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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



May 15, 1829. 



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TREES. 



The following advice, given in ihe Ne:.' York 

 Daily Advertiser, is not undeserving of notice in 

 tbis quarter : 



ATTEND TO YOUR TREES. 



It is generally ailinitted that the trees planted 



in our puhlic squares, and along our streets, add ^ 



to the beauty of our city, and to the comforts ofj lygg^ (,„ (he adjoining farm, about 200 Lombardy 

 our inhabitants. To preserve them, however, from | pjj|,]jji.g,jf,ljg ^j.j,j that were introduced in the 

 destruction, requires some attention, and tbis is ( f.y,||,^y . a^d jj ,vas but a year or two after when 

 the season at whicli they must need the help of, j [iis,,overed the distemper, with which the kind 

 man. Let any one cast his eyes towards the trees | of frees I have mentioned are to this day afflicted. 



important that the ptdilic should know its cause, and the sole, taking tlie direction of the lamina.—^ 

 and a proper remedy, 1 will endeavor to give 

 Ihctn all the information which I am jiossessed cf. 

 Tins distemper among peach trees, whicli is gen- 

 erally termed Wie yellows, was unknown 40 years 

 ago, and it was not until 1797 and 98, that 1 first 

 discovered it at my farm, in the comny of Kings, 

 on Long Island. There were planted in the year 



before his dwelling or in his yard, and he will obj 

 Berve the thousands of worms that hang from the 

 branches, and have fastened themselves to the i 

 bodies, wrapped U|) in their winter covering, and 

 only waiting for a fevv days of warm weather to 

 enable tliein to come forth and commence their 

 attacks upon the tender liudis. This enemy can 



It appeared to me to be different from anything I 

 had ever before seen or known, b 'cause it gener- 

 ally injured one limb before the other, and it was 

 sometimes as much as two or three years before 

 it spread over the whole tree, and effected its des- 

 truction. The fruit of the trees ripen before the 

 proper season, and being the first one who 



nt present be removed with very trifling labor, be- , (jrought the kind in the New York market, it ap 

 cause a whole fanjily of them can now he ejected |j,g^,.gj evident that they were the first peach trees 

 y the removal of their habitation. They, how- : j,j j 



Corns, like thrushes, are not always accompanied 

 with lameness, though it is a very frequent and 

 tronlilesorne consequence of them. 



It is, in this disease, a disjiiited point, whether 

 a horse is to be considered sound or unsound, that 

 has corns. As they frequently appear at an early 



by 



erer, must not only be removed from the hmbs 

 and parent trmd\ above the boxes placed around 

 the stem for protection, b\it the boxes themselves 

 must be removed temporarily, and the whole tree 

 thoroughly examined, and after the insects have 

 been removed, the trunk and branches should be 

 as effectually cleansed as circumstances will per- 

 mit with soap suds. Trees thus treated will soon 



the vicinity that were infected. I dug up some 

 of the trees to discover the cause, but could find 

 no worms or insects at the roots, nor any evidence 

 that the body of the trees had been injured. 



The next trees which I saw infected were about 

 two miles from the situation of the former, and 

 near some ]K>plars which were also planted about 

 the same time in 1796. I had no idea that the 

 poplars were the cause of it, until some years 



age, and, in some instances, before the animal has 

 been shod, the disease might be put on a footing, 

 as to the soundness of the horse, with the thrush- 

 es. If there be only the exhibition of a corn, with- 

 out any material change in the form of the hoof^ 

 or ])rcvious lameness, I should not hesitate to pro* 

 nounce him sound : but, on the contrary, if tha 

 furin of the foot is changed, and the horse express* 

 es soreness when pressed by a i)air of pincers, I 

 should consider him unsound. It mny be object"- 

 ed to this, that a disease once exhibited consti- 

 tutes unsoundness ; but I think a distinction should 

 be made when there is only a trifling appearance 

 of disease, without lameness, ;ind when, by prop» 

 er care, it gradually and wholly disajijiears. 



AVIien lameness proceeds from conis, it gener- 

 ally comes on by degrees. When there is no 

 reason to suspect the cause of lameness to be in 

 any part above the foot, the shoe should be re^ 

 moved, when the drawing knife and ))iiicers will 

 soon ascertain if it is occasioned by corns. 



Corns, as was observed before, may result from 

 the horn taking a wrong direction in its early 

 growth, or by the pressure of the shoe : thosO 

 which arise from the latter cause are by far the 

 mo.st numerous. The increased pressure given 



repay, in their healthfid a|)pearance and growth, ! ^f^^^^ ^^,i,g„ g^ English farmer informed me, the 



and their beautiful foliage, the little labor they p^.p^ie ^ere cutting them down in Italy, and the 



have cost their owners — and, moreover, thousands south of Europe, becau.se they destroyed the fruit I bj the shoe to the internal sensible heel, cau.seS 



of them will be kept from perishing. After read- (,.^^5^ j ,|,g|, recollected that the first jippearance j an extravasation of blood into the pores of the horn 



of the distemper took |)lace shortly after the intro-jof the hoof; and if the pressure is ctmtinued, and 

 duclion of the poplars, and it could not but appear more blood extravasated than can be readily takea 

 evident that they were the cause ; the only effect-; into the circulation by the absorbent vessels, in» 

 ual remedy, I think, is to cut down and destroy ! ffanimation follows, and suppuration often suc- 



ing this, let each one examine his trees for a ino- 

 Sient, and we feel .satisfied they will at once see 

 the necessity of giving them their immediate at- 

 tention. 



them. Besides <lestroying fruit trees, they impov- 

 erish the land more than any other trees we have. 



TO THE FARMERS OF ESSEX. 



It will be recollected, by the Agriculturists of ^^_^^, ^^^ ^ ^^.,^^^^ ,^ _,^ ^„^_ 

 Essex, that a law was iiassed at the late si ssion of . 



the General Court, for the encouragement of the 

 planting of Midlierry trees witliin the Common- 

 wealth. The .Agricultural Society of this county 

 is directed to offer and award aimual premiums 

 for this purpose, which they will Uiupiestionably 

 do in good season. Those farmers and agricul- 

 turists, of Essex county, who feel disposed to turn 

 their attention to the raising and culture of this 

 tree, are informed, that a quantity of the seed of 

 the White .Mulberry, (niorus alba) has lately been 

 procured from France, and comes highly recom- 

 mended by gentlemen in Boston friendly to the 

 agricultmal prosperity of the commonwealth. — 

 The seed is to be had at Mr Jon.x M. Ives' Book- 

 store. The tree is easily raised, forms a beautiful 

 hedge, or an elegant standard ornamental tree, 

 and continues to flourish many years. It jirefers 

 a rocky or gravelly soil, but will do well in almost 

 any soil. If our farmers could obtain an abim- 

 dance of fooil for the silk worm, and this may be 

 done in t'le course of three or tour years, a great 

 quantity of Silk could be produced in this country 

 with no other labor than that of aged persons and 

 children, wlio would find it an agreeable amuse- 

 ment, rather than a troublesome operation. — Salem 

 paper. 



Having in vain for some years past expected to 



the benefit of my fellow citizens to publish them : 

 and I hope Editors generally will throw om the 

 hint, or publish the article at length, to encourage 

 the raisins of good fruit, and aiil in the expulsion 

 of a filthy tree. — Long Islaiid Star. 



FRUIT TREES. 

 It is generally well known tliat there has been 

 for many years past a distemp/?r among fruit tree.s, appearance sometimes predominates in the direc 



ceeds. 



In some instances where corns have not been 

 sns[iected to exist, and the horse has continued 

 lame for sometime, it is found that matter has 

 see S(nne person acquainte<l with the cause, and formed under the horn, pervading the sole and 

 more able to do justice to the subject come for- frog, making its way up the lamina, breaking out 

 w.ird and give all th« information lie knew, and between the hair and hoof, and terminating in a 

 knowing these facts, I have thought it my duty for sinus called a quillor. 



However cautiously the operation of shoeing 

 may be performed, it will not always be a guard 

 against corns, unless the shoe itself be of such a 

 form as to protect the foot agahist any morbid 

 change in the form of the hoof; and I have no 

 doubt that some improved plan of shoeing might 

 he introduced, which would be of more importance 

 than the ordinary remedies suggested for theif 

 cure. 



To remove any m-ge.it symptoms, (if the hoi*se 

 is quite lame, and suppuration is supposed to have 

 ta<en place,) it will be |iroper to jiare the horn aS' 

 closely as the sensible part will allow, for the sup- 

 nurated matter to escape ; then fomentations and 

 poultices will be necessary, with bleeding, physic, 

 aid a spare diet. As the inflammation aliates, 

 and the new horn grows out, any simple dressing 

 any he applied. 



It has sometimes been a practice to apply caus. 

 tic applications, and indeed the actual cautery, to 

 (orns; but such a resort rather aggravates than 

 alleviates the symptoms. Where it has been ne- 

 cessary to remove much of the horn, the animal 

 should be suffered to remain in a loose [dace, of 

 he turned to ffrass, until the horn is regenerated j 



From the Long Island Star. 



REMARKS ON CORNS IN HORSES' FEET. 



Corns are a very frequent disease, and common 

 to all descriptions of horses. Those accustomed 

 to slow work are least liable to it. The hind feet 

 are generally not subject to the tlisease, although, 

 in some few instances, I have discovered them, 

 but not in a degree to produce the bad effects oc- 

 casioned by the disease in the fore feet. 



Corns generally appear in the inner heels of the 

 fore feet, at the angle between the bars and the 

 crust. They selilom occur on the outside heels. 

 On removing the siijierfluous horn, corns show 

 themselves by a reddish ajipearance ; and on the 

 removal of more of the horn, they exhibit the ap- 

 pearance of a bruise charged with blood, which 

 has made its way into the pores of the horn. This 



especially peach, [iluin, and cherry ; and as it isltion of the bans, and sometimes between the crust | or if required to work, when the injury is not so- 



