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IVY ON BUILDINGS. 
Resetting Trees .—Be carefal to place the trees 
just as they stood in the nursery, and do not cut 
away all the roots and tops. If your land is dry 
or not inclined to heave by frost, set out your 
trees in autumn; otherwise, in spring,as soon as 
the ground is free from frost, or sufficiently dry. 
Cover the earth with straw, chips, swingletow, 
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structure that have not the advantage of this 
protection, all has gone to utter decay; where 
the ivy has thrown its preserving mantle, every¬ 
thing is comparatively perfect and fresh, and 
oftentimes the very angles of the sculptured 
stone are found to be almost no ~ 
u _„ mcy came from the I 
builder. 
hand of the 
Pruning .—Commence the first season after 
setting your trees and go over them regularly 
every year, and your work will always be light. 
The best time for pruning is when the sap is 
circulating most freely. Commence early to 
form a round head, for that is the most beauti¬ 
ful as well as the most productive shape, parti¬ 
cularly for apple trees. It is the practice of 
some orchardists to prune mature trees when in 
blossom; our own experience in this matter 
with peach trees, is in favor of such pruning. 
Large wounds, made by pruning or accident, 
should be covered with grafting wax. Fruit 
buds upon apple and pear trees are usually 
upon short, stout shoots, upon the sides of 
branches, two or more years old, though we 
sometimes see them upon the very ends of shoots 
one year old. 
The quince fruit buds are usually upon the 
ends of spurs. The fruit buds of peaches, apri¬ 
cots, and nectarines are almost exclusively 
found upon shoots of the previous season’s 
growth; and care should be taken in pruning, 
not to remove too many of these. The same 
shoots rarely produce but once. 
To Prevent Mice from Injuring Young Trees .— 
Remove all the weeds, leaves, or trash from 
around the bole, and when snow falls to any 
considerable depth, tread them down firmly for 
the space of a foot or two, and they will form 
an effective protection. 
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IVY ON BUILDINGS. 
It is a mistaken idea that ivy renders a struc¬ 
ture damp, and hastens its decay. On the con¬ 
trary, nothing so effectually keeps the building 
dry, as may be seen by examining beneath the 
ivy -after rain, when it will be found that the 
walls are dry, though everything around is 
deluged with wet. Its exuberant and web-like 
roots, issuing as they do from every portion of 
the branches, and running all over the surface 
on which it grows, bind everything together 
that comes within their reach with such a 
firm and intricate lace work, that not a single 
stone can be removed from its position without 
first tearing away its protecting safeguard. In 
proof of this, we refer to ruins of ancient castles 
and buildings; for, while in those parts of the 
TO PREVENT MOTHS GETTING UNDER HIVES. 
Pound a handful of peach leaves and salt 
them well and strew them over the bench under 
the hive. In two or three days, repeat the ope¬ 
ration. The flavor of peach leaves is offensive 
to the moth, but not to the bees. 
Another Remedy .—Raise the hive about an 
inch upon four little pebbles. Take a piece of 
half-inch pine board from three to six inches 
wide and a foot long; cut one side full of 
creases about a quarter of an inch deep; lay 
this creased side down under the hive and you 
will find all the millers will use it to raise their 
broods under; because it is a secure place 
from the bees, but not from the bee keeper. If he 
chooses to watch and kill, he will finally de¬ 
stroy the larvse and save his honey. 
CONNECTICUT FARMING. 
Your paper, as I believe, has been the instru¬ 
ment of raising a spirit of inquiry and improve¬ 
ment among the farmers in Old Connecticut. 
No intelligent person can read it without find¬ 
ing many valuable suggestions. Science is 
throwing new light on most of our operations. 
We find even in our stony and gravelly part of 
the state, that deep plowing and thorough tillage 
are of great advantage. On a thin soil, with 
deep plowing and very little manure, we are 
able to grow large crops of buckwheat and corn. 
Beautiful dwellings, with good barns and sta¬ 
bles for cattle, are usually found on most farms. 
Sleek and beautiful, well-trained oxen, good 
horses, fine, fat sheep and swine you will find 
among us. Our young men are contented to 
stay at home and improve their native soil, in¬ 
stead of seeking their fortunes in the “ land flow¬ 
ing with milk and honey” at the west. We 
take pride in rolling up those stone walls that 
seem so unsightly to some; and nothing looks 
finer to us than a good stone wall, built just to 
get the stone out of our way, and make a sub¬ 
stantial fence. D. S. P. 
Woodbury , Cl., Jan., 1851. 
To Cure a Ring Worm.— Heat an iron shovel 
red hot, and put some grains of Indian corn upon 
it, and press them hard with a cold flat iron, and 
then iron the part affected. 
