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Novembei*, oi' first week in March, then apply the composition ; if done in 

 November, repeat it again in March, on the large branches. 



" After the trees are washed, remove the soil, with a fork, 3 feet round 

 the tree, and 6 inches deep ; sow 2 lbs. salt evenly all round, then return 

 the soil ; leave it rough. First week in April apply 5 pails of strong 

 liquid from the farm-yard ; next day, point the 3 feet bed over, and do not 

 tread on it ; in June and July, apply the liquid 4 times, and point up 

 every time. 



" Pull all old bark from the vines, and scrape the stems of trees that 

 are tough and mossy. The composition is good to keep horses from biting 

 city trees." 



Solon Robinson stated that a letter from Thomas Young, of Hamden, 

 Union county, Ohio, proposes, for a consideration, to tell any one how to 

 prevent the injurious effects of frost upon all small fruit trees, in any 

 locality. His terms are, no cure no pay. I give his address, so that any 

 one who has a fancy to investigate this new thing, may do so if he likes. 



Mr. Burgess thinks his composition will produce the same results, and 

 that it will make the trees so vigorous that insects will not trouble them. 



Mr. Titus stated that an application of half an ounce of aloes, in two 

 or three quarts of water, applied to trees, has a remarkably beneficent 

 efi'ect in destroying all sorts of insects. It is housed around the trunk of 

 the tree. 



Mr. Jos. T. Fuller stated that he used an ounce to the gallon, putting it 

 on with a brush upon the trees, and with excellent effect. 



Mr. Titus said he alrfo applied it to grape vines, and found it very valu- 

 able. Others tried it on mellow vines,with a watering pot, and it kept off 

 all the bugs. 



Dr. Trimble thought it would not keep off the curculio ; it would not 

 diffuse itself through the trees sufficient to deter this pest from destroying 

 the plums. 



BARK LICE. 



Wm. S. Carpenter showed specimens of the white and black scale upon 

 the bark of apple and pear trees, which destroys the health of the trees. 

 He had in some cases, but not all, cured the evil with a solution of potash. 



Mr. Quinn. — The caustic soda wash applied once a year will kill these 

 insects — one pound of soda heated to redness, and then dissolved in a gal- 

 lon of water, and applied with a brush. 



The Chairman objected to the use of whitewash ; he likes the soda wash 

 much better. He thought the whitewash would injure the growth and 

 health of trees, while the soda wash makes the trees more healthy. 



A NEW PLANTING MACHINE. 



D. R. Prindle. — A model of a new planting machine, that holds itself 

 in the proper course, so that the operator can ride and manage the machine 

 as easily as he would a wagon. It also works upon uneven ground, and 

 drops any kind of seed, at any depth required, in even rows or hills. It is 

 so arranged that the hills can be checked so as to plow both ways, and 



