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The young stems are occasionally 

 infested with a caterpillar of a yel- 

 lowish colour, with a black head and 

 smooth, the larva of the Gorlyna zea, 

 or spindle- worm : they destroy the 

 plants which they infest, but the 

 numbers are usually limited. 



CORX, SPECIAL MANURES. 

 Poudrette, guano, and stable ma- 

 nure, composted with lime and bone 

 dust, are the great fertilizers for this 

 grain. It pre-eminently requires pu- 

 trescent matter and bone earth, with- 

 out which last the seeds are imper- 

 fect. The ash of Indian corn shows 

 how much phosphoric acid it con- 

 tains. {Analyzed by Lelellier.) 

 Potash and soda .... 30-8 

 Lime and magnesia . . . 18 3 



Phosphoric acid 50' 1 



Silica, &.C 8 



1000 



A special mixture or compost of 

 poudrette or stable manure, bone 

 earth, and ashes would be very val- 

 uable. 



CORN, MEASURING THE 

 BULK. The following rule for this 

 purpose is given by William Murray. 

 It is not to be regarded as strictly ac- 

 curate, but an approximation : 



" Having previously levelled the 

 corn in the house, so that it will be of 

 equal depth throughout, ascertain the 

 length, breadth, and depth of the 

 bulk ; multiply these dimensions to- 

 gether, and their products by 4 ; then 

 cut off one figure from the right of this 

 last product. This will give so many 

 bushels, and a decimal of a bushel of 

 shelled corn. If it be required to find 

 the quantity of ear corn, substitute 8 

 for 4, and cut ofTone figure as before." 



CORN LAWS. The exportation 

 of grains to England having much in- 

 creased, the following tables of the 

 tariff will be useful to many farmers : 



" According to the English Corn 

 Law Act existing in 1842, corn in- 

 spectors are appointed in 287 towns, 

 to transmit returns to the Board of 

 Trade, who compute the average 

 weekly price of each description of 

 grain, and the aggregate average price 

 for the previous six weeks, and trans- 

 mit a certified copy to the collectors 

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: of customs at the different outporta. 

 ' The aggregate average regulates the 



duty on importation according to the 



following scale : 



" If imported from any ForeignCountry. 



" Wheat. — Whenever the average 

 price of wheat, made up and publish- 

 ed in the manner required by law, 

 shall be for every quarter 

 ,r , £■ *• <^- 



Under 51 j., the duty shall be for every 



quarter 10 



51*. and under 52." 19 



52*. — 55s 18 



55s. — 5e,s 17 



50*. _ 57., 16 



57s. — 58* 15 



58s. — 59s 14 



59s. — 60s 13 



60s. — 6U 12 



6\s. — 62s 11 



62*. — 63* 10 



63*. — 64* 9 



64*. — 65* 8 



65*. — 66* 7 



66*. — 69* 6 



69*. — 70* 5 



70s. — 71* 4 



71*. — 72* 3 



72*. — 73* 2 



73*. and upwaid 10 



" Barley. — Whenever the average 

 price of barley, made up and publish- 

 ed in the manner required by law, 

 shall be for every quarter 



£. *. d. 

 Under 26*., the duty shall be for every 



quarter II 



26*. and under 27* 10 



27*. — 30* 9 



30*. — 31* 8 



31s. — 32* 7 



32s. — 33* 6 



33*. — 34s 5 



34s. — 35* 4 



35*. — 36* 3 



36s. — 37* 2 



37s. and upward 10 



" Oats. — Whenever the average 

 price of oats, made up and published 

 in the manner required by law, shall 

 be for every quarter 



£. s. d. 

 Under 19*., the duty shall be for every 



quarter 080 



19*. and under 20* 7 



20*. — 23* 6 



23*. — 24* 5 



24*. — 25* 4 



25s. — 26* 3 



2fis. — 27* 2 



27*. and upwrard .... ..010 



" Rye, Pease, and Beans. — Whenev- 

 er the average price of rye, or of pease, 

 or of beans, made up and published 



