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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



monuments. Therefore it is that we consider 

 the negative evidence as completely overwhelm- 

 ing. It is made conclusive by being entirely 

 exclusive. Let us turn to the Mosaic account — 

 the ruins of Nineveh and the monuments of 

 Egypt. We find evidence of the existence of 

 barley, and wheat, and beans, and onions, and 

 lentels, but where is there any evidence of maize 

 or potatoes? Indian corn is one of the most re- 

 markable and easily described plants known, and 

 yet all ancient history is silent on its existence. 

 Where is the evidence ? Wheat was found among 

 the mummies. The entire absence of any sort of 

 evidence, is, to our mind, conclusive of the ques- 

 tion. But this is not all. The classic ages of 

 Greece and Rome had intelligent writers on ag- 

 riculture, and Rome brought from Africa a large 

 portion of her supplies. Now, if Carthage or 

 Egypt or Assyria, had ever known or heard of 

 Indian corn, would these writers have been to- 

 tally silent on so interesting a plant ? Nor is this 

 all. De Goguet, a learned French writer on the 

 origin of arts and sciences, has collected all that 

 the ancient writers say, and all that tradition as- 

 serted of ancient agriculture, and not one word 

 is there about Indian corn. There is additional 

 significance given to the fact, that wherever In- 

 dian corn, is introduced, it is an important plant. 

 It is not a thing to be overlooked ; and yet all 

 ancient history is silent in regard to it. We con- 

 clude, therefore, with Dr. Pickering, that there 

 is no evidence of the existence of this plant prior 

 to the discovery of America." 



Where the Grasshoppers go to. — We are 

 glad to know that this jumping fraternity are to 

 be destroyed in some way. The Port Hope (Can- 

 ada) Guide says they are falling a prey to a grub 

 very similar in appearance to the weevil. On 

 examination they are found covered with these 

 small but formidable enemies, the strength grad- 

 ually departs from the joints of the strongest, 

 and they die. It is said that the grasshoppers 

 may be seen in myriads, "stark and stiff," in the 

 fields, while those alive are so dull and inactive 

 that they can do but little mischief to the green 

 croi)S. Some farmers assert, with all sincerity, 

 that the weevil, appearing too late to successfully 

 attack the fall wheat, pounced upon the grass- 

 hoppers, then young and tender, and will destroy 

 them instead of the grain. If this should prove 

 to be the case, it will be one of the most extra- 

 ordinary circumstances on record. 



LOVE IS EVERYWHERE. 



[We find the following in an English paper, a waif floating 

 about, whose paternity we should be glad to state if we could. 

 Please read it, remember it, and let Its sentiment ever be pres- 

 ent with you, so that your love, also, shall be everywhere. — Ed. 

 A'. E. Fai mer. 



LOVE IS EVERYWHERE. 



The air is filled with a gentle song — 



An under song of wooing — 

 As the leif-enihrouded woods o'erflow 

 With the sound of the ringdove's cooing. 

 In Nature's deepest haunts, 

 I hear a voice that chants: 

 "Why should the earth grow old with care, 

 Since Love, sweet Love, is everywhere.'" 



Ye will hsar at night, if ye listen well, 



Music in heaven ringing. 

 And amid the sfars a melody. 



As of angel voices sieging ; 

 For the spirits who in Ihe spheres of light 



Have made their happj' dwelling, 

 To each other across the depths of space 

 Their tales of love are telling. 



The sunbeams leave thtir glowing throne, 



And whisper love to the flowers ; 

 The birds outpour it in their strains, 

 As they sit in their rose ci owned bowers. 

 Wl'.en the breeze swells moarnfuily. 

 Through the boughs of a swaying tree, 

 I ever hear a voice declare 

 That ''Love, sweet Love, is everywhere. 



In the moaning thunder of the waves. 



That dash on some rocky shore ; 

 Or the tuneful flow of the ripply tide, 



When a tempest's r.ige U o'er — 

 In the murmured music of the brook 



As It rustes the sea to gain ; 

 Or the sullen pla^h on the silent pool 



Of the swiftly falling rain — 



In the gleeful laugh of the dancing spray, 

 From some fky ward-leaping fountain; 

 Or the ceaseless roar of a white cascade. 

 In its giant- bound from the mountain- 

 There fallelh on mine ear 

 This song so sweet and cltar: 

 " K\\, why shsuld man e'er feel despair, 

 Sii.ce 'Love, sweet Love, is everj wheve .•" '* 



Costly Cranberry Meadow. — Capt. Capon 

 has expended one thousand dollars upon a single 

 acre to bring it into cranberry meadow, and with 

 the strong expectation that it will be a good in- 

 vestment. This is the most costly acre of cran- 

 berry land that we have ever heard of. If it will 

 pay thus to fill in deep swamps, and then give 

 them a coat of three or four inches of mud, with 

 a top-dressing of sand, it is quite evident that 

 those who have little else to do to their meadows 

 but break them up with a plow, and set out 

 the vines, ought at once to be about it. A situa- 

 tion where the meadow can be flooded untilJunc 

 or July is thought to be best, but there are dif- 

 ferent opinions, we find, in regard to the whole 

 theory of cranberry culture. — Barnstable Patriot, 



For the New England Farmer. 

 LOOK TO YOUR APPLE TREES. 



Among the numerous insects which attack the 

 apple in wood, bark, leaf and fruit, there are 

 none doing more damage, or likely to ruin more 

 young trees in this locality, than a bark grub or 

 borer. 



This grub, which for want of a better name, I 

 will call Bark Borer, is of a whitish color, with- 

 out legs, tapering but little from the first ring. 

 The head is broad and flat, nearly twice the width 

 of the bodj-. When full grown, they are an inch 

 in length, with a head one-fourth of an inch broad, 

 and no thicker than the body. 



The eggs are deposited in June, July, or early 

 in August, upon the bark of the body of the 

 tree. When hatched, they eat into, and through 

 the bark where they remain over winter. The 

 next spring they feed between the bark and the 

 wood, and attain their full size in May or early 

 June. Of their transformation I cannot speak 

 advisedly. 



