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  AGRICULTURE. 
  

  

  However 
  tliis 
  suggestion 
  may 
  be 
  received, 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  

   least 
  as 
  practicable 
  as 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  plans 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  

   proposed 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  object, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   promulgated 
  through 
  respectable 
  Agricultural 
  Journals 
  ; 
  

   such 
  as 
  the 
  powdering 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  with 
  

   finely 
  pulverized 
  quicklime, 
  or 
  the 
  fumigation 
  of 
  each, 
  

   separate 
  plant 
  with 
  sulphurous 
  vapor 
  produced 
  by 
  

   burning 
  brimstone 
  on 
  chafing 
  dishes, 
  each 
  plant 
  being 
  

   inclosed, 
  during 
  the 
  process, 
  in 
  a 
  tight 
  canvas 
  hood, 
  ten 
  

   minutes 
  being 
  considered 
  sufficient 
  time 
  for 
  each 
  plant 
  ! 
  

   If 
  this 
  was 
  at 
  all 
  practicable, 
  one 
  hand, 
  with 
  great 
  

   diligence, 
  might 
  at 
  this 
  rate 
  go 
  over 
  one 
  acre 
  in 
  fifteen 
  

   or 
  tioenty 
  days. 
  

  

  The 
  caterpillar, 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  usually 
  appear 
  until 
  

   the 
  cotton 
  plant 
  is 
  pretty 
  well 
  matured, 
  feeds 
  chiefly 
  

   upon 
  the 
  leaf, 
  and 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  damage 
  done 
  depends 
  

   upon 
  the 
  period 
  it 
  commences 
  its 
  depredations; 
  if 
  so 
  

   early 
  that 
  but 
  few 
  bolls 
  are 
  matured, 
  the 
  plant 
  must 
  

   cease 
  to 
  grow 
  when 
  thoroughly 
  stripped 
  of 
  leaf. 
  

  

  Instances 
  have 
  occurred, 
  but 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  confessed 
  

   very 
  rarely, 
  when 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  was 
  too 
  

   vigorous, 
  and 
  continued 
  too 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  in 
  which 
  

   a 
  partial 
  cropping 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  by 
  the 
  worm 
  has 
  had 
  a 
  

   beneficial 
  effect 
  in 
  arresting 
  the 
  growth, 
  and 
  causing 
  the 
  

   bolls 
  to 
  mature 
  and 
  open. 
  If 
  their 
  appearance 
  is 
  de- 
  

   layed 
  until 
  a 
  period 
  immediately 
  preceding 
  a 
  killing 
  

   frost, 
  and 
  during 
  a 
  dry 
  season, 
  a 
  conjuncture 
  not 
  often 
  

   happening, 
  they 
  do 
  a 
  benefit 
  in 
  removing 
  the 
  leaf, 
  

   which, 
  after 
  a 
  frost, 
  stains 
  the 
  cotton 
  and 
  renders 
  it 
  

   very 
  trashy, 
  by 
  crumbling 
  and 
  falhng 
  upon 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  boll-worm 
  is 
  comparatively 
  small, 
  resembling 
  at 
  

   first 
  the 
  silk-worm 
  in 
  its 
  earlj^ 
  stages 
  ; 
  its 
  attacks 
  are 
  

   made 
  w'ithin 
  the 
  calyx, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  boll. 
  

  

  