Stirring Soil Around Trees

Opening or lighteninu; tha soil around the roots of tre'ü, eiiher in tliesp;ii;n; or f all, for the purposc of letting ia the wannth, and sffording a freír medium t'ür the expansión and devdopmcnt of the roots is of ureai vulnc in rouiolitig thö health and vigor of the tree. Ail trees, whetber fruit or ornamental, o!d or youni, iodigenoua or exotic, ars vaetly lioQi.'fited by tiiis proocu. In o!d orehards the oil uboiit tli3 trunks of trees, and to a considerable distnnce from tliem, in every türeetion, rbould be carofully broken, and the upper smfico, to the depth of thres or four inches, removed in the spring, every foor or five j years. Tha egs of the cireulio cad ! other ins?cts are d'eposited in tuis strutura, aml, if not rumuved er döstroyd, wil! produco itueot?, the ravages of which the 8ucceodin year will Ie piodaotfre of far greater loss than the expense of removing the soil, and replacing it with compoft or loam. It is an utlerly hopelcss undertaking to attempt the cultivation of good fruit, wlien no measures are resorteJ to to obvíale the fatal ravages of tbia detestable and iu sidious foe, and the remedy now suggeated is by no meaos espeusive, if wo take in'o coiifcideration tho advantagea otherwiae resulting to the trees from its applieation. Any good Spil, taken from tiie open fields or cultivnled lands, may be used as a tubstitiite for compost, and a very srnf.ll quantity will fuffice. Even if no fresh matter is applied, I would recommend the reraovaï of the surfuco soil, and would replaee it when eonvenifnt. Chip manure, or old dung covered with straw, answers well for that purpose. -