76 TRACTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, &c. 



To guard, asmucli as possible, against such formidable attacks, 

 it seems advisable to sow corn towards the end of June or Decem- 

 ber ; at which times, the rainy seasons may be supposed to be 

 near at hand — for, whilst the rains continue, the grub cannot be 

 hatched — and if accidentally they should come forth when the 

 corn has been well advanced in growth (a circumstance also unfa- 

 vourable to their generation, owing to the natural moisture in the 

 corn, and the shade it affords the land) the young grubs would 

 be in a manner deprived of their natural food ; for, if the corn 

 have attained strength, and have lost that sweetness it possesses 

 when young, numbers would die for want of nourishment ; and 

 the corn, by setting forth numerous shoots, would be placed 

 beyond the reach of the feeble attempts of young insects, and be 

 less liable to injury from those that are full grown. 



Wth December, 1811. 



