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  yielded 
  from 
  five 
  to 
  ten 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  In 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Jackson 
  County 
  wheat 
  did 
  

   aiot 
  suifer 
  so 
  much; 
  some 
  fields 
  on 
  bur-oak 
  soil 
  yielded 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  35 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre 
  

   of 
  the 
  Clawson 
  variety. 
  

  

  The 
  fly 
  commences 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  wheat 
  is 
  up 
  an 
  inch 
  high. 
  I 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  glass 
  fruit 
  

   jar 
  some 
  stools 
  of 
  wheat 
  whicli 
  were 
  sown 
  on 
  the 
  31st 
  of 
  August, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  15th 
  

   of 
  October 
  the 
  fly 
  hatched 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  brown 
  eggs 
  which 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers, 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  lively 
  little 
  black 
  fellow 
  about 
  one-eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long. 
  Now. 
  

   if 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  deposited 
  about 
  the 
  eighth 
  of 
  September, 
  as 
  that 
  is 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  

   wheat 
  would 
  be 
  large 
  enough 
  for 
  them, 
  it 
  would 
  give 
  them 
  about 
  37 
  days 
  to 
  mature 
  so 
  

   as 
  to 
  fly 
  again, 
  though 
  they 
  might 
  hatch 
  a 
  little 
  sooner 
  or 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  field. 
  I 
  

   cannot 
  say 
  as 
  to 
  that, 
  having 
  no 
  certain 
  means 
  of 
  knowing. 
  Now 
  if 
  we 
  wait 
  till 
  the 
  

   first 
  of 
  October 
  to 
  seed 
  we 
  will 
  be 
  just 
  in 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  brood 
  that 
  comes 
  out 
  in 
  

   the 
  fall 
  to 
  deposit 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  sowing, 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  hereabouts. 
  Fields 
  

   sown 
  on 
  the 
  25th 
  of 
  September, 
  1876, 
  suffered 
  more 
  than 
  that 
  sowed 
  on 
  the 
  25th 
  of 
  

   August 
  the 
  same 
  year, 
  not 
  three 
  miles 
  ax:>art; 
  the 
  latter 
  giving 
  a 
  good 
  crop, 
  and 
  the 
  

   former 
  a 
  very 
  light 
  one. 
  

  

  Now, 
  my 
  observation 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  practice 
  is, 
  that 
  the 
  earliest 
  seeding 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  every 
  

   time. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  farmers 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  who 
  invariably 
  sow 
  early 
  — 
  say 
  as 
  early 
  

   as 
  the 
  25th. 
  of 
  August 
  — 
  and 
  they 
  hardly 
  ever 
  fail 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  crop. 
  There 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  dif- 
  

   ference 
  in 
  varieties 
  in 
  resisting 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  fly, 
  and 
  I 
  presume 
  there 
  is. 
  The 
  

   Tappahannock 
  suffered 
  very 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  Clawson 
  in 
  adjoining 
  fields, 
  on 
  the 
  

   same 
  farms, 
  and 
  sowed 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  I 
  venture 
  the 
  suggestion 
  that 
  we 
  all 
  sow 
  

   our 
  wheat 
  earlier 
  — 
  say 
  oil 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  August, 
  or 
  soon 
  after 
  — 
  as 
  farmers 
  used 
  to 
  do 
  50 
  

   years 
  ago, 
  so 
  that 
  our 
  wheat 
  will 
  get 
  a 
  strong 
  root 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  top 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  

   winter 
  with. 
  I 
  hope 
  this 
  suggestion 
  will 
  stir 
  up 
  sortie 
  scientific 
  man, 
  like 
  Professor 
  

   Riley 
  of 
  Missouri, 
  to 
  investigate 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  fly 
  as 
  thoroughly 
  as 
  he 
  has 
  the 
  locust 
  

   or 
  the 
  Colorado 
  potato 
  beetle, 
  for 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  country 
  has 
  suffered 
  quite 
  as 
  much 
  from 
  

   the 
  Hessian 
  Fly 
  as 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  pests 
  put 
  together. 
  If 
  this 
  brings 
  out 
  the 
  desired 
  

   information, 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  well 
  paid 
  for 
  this 
  my 
  first 
  contribution 
  to 
  your 
  valuable 
  paper, 
  

   which 
  I 
  have 
  read 
  with 
  great 
  pleasure 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  y«ars. 
  

  

  CALEB 
  T. 
  FULLER. 
  

  

  Jackson 
  County, 
  Michigan. 
  

  

  In 
  reply 
  to 
  your 
  request 
  for 
  information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Hessian 
  Fly, 
  I 
  will 
  state 
  that 
  

   only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  sown 
  pieces 
  are 
  affected 
  in 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  adjoining 
  county 
  

   of 
  Trimble. 
  Wheat 
  in 
  general 
  looks 
  remarkably 
  well, 
  has 
  tillered 
  finely, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  

   at 
  least 
  15 
  per 
  cent, 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  average 
  acreage 
  sown. 
  

  

  S. 
  E. 
  HAMPTON. 
  

   Carroll 
  County, 
  Kentucky. 
  

  

  ICultivator 
  and 
  Country 
  Gentleman. 
  

  

  We 
  may, 
  then, 
  conclude 
  that, 
  on 
  the 
  whole, 
  late 
  sowing 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  ;remedy, 
  but 
  still 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wheat 
  should 
  be 
  sown 
  early 
  as 
  a 
  decoy 
  

   to 
  draw 
  off 
  the 
  flies 
  and 
  induce 
  them 
  to 
  lay 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  early-sown 
  

   grain, 
  that 
  the 
  later-sown 
  portion 
  may 
  escape 
  their 
  attacks, 
  and 
  then 
  

   farmers 
  should 
  plow 
  under 
  and 
  resow 
  the 
  fielcls 
  of 
  early 
  grain. 
  Hence 
  

   we 
  indorse 
  the 
  following 
  excellent 
  advice, 
  which 
  was 
  first 
  suggested 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Fitch, 
  and 
  reiterated 
  by 
  Professor 
  Cook, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Let 
  all, 
  without 
  exception, 
  sow 
  a 
  narrow 
  strip 
  about 
  each 
  field, 
  to 
  be 
  sown 
  early 
  in 
  

   September, 
  or 
  even 
  in 
  August. 
  From 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  flies 
  are 
  already 
  in 
  waiting, 
  

   that 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  a 
  field 
  is 
  almost 
  always 
  the 
  most 
  injured, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  field 
  

   grew 
  wheat 
  that 
  nourished 
  flies 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  and 
  that 
  such 
  fields 
  sufier 
  most, 
  

   one 
  may 
  expect 
  this 
  early-sown 
  narrow 
  rim 
  to 
  receive 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  eggs. 
  Leave 
  the 
  

   balance 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  till 
  we 
  feel 
  it 
  is 
  dangerous 
  to 
  wait 
  longer, 
  at 
  least 
  till 
  after 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  September, 
  then 
  sow 
  it, 
  after 
  which 
  plow 
  deeply 
  under 
  the 
  early-sown 
  strip, 
  

  

  