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Heaps of ashes, or tanner's bark, around peach trees, prevent the attack
of the worm. The _yellows_, is a disease of peach trees, which is spread
by the pollen of the blossom. When a tree begins to turn yellow, take it
away, with all its roots, before it blossoms again, or it will infect
other trees. Planting tansy around the roots of fruit trees, is a sure
protection against worms, as it prevents the moth from depositing her
egg. Equal quantities of salt and saltpetre, put around the trunk of a
peach tree, half a pound to a tree, improves the size and flavor of the
fruit. Apply this about the first of April, and if any trees have worms
already in them, put on half the quantity, in addition, in June. To
young trees, just set out, apply one ounce, in April, and another in
June, close to the stem. Sandy soil is best for peaches.

Apple trees are preserved from insects, by a wash of strong ley to the
body and limbs, which, if old, should be first scraped. Caterpillars
should be removed, by cutting down their nests in a damp day. Boring a
hole, in a tree infested with worms, and filling it with sulphur, will
often drive them off immediately.

The _fire-blight_, or _brulure_, in pear trees, can be stopped, by
cutting off all the blighted branches. It is supposed, by some, to be
owing to an excess of sap, which is remedied by diminishing the roots.

The _curculio_, which destroys plums, and other stone fruit, can be
checked only by gathering up all the fruit that falls, (which contains
their eggs,) and destroying it. The _canker-worm_ can be checked, by
applying a bandage around the body of the tree, and every evening
smearing it with fresh tar.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTIONS.

Every woman should know how to direct in regard to the proper care of
domestic animals, as they often suffer from the negligence of domestics.

The following information, in reference to the care of a horse and cow,
may be useful. A stable should not be very light nor very dark; its
floor should be either plank or soil, as brick or stone pavements injure
the feet. It should be well cleaned, every morning. A horse, kept in a
stable, should be rubbed and brushed every day. A stable-horse needs as
much daily exercise as trotting three miles will give him. Food or drink
should never be given, when a horse is very warm with exercise, as it
causes disease. A horse should be fed, three times a day. Hay,
sheaf-oats, shorts, corn