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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Feb. 10, 



From an Ohio Paper. 



WEEVIL. 



The inquiry of almost every farmer is, " Hoiv 



shall we preserve our ivheat from the weevil ?"' 



We answer, thresh it immedintely, clean it from 



subject, whether it contains the earsr or not, has 

 produceil no weevil; and that which we have 

 recently received from the stack, ceases to 

 hatch or in any wise produce them, so soon as 

 we can jjet it perfectly coo 



the chaff, spread it in a barn or open room, i , 



On these and other observations, too numerous 



nnd if it ncMuires the least warmlh stir it daily. ! 'or insertion, we advise those who "ould pre^ 

 The wheat which we received about the (IrVti serve their present crops, to ll.re^h am clean 

 ofthis month, which then had some weevil in Ihem immediately ; and those who woul.l liere- 

 the grain, we found heated in a few days. We 



spread and constantly stirred it for about two 



weeks, (hose then-in it eat their ^vay out ; none i "heat takes the s>veal. 

 have since bred in it ; it now lies in bulk wilh- 1 

 out heatin<j, and we consider it greatly prefer- 

 able lo that which we arc daily receiving from 

 the threshing floor. \Vc have now several 

 thousand bushels of wheat on hand, which was 

 threshed from the shook and from the stack be- 

 fore the weevil commenced their ravages. It has 

 been lying in garners near sixty days, and has 

 been kept cool by frequent stirring ; the weevil 

 has, not touched it, and we have no hesitation 

 in saying, let their ravages be what they may 

 in the stack, wheat thus cleaned and kept cool. 



aller elVectually guard against the Hying »eevil, 

 we advise to thresh from the shock, or befure the 



N. L N. IIIXON. 

 Maysville, Sept. 20, 182j. 



Remarks. — M. Duhamel lias observed that a con- 

 siderable licat is necessary forhalcliing the cgg^s of Itie 

 weevil, and that this insect cannot biecil in granaries 

 which are well ventilated. To prevent this he made 

 repeated experiments, (he results of which made it evi- 

 dent that this insect cannot multiply in grain that re- 

 tains a proper degree of coolness, which it may he made 



moving about at a dist.ince, with no visible 

 agent to move or govern them. That ex- 

 periment has here been fairly and successful- 

 ly tried, and 1 see no reason why tran.'^portalioii 

 by steam is not as practicable upon l.iiid as up- 

 on water. The great desideratum seems to 

 have been a guiding power, and that is etfecl- 

 ualiy provided by the construction of the rail- 

 way, which confines the carriage to h given 

 (rack. I should feel the same degree of securi- 

 ty in one of these vehicles, as in a sleam-boal, 

 since the carriage is at a distance Irom the bol,l- 

 er. 



"There is no doubt in my mind, Ih.it a rail- 

 way from Albany to Schenectady, with steam- 

 carriages, would be found bolh ustdil and protit- 

 able lo a comiiany who might conslinct it. So 

 many elabora.le de-criplions of railways have 

 been published in the English papers, and some 

 of them Iranst'erred into our o«n, that it would 

 be a waste of time and [laper to enler into de- 

 tail. If any of our enlciprising citizfns are, 

 however, disposed to introduce the imfirove- 



to do by frequent ventilating. ^Vhen grain Is agitated ^ 



, _, _, _, , in a sieve fine enough to retain it, the weevils contract ! nient into the United States, il will aftord me 



will, in all cases, be free from (he Hying weevil. I their leg=, and are, in that position, so much smaller I 8''e=" i'leasure lo execute any commands with 



We are now receiving a lot of a thousand bush- than the grain, that they drop through the sieve. |"° o'''^''^ rumuneratiou than the salislaction of 



• ■ ' ' ,, I ,11 1 ,• :iT T.- , r J ,1 . •lit' ride, alter the work is completed. ' 



Mr L llommiJieu ot New lork found that a sptiuk- ] ' "^ 



els, which was tlireshed in July and early in 



August, run through a fan and spread in a large : y,„^ „,■ ,;„(. „„ ^^eat infested wilh them, in hi.^ bin 



barn, it is perlectiv cool and has nut received! j »i tu c- > « •. . t 



,,,.,' -, ,, ,, , , , , , soon drove them away. J he r armor's .\ssistant asserts 



the least damage. A sma os thres he( and i ,.-,,, i , ■ ,. ,, 



and kept cool. 



that ■' sulphur or snuff, put up in little papers or bags. 



NORTH WEST I'ASSAGE. 

 The following inleresiing history of the efforU 

 made for the discovery of a North West passage 



cleaned at about that time, ...„.- , , , , ,,.„,. 



...n fir,. I ;« ikn »„„., ™ 1 I 1. ■ I 1 and properly distributed among the wheat in the bin,;, ,,, . , , ■ ,' „, ,i „ u " i- lii 



we tind in ttie same good oider. It is also said , . , , ,. , ' to Cbin.i, is extracted Irora the speech of l\Ir 



that some who threshed and binned their wheat ^*'" ^''^ """"^ °"'' °' '^''"'^ ""^^ °"' "'^'" '*>">' ''^'"| Sawyer, of N. C. in a lale debate in Cn.-igress, 



got possession. A plant of henbane has the same effect; I p^^.,_^,,,j^g. ^^^^^ ,|,^t ^,^^^ „,- ,|,g p,.e,idenl's 



and so have the wood and leavesof Ihc Lomhardy pop-| [npjsnge, which relates to the contribution of 



lar. A bin made of boards of thij wood will never have 



a weevil in it.'' 



in the chaff before the weevil were \isible, 

 have preserved it ; but of this we speak with 

 some doubt. We now bear many speak of 

 threshing and stowing away in the chaff. But 



those we would advise to be cautious ; there is I 



scarce a slack of wheat in the country entirely! RAIL ROADS. 



free from the weevil, and that which cofilainsi f:.,7rac/ //-ohi Pro/fMoi- C'«r/er'j I.etlrrs ivhick appenr 



but a small portion, will heat if packed away in inllu A". Y. Statesman. 



the chaff. We have heard some wild theorisis 

 recommend this mode to heat the wheat, which 



muid, labour and expense, due from Ihis coiiii- 

 Iry, to the acquisition of knowledge: — 



"In ID IS, a shi|) was sent under the direction 

 of Capt. Ross, who lor the first time made the 

 circuit of RafRn's bay, and penelrated to 77 de- 

 grees north which is two degrees beynnd the 

 place called Red Head, the highest point reach- 

 ed by the whalers, lie not only enlarged ihe 

 sphere of geographical science so much as lo 

 render our maps of this section of the coniinetit 



" The kindness of our hospitable l"rif>nd al 

 Leeds, spoken of in my last leller, extended be- 

 they say will kill the weevil and destroy the j yond an exhibition of his own manufaclorv. As 

 I'ggs Irom which they hatch. we were anxious lo witness llie operalion of 



This reminds us of ihe old slory of the Dutch- ! steam-carriages upon rail road-, lie walked wilh 1 u«closs, and added many inipoilant facts and 

 man who set lire to bis barn lo divest it of rats ; i us a mile from town, cxpose<l lo the oppressive | subjects lo natural hislory, but led his advcnlur- 

 lOr we know that wheat thus healed will never! heal of a mid-day sun, where our curiosily waslous countr;^nicn Ihrongh fields and mountains of 

 afterwards grow, nor will (lie flour made from j fully gratified. After wailing an hour, we had ! ice, to new harbors of Ihe whale, where full 

 it reward the miller for bis labor of grinding, the salisfaction to see 26 wa^jons, conlainin"- ;^ cargoes of oil arc obtained in the shortes! lime. 



He invented ibe deep sea clam, a machine 

 which brings up large portions of soil from a 

 de]ilh of 700 III boms. lie was succeeded in 

 IS in by Capt. Parry, ihe fcailess champion of 



It is not our design to enter into the natural , tons of coals each, impelled or ralher drawn a- 

 hisloiy ofthis insect, We are desirous that the ' long a horizontal rail road, by a steam-engine 

 farmers should preserve their present and fu- i possessing a 6 horse power. It was a mosi 

 ture crops of wheat f'roni destruction; and be- novel and inleresiing spectacle. The steam- 

 ing willing that they should (irolit by our short carriage is placed in frnni, and the whole ap- i 'cience, who, in three successive voyages, has 

 experience, we freely tell them that which we paralus is not m«ch larger than an ordinary .ler- j discovered no less than three difl'ereni passages 

 know. [Sey wagon. To this Ihe 25 four-wheoleil cars i into I'le polar seas ; and thence through lleh- 



'J'liis much however we will add. as mere j are apjiended by chains, and follow in obedi- 1 ring's Sirait.s to Ihe I'acitic. In his first voyage, 

 opinion: We believe they are produced from ' ence lo the self moving power. One man, whose i he discover;-d the opening which he named af. 

 an egg, which, alter being laid in the giain, re- services are required lo regulate the machine- tc his ships, Ihe I'ury and liecla. In his seconj 

 quires a certain degree of heat to produce ani- 1 ry, is the sole navigator, and even he has litlle 'anil third he found those which he named Trince 

 mation. That portion which is produced by ! to do. When the boiler is exhausted he ha* Regent's inlet and Harrow's sirail. It is but two 

 the straw in the stack, during the summer and I only to throw the engine out of gear, stop by \ months since he rcturtied from bis (bird voyage, 

 fall, appears to be nature's choice, ll is against ihc road side, and pump in a su|>plv. Impelled ' which failed Irom ibe loss of one of his ships 

 ih:it portion of heat we would have the firmersjby curiosily, we mounled one of ihe carls and [that was wrecked by a floe of ice, while passing 

 to guard, when we advise them to ihrosh and rode a considerable distance. Tlio ordinary I through Barrow's strait wilh every apjiearance 



keep their wheat cool. Wliether Ihe egg is progress is four miles Ihe hour, but of course 



of^iccess. In his second voyage dpi. I'nrry 



deposlled in the field or in the stack, we pre- may be greatly accoleraled if necessary." 

 tend not to say, but ive have rather concluded '• There are several engines upon this rail- 

 in the latter: but we can wilh safely s:iy that | way, which ply regularly boUveen extensive 



the wheat r.oiv on hand, which never went 1 collieries and the town, a disUince of three or ! ly over ihe mafjnetic pole, in lalilude about 71, 

 through Ihc sweat, or which never attained that | four miles. Il is odd enough to see Ihe smoke and long. 100 W. immediately after which, his 

 float to which nt'aily '.ill wlieat in the alack is [arising, like that of a .steam-boal. and the carts I comp:iss, which before Varied 128 deg. 58 min. 



obtained the bounty of 10.000/. granted by par- 

 liament to the navigator who should reach the 

 1 10 degree of W. long, lie also passed direct- 



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