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To show how mistakes occur in these matters, in the case of 

 the Cramp cow, (England,) where no calculation of moment was 

 necessary. The owner. Mr. Cramp, Lewes, Sussex Co, made a 

 statement, for public use, of her products for one year, in milk 

 and butter, daily and weekly, and published it as his This ac- 

 count we found in the British work last cited, and is the one 

 adopted in our table. It diflfers somewhat from several other ac- 

 counts, and the most considerable difference, we believe, made it 

 above 400 quarts of milk more, and nearly 100 lbs. of butter, 

 than Mr. Cramps' statement. There are several states south 

 and west of us, not here cited, that have, no doubt, at different 

 times produced individual cows and herds of cows, whose pro- 

 duce in milk, butter and cheese, have been nearly or quite equal 

 to the states or sections of states named. 



A NEW ENEMY TO INDIAN CORN. 



Pelham, Westchestei- Co., Oct., 9, 1851. 

 Gen. a. Chandler : 



Sir — The accompanying ears of corn were taken from the 

 western part of a field of corn in this town, of which about one- 

 third of the ears have heen stripped of their kernels. The 

 field presented the appearance of the ears having been husked 

 on the stalks, which had been topped some ten days previous. 

 On examination it was found that the husks had been stripped 

 and the kernels eaten by insects, specimens of which are in the 

 box herewith sent. 



As far as my knowledge extends it is a new species of insect, or 

 rather a new enemy to the most important of our agricultural 

 productions. By referring these specimens to a committee of 

 your Agricultural Board, a better knowledge of the insect may 

 be obtained and a mode suggested for the prevention of its most 

 serious depredations. 



Very Respectfully Yours, 



PH. SCHUYLER. 



The insects forwarded by Mr. Schuyler, are of the Coleopte- 

 rous order, about one-quarter of an inch in length ; the first, or 



