Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1874 — Effects of Tar on Fruit Trees. [ARTICLE]

Effects of Tar on Fruit Trees.

I wish to state a curious effect of tar ■upon fruit trees which came under my | observation this year, and I hope it may prove a warning to all your readers who may think of painting 'trees to prevent hares or rabbits from barking them or for any other purpose. These trees were painted from the ground upward, one or two feet; almost every tree—apple, pear, peach, quince, and all-ceased to crow where painted, while that part of the body above the painted portion continued to grow, expand, and thrive, as if nothing had . happened the bark, branches, and leaves all looking very thrifty. A few of the trees died suddenly while in full leaf; the others are now fine looking above, hut the body, where the tar covered it, iooks as though it had had a laced jacket of iron around it for one year, and is a half inch or more less in diameter. I think the whole orchardwill finally die, for some of the trees, from weakness of the stem below and growing weight above, are toppling over. Does this not show that the entire bark of a tree as well as the leaf is an organ of respiration ? I shall continue my obser- . .rations, and give yon the result.— H. N. . Wilson, in Southern Farm Home. —Nearly 2,000 coke ovens in the vicinI ity oi Connellsville, Pa., have suspended, | owing to the inability to obtain satisfaci tory freight rates on account of the war I between the Pennsylvania and Baltimore | & Ohio Railroad Companies. •IT matters I are not adjusted nearly 5,000 men will be thrown out of employment, occasioning great distress. Baki.ey water is said to be very bene fleial for patients suffering from inflammatory diseases. Place two ounces pearl barley in two quarts boiling water; boil down to one quart, and strain, A little lemon juice and sugar may be added if desirable. It may be drank at pleasure. —At Binghamton, N. Y., the otbr day, a man was blown into the air ninetynine and a half feet in consequence of the bursting of a boiler. The local papers refuse to stretch the distance six inches. Common Sense Reasons why Dr. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters should be used. * Ist. They are an entire Vegetable Bitters, free from all alcoholic stimulants. 2d. They are the result of careful study, experiment and labor. 3d. The greatest care is , taken to se cure Medicinal Virtues and exclude everything objectionable. • 4th. They unite, as a life-restoring scientific tonic, the greatest strengthening and vitalizing principles. sth. Persons of Sedentary habits and overworked find in them a specific for want of appetite , palpitation, debility, constipation, and many other nameless ailments. (ith. The aged find in them guarantee of prolonged health and life, and weak and delicate females and mothers find especial benefit from their use. i 7th. They are the Master of Dis- ; ease. ‘ 85