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wheat harrowed in the same way, between the 1st and 

 3d of October. The next best field was a fallow, sowed 

 from the 4th to the 10th ; the last field, from the 10th to 

 the 17th : this last was good cultivation, with plough- 

 ing and harrowing, but it was too late. We are pretty 

 certain, in fertile land, of a saving crop, if sowed from the 

 25th of September to the 10th of October ; even our 

 rye does not escape if sowed out of season. The fly has 

 been more destructive this season than I have ever known 

 it. Early in May, our prospects were more flattering than 

 had ever been known, but by the middle of the month, 

 after some warm days, from the richest verdure appeared 

 a dry naked field. 2d. The only remedy that is known 

 against the fly here, is sowing in good season, and stimu- 

 lating the soil. 3d. The only kind of wheat that resists 

 the fly, is called the Snider, above the mountain, — the 

 Lawler, below, said to come from your state. It has been 

 raised for ten years in this county, and I have undoubted 

 proof that it has never been injured by the fly, but it is 

 subject to the rust, and a worm ; has a short head, and I 

 consider it an unproductive wheat. I sowed two bush- 

 els of it in the midst of a purple straw field, at the same 

 time with the purple straw, and found it to be a week 

 later than the purple straw which was around it, and half 

 eat up by the fly, while the Snider was unhurt. The 

 golden and purple straw has always had much the ad- 

 vantage in its appearance, and has been considered by far 

 the most productive wheat. Little has been said about 

 the Snider, or Lawler, until the present year, it js now 

 making a great noise : though an indifferent head, it has 

 a beautiful grain : it may be sowed early, to advantage. 

 Although the purple is very subject to the smut in this 



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