irot.. X V. .\o. so. 



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■{.<rt', liiu nli)»in>j bftirccii Irefn, or lli» i llmik lliriii uortli |)Ml.|isliirij:, l<'l mo knuw, n?iil 

 ln'UM'on trees, ought to take pl«co only in , pliMily inc)re of tlio bvcrota uliull lie rtirtlicoiniiig. 

 « l.icl. c-vc. txi.o for > renewal, or » n.w | ,^^,^^ ^j. /Vo/«/mc Grain from Iht Until and otlur 



Insects. 

 Soak a woollen or linen clutli in water, and after 

 >rrm(;ln;» it out, tiprcail it over your (;raiii. In t«'o 

 liuur* tlic nccvila will be fountl otluclied to it. 



:ir>l^, tlity c^liaiiU bo of ul: 

 or vf soiMoinTn^ tliat doei 



f loula bpforo the nap be ap^nin in motion. 

 tins ro!>»<in. if crops be (jrown under trcca in | 

 eat, rye, winter bur- ] 

 nut demand a plow. | 

 of the i;r<iuiid in the lipnnjr. In tlio garden,! 

 till" j,'roiiiid well and clean, with a fork, late in Ws-fiinj/ xreevilr. 



.•i,.l.er. Go close to the stem* of the treen, , Take n» much ley na is necessary for WRshinu 

 lo not bruiac the large roots. Clean and clear ] ^yp^ your granary, in ivliich boil n qiinntity of o.x- 

 ell c!o.«c round the stem. Make the prouiid i „ai|_ j^,, e.Tcess lieed not be feared,) and w'ash your 

 Ih juil there. Ascertain whether there be | granary with the mixture. 



Another mode. 

 Spread brancheK of the elder over yourprain 

 heap, and the insect will retire lo the walla, from 

 whence it will be easy to sweep them up and burn 

 them. To make the odor more effective, the leaves 

 and branches may be bruised. 



ts there of any sort ; and if there Iip, take 



to iloslroy them. Pull or scrape olTall rough 



at llio bottom of the atom. If you even peel 

 ic outside bark a foot or two up. In case there 

 isi'cts, it will be the better. Wash the stems 



water, in which tobacco has been snaked ; and 

 lis, whether you find insects or not. Put the 

 ■CO in:o hot water, and let it soak twentyfour 

 s, before you use the wotcr. This will destroy 



ive away all insects. 



It th'injh, for the purpose of removing all har- 



or insects, you make the ground smooth just 



1 t!ie stem of the tree, let the rest of the 



lid l:iy as roush as you can : for the rougher , , , 



.1 11 ■. u u I I. .1 r . I around the (jrain. 



s, the more will it bo broken by the frost, ! ° 



h is a Jieat cnricher of all land. When the I Another. 



2 Comes, and the gimind is dry nt the top, i Let your barn be empiied and swept, after which 

 the whole of the ground a good deep hoeing, ' let a flock of sheep lie in it for ei.x weeks. The 

 I will mnke it level and smooth enough. Then i odor of these animals will kill the weevils. Should 



.liwther. 

 After the grain has been removed from the gran- 

 ary, spread a large qiiantity of the branches of the 

 bo.T over the floor, and let them remain till the 

 I grain is put in, when they should be put along the 

 ! walls, partitions, joists, iic, as well as on and 



1 again hoeing throughout the Kummcr, and 

 ling well all attempts of insects on the stems 

 lark of the trees. 



they make their appearance again, the following 

 method should be adopted: 



Another. 

 Place in the middle of your barn, or granary, a 

 large Iron pan of burning charcoal, closing the 

 doors anil windows tightly. Cut three or four old 

 shoes into small bits and throw ihem upon the fire, 

 to which may he added the hoofs of horses, &c. 



end you the following fact, in confirmation of | The fire should be kept up fqr three or four hours. 



lew you hive taken of the application of marl ] The strong odor of this smoke will infallibly kill 



; FRUIT CURCULIO— FRENCH RE- 

 :iPT.S TO GUARD AGAINST THE 

 .ACK WEEVIL. 

 ' Eiiitorof the Farmer's Register: 



(The forojj.iing recipes all apply, it ih proiuincd, 

 lo the bldik vrivil, a siiinll iimcct of the buctle 

 tribe, which has wings, but is not known to (ly, 

 which lives lliroiigh the winter, and infests mill* 

 and granaries which have grain always in them, so 

 as In furniiih » regular supply of food lo the inaectii. 

 The moth or Hying weevil, which is so much a 

 greater depreilntor on the crops of negligent far- 

 Hiers in lower Virginia, is not common in France, 

 even if certainly existing there. ClennlincxB in 

 harns and granaries — cleaning out all the old grain 

 and all the grain some part of every year, is th« 

 best preventive against the black weevil. And the 

 flying weevil, though even tt more formidable foe, 

 Udually may he perfectly guarded against by care 

 and attention, with a proper knowledge of (he 

 habit.i and especially the mode of propagation of 

 the insect. — Eu. Ri-.g.1 



Is to ihe soil around fruit trees. Mr Down 

 if Nevvburg, takes a similar view of the niat- 

 nd recommends clay. 



fact lo which I allude is this. A few years 

 while at the house of a very intelligent far- 



jf Lincoln county in this State, I was forci- 

 ruck with the lively and clean appearance of 

 am trees, which were then loaded with fruit, 

 iquiring of his mode of treatment, he remarked 

 he only secret in the ca.se was, to set them 

 y the road side, (as his were) or along some 

 where the ground would be trodden down as 

 as possible. 



would appear, therefore, that the rationale of 

 'ing is not to be sought in the shell-marl or 

 ! clay, but in having such a hard pan of earth 

 d and under the trees, that the Insects which 



them cannot get a lodging place in the soil, 

 is ''rbjoct reminds inc of numerous receipts 

 et various insects which are so Ironblcsome 

 jricultural and domestic economy, that are 



in a French work, entitled "Secrets concer- 

 les .Arts ct Metiers," published in \7W, in 



(diimes. In reading it over lately, it occurred 

 •, that possibly some of the secrets for destroy, 

 isects might be valuable ; and if so, that I 



1 bo doing good service to furnish them for 

 paper. I have no means of knowing whether 



( are useful, and will therefore send you a spe- 

 1, and let you judge for yourself. If you 



the weevil, &c. This process should be repented 

 every year before housing your grain. It also 

 drives away rats and mice. 



[I think this process would be pretty sure to kill 

 mtn .'] 



Another. 



Sprinkle the floors and walls of your granary 

 with a decoction of garlic, well steeped in a suffi- 

 cient quantity of salt water. The odor of this is 

 no sooner diffused than the weevil dies or goes 

 away. 



Wormwood, rue, savory, lavender, green corian- 

 der, and all plants of n strong odor, have the same 

 effect. 



Another. 



Melt Burgundy pitch, and by means of a bit of 

 tow, make a slight coaling of it upon the shovels 

 used for stirring the grain heaps, and then rub 

 them over with the oil of petroleum. After turn- 

 ing the grain with them two or throe limes, the 

 weevils will disnppear. It will be necessary to 

 renew the oil and pitch whenever they become de- 

 tached from the shovels. 



The above are some of the first "Secrets contrc 

 les insects and les anirnaiix nuisibles," and are a 

 fair specimen of the whole. Some of the proces- 

 ses I should judge to be inert. Vou can perhaps 

 determine whether nni/ of them are valuable. 

 Very respectfully and truly yours, 



HUlsboroufrh, M C. M. A. CURTIS. 



LARGE YIELD OF CORN. 

 In a late number of the Louisville Journal, we 

 find an account of a corn crop raised by Mr Young, 

 of Jessamine county — a crop exceeding, we be- 

 lieve, any on record in the country. The editor 

 says : " Mr Young exhibited to us a certificate of 

 several respectable gentlemen, certifying that in a 

 lot of five acres, he had produced one hundred and 

 ninetijfive Inishels of corn lo the acre. TI.e corn 

 was measured, and there is no doubt of the cor- 

 rectness of the estimate. This was on a piece of 

 bottom land, and the committee were of opinion 

 that Mr Young's crop on the upland was better 

 than that which was measured." Mr Young pens 

 his stock on the land intended for corn, and ma- 

 nures it in no other way. This land is broken up 

 in the fall, in the spring struck out in squares 

 three feet each way, from eight to twelve corns 

 dropped in each, which at the hoeing is reduced to 

 four stalks to each hill. As soon as the corn is 

 up, a largo harrow is run over the whole ground, 

 regardless of harrowing the corn up, which seldom 

 happens. Nothing but the plow is used in the 

 cultivation ; after the barrow, no hoe or cultivator 

 is brought to the field. — Albany Cult. 



CANADA THISTLE. 

 Mr Mills, of Elbridge, Onondaga county, sendi 

 us the following directions for the destruction of 

 that pest of the fanner, the thistle. Although too 

 late for adoption this year, we hope it will not be 

 forgotten another, but receive a full and fair Irial. 



" Take any piece of stubble land, pea or oats 

 stubble is preferable, as it has less sward. I then, 

 if needful, manure it well, and plow it carefully on 

 the 20tli of April. About Ihe l.'iih of May, I iirig 

 it thoroughly. On the 2.5lh of May, I cross plow, 

 and in the middle of June I again drag it, being 

 careful to harrow cro.sswisc of the furrow. On the 

 26tli or thereabouts, I plow and sow one bushel of 

 buckwheat to the acre. At this season, buckwheat 

 will vegetate very rapidly, and in two weeks will 

 completely cover the ground. The thistle, by for- 

 mer plowings being checked, the buckwheat will 

 in ordinary seasons thoroughly subdue thorn. I 

 have tried various methods of destroying the thif- 

 tle, and I find this the best." — Ibid. 



A mixture of four ounces of nitrate of ammonia, 

 fourounces of subcarbonate ofsoda, and four ounces 

 of water, in a tin pail, have been known lo produce 

 ten ounces of ice in three hours. 



