﻿HESSIAN 
  fly: 
  special 
  REMEDIES. 
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  to 
  every 
  acre. 
  In 
  the 
  former 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  fly, 
  farmers 
  entirely 
  desisted 
  from 
  raising 
  

   wheat, 
  or 
  resorted 
  to 
  red 
  or 
  Mediterranean 
  wheat, 
  and 
  so 
  the 
  pests 
  can 
  be 
  driven 
  back 
  

   now 
  to 
  their 
  less 
  prosperous 
  plants 
  by 
  the 
  sowing 
  of 
  Lancaster 
  and 
  similar 
  wheats. 
  

  

  lu 
  conclusion, 
  we 
  may 
  urge 
  that 
  whatever 
  kind 
  of 
  wheat 
  is 
  used, 
  much 
  

   more 
  depends 
  on 
  a 
  rich 
  soil, 
  a 
  vigorous 
  growth, 
  and 
  careful 
  cultivation, 
  

   all 
  of 
  which 
  tend 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  stalk 
  stouter, 
  and 
  the 
  growth 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  

   earlier, 
  than 
  the 
  choice 
  of 
  particular 
  varieties. 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  REMEDIES. 
  

  

  Fnder 
  this 
  head 
  belong 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  lime, 
  dusted 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  wheat, 
  

   rolling, 
  deep 
  plowing, 
  burning 
  the 
  stubble 
  after 
  harvest, 
  &c. 
  Such 
  

   special 
  remedies 
  as 
  these 
  are 
  of 
  little 
  use 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  careful 
  prepa- 
  

   ration 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  late 
  sowing, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  actually 
  do 
  more 
  

   harm 
  than 
  good, 
  as 
  we 
  shall 
  see 
  further 
  on. 
  

  

  Application 
  of 
  lime 
  to 
  Mil 
  the 
  maggot 
  or 
  larvce. 
  — 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  frequently 
  

   recommended 
  to 
  spread 
  fine 
  lime, 
  soot, 
  or 
  salt 
  upon 
  the 
  young 
  wheat 
  so 
  

   as 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  young 
  larvae. 
  As 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  such 
  treatment, 
  which 
  at 
  

   least 
  can 
  do 
  no 
  harm, 
  we 
  extract 
  the 
  following 
  statement 
  from 
  the 
  Kansas 
  

   Farmer 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  farmer 
  who 
  recommends 
  the 
  remedy 
  is 
  a 
  Virginian, 
  and 
  he 
  writes 
  to 
  a 
  local 
  

   paper 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  '' 
  I 
  hear 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  'fly' 
  in 
  the 
  wheat 
  that 
  was 
  sown 
  early 
  this 
  fall. 
  To 
  correct 
  

   this, 
  evil 
  I 
  offer 
  the 
  following 
  remedy, 
  which 
  I 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  successfully 
  tested 
  for 
  

   a 
  good 
  many 
  seasons 
  : 
  Sow 
  of 
  air-slacked 
  or 
  water-slacked 
  lime 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  bushels 
  

   per 
  acre 
  broadcast 
  over 
  the 
  wheat 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  morning 
  on 
  the 
  dew, 
  or 
  over 
  night 
  on 
  

   a 
  clear 
  evening, 
  when 
  there 
  is 
  reason 
  to 
  expect 
  dew 
  or 
  frost. 
  As 
  it 
  dissolves 
  it 
  will 
  

   form 
  a 
  lye 
  which 
  will 
  follow 
  the 
  leaf 
  towards 
  the 
  root 
  and 
  destroy 
  the 
  chrysalis 
  of 
  the 
  

   fly 
  near 
  that 
  point. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  sower 
  must 
  always 
  sow 
  with 
  the 
  wind, 
  else 
  the 
  lime 
  will 
  be 
  blown 
  back 
  in 
  

   his 
  face 
  and 
  eyes 
  and 
  on 
  his 
  clothes. 
  And 
  he 
  must 
  grease 
  his 
  hands, 
  face, 
  and 
  nostrils 
  

   with 
  lard, 
  which 
  renders 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  lime 
  innocuous. 
  If 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  sow 
  they 
  

   should 
  sow 
  en 
  echelon, 
  at 
  suorh 
  a 
  distance 
  that 
  the 
  rear 
  shall 
  cast 
  no 
  lime 
  on 
  the 
  front. 
  

   A 
  very 
  good 
  but 
  not 
  indispensable 
  plan 
  is 
  to 
  use 
  tea 
  scoops 
  — 
  diminutive 
  sijgar 
  scoops 
  

   — 
  that 
  will 
  hold 
  a 
  double 
  handful!. 
  It 
  enables 
  one 
  better 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  and 
  measure 
  

   the 
  quantity 
  to 
  be 
  applied. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  apx)lication 
  so 
  simple 
  and 
  cheap 
  as 
  to 
  discredit 
  

   it 
  with 
  the 
  many 
  who 
  are 
  often 
  looking 
  to 
  be 
  told 
  'some 
  great 
  thing.' 
  I 
  can 
  only 
  say 
  

   that 
  I 
  know 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  effectual 
  as 
  a 
  remedy, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  can 
  it 
  do 
  harm." 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  such 
  remedies 
  as 
  these 
  should 
  be 
  applied 
  before 
  the 
  

   insect 
  transforms 
  into 
  the 
  flaxseed 
  state, 
  as 
  the 
  hard, 
  dense 
  pupa 
  case 
  

   is 
  impervious 
  to 
  ordinary 
  appliances 
  such 
  as 
  would 
  kill 
  the 
  maggots. 
  

  

  Boiling 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  Mil 
  the 
  larvce 
  and 
  flaxseeds. 
  — 
  Practical 
  men 
  advise 
  

   rolling 
  the 
  ground 
  both 
  to 
  keep 
  it 
  moist 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  

   eggs, 
  larvae, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  flaxseeds. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  

   worth 
  trying, 
  but 
  we 
  should 
  think 
  that 
  full 
  as 
  much 
  injury 
  would 
  ba 
  

   dene 
  to 
  the 
  wheat 
  plants 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  minute 
  larvse 
  and 
  eggs 
  upon 
  them. 
  

  

  Cutting 
  the 
  grain 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  ground.~This 
  has 
  been 
  sometimes 
  prac- 
  

   ticed. 
  A 
  writer 
  in 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Farmer 
  makes 
  the 
  following 
  statement 
  in 
  

   favor 
  of 
  this 
  plan 
  : 
  

  

  E, 
  C. 
  Green, 
  Medina 
  County, 
  Ohio, 
  writes: 
  "The 
  Hessian 
  Fly 
  appeared 
  in 
  this 
  vi- 
  

   cinity, 
  but 
  has 
  done 
  but 
  little 
  damage. 
  The 
  wheat 
  commenced 
  to 
  fall 
  over 
  before 
  it 
  

  

  