com- 

 bined with swelling, and the discharge of stringy 

 matter; or by pressing the udder or'^eat in millc- 

 ing so unskilfully as lo rupture some of ihe fine 

 blood vessels within, and cause the blooj to be 

 discharged xvith the milk. When it arises from 

 garget, the best remedy we have known used, is 

 lo cut the scoke, or garget roof, as it is sometimeg 

 called, into fine pieces, and feed a handful or two 

 to the cow with a mess of bran or cut vegetables. 

 Where the bleeding arises (rom external injuries, 

 or a rupture of vessels, washing the baa or udder, 

 by pre\enling inflammation, will produce a good 

 oiTecl. Salt and waier has been recommended 

 for this purpose. Giving bloody milk is, however, 

 at times a fault from which a cow cannot be freed 

 and ihat part of her udder must be lostj or the 

 animal fed for the butcher. 



