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fence, have come forward sufficiently to afford at least a part of 
the brood, quarters equally as comfortable. To us it appears evi- 
dent, from these premises, that if one or two acres across the mid- 
dle of a large field be sowed with wheat about the middle of Au- 
gust, all the flies in the vicinity will be attracted to this point, 
and there retained; so that it will be perfectly safe to sow the re- 
mainder of the field by the middle of September. If the Hessian 
fly is common in the neighborhood, the early sowed strip will be 
badly infested. If so, let it be turned under by the plow, either 
after two or three severe frosts have rendered it certain that the 
season for depositing the eggs is fully past, or early in the follow- 
ing spring—resowing it with winter wheat in the former case, or 
with spring wheat in the latter. By this procedure all the larve 
will be buried and perish. Only in one contingency, as we can 
perceive, will this plan be inexpedient or liable to fail, namely, 
when the flies are present in such vast numbers, that the decoy 
thus prepared is inadequate fully to accommodate them. Upon this 
point, the amount of damage done at the preceding harvest, will 
enable the cultivator to judge with a considerable degree of cer- 
tainty. The advantages which this plan promises, are, that it 
draws all the insects of the neighborhood together, and destroys 
their entire progeny; it enables most of the grain to be sowed as 
early as is desirable; and finally, there will no second or spring 
generation come forth in the field to attack any part of the crop. 
This measure therefore, should receive a fair trial from some in- 
telligent wheat grower in a district suffering under this pest. 
10. Deeply covering the seed.—From the letters of A King 
William Farmer, and from the specimens furnished by him to 
Mr. Garnett, which are figured in the American Farmer, (vol. 
ii., p. 174,) the following facts would seem to be conclusively 
established, to wit;—That when a kernel of wheat is buried to 
the depth of about three inches, it sends a single stem upwards, 
which, within an inch of the surface forms a crown, sending from 
that point a tuft of fibrous roots downwards, and a tuft of blades 
upwards; these become the main roots and stalks, if undisturbed. 
But if these be destroyed by the fly, a new set of shoots and 
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