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FARMERS' R E (J I S r E R 



[No. 6 



who had reared worms at Bellona from the same 

 stock of prematurely hatched ejigs. I am much 

 /.^ratified to learn that he succeeded well in the im- 

 portant particular in which my failure was so 

 signal — that is, the climbing' of the worms. He 

 had in part such fixtures as he described in last 

 number of Farmers' Register, and, where they 

 were wanting, others less perfect. All served 

 well. The only difference of" treatment which he 

 states, to which I can ascribe the great difference 

 of result in this respect, is, that '^fires were lighted 

 whenever the air was damp and cool.''^ The need 

 of tliis I was well aware of; but the situation per- 

 mitted no such aid of artificial heat ; and even if 

 it had, my experiment was designed to show, as 

 it certainly has done, the worst effects of the natu- 

 ral temperature, at so early, and so inclement a 

 season. E. R. 



ROSE BUSHES. 



For the Farmers' Register. 



For some years past, complaints have been 

 made, that the rose bushes in and about Peters- 

 burg have been Icilled by an insect which in great 

 numbers have infested them. This is a very 

 small red bug, with a covering, or house over it, 

 of a dusky white color, resembling dingy white- 

 wash scaling off. In a short time this insect 

 greatly multiplies, so as to cover the stems and 

 branches. My own garden has been much 

 annoyed, and I have had some of my best shrubs 

 killed by them. Last year I had a favorite busii 

 attacked, which I endeavored to protect by fre- 

 quently applying, from a watering pot, the infu- 

 sion of tobacco ; but from which no good was ob- 

 tained. It has long been known that sulphur, 

 where it could conveniently be used, was a reme- 

 dy against many insects on plants, but in this 

 case there seemed to be some difficulty in its ap- 

 plication; and until I read in one of the late num- 

 bers of the Farmers' Register of a mode by 



which the flowers of sulphur could be so prepared 

 as to be applied with convenience, it did not oc- 

 cur to me that this was the remedy. Profiting 

 however, by the idea there published, I mixed 

 a quantity of that article with lamp oil, to a very 

 soft consistence, and with a mop, spread it over 

 the stems and branches of the plants, wherever 

 the bu<i;s were clustered ; and I was pleased to 

 find that although the tobacco gave them no un- 

 easiness, this application, wherever laid on, was 

 a certain cure. 



Although this remedy requires some labor and 

 patience, to follow these bugs among numerous 

 prickles, over the stems and branches of extensive 

 rose bushes, yet is the labor amply repaid to the 

 owner of these plants, by their beauty and fra- 

 grance. L. M. 



THE WHEAT CROP. 



The reports of the wheat crop in Virginia, arc ver)' discoura- 

 ging. The ravages of both Hessian fly and chinch-bug have 

 been unusually destructive ; and especially in the tide-water 

 region, where the loss will be so great as to leave no average 

 net profit on the cultivation. The crop, in the valley, or of the 

 region west of the Blue Ridge, is said to be very fine. 



"mammoth" silk-worms' eggs, and suc- 

 cessive CROPS. 



We have had several urgent requests from distant correspon- 

 dents to furnisli them with a few of the "mammoth silk- worms' 

 eggs." We liave none, and would advise no one to rear worms 

 of any "mammoth," or Unnsually large variety. Wc have no 

 room left to state the reasons for tliis opinion, but they will be 

 given hereafter. 



Another general inquiry is as to the chance for hatching the 

 first eggs laid in the spring, for another crop the same season^ 

 The small "two-crop" kind, may be relied on; but not any 

 larger kind ; though the eggs of the common kind, or that best 

 known and longest in use, will sometimes hatch in Virginia, 

 the same season they are laid. The hatching, however, at most, 

 is but of a small proportion, and is not to b3 counted on witli 

 any certainty. 



Table of Contents of Warmers^ Register, J\^o. 5, f*<ol. W^II, 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page 

 Statement of the cost and profits of an experi- 

 ment in feeding hogs - . . . 257 

 Essav on Vegetable Physiology (continued) 



Chapter IX 262 



Chapter X 263 



Chapter XI 263 



Effects of fraudulent banking and paper mo- 

 ney on agricultural interests - . - 276 

 The "marl indicator" not a new species - 278 

 Superiority of blue marl ... - ^SO 

 Proceedings of the Chuckatuck Agricultural 



Club - - - - . - - - 287 



Remedy for the glanders and blind staggers in 

 horses. Effectual remedy for worms in 



children 302 



Expense and net profits of M. Amans Carrier's 



white mulberry plantation - - . 302 



Comparative value of the white and Chinese 



mulberry trees 310 



A first experiment of rearing silk-worms, un- 

 der very disadvantageous circumstances .312 

 Rose bushes ...... 320 



The wheat crop 320 



"Mammoth" silk-worms' eggs, and successive 



crops 320 



SELECTIONS. 



The Daguerrotype 258' 



On corn and its culture > . . . 289 



Shaker's establishments .... 259 



Ruta baga --....-. 261 



Alchemy of the dust hole .... 261 



Heading down peach trees .... 261 



Account of the culture of silk in Italy - - 271 

 To prevent crows from pulling up corn - '276 

 Condition and prospects of agriculture in Ja- 

 maica ....... 276 



Experiments on carrots .... 277 



Method of perforating glass - . - . 278 



The deepest Artesian well - . - . 278 

 On the use made of leaves in Italy, for feeding 



cattle 280 



Mineral tar, or pyroligneous liquor, for protec- 

 tion of walls of masonry or mud - - 283 

 Preserving specimens of plants ... 283 



Kyanizing wood 2S3 



Agricultural publications in the United States 283 



Cost of breeding horses of racing stock - 286' 



Extraordinary sale of Hereford cattle - - 286 



The cocoonery — fixtures — feeding silk-worms 288 

 Malaria — its effects in producing country and 



other fevers 293 



Of the effects of wafer in the agriculture of Italy 295 



Experiments on manures, &c. ... 308 



The properties of ffowers - - - - 310 



