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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



rNo.5. 



No moth weevil yet seen in the wheat, or in old 

 corn. The unusual severity of last winter served to 

 destroy nearly all of those which, if spared, would as 

 usual, have produced a progeny of millions, by this 

 time. This rare exemption is precisely in accordance 

 with the views presented in the article on moth weevil in 

 Vol. I p. 325, and furnishes strong confirmation, in one' 

 respect, of the correctness of the opinions there ex- 

 pressed of the nature and habits of this insect, and the 

 means of preventing its ravages. Still we have not 

 learned that the piece referred to has attracted any no- 

 tice, or produced the least benefit to the public. The 

 wheat crops in parts of France, during the last, and 

 some preceding years, have suffered so much from the 

 ravages of this insect, (there called "alucite des 

 grains") that a prize has been offered for the discovery 

 of means for checking them. 



In general, the condition and prospects of farmers in 

 Virginia were never better than now: and if there was 

 no western country — no Texas — no distant region of 

 which only the good is known, and the ill never heard 

 of, until too late — which like the fabulous "happy 

 islands," serve to make us first despise, and then aban- 

 don our blessings at home— there would be few coun- 

 tries which would yield more profit for cultivation, or 

 be more susceptible of cheap, certain, and sure im- 

 provement. 



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Since the printing of the first half of this No. which 

 included the remarks of T. B. A. and his inquiry for 

 information respecting liming, we have received in the 

 June No. of the Annates deV Agriculture Francdise, 

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