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ceivable numbers of grubs have perished. In a letter to the 

 Society, on the information of one who actually experienced 

 the fact ; it appears, that, by a ditch dug for the purpose, 

 across a field ; the passage of Cutworms from a field which 

 had been destroyed, to one uninjured, was obstructed : and 

 six bushels of grubs were thus collected. This would seem 

 indubitably to prove them to be migratory ; and to shew the 

 consequences of leaving part of a field unploughed in the au- 

 tumn ; which affords harbour for grubs, which may from 

 thence wander over the fall ploughed portion. Several far- 

 mers have escaped the grub, by steeping the seed corn in 

 spirits of turpentine ; and rolling it in plaster. 



Soddy grounds should be rolled, and well harrowed, in the 

 direction of the furrows ; after being broken up so deeply, as 

 to place beyond vegetation, the sod ; and by thus excluding 

 air, and by clean, shallow, and frequent stirring, so as not to 

 disturb it, to promote its decay without a capacity to grow. 

 The dead fibres, (nature's restoratives,) are thus retained in 

 the soil, for appropriate manures. — Lime, Plaster, Marie, &c. 

 to co-operate with. The sod left on edge, either dries use- 

 lessly, or vegetates, with all its pests. 



The Roller is too little used ; and, mistakenly, supposed to 

 consolidate too much : whereas it crushes and separates clods, 

 and loosens the soil. On clay and heavy ground, the Spiktj 

 Roller is best ; as it is on all hide-bound surfaces — of mea- 

 dows and mowing grounds particularly ; but, like all other 

 operations, rolling must be performed judiciously, and adapt- 

 ed to soils and circumstances. Few, indeed, are the soils, on 

 which it is not highly beneficial. 



Sow no more ground, with winter grain especially, than 

 you can perfectly till and manure ; one well dressed acre, 

 being worth many negligently treated. Manure, good til- 

 lage, and late sowing, which latter is only justified by the 

 two former, are guards against the Hessian Fly, If even to 

 good farming, misfortune occurs, losses are not accompanied 

 by self reproach. Shed Oats, or that grain sown with the 

 wheat, sometimes attracts the Fly, by its being more forward 

 and tempting ; for this insect has no predilection for wheat, 



