THE CULTIVATOR. 
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test matters of right to escape his notice, thus enacted in 
his code: u Art. 672. A neighbor may require trees and 
hedges planted at a less distance, (lofty trees two metres, 
and low trees half a metre from a division line,) to be 
pulled up. He whose property is overshadowed by the 
branches of his neighbor’s trees, may compel the latter 
to cut off such branches. If it be the roots that encroach 
on his estate, he has a right to cut them therein himself.” 
It seems then that the tree planted by A. is his 
throughout; but if he allows it to trespass on his neigh¬ 
bor, it becomes a nuisance, and is to be abated accord¬ 
ingly. When this is done, no question can arise respect¬ 
ing the fruit or the right of gathering. We beg leave, 
however, to say here, that those who are in favor of go¬ 
ing strictly according to the letter of the law in all their 
dealings, yielding nothing to comity or neighborly feel¬ 
ing, will be very apt to find their estates passing into the 
lawyer’s pockets, and they soon left without lands or 
trees to differ about. 
CATERPILLARS. 
In a late excursion through the State, we were surpiv-, 
sed at the great number of caterpillars on the apple-trees. 
In the Mohawk valley, in particular, the foliage of the 
trees was in many instances almost entirely eaten up by 
them. It is really astonishing, that after having been at 
the trouble to raise trees, people will suffer them to be 
destroyed in this way. Caterpillars may be easily killed 
if taken when young. The best way is to take them ear¬ 
ly in the morning, before they get out of their nests, and 
wipe them off clean, web and all together, and crush 
them under foot. If there is any that cannot be reached 
by the hand, use a conical brush, attached to a pole, 
which will take them off pretty well. Spirits of turpen¬ 
tine, oil, and some other substances, are sometimes re¬ 
commended to kill them. We have tried oil and turpen¬ 
tine, but found them to be injurious to the tree—frequent¬ 
ly killing the branches to which they were applied. We 
should not, therefore, recommend their use. 
Another matter very much neglected in many places? 
is the pruning of trees. We noticed several old orchards 
on the Mohawk, which seem to have been for years to¬ 
tally neglected in this respect. The branches were as 
thick, and interlocked as closely as a thorn hedge. It is 
impossible trees can bear fruit that is good for anything, 
while in this situation. They should be kept constantly 
pruned, leaving the proper branches free and open to the 
air and sun. This will give fruit of good size and flavor. 
CHARCOAL FOR PEACH TREES. 
Messrs. Editors— A friend of mine has just informed 
me of the success he has met with, by the application of 
charcoal to his peach trees; a few years ago he had some 
fine trees in his garden which invariably had wormy 
fruit; and the trees full of gum; w r hen the fruit was 
about the size of marbles, he had the earth removed from 
each tree about 2 feet around and 3 inches deep, and filled 
up with charcoal; the result was that the fruit grew to a fine 
size free from worms; and every year since, the fruit has 
been good, and the trees became healthy and free from 
gum; while two trees left without the charcoal, contin¬ 
ue to bear wormy fruit, and the trees unhealthy; as this 
will be in time for the readers of the Cultivator to make 
a trial this year, and should it prove as good with others 
as in this case, it will certainly be of great benefit to the 
fruit grower. 
If farmers will plant their pumpkins, melons and other 
vines on land that brought corn the past year, they will 
never be troubled wfith the striped bug. This course has 
been practiced here for many years, and has always pro¬ 
ved successful, when vines planted on land that had any 
other crop, even vines the year previous, are destroyed 
l)y the bug. H. R. Robey. 
Hopewell, Va., May 10, 1844. 
Chip or Scollop Grafting. —At a late meeting of 
the Farmers’ Club, New-York, Mr. Carter described and 
performed this mode of grafting. A chip of bark and 
wood is cut out of a stock, a like chip is taken for the 
graft, and is inserted by little corresponding slits at each 
end io make a good fit. It is said that by this process, 
seed fruit can be successfully grafted on stone fruit, and 
vice versa. 
IjeL'rinarj] 23Depeminent 
CURE OF SWINNEY. 
A correspondent of the Southern Cultivator gives the 
following for the cure of swinney or swaney in horses: 
“ Put a twist upon his upper lip, and introduce the 
small blade of a common pocket knife, (the point of 
which must be sharp,) into the thinnest part of the shoul¬ 
der, which will be near the upper margin of the shoul¬ 
der blade, and push it directly in until you reach the 
bone, holding the knife as you would a pen when wri¬ 
ting, and scratch up the membrane that covers the bone 
for a space of the size of a silver dollar; the knife may 
then be withdrawn, and after the small quantity of blood 
that follows is wiped away, the orifice will not be seen. 
The knife may then be introduced in one or two places 
below the first, and used in the same way, and the ope¬ 
ration is over. This may be repeated in six or eight 
days; we have but seldom found it necessary to repeat 
the operation more than twice or thrice, and in many ca¬ 
ses a single operation will effect a cure.” 
TO REMOVE CHAFF, &c. from an ANIMAL’S EYE. 
Messrs. Editors —I send you the foliov^ing descrip¬ 
tion of an easy way to remove chaff or similar substances, 
from an animal’s eye. Procure a small quantity of honey, 
and having the animal's head held fast, open the eye 
with the thumb and finger of one hand, dip the fore¬ 
finger of the other in the honey, taking up as much as 
will stick on the end of it, and holding it near the eye, 
give it a sudden strike so as to hit the chaff with the 
honey on your finger, when the chaff will stick to the 
honey and be drawn out. If you do not hit it at first, try 
again. The reason of giving a'sudden strike is, to hit it^ 
before the animal can shut or roll the eye, as it will do, 
if you attempt to touch it in a slow manner. 
The above remedy, at the suggestion of a neighbor, I 
tried on a steer's eye that had an oat chaff in it for a week, 
and was inflamed so much as to be white in appearance, 
and totally blind, yet the chaff fame out on my finger, 
and the eye was well in a few weeks. I have tried it 
since with like success. A dry oat chaff spread on the 
moist eye-ball will stick so that the animal cannot get it 
out, and when moistened by the eye-lid will not be seen 
without a close examination, yet it will destroy the eye 
if not removed. I suppose the above is not a new thing, 
but perhaps it may benefit some one of your readers. 
Disease of an Ox, &c.—We lost an ox under the fol 
lowing symptoms. He was seen in the morning rubbing 
his head and chin with great violence on the fence, and 
against trees, &c., and so continued at intervals of a few 
minutes, till one side of its head and chin was raw, 
bloody, and much swollen, when he died in the after¬ 
noon. Some said it was the mad-itch, but knew no 
cause or cure. Perhaps you can tell. Do cattle ever 
have maggots in the head, like the sheep? We lost a 
sheep that acted precisely as the ox did, and on examin¬ 
ing its head a maggot was found, which no doubt caused 
its death. The ox's head was not examined so closely, 
as to be sure whether it died from the same cause or 
not. N. W. C. 
Four Corners, Huron Co., Ohio, Jan. 1, 1844. 
We do not know that the cause of what is Called mad 
itch has ever been discovered. In the tenth volume of 
the Cultivator, page 95, it is stated, “ that Mr. Simms, of 
Indiana, after losing several cows by this disease, suc¬ 
ceeded in curing the remainder by the following treat 
ment. As soon as the animal was attacked, he gave it a* 
much soot and salt as it would eat. In a few hours he 
gave it from three-fourths of a pound to a pound of sul 
phur, and in the mornfhg as many salts. It is the opinio© 
