MOOEE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Ctrntnutttitaiwtts, 
NOXI OUS W EEDS. 
Eds. Rural :—I have noticed there are 
many kinds of noxious weeds, common in 
Western New Work, such as Red Root, Yellow 
Dock, Wild Mustard, Canada Thistle, May 
W r eed, and a variety of others. The Red 
Root is a very bad weed on wheat lands ; it 
does not disturb spring crops or meadow 
lands. This being the case, it is not so diffi¬ 
cult to contend with as some others, although 
I think farmers should use caution that none 
of it be permitted to go to seed, if it can pos¬ 
sibly he avoided, for it will spread rapidly 
and increase until the crop of wheat will be 
entirely destroyed. I have seen large pieces 
of wheat plowed up in the month of June, 
that were sown the foil before, the Red 
Root having destroyed the wheat so complete¬ 
ly that it was advisable to plow in order to 
kill it. About as successful a way to manage 
that, is to plow for spring crops in the fall and 
harrow well, so that all the seed will come up, 
and then in the spring it may be dispatched 
with ease; managing in this way a few years, 
will result in getting land quite clear. 
Yellow Dock is a plant that may be found 
on almost every farm in Western New York, 
and in almost all kinds of crops ; it may be 
destroyed by pulling or cutting it off just be¬ 
low the surface of the ground. This is rather 
a slow process, bnt it may be made quite easy 
by fixing an iron in the form of a two inch 
chisel, to a long handle ; with this implement 
you can easily cut the stalks off, an inch or 
two below the surface, this will effectually de¬ 
stroy the plant. The Canada Thistle may be 
destroyed in the same way, or by plowing the 
ground repeatedly during the summer, I have 
seen them killed both ways. 
But there is one more enemy of the farmer 
of which I will speak, and that is what is 
known by the name of May Weed. Although 
farmers do not appear to be much alarmed 
about its encroachments, it is, in my opiniou, 
worse than any in the catalogue, especially 
when it has a thorough hold of the soil,— 
worse in some respects, for it will grow among 
every kind of grain, pastures and meadows, 
and by the sides of highways, indeed I have 
seen grounds left for pasture, so completely 
covered with May Weed, as to entirely exclude 
grass or anything on which animals would 
feed. I think it of great importance to the 
farming community that they immediately 
declare a war of extermination, against all 
useless and noxious weeds on their farms, and 
in the highways opposite them, now is the 
time, before the seed gets ripe. J. Sibley. 
Westfield, N. Y., June 29, 1855. 
LETTER FROM ILLINOIS. 
WEATHER, CROPS, CHINCH BUG, AC. 
Eds. Rural :—There appears to be general 
complaint, throughout the Northern part of 
this State, in relation to the dry weather, 
backwardness of the spring, ravages of the 
chinch bug, &c. All the early part of the 
spring was exceedingly dry, and the frosts con¬ 
tinued two or three weeks later than usual.— 
There was a good proportion of winter wheat 
sown last fall, which now bids fair to make a 
tolerable crop. Oats generally look well 
throughout the State. Corn is rather small, 
owing to the cold weather, but is beginning to 
make up lost time. The corn crop appears to 
be the staple production of all Prairiedom.— 
It is said to be easier cultivated, and to 
produce better than any other kind of grain 
for the labor expended, all else being equal. 
There are many new ideas developed in a 
prairie country, of which the Eastern farmer 
is almost totally ignorant. The machines and 
implements employed to a greater extent and 
variety, the different kinds of seeds and grain 
sown, the indefinite variety of weeds to be ex¬ 
terminated from the soil while cultivating,—all 
require deep study and practice combined to 
cultivate the land profitably and pleasantly.— 
This fact is attested by the thousands who are 
continually swarming in from the East and 
settling in every portion of the West. 
The chinch bug, (a sample of which you find 
enclosed,) is proving very destructive to the 
spring wheat and oats. It attacks;indiscrim- 
inately all kinds of spring grain and timothy 
grass, in the early part of the season, and the 
corn crop falls a victim to its ravages imme¬ 
diately after harvest, and is soon [rendered 
worthless. Its work of devastation ^commen¬ 
ces with the growth of vegetation in the spring, 
and continues until frost appears in the fall.— 
Lighting upon the stalk in great nnmbers, they 
absorb the juice of the plant, until it withers 
and dies. It is thought by many that their 
spring wheat crop will prove an entire failure 
on this account alone; and unless their pro¬ 
gress is checked by wet weather, other crops 
will follow in the same wake. This isj.be fifth 
year they have prevailed in the North part of 
this State. It is the wish of many of the in¬ 
telligent farmers of this region, that you would, 
through the columns of the Rural, impart 
some new light relative to their habits, nature, 
&c. Yours, &c., P. Wykoff. 
Kankakee City, Ill., June 19, 1855. 
WHEAT-GROWING IN ILLINOIS, 
The subject of wheat growing is one in 
which all have an interest. I have seen sev¬ 
eral articles on the cost of growing wheat 
lately, some of which I find in the Rural.— 
These estimates vary from 70 to 90 cts. per 
bushel. I referred to my books to see how 
the account stood with my wheat crops. As 
I hire all my farming done, and am tolerably 
correct in figures, I can balance the amount 
with each crop. I find the average cost of 
wheat raised by me since I have been in Illi¬ 
nois, (not reckoning use of land,) to be 27 cts. 
per bushel; average yield per acre, 22 4-7 bu.; 
average value, (after deducting cost of haul¬ 
ing to market.) 55 cts. The reason we do not 
get as good a yield here as farmers in Western 
New York, is owing chiefly to our “ rough 
and tumble” mode of farming, and we are 
even so careless as to forget to manure our 
wheat lands. I was recently with Silas Bf.- 
bee, Esq., of Quiccy, who showed me a field 
which then had the 25th crop of wheat with¬ 
out manure in succession upon it. Last year’s 
crop averaged (120 acres) bu. per acre. 
Such facts coming in unison with the sense 
of seeing (in Illinois) for the last six years, 
are rather in contact with the communication 
of Mr. A. E. Harmon, published in the Rural 
of June 2d, which asserts that Illinois, Ac., 
“ are incapable of growing winter wheat.” 
He then gives his reason in regular, logical 
style—“ They have no snow,’ 1 <fcc. Then he 
concludes with his axiom, and worse than all, 
dooms us for “ all coming time” to be frozen 
up without more or less snow, Ac. The logic 
is not good, neither are the premises correct, 
and as Mr. H. is open to conviction, I have 
ho lie in his case. I will simply, in candor, 
refer him to the Census of 1850, and with the 
figures annexed to wheat staring him in the 
face, I know that he cannot say that Illinois 
is incapable of raising wheat. I feel it my 
duty to clear the character of Illinois soil 
whenever and wherever I see an odium cast 
upon its fair fame. R. W. Hinckley. 
Richland, Adams Co., Ill., 1S55. 
THE WHEAT MIDGE —A REMEDY. 
The most formidable depredator upon the 
wheat crop, is unquestionably the wheat 
midge. Many million bushels of wheat are 
annually destroyed by its ravages, yet human 
ingenuity has not yet discovered an effectual 
and cheap remedy. Each year it extends the 
area of its encroachments over a large addi¬ 
tional portion of the best wheat soil in the 
Union, and greatly enhances the price of grain. 
The damage cannot be measured by dollars 
and cents alone; it is the cause of much hu¬ 
man suffering. Many families have learned 
by bitter experience the past year, that human 
happiness is intimately connected with the 
price of grain. 
A method of extirpating this destructive 
insect that is acknowledged to be effectual, is 
to abandon wheat culture altogether for two 
or three successive years, simultaneously, in 
all districts where its production has become 
uncertain an account of its ravages. “ But,” 
says one, “ that method is easier suggested 
than carried out. How will you induce farm¬ 
ers to act in concert?” By showing them 
that their interests and the best good of the 
country are involved, which may be done in a 
few words to the satisfaction of the most ob¬ 
tuse mind in any intelligent community.— 
Concert of action may be secured in the fol¬ 
lowing manner. In each county where the 
midge prevails, at the Agricultural Fairs 
which will he held the ensuing autumn, let 
strong resolutions be passed against raising 
wheat until it shall have been starved out. 
If the most active and influential farmers 
in the affected counties, were to discontinue 
raising wheat themselves, and do all in their 
power to dissuade their neighbors from it for 
two or three years, the work would be done, 
Peoria. N. Y,, July, 1855. A. Biake. 
Short-horns and Devons for the West. 
— The Boston Cultivator states that the 
Hon. John Wentworth, has lately pur¬ 
chased of Messrs. Morris A Becar several 
fine Short-horn cattle, which are to be added 
to his former stock, some of which were de¬ 
rived from the same source. He has also pur¬ 
chased some very superior Devons, among 
which is the young prize bull Puritan, (283,) 
bred by Col. L. G. Morris. Mr. Went¬ 
worth has a farm 2,500 acres, of the richest 
soil, twelve miles from Chicago, where he has 
commenced operations on a large scale. A 
year ago there was not an animal nor any 
fence on it. We trust he will find his agri¬ 
cultural labors more agreeable than the con¬ 
tests of the political arena, and not less pro¬ 
ductive of the public good. 
Remedy for Gapes in Chickens. —A cor¬ 
respondent of the Scientific American says — 
<• Tell those of your readers who are interested 
in raising chickens, that a small pinch of gun¬ 
powder given to a chicken with the gapes, 
will effect a sure and complete cure in from 
one to three hours’ time, and leave poor chick 
healthy and hearty. I speak from what I 
know, having tried the remedy with perfect 
satisfaction.” 
1: The Summer Sun, o’er valley and plain 
Has shed his genial ray, 
Till smiling acres of golden grain 
Await the harvest day.” 
And that day approaches. It has even 
come with many of our readers. With oth¬ 
ers it will not long delay. It’s more certain, 
and a great deal earlier in the year, than the 
day for which its bounties give cause—Thanks¬ 
giving. True, it is this season a little later, 
hereabouts, than usual,—but willfully arrive, 
during the ensuing week, throughout Western 
New York. But are all prepared for the 
season and its labors ? The “ Glorious Fourth” 
has been duly celebrated — many a battle has 
been fought o’er agaiu, and now comes the 
strife of another and more difficult species of 
warfare. The coming onset is one in which 
every farmer, and all hands, may participate, 
and each should strive to demonstrate that 
« some things can be done better than others.” 
The season is so backward that much work 
ordinarily done in June, remains unperformed. 
This is especially the case in Western and 
Central New York. Corn-hoeing, haying, 
harvesting, and other operations of impor¬ 
tance, must be performed this month, and it 
will be difficult for many farmers to give each 
proper and timely attention. But “ where 
there’s a will there’s a way,” and, by system¬ 
atic management and energetic action, what 
appears an almost Herculean task may be ac¬ 
complished in season. 
Haying must necessarily’ be finished up in 
short metre, and by the use of machinery in 
many instances. Those who have not yet 
commenced, will he obliged to make extra ef¬ 
forts in order that they may be prepared for 
other seasonable and pressing labor. Corn, 
potatoes, Ac., also require immediate atten¬ 
tion in most localities, and will suffer in many 
instances unless extra “ besum” is brought into 
requisition. 
In the wheat growing districts of this State, 
farmers should lose no time in shaping mat¬ 
ters so that undivided attention can be given, 
for a brief period at least, to the labor of the 
season — wheat harvesting. Of course they 
have already, or will immediately, see that ev¬ 
ery necessary machine and implement is on 
hand, and ready for operation. With good 
workmen and tools provided in season, they 
can proceed with advantage at the earliest 
practicable moment. Farmers who are fully 
prepared for the harvest, and such contingen¬ 
cies as may be encountered, will enter upon the 
campaign with a good prospect of securing 
their grain in the best manner and condition,— 
while those who delay or neglect the necessary 
preparation, will be liable to inconvenience, 
expense and damage in consequence. 
Wheat and Ciiess sometimes become so 
entangled and united as to lead people to sup¬ 
pose that both grow ou one stalk. A case in 
point. On Monday last, Geo. Wright, Esq., 
of Irondequoit, brought us a head of wheat, 
(carefully enclosed in a paste-board box for 
preservation,) having ou one side a small 
branch of genuine chess. The chess protrud ¬ 
ed from the stalk between the wheat kernels, 
and certainly had the appearance of having 
grown there. Mr. W. stated that the appa¬ 
rent anomaly had been shown to several farm¬ 
ers and others, (including one or two city edi¬ 
tors,) who admitted that the wheat and chess 
must have grown on the same stalk. At first 
sight, we confess that we were a little surpris¬ 
ed, the whole thiDg looked so natural — as 
though the wheat and chess actually grew to¬ 
gether. But in less than two minutes we 
“ disclosed the disclosure.” On slightly sepa¬ 
rating the kernels of wheat on the opposite 
side of the stem, we discovered the end of the 
chess stem, protruding from the head of wheat 
(in an opposite direction from the chess ker¬ 
nels,) but not united with the wheat stalk !— 
The chess stem was held between the stem and 
kernel of the wheat,—and it was at once ap¬ 
parent that, instead of growing on the wheat 
stalk, the branch of chess had either been 
caught in the wheat head and its stem been 
broken by the waving of the grain, or become 
entangled in some other manner. AVe presume 
many people have been deceived by similar ap¬ 
parent unions of wheat and chess, and there¬ 
fore chronicle this instance of the utter unre¬ 
liability of appearances. 
The Wheat Crop.— The weather continues 
favorable for the maturity of the wheat berry, 
and the safe harvesting of the crop in those 
sections of the country where it is fit to gather. 
In this region the wheat is not ripe enough to 
cut, though we presume the harvest is rapidly 
progressing in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, 
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. The 
accounts from the States named are generally 
favorable, and a full average crop, at least, is 
now confidently anticipated. 
— We regret to learn that the wheat midge 
is doing much injury to the crop in various 
sections of Western New York. From ac¬ 
counts already received, it is evident that the 
fears we have heretofore expressed in regard to 
its ravages will be realized in many localities. 
AGRICULTURAL FAIRS FOR 1855. 
On our first page we give a list of State 
Fairs to be held the ensuing Autumn,— and 
below a record of the times and places of 
holding County Fairs in New York, Ohio, 
Ac., so far as ascertained : 
COUNTY FAIRS. 
Albany, at Albany.September 25 to 27 
Cayuga, at Auburn. “ 25to27. 
Chautauque, at Westfield. “ 12,13. 
Dutchess, at Washington Hollow,. “ '25, 28. 
Delaware, at Hobart,. “ 19, 29. 
Franklin, at Malone,. “ 10 to 21 
Fulton & Hamilton, at Fonda’s Bush.. “ 18. 
Genesee, at Batavia. .. 
Herkimer, at Frankfort.September 27, 28. 
Jefferson, at Watertown. “ 19,20. 
Monroe, at Spencerport. “ 20,21. 
Niagara, at Lockport.October 19, 20. 
Onondaga, at Syracuse.September 19 to 21 
Ontario, at Canandaigua. “ 26, 27. 
Oneida, at Rome,. “ 25 to 27 
Otsego, at Cooperstown,.Octobor 10, 11. 
Putnam, at Carmel.Soptember.18, 19. 
Queens, at Flushing,. “ 20. 
Rensselaer, at Lausingburgh. “ 18 to 20. 
St. Lawrence, at Canton . 11 26 to 28. 
Saratoga, at.. “ 11 to 13. 
Steubon, at Bath. “ 26 to 23. 
Souoca, at Farmersville,.October 10 to 13. 
Tompkins, at Ithaca.September 27, 28. 
OHIO COUNTY FAIRS. 
Athens, at Athens,.September 27, 2S. 
Ashland, at Ashland,.October 2 to 4. 
Ashtabula, at Jefferson,.October 2, 3, 4. 
Belmont, at St. Clairsville,.September 3, 4, 5. 
Butler, at Hamilton,. “ 12 to 14. 
Champaign, at Urbana,.Septembor 4 to 6. 
Clinton, at Wilmington,. “ 27, 28. 
Clark, at Springfield,.October 3 to 5. 
Clermont, at Bantam,.September 11 to 14 
Conneaut, at Independent,. “ 20. 
Crawford, at Bucyrus,.October 11,12. 
Columbiana, at New Lisbon,.September 26 to 28 
Cuyahoga, at Cleveland,. “ 11 to 13. 
Drake, at Greenville,. “ 27 to 29. 
Delaware, at Delaware,. “ 11 to 13. 
Erie, at Sandusky,.October 11,12. 
Greene, at Xenia,. “ 3 to 5. 
Guernsey, at Cambridge,.September 27 to 29 
Hat-rison, at Cadiz,. “ 26 to 28. 
Hamilton, at Carthage,. “ 4 to 7. 
Huron, at Olena. 25 to 27. 
Lake, at Painesville,.October 10 to 12. 
Licking, at Newark,.September 25 to 27 
Logan, at Bellefontaine,.October 3 to 5. 
Lorain, at Elyria,. “ 3 to 5. 
Mahoning, at Canfield. “ 2, 3, 
Medina, at Medina,. “ 3 to 5. 
Miami, at Troy.September 26 to 28 
Morgan, at McConnellsville,.October 3, 4. 
Monroe, at Woodsfiold,. “ 3, 4. 
Montgomery, at Dayton,. “ 2 to 4. 
Muskingum, at Zanesville,. “ 4, 5. 
Portage, at Ravenna,.September. 
Preble, at Eaton,.October 3 to 5. 
Stark, at Canton,. “ 3 to 5. 
Summit, at Akron. “ 3 to 5. 
Trumbull, at Warren,.September 26 to 27 
Warren, at Lebanon,. “ 25 to 27. 
Wayne, at Wooster,.October 12,13. 
COUNTY FAIRS IN OTHER STATES. 
Delaware, Pa., at Media,.September 20 to 22 
Bourbon, at Paris, Kentucky,. “ 25 to 28. 
Brooke Co.. Va., Wellsburgh,..... .October 9 to 11. 
Montgomery, Pa., at Morristown,.. .Octobor 3, 4. 
Mercer, N. J., Iligbtstown,.September 25. 
Cumberland, N. J., Bridgeton,. “ 26. 
Monmouth, N. J., Freehold. “ 27. 
Salem, N. J., Salem,. “ 27. 
Somerset, N. J , Raritan.October 3, 4. 
Windham, Conu., Brooklyn,.September 19, 20. 
Hake, II!., Waukegan,. “ 26, 27. 
Waldo, Me., Belfast,.October 3, 4. 
Kane, 111., Elgin,. “ 3, 4. 
Oakland, Mich., Pontiac,. “ 17,18. 
Ag. Association, Ky., Louisville,... “ 9 to 14. 
HOW WE DID IT. 
Warts on Cows’ Teats. —The Maine Far¬ 
mer says :—“ Air. S. Mitchell, of Cornvilie, 
writes us that he had a cow, last summer, 
whose teats were completely covered with 
warts. He cured them simply by washing 
them in alum water. This is easily tried, and 
our correspondent thinks will prove effectual.” 
An experienced friend at our elbow says that 
a strong decoction of black oak bark, applied 
twice a day, after milking, for two or three 
weeks, is likewise an effectual remedy, lie 
avers Die liquid will cure warts on both man 
or beast. 
How to Prevent tiie Turnip Fly.— A cor¬ 
respondent informs us that two ounces of sul¬ 
phur, commonly called flower of brimstone, 
mixed with a pound of turnip seed, will effec¬ 
tually prevent the fly from destroying the crop. 
This preventive is extremely cheap, the cost 
not exceeding 2d. per acre. In mixing, em¬ 
ploy a little rape oil, which will cause the sul¬ 
phur to adhere to the seed; but care should be 
taken not to use too much oil, as that would 
prevent the seed from passing through the 
drill.— Cumberland Parquet. 
Wonderful Harvest in Kentucky.— The 
Louisville Courier, of Tuesday week, says : 
We have information by letter, and through 
friends, from all sections of the State, to the 
effect that there is every reasonable prospect 
of a harvest unparalleled in the history of 
Kentucky. Every species of grain has grown 
with the greatest luxuriance. The orchards 
are bowed down with their fruitful loads.— 
Hemp promises to be a fine yield, and the to¬ 
bacco will be for better than last year. 
It is calculated, that a heavy crop of weeds 
consumes one half the dung that is applied in 
preparation for a crop of grain—how pleas¬ 
ant, then, to reflect, while I am carrying my 
manure to my four-acre lot a mile off, that 
one half of it and the labor are expended in 
nourishing the weeds, to the injury of the 
crop, both in quantity and quality. 
Cure for Garget. —Joseph Merriam, of 
Ohio, states, in the Ohio Farmer, that raw 
linseed oil, rubbed over the cow’s bag, will cure 
the garget. lie says it is a certain remody. 
Som3 twelve years since my father bought 
a farm which was “ worked to death,” as the 
neighbors said. Well, we soon found out how 
it had been worked, when we put a heavy 
team and new plow at work, and the virgin soil 
was turned up six inches below the four inch¬ 
es worked to death. Our neighbors prophe¬ 
sied a failure, and when our crops vied with 
and exceeded their own, they were full of sur- 
misings as to the wonderful strangers so suc¬ 
cessful in renewing such till-killed soil. 
“ What manure did you put on that field?” 
a neighbor asked of my father one morning, as 
they were looking at the deep green, waving 
corn growing so rankly therein. 
“ Plowed deep, plowed deep," answered he; 
“ there’s nothing like plowing deep, and thor¬ 
oughly pulverizing the soil, to bring good 
crops in all kinds of weather. 
That field had been used as a meadow’ some 
fifteen years, producing from one-fourth to 
one half a ton of hay to the acre. We broke 
it up deep, planted one year, sowed to oats, 
the next with clover and timothy, and the 
third year, cut two tons of fine hay to the 
acre. 
Another field had been used for oats the 
same length of time. Wc plowed deep, but 
had poor oats, as so much deep, new soil was 
turned up, never having been exposed to the 
weather, a hard and almost impenetrable crust 
having been formed at the depth of three or 
four inches, where the plow had scraped for 
years. As soon as possible we grassed it, and 
had excellent meadows, where others thought 
nothing but a bad weed, called devil gut, could 
grow. 
All the pasture laud had a vigorous growth 
of elders ou, but we “ fixed” them by plowing, 
and carefully picking up the roots, drawing 
them in piles to some large log or stump heap, 
and enjoying a beautiful bonfire after they 
had become well dried ; so ended all troubles 
with our “ elders,” but not betters, as they 
had failed to establish themselves in our esti¬ 
mation as such.— Cor. Ohio Farmer. 
Mowing Machines vs. Scythes.— Now let 
us compare a little, the two modes of cutting 
grass Day laborers, hired at $1 per day, will 
probably mow in medium grass 1)4 acres to 
the hand ; that is, it will cost $5 or $6 to mow 
8 acres, and 25 cents each hand for boarding 
will be $1,50 more, which, added to $5,50, 
makes $7 for mowing 8 acres. Now hire a 
man with a span of horses and machine to cut 
the 8 acres, at 50 cents per acre, and he wiil 
cut it in a day—$4,00, and $1,00 more will 
pay their boarding, making in all $5,00, and 
the gras3 will be spread better for curing than 
a man will spread it after the 5 hands, which, 
in the estimate, will make $3,00 advantage to 
the mower. At that rate, the machine will 
pay for itself in 40 days’ mowing, besides sav¬ 
ing so much hard labor.—Jos. Mosher, in 
Ohio Farmer. 
Scarcity of Weeds.— It has been frequent¬ 
ly remarked the present season by residents of 
the West, that the nauseous, rank and annoy¬ 
ing weeds that generally spring up over the 
entire face of nature, where there is soil enough 
for the deposit of the smallest seed, are very 
few and far between. The growing crops have 
been but slightly disturbed by these intruders, 
and in many places, plow-boys are felicitating 
themselves upon almost a total exemption 
from plowing corn. The cause of this some¬ 
what remarkable and blessed riddance is the 
protracted drouth of last summer, which, 
while killing the grain did not spare the weeds, 
driyng them up before they went to seed. So 
there must be one favorable mark placed to 
the account of the last year's drouth.— Bost. 
Courier. 
Melon Bugs.— The Maine Farmer has the 
following: “ Reader, are you ever troubled 
with that terrible pest, the melon or squash 
bug ? You need not lie. Get 4 lbs. quassia 
chips and pour four gallons of boiling water 
over them in a barrel. Cover to keep in the 
steam and stand 12 hours; then fill the bar¬ 
rel and water daily. Bugs don’t like bitters.” 
The Bangor Whig endorses the above, and 
adds : A friend here guarantees the correctness 
of the statement, and informs us that an occa¬ 
sional application of the decoction, say once a 
week, to his rose bushes has enabled him, for 
two seasons, to preserve their foliage from the 
insects which infest them. It will operate 
both as a prevention and cure.” 
The G’hinch Bug is said to be more de¬ 
structive than ever before in some parts of 
Illinois and Indiana, causing much alarm 
among farmers. In the Country Gentleman 
for June 21st, is a communication from E. C. 
Smith, of ChristyVI’rairie, la., stating that 
this insect was first seen in that vicinity nine 
years ago, and has caused much .injury to 
wheat, corn, oats, <Src., several seasons since 
that time. This season he estimates that one- 
third of the wheat crop is destroyed by this 
cause. Dr. Asa Fitch of N. Y., has an arti¬ 
cle in the same paper, in which he states that 
entomologists have agreed to call this insect 
Micropus Lcucoptcrus, and the common name, 
Cliincn Bug. —Ohio Cultivator. 
To Fatten Fowls.— The best food for fat¬ 
tening fowls is ! potatoes mixed with meal.— 
Boil the potatoes and mash them fine while 
they are hot, and mix the meal with them just 
before it is presented. They fatten on this 
diet in lass than half the time ordinarily re¬ 
quired to bring them to the same condition of 
excelleaoe on corn or even meal. 
Every farmer, as well as others, will find it 
a matter of economy to have trees about his 
house, to break the force of winter winds.— 
Even cattle know this, as they go to the woods 
for shelter in cold storms. 
Red clover will extend its roots to the 
depth of three feet, and wheat to the depth of 
two or three feet, if the soil will permit. This 
shows the necessity of plowing deep. 
