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« Woody fibre, 25- 
Starch, 50- 
Albumen, &c., - 14*5 
Oil, ■- 0-4 
Salts, 1-5 
Water, 16-0 
100-0 
Its ashes sometimes contain an excess of potash salts, some- 
times of lime, there being isomorphous." 
It may be sown in the latter part of May for a full crop; or 
immediately after rye or wheat for a fall crop. In favorable 
seasons it will do well sown as late as the first week in July. It 
is sown broad-cast, and from one to one and a half bushels of 
seed to the acre. It soon starts in a warm dry soil; flowers early 
and continues producing flowers until full-grown. It is some- 
times injured by early frosts, which are fatal to it. It should 
therefore be cut in September or early in October, As the seeds 
are apt to scatter, it should be cut early in the day. In conse- 
quence of the succulence of the stems, and is so liable to heat, it 
requires to be put in small bundles, tops twisted together, and the 
bottom spread out to admit air. When perfectly dry it should be 
threshed out at once, and the straw may be stacked with layers of 
straw, and when well cured, it will be a valuable fodder for cattle. 
Sheep will feed and thrive as well on this straw as good hay. 
THE STRIPED BUG. 
We find in the Vermont Agriculturalist the following, recom- 
mended as a sovereign remedy for that pest of the melon vines — 
the striped bug. 
Take half a peck of manure from the hen-roost, put it in an 
old tub or box, and add four gallons of water. In twenty-four 
hours, by stirring it two or three times, it will be ready for use. 
Put half a pint of this liquid upon a hill of melons or squashes, 
and the striped bugs will certainly vanish. At least we have 
found it so on repeated trials, for several successive seasons. The 
bugs may not every one vanish on the first trial; and they may 
re-appear; but we have never had a vine injured after this appli- 
cation. Besides protecting the vines, this liquid is the very best 
of manure, and the application may be frequently repeated, wet- 
ting the leaves if a stray bug or two should linger on them, with- 
out apprehending any harm. The manure tub will bear to be 
filled up several times with fresh water. The only objection to 
this plan is made by the olfactory nerves. 
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