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- now about six acres of wheat growing, put out in the same way, except that last fall 
I made the scores 12 inches wide, left the spaces for cultivating 10 inches wide, thereby 
utilizing more ground than heretofore, and using the same space for enltivation. My 
wheat this summer looks much better than any former year at this time. I am well 
satisfied that the advantages are, more space occupied, a freer circulation of air, open- 
ing up the soil to air and warmth when the plant seems to need such influences, the 
growing of the wheat in larger masses, so that it is more difficult for the frost to uproot 
it, and the better setting of the plant if lifted by the frost.. It also seems to me that 
it protects itself better than when sowed with the drill. You can form a much more 
correct idea of it when you see the wheat growing. As [said before, I sow broadcast, 
and harrow lengthwise, and nearly all that falls on the ridges rolls down into the scores 
by harrowing. 
The extra cost of putting in wheat in this way, and of cultivating it, over the cost 
of drilling, I do not think would reach $3 per acre, though I have not kept an accurate 
account. 
I have now given you, as nearly as I ean, on paper, the principle and results of my 
experiments in wheat-culture for the last few years. These experiments have con- 
vineed me that the new method is more successful in insuring a crop than any other. 
A FATAL worm.—A correspondent in Wilson County, Texas, reports 
that 10 per cent. of the colts and lambs have been lost through injuries 
from a “screw-worm,” which has infested them throughout the winter. 
HARD FROST.—Our correspondent in Powhatan County, Virginia, 
reports that on the night of April 30 a severe frost. killed all apples, 
peaches, and other fruit, and did much injury to garden-vegetables. 
WHEAT FROM THE UNITED STATES IN RusstA.—In 1875, in response 
to a request from Mr. Louis Walkoff, a large agriculturist at Kiev, South 
Russia, this department sent to him, for trial, samples of Tappahannock, 
Jennings, Fultz, and Clawson wheat. Under date of April 29, 1876, he 
reports that these wheats, drilled in on the 3d of September, were all 
frozen out during the winter. The maximum of cold was 264° Fahren- 
heit below zero, under which the Poland wheat grown in that climate 
stood the winter very well. 
ONIONS IN EPIZOOTIC INFLUENZA.—S. R. Mason, of Purple Cane, 
Dodge County, Nebr., under date of May 16, writes: 
When the epizootic influenza first made its appearance in the East, some three years 
ago, and long before it reached us, as a means of prevention I gave each beast a pint 
of small onion sets daily in the feed-boxes with their corn. Almost every horse and 
mule in the State had the disease badly, and all that were in a weak condition when 
attacked died. My team not only escaped but was in excellent condition all the time, 
doing all my own work, besides much hauling for my neighbors, whose teams were 
disabled. Since then, I see by the papers that others have tried the onions with 
complete success, preventing attack and curing the diseased. 
My team never touched the corn till they had eaten the onions. All kinds of stock 
require a variety of food; and roots, such as onions, beets, mangels, carrots, parsnips, 
turnips, &c., are relished by them, as well as wholesome, the year round. I never had 
an animal sick, and I ascribe their uniform good health to a frequent use of green 
vegetables. For convenience I keep the root-stock in accessible pits during winter. 
IS THE POTATO-BUG LARVA POISONOUS ?—Dr. S. J. Parker, of Ithaca, 
N. Y., communicates the following facts as an answer to this question. 
Ican respond in the affirmative in a few decided instances. Mrs. B——, residing 
five miles northeasterly from me, picked, when they first appeared, the larva off 
the vines with her hands. They became sore, especially between the fingers and on 
their backs, which skin disease was very intractable and months in healing. Many in 
the vicinity, also, state temporary injuries to the skin of the hands, as about the nails, 
between the fingers, and that old scratches and scars become inflamed. A gentleman 
of leisure, who is farming, has often remarked, “they ought to be good for medicine, 
for they blister well.” Yet my impression is that they may be crushed with great 
impunity by most people on thé bare skin if soon washed off. 
But the most serious cases occurred not quite a year ago. An Irishman, residing a 
few miles off, allowed the larva to get into his boots, and hoed most of the day with 
crushed larva and bugs next his sweaty flesh. The result was not a blistering, in the 
