THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



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rience which I have had in regard to the appli- 1 

 cation of lime upon wheat: as I verily believe 

 air-slacked or quick lime will effectually de- 

 stroy the fly when properly applied in suitable 

 quantities. I have tried it during the lust two 

 years; have a growing confidence in its applica- 

 tionsince I am thoroughly satisfied of its efficacy. 



My experience thus far is to apply (by sow- 

 ing broad cast,) two bushels and a half to the 

 acre, say about the 1st of November, and the 

 eame quantity sometime from the 1st to the 25th 

 of April, giving two chances to get the lime 

 dust on the blades of the wheat ; and also that 

 the boot which forms around the stalk in the 

 month of April, may become filled (on the 

 day after sowing) with the ley made from the 

 lime that falls. After sowing the lime, if you 

 examine on the following morning, you will find 

 large drops of ley on each blade, made by the 

 dew, ready 10 be tilted upon the elevation of 

 these blades into the boot around the wheat 

 stalk. This ley, forward by the dew and lime, 

 is sufficiently strong to burn off the tender parts 

 of the fly and thus disable them from doing far- 

 ther harm. This I know since I have seen it. 



It is not my impression now that even 10 

 bushels of lime applied in ihe month of April 

 will injure ihe wheat, yet heretofore I h;id feared 

 without a test that it might possibly prove inju- 

 rious. 



On last April, I put a bushel of unpacked 

 lime in a barrel, to which 1 applied 12 or 15 gal- 

 lone of water. After stirring the water and lime 

 well together I staked off a piece of ground, 

 four rods square, and with a common watering 

 pot literally whitewashed the entire square. 

 Upon this space the wheat was perfect, whilst 

 that which surrounded it was seriously injured 

 by the fly. Therefore I have more confidence 

 in an application made in the month of April, 

 than in November, and if we can have this 

 made in a thorough manner, I do not apprehend 

 from the fly the slightest injury. 



I would say more upon this subject, but have 

 been confined to my room for six weeks and 

 feel unable to do so at present. 



Yours truly, 



Jas. A. Cochran. 



P. S. — Apart from any tendency which lime 

 may have in destroying the fly, I consider it of 

 great value as & fertilizer, and will amply repay 

 for its- cost. J. A. C. 



For the Southern Planter. 



HOW TO DESTROY HAWKS. 



Mr. Editor: — The information wfeich I Tie- 

 sign presenting to the public, is too vitally im- 

 portant to poultry and partridges to b^ unde- 

 serving of attention. The method which I shall 

 suggest for catching hawks, is one which my 

 own successful experience induces me to re- 

 commend to every farmer. Let any one who 

 wishes to try it, buy a steel-trap— (a size or two 

 largef than the ordinary steel trap for catching 

 lrata,) say, with a spread of six or eight inches 

 across the jaws, when set. Let this be baited 



with a partridge, dove, lark, or any bird that 

 can be conveniently shot, and let it be placed 

 where the hawks make their appearance. I 

 will warrant that every one coming in sight of it 

 will be taught. The bird should be tied on the 

 trap, in as natural and life-like a position as 

 possible, and where there is stock in the field, 

 the trap should be placed on a fence, er stake, 

 out of their reach. The hawk, seeing the bird, 

 thinks it alive, makes a swoop at it without far- 

 ther investigation, and is caught. I have 3 or 

 4 of these traps setting, and last winter 1 caught 

 16 hawks, two minks, an owl and a cat; which 

 last, as she was caught at least a mile Irom any 

 human habitation, 1 was constrained to consider 

 a legitimate prize. During the present winter, 

 i have taken 12 hawks and 2 owls, and the good 

 work is still progressing "by day and by night." 

 It is to be hoped that this communication will 

 induce others to take the field and co-operate 

 with Ollin. 

 Kino William, Jan. 25th, 1856. 



[Translated from the Courier dee Etats Unfa] 

 For the Southern Planter. 

 GAME IN NEW YORE. 

 The hunters of Europe do not consider with- 

 out reason the United States as a promised 

 lai d, a terrestrial paradise, where partridges 

 light of their own accord in the game bag and 

 where pheasants fall already roasted upon the 

 table. Marvellous stories are related of loads 

 of the debris of game consumed daily on the 

 prairies. Occasionally, also, we hear of horses 

 having to be hired by the hunters to transport 

 the booty to their dwellings. Nor is it in books 

 that these wonderful descriptions are to be found, 

 but in the recitals of witnesses worthy of faith; 

 witnesses who can say: quorum pars magna 

 \fiii. 



We hope we will not augment their regrets 

 and jealousies if we give here some details on 

 game, not on all that abounds in America, but 

 on what arrives in the markets of New York, 

 where are to be found, as in Paris, more gour- 

 mands than hunters. 



New York is justly regarded as one of the 

 best provisioned cities in the world in regard to 

 game. The East. West and Canadas are tri- 

 butary, and even Europe contributes with her 

 English pheasants and her cocks of the Scotch 

 heath to the recherchness of our tables. 



Venison, properly called, is found in all the 

 markets in considerable quantities. Bucks are 

 the most abundant and most esteemed of the 

 species; stags are never rare in the season. In 

 winter they are brought from the West, complete- 

 ly dressed, and preserved by the frost, and are 

 sold at a very moderate rate. 



Partridges abound from the month of Sep- 

 tember to the 5th of January, at which time 

 the sale of them is forbidden by law. They are 

 hunted in a!! the surrounding country, besides 

 all through the Eastern and the most pari, of the 

 Southern States. The number received per day 

 is estimated at 300 a day, or 36,000 durin • ' 



