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cuts them down. I don't set out any fruit; takes them so long to 
grow, one may never live to get any good on 'em." 
Here we found our case thoroughly hopeless, and abandoned it; 
and have given the result of our examination as it occuned, hav- 
ing learned, in the history and experience of the two individuals, 
that much — very much — of the success in life arises from the rays 
of that light that falls upon its early dawnings, or, in other words, 
that the character and destinies ot men depend, in a great mea- 
sure, upon the force of the early education they receive. 
And now we would say to young men, — look upon the contrasts 
we have given you, and decide your destiny. Where can you lind 
a more agreeable one than that of Thomas Russell, in the lap of 
plenty, which his own industry has filled. If you make farming 
your employment, make him your model; and may you succeed as 
well as he has done.. 
As for poor Philip, we hope the race of that kind of farmers is 
about extinct, and that his sons w'ill succeed to admiration in any 
employment they may choose. Poor boys! they have their full 
share of the miseries of life; and if they have become disgusted 
with one of the most noble and honorable professions, the sin lies 
not at their own, but at a stupid, heartless, parent's door. 
Richmond, Feb., 1848. 
BLIGHT IN FRUIT TREES. 
BY COKNELIUS CHASE. 
I noticed in the July number of the "American Journal of 
Agiiculture and Science," an article on the subject of blight in 
fruit trees; the author of which gives a clear description of the 
disease in all its various appearances, and of its destructive effects, 
but acknowledges his total ignorance of the causes, consequently 
leaving us in the same situation he found us, so far as relates to 
the remedy. Now^, it appears to me that more benefit would be 
derived from a research into the causes, for when that is once 
found out, no doubt a remedy would be near at hand. 
Every close observer may notice the same phenomenon which 
the author of the article describes, but to find the cause, and to 
point out a safe, sure, and cheap remedy, requires some investi- 
gation, something more than a passing notice, and can hardly be 
done without labor and observation; and it is only through publi- 
cations like your journal that we can make known to our fellow 
agriculturists the results of our observations. I take the liberty 
of offering a short account of the results of an experiment which 
I made the last season in relation to this subject. 
