1853. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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unsightly, wliile other varieties in their immediate 

 neighborhood were left undisturbed. So with the 

 cherry. The Black Hearts would suffer from their 

 attacks, whil« the Honey Hearts and Red Bigar- 

 reaus standing near them would escape. It is there- 

 fore reasonable to conclude, that insects can dis- 

 cover as different tastes iii the woi)d of different 

 kinds of trees, as we do in the fruits they bear. 



I intended when I commenced writing, to make 

 a few remarks on the habits of ants and aphides, 

 but my article is already too long for the value it 

 contains. But why, may I ask, is the study of en- 

 tomology so much neglected ? Nothing can be more 

 interesting or useful to the lovers of nature, and 

 surely, nothing can be more beautiful than many 

 of the insect tribes, to wit : the moths and butter- 

 flies, for truly has a distinguished writer said, 

 "that nature appears the most beautiful in her 

 smallest works." Yours respectfully, 



Mr.s. Noyes Darling 



Neto Haven, Ci., Jan. 31, 1853. 



Remarks. — It is a sgnificant and encouraging 

 evidence of the interest taken by ourf>eople in t!ie 

 cultivation of fruits and flowers, as well as grains 

 and all other farm and garden productions, to find 

 them replying readily to queries propounded by 

 others. Only two or three weeks since an inquiry 

 was made by one of our correspondents for a rem- 

 edy for warts on plum trees. We have received 

 some half-dozen replies, and among them, the 

 above from a lady, an ardent lover of the farm and 

 the garden. AVhere the inquiries are pertinent 

 and the answers brief and clear, we know of no 

 way better calculated to elicit valuable informa- 

 tion. We welcome our fair correspondent to our 

 columns, and trust "the daughters" will catch 

 the pure and natural tastes which prompt the 

 mother to 'contribute her portion to the waiting 

 world. Well may she inquire why the study of 

 entomology is so much neglected ? It is true that 

 nature presents in her lowly works, some of the 

 most wonderful. Nothing created is more beau- 

 tiful (if we may except a good and pretty girl!) 

 than the spidisr ! Place him under the microscope 

 and look at his eye, his spinners, his feet \vith 

 balls of hair, his plumage, not equalled by the ex- 

 quisite dyes of the wood duck or the burning col- 

 ors of the flamingo! Behold him work, twist his 

 gossamer threads and fill his distaff, set his snares 

 to entangle the unwary fly, or build his house, for- 

 tifying it on ev(?Ty hand, and then you will kindle 

 with a desire to know more of the lowly life which 

 you contemn. Spiders, moths, and caterpillars, 

 will become as loveable as humming birds, cana- 

 ries, or cats, and prove the source of delightful re- 

 search and contemplation. We have»8cattered 

 this seed, Madam, for years, and trust some of it 

 has fallen on genial soil. If the thoughts of the 

 young were turned into the right channels, there 

 would ever be found at hand enough for instruc- 

 tion, and amusement , for all. 



UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETT. 



The first annual meeting of this national associ- 

 ation took place at the Smithsonian Institution, 

 at Washington, on the 2d of February, 1853, and 

 continued in session through two days and an eve- 

 ning. There were present representatives of the 

 great national industry, agriculture, from more 

 than half the States and territories of the Union. 

 These gentlemen had come from the various occu- 

 pations of life; — the farmer, mechanic, merchant, 

 clergyman, physician and lawyer were there, and 

 engaged with an earnestness and zeal that pre- 

 cludes dou')t of future success. A common pur- 

 pose, and fraternal feeling, animated every breast, 

 l^he main feature — the prosperity of agricultural 

 pursuits — was kept prominently in view, and en- 

 listed the attention of every person present. No 

 fancy schemes or tales of romance were enter- 

 tained or propounded — no assurance of success, 

 only through lab>»r guided by intelligence — no pro- 

 mise that enlightened art should supersede the ne- 

 cessity of scientific knowledge, or that the appli- 

 cation of science should ever make patient and in- 

 structed labor unnecessary. 



All was accomplished that was expected. Offi- 

 cers vrere elected for the ensuing year, and such 

 arrangements made as were deemed necessary to 

 promote the objects of the society. 



Resolutions were passed expressive of the sense 

 of the society in relation to the action of the gen- 

 eral government upon the subject of agriculture, 

 and committees appointed to make respectful pre- 

 sentation of them to Congress. In the language 

 of the distinguished President of the society, in 

 the closing part of his address, we say that 

 "cheering prospects are before us. We dwell 

 with pleasure on the bright future." 



For the New England Farmer. 



THE CORE-WORM. 



Friend Brown : — Having seen in your own valu- 

 able paper, as well as in the columns of two or three 

 other agricultural journals, several inquiries made 

 during the past year, touching that pest of Amer- 

 ican apples — the core-ivorm, asking for advice 

 and information as to a remedy or preventive ; 

 and as I have thus far, seen nothing satisfactory 

 to myself in reply, I take the liberty of giving you 

 my own experience in the premises, that you may 

 lay it before your numerous readers, if you deem it 

 of sufficient importance. 



I send you the information rather than publish 

 it myself, as ours, not being an agricultural paper, 

 it would be less liable to be read by those whom it 

 may benefit, than if published in the New England 

 Farmer. 



So for as T have investigated the matter, the core- 

 worms of the apples in this country are in no par- 

 ticular different from the piratical apple depreda- 

 tors of France, England, Portugal, and. South 

 America, and are the offspring of a brown miller, 

 somewhat larger than the mother of our common 



