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THE farmers' cabinet 



VOL. I 



and the egnf falls out and perishes. It will 

 lay its eiigs in Oats and Timothy, but not 

 to do much injury. This fly is a very dif- 

 ferent insect from the fly that has lately 

 made its appearance in New England and 

 New York State, or ths Maryland fly — in 

 both these last cases the fly lays its egg in 

 the grain while in a milk state, and the 

 worm eats the milk and meal out of the 

 grain, but in no case has the grain been eaten 

 by the Hessian fly or found in it — but all 

 these flies may depredate in the same field 

 in their own way. What is the remedy'? It 

 cannot be iu applying any thing to seed be- 

 fore sowing, as the fly lives on the root or 

 near it, instead of the ear or grain. Even 

 good tillage has failed this last season as 

 well as late sowing — Will not lime do it if 

 properly applied, as a very small portion of 

 lime is a quick and certain death for many 

 insects? A pint of quick lime mixed with 

 100 bushels of wheat will destroy every 

 weavel in it, and if blown from a fan into a 

 barn it will destroy or drive them out. 



Lime is a certain and quick death to fleas, 

 &e. and itis said that by sowing over the grain 

 it will destroy the egg in the grain. Suppose 

 a farmer when he i'ound the fly was in his 

 ■wheat depositing its eggs should sow half a 

 bushel of lime while warm after slacking 

 upon an acre, in a still morning while the 

 dew is on — the lime being light and fine 

 will spread and settle down on the leaves of 

 the wheat, and reach the egg while in the 

 soft and white slate and most likely destroy 

 it. Where the stubble is full of the egg, will 

 be hurried so deep that it will perish. In 

 the fall one or two frosts will destroy most 

 of the fly, and late sowing has in some 

 cases. — Bucks County Intelligencer. 



TJie Ti«rncp Fly. 



A method of preventing the ravages of the 

 turiiep fly has been adopted at Hampstead. 

 The practice is founded upon the fact that 

 the fly emits its eggs in theautumn, and that 

 they are not hatclied till the next spring, 

 when the warmth and the fruitful state of 

 the soil by repeated ploughings and harrow- 

 ings, admit of the generating effects of the 

 sun's rays. It is at this period the turnep is 

 generally sown; the plant therefore springs 

 up about the time the fly is hatched, and a 

 supply of food being thereby aflforded, it is 

 not surprising that the fly should multiply 

 and thrive. If instead of sowing imme- 

 diately, the soil is brought into as fine a 

 state as possible, and the sowing delayed 

 for ten days, although the fly would be 

 hatched, it would die for want of its natural 

 food. The existence of a fly in the field 

 may be ascertained by placing cabbage 



leaves at night, and examining them in th« 



mornmg 



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Parsneps— a Fiel'i Crop, 

 The labor and mode of cultivating the pars 

 nep are about the same as those of the carrot 

 The parsnep produces a larger crop, its aver 

 age product being rated at 2 J t( ns the acre 

 and that of the carrot at J 2 tons. The parsnej 

 also contains a far greater proportion of sac 

 charine matter than does the carrot, is grace 

 ful to the palate of farm stock, and is greatlj 

 conducive to their fattening. It possesse 

 another advantage over the carrot, in its bar 

 diness — it may be left in the ground til 

 spring and not be injured by the frost Ii 

 the island of Jersey it forms a regular par 

 of the field system. The roots are fed in ; 

 raw state to the hogs and horned cattle ; th 

 flesh. of the former they are said to rende 

 delicately white, and the benefit derived frori 

 the latter is in the opinion of many growers 

 nearly equal to that obtained from oil cake 

 in point of the weight of flesh, and so supe 

 rior in flavor, that in the island it alway 

 commands the highest price. Cows fei 

 upon them during the winter months ar 

 said to produce butter of a color and flavc 

 equal to that of the most luxuriant grasses 

 In .Jersey 25 pounds are given daily to th 

 cows, with hay, and the cream is more abun 

 dant than from an equal quantity of milk an 

 the cows differently fed — seven quarts pre 

 ducing as much as 17 ounces of butter. 



Patcut Butter. 



A Russian nobleman of high rank, and i 

 the possession of a large landed estate, ha 

 received from the Emperor, letters patent, a 

 a reward for discovering a new method c 

 making butter, wiiich may be of importanc 

 to dairy women in this country. The proces 

 consists in boiling, or rather simmering th 

 milk, for the space of fitteen minutes, in it 

 sweet state, taking care not to burn it, an 

 then churning it in the usual manner. It i 

 said no diificulty ever occurs in making bui 

 ter immediately, and of a quality far supt 

 rior to that made from milk which has un 

 dergone vinous fermentation. Butter mad 

 in this nsanner, is also said to preserve it 

 flavor and sweetness much longer than tha 

 made in the ordinary manner. The milk 

 likewise, being left sweet, is considered c 

 nearly the same value as before churnino 

 and far more healthy, on account of it 

 having the animalcula?, or whatever else i 

 may have contained, destroyed. The eas 

 with which the experinuMit may be madf 

 should induce all to give it a fair trial. — SiL 

 Culturest. 



