'THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH."

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1986, 31 March 1885, Page 3

'THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH."

TO IHh him OH. Silt, — Whntawhata faimei seeing to tlnnk he has made a discoveiy of Mune fuicied changes of climate in connection with tlie decay of peach trees. I ha\e been mi the country neailv 40 ywn, .vnrl thii change is not peiceptible l>y me ; it must, theiufote, be veiy slight and giadual, and tlie tiees should have had tune to adapt themselves to it. Kveiymiekiiowstb.it change is the ■ nder of all created things. E\en the " everl ->«ting hills" are not eternal, and climates change m long cycles of ye.in, but not suddenly, so as to come undei the observation of any living man. The blight in peach trees is caused by a minute catei!>illir, which lodges in every leaf bud, and causes the tiee to bleed to death at e\eiy poie. But of what insect it is the cmbiyo, whether fly, midge or moth, ] am unable to ~ay. Vaiimis blights no doubt come into the country, contained in parcels of heeds, hnneduHt, guano and the like; peaches aie doomed; peihaps the fcawa also; pears, pluniH and cherries will probably follow, dentioyed by the leech, who we all know, because it is large and smells. (Jet a micro -cope and find out what insect destioys youi peach tiees. When the peach tiees am all dead, the blight may disappear with them, .aid a new stait may be possible. A new species of blight appears to have attacked tlie apple tiees this year, which look withered ; in fact, everything which grows seeniH to enjoy its own peculiar pest, and the pnd will probably be that call the inhabitants of the world will be starved to death, after which a new race of Whatawhata farmers will spiing up and bring with them a new sort of peach tiee and a new bleed of pigs. I am, &c , Amhiihi \\'ii\r\\\i! \i \ F\iiMi h.