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  OF 
  FLY-PROOF 
  WHEAT. 
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  evils 
  of 
  late 
  sowing 
  are 
  so 
  great 
  tliat 
  most 
  farmers 
  would 
  prefer 
  to 
  risk 
  the 
  Hessians. 
  

   A 
  correspondent 
  of 
  the 
  Germantoivn 
  Telegraph, 
  speaking 
  from 
  experience 
  — 
  for 
  he 
  says 
  

   that 
  he 
  has 
  never 
  known 
  his 
  system 
  to 
  fail 
  both 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  fly 
  and 
  to 
  greatly 
  

   benefit 
  the 
  crop 
  — 
  gives 
  a 
  useful 
  hint. 
  He 
  says 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  land 
  is 
  strong, 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  

   the 
  fly 
  may 
  all 
  be 
  destreyed 
  and 
  the 
  crop 
  greatly 
  benefited 
  in 
  this 
  manner 
  : 
  After 
  

   frosts 
  cease 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  and 
  the 
  grain 
  is 
  beginning 
  to 
  grow 
  rapidly, 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  

   has 
  become 
  so 
  dry 
  that 
  tramping 
  will 
  not 
  injure 
  the 
  crop, 
  pasture 
  off 
  the 
  grain 
  down 
  

   to 
  the 
  crown 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  with 
  sheep. 
  This 
  will 
  remove 
  all 
  the 
  eggs, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  

   cause 
  the 
  plants 
  to 
  tiller 
  profusely, 
  often 
  flve 
  to 
  seven 
  to 
  one, 
  and 
  all 
  starting 
  together 
  

   will 
  each 
  enjoy 
  equal 
  facilities 
  for 
  growth 
  and 
  maturity, 
  and 
  the 
  crop 
  will 
  be 
  greatly 
  

   improved 
  and 
  increased. 
  If 
  the 
  soil 
  lacks 
  fertility, 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  to 
  apply 
  a 
  proper 
  amount 
  

   of 
  a 
  proper 
  fertilizer 
  when 
  the 
  sheep 
  are 
  removed. 
  If 
  no 
  salt 
  has 
  been 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  

   land, 
  no 
  application 
  will 
  be 
  more 
  likely 
  to 
  pay 
  so 
  well 
  as 
  this, 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  twelve 
  

   to 
  twenty 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  This 
  is 
  well 
  worth 
  trying. 
  — 
  [ 
  Canada 
  Farmer. 
  

  

  Sowing 
  of 
  hardy 
  varieties 
  of 
  tvlieat. 
  — 
  When 
  the 
  stalks 
  and 
  leaves 
  of 
  

   certain 
  varieties 
  of 
  wheat 
  are 
  tough 
  and 
  hard, 
  the 
  stems 
  coarse 
  and 
  

   silicious, 
  and 
  the 
  plants 
  "tiller" 
  or 
  throw 
  out 
  secondary 
  shoots 
  in 
  a 
  

   vigorous 
  way, 
  such 
  varieties 
  are 
  naturally 
  the 
  most 
  fly-proof 
  and 
  should 
  

   be 
  selected 
  for 
  sowing 
  as 
  winter 
  wheat, 
  while 
  the 
  less 
  hardy 
  and 
  vigor- 
  

   ous 
  kinds 
  should 
  be 
  sown 
  when 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  the 
  Hessian 
  Fly 
  are 
  not 
  

   to 
  be 
  expected. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  different 
  varieties 
  of 
  " 
  fly-proof" 
  wheat, 
  the 
  XJnderhill 
  variety 
  

   has 
  for 
  nearly 
  a 
  century 
  been 
  highly 
  recommended. 
  As 
  Fitch 
  remarks, 
  

   its 
  fly-proof 
  qualities 
  were 
  supposed 
  by 
  many 
  to 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  hardness 
  

   or 
  solidity 
  of 
  its 
  straw. 
  The 
  fly 
  laid 
  its 
  eggs 
  freely 
  upon 
  the 
  leaves, 
  

   but 
  it 
  was 
  seldom 
  if 
  ever 
  materially 
  injured 
  by 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  bearded 
  white 
  

   chaff, 
  with 
  a 
  plump 
  yellow 
  berry, 
  requiring 
  to 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  dried 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  grinding, 
  and 
  then 
  producing 
  flour 
  in 
  quantity 
  and 
  quality 
  equal 
  

   to 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  varieties. 
  

  

  The 
  Mediterranean 
  wheat 
  is, 
  in 
  the 
  Middle 
  States, 
  in 
  high 
  repute 
  for 
  

   its 
  fly-proof 
  and 
  hardy 
  nature, 
  recovering 
  better 
  than 
  other 
  varieties 
  

   from 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  the 
  fly. 
  A 
  correspondent 
  in 
  Charlotte, 
  Tenn., 
  writes 
  

   us 
  that 
  "the 
  Mediterranean, 
  Eed 
  Chaff, 
  and 
  Eed 
  May 
  are 
  less 
  liable 
  to 
  

   be 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  fly 
  than 
  any 
  we 
  have 
  tried." 
  Fitch 
  says 
  the 
  Med- 
  

   iterranean 
  wheat 
  is 
  a 
  slight 
  red 
  chaff, 
  haviug 
  a 
  long 
  stiff 
  beard, 
  a 
  long, 
  

   red, 
  and 
  very 
  flinty 
  berry, 
  and 
  ripens 
  about 
  ten 
  days 
  earlier 
  than 
  

   other 
  varieties. 
  In 
  central 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  Lancaster, 
  a 
  red 
  variety, 
  is 
  

   strongly 
  urged. 
  

  

  In 
  Michigan 
  the 
  Clawson 
  is 
  apparently 
  the 
  favorite 
  wheat, 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  its 
  " 
  fly 
  -proof 
  " 
  qualities. 
  As 
  stated 
  by 
  Professor 
  Cook 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  fact 
  that 
  last 
  summer 
  (1876), 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  this, 
  when 
  Diehl 
  and 
  Clawson 
  were 
  

   sown 
  side 
  by 
  side, 
  Clawson 
  was 
  comparatively 
  free 
  from 
  insects, 
  and, 
  as 
  stated 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Rowe, 
  did 
  not 
  break 
  down 
  in 
  summer, 
  seems 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  exempt 
  from 
  

   attack. 
  It 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  insects 
  have 
  a 
  preference, 
  but 
  will 
  accept 
  plain 
  fare 
  

   rather 
  than 
  starve 
  or 
  fail 
  to 
  produce. 
  It 
  also 
  seems 
  clear 
  that 
  Clawson, 
  Lancaster, 
  

   and 
  the 
  red 
  varieties 
  will 
  stand 
  attack 
  with 
  far 
  less 
  damage, 
  owing 
  to 
  their 
  vigor 
  and 
  

   greater 
  tendency 
  to 
  sprout. 
  

  

  He 
  then 
  gives 
  the 
  following 
  advice 
  : 
  

  

  Jf 
  wheat 
  must 
  be 
  sown 
  early, 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  Hessian 
  Fly 
  remains 
  a 
  pest, 
  by 
  all 
  

   means 
  sow 
  Fultz 
  or 
  other 
  varieties 
  of 
  red 
  wheat, 
  or, 
  better 
  still, 
  Clawson. 
  But 
  if 
  we 
  

  

  