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Wash For Trees

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
June
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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We have no great faitb ia the effioaoy of eituor Yashing or soraping treesbul as sorje poiTjous havo, a lew woíd on the subject tnay not ba -useless. I( washiug ia determiued upon, tha best material in our bnowiedge h common. soft soap iinixcd with wa;eruntil it is of the eonsisteuey of croara. It may be applied in the month of July ; it will have a tendenoy to destroy the egga of insects which are Uien deposited on tb bark and about the rootí af traes. This wash vviii also be fouud offectual in reuiovn;g moss fcud othor parasitioal prduetioiibi. A sutScient amount of potash is oontnined in the po ïp to acoojnpush theso euda, and jet not enough to injure the barlv ol the tree, and as it is of vegetable origin, il is more congenial to tho Iree than liine, and is always to ba preferred. It does not close the poree oí the bark as lime w.'tsh does, but leavei them unob-tructed aod opea to atrn8 pherie icfluenoee, and ia t Fiae of iig orous and poi fyct health. Ifc has long j been uso by orohardisis and gardeners, and hns never beeu known to iujure any fruit tree, vvhen made nnd applieá u above diroted,-: - i E. Farmer. .,.■, Aman in Wsrrea, Vt., bas killed 88 bears this eeusoc. One of the Charlestca Rhctta h$ ; takon tbe oath of allegianoe. The popu'ation of Paris thïe yer U ',S4! bouIs, exclusive of a garrieog of 28.400 raon. It is anticipatod that tbo largert wheat erop evor raisud in Pennsylvaui ' will bs harviistad Ibi year, A -".vavo on which macy a poor fello ' has been earriüd away-tho wavs o( j lace-edged oambrio. It is more from carelossness about , tbc tratb, than from intentional iying, that there is so rauoh fajsehood in tfeo worlti. If you bnow anything that will malta 'abrother's heart glad, run quiok and teil it; but if it is somethiDg tbat will cause ts sigh, bottle it np,

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Old News
Michigan Argus