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the newly emerged ears. As many as tliirty-five flies have been coun- 

 ted on a single ear. The eggs are generally found on the inner chaff, 

 upon which the furrowed side of the grain is imbedded, varying in 

 number from two to ten; they are gummed down by a glutinous sub- 

 stance, and adhere firmly. When the grain becomes too hard for their 

 food, the maggots leave the ears and descend into the ground, where 

 they pass the winter in a pupa state. 



If wheat be succeeded by a well managed green crop of any kind, 

 these pupa are disturbed by the plow or hoe, and exposed to the attacks 

 of numerous insect enemies, which are intent on their destruction. 



For these reasons spring liarrowing has been found a very good 

 method of preventing the ravages of the fly. 



THE AVEEVIL. 



After wheat has been stored in the granary, it is subject to the attacks 

 of another tribe of insects, and among them the weevil (curculio gran- 

 areum,) is the most formidable. It is often very destructive. The fe- 

 male deposits her eggs on wheat in the granary, and the young weevils 

 soon commence preying on the grain. 



Some barns are so infested by these insects, that an immense quan- 

 tity of wheat is destroyed by them. Stacking the wheat outside, has 

 been found a good means of banishing the weevil out of barns; for the 

 supply being cut oflj they must evacuate the fortress. Grain can some- 

 times be better saved by stacking outside, than by storing in the barn. 

 In a wet season, small stacks should be made with funnels or air pas- 

 sages, for the purpose of drying the sheaves. In the north of Eng- 

 land, as well as in Scotland and Ireland, many plans are used for the 

 purpose of securely harvesting grain during a wet season. 



In Belgium the farmers use a screen for the purpose of separtino- the 

 weevils from the wheat, this is called a Rylanderic, from Rylander, the 

 Belgic name for the weevil. It is a largo screen made of wire, and is 

 placed in a slanting position, supported by a prop; a hopper at the top 

 receives the wheat, and as the grain slides down, the weevils fall through, 

 and are thus separated from it. A good fanning mill or separator will 

 answer the same purpose. 



In the present improved state of machinery, the American farmer 

 can easily supply himself with a method of exterminating the "curcu- 

 lio of the granary. 

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