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'ntmstrtul (tapks. 
A SARATOGA COUNTY STOCK FAEM. 
A whiter who Inis recently visited Col. 
F. D. Curtis’ Stock Farm—“Kirby Home¬ 
stead,” Cba: lion, N. Y., — furnishes the 
World with I he following interesting notes 
thereon t 
Tim DtvHliuu-HniiMc, 
a very attractive one, stands in an open 
lawn, which it dotted with pear mid other 
fruit trees, 't hese—the former especially— 
were heavily laden, allowing conclusively 
and winter are provided. Careful handling 
and pelting to prevent injury and create 
contentment, are enjoined upon all who take 
care of them. Clover is sown to grow one 
year, and then the sod plowed under for 
corn. After the corn comes hurley or oats, 
and a new seeding with clover, if further 
tillage is desired; if not, a liberal seeding 
with orchard grass and red-top for pasturing, 
mixed with timothy for meadow. Much 
of the manure is spread upon the green 
sward early in the spring and lutein the fall. 
Tree Culture. 
A slaty knoll lias been seeded with locusts, 
and another this fall will he planted with 
chestnuts. The chestnuts will be put in in 
tops. 
FULTZ WHEAT. 
that pears will flourish well when growing drills and cultivated like corn until they are 
in sod. The secret of success here is heavy 
surface manuring, together with ashes and 
“ chip dirt," applied closely to the stems and 
well dug in. A marked neatness prevails in 
too large. Manure will he scattered in the 
furrows. A beautiful and profitable grove 
will take the place of the outcropping rock, 
which is increasing more and more each 
Commissioner Watts of the Department. q I(JU 
of Agriculture has been distributing to the f urn j 
agriculturists of the country a winter wheat, wrili 
called “Fultz.” When in Washington iv- actor 
cenlly we asked its history, and was in reddi 
formed that it was being traced and would |,] ac | ( 
be given the public. In the last Monthly rc 
Report of the Department we find the fol- j„j { , 
lowing: then 
“A new and very promising variety of ji,i e 
wheat, called the * Fultz’ wheat, is attract- 
ing considerable attention in Mifflin, Junia- ’ 
tu, Lancaster, and neighboring counties in 
Pennsylvania. It is nearly smooth, with 
beards occasionally; is very evenly six- 
lias been the dryest in seventeen years.— 
Wm. Kendall, Weber Co ., Utah. 
Coryarin Tliyniifolia — Ink Plant pf New 
Grenada. 
Among vegetable substances useful in the LIME AND BLISTEE BEETLES. 
arts is one that has long been known in New - 
Grenada under the name of the ink plant, as Since sending you specimens which you 
furnishing a juice which can be used in Pronounce to be a species of Blister Beetle- 
writing without previous preparation. Char- l * ie ^/Ua marginata t wo other kinds have 
actors traced with this substance have a made their appearance; one is of about the 
reddish color at first, which turns to a deep sft, ne size and shape, but of a lighter color, 
EntomvlQQiml 
black in a few hours. This juice is said to 
be really less liable to thicken than ordinary 
ink, and not to corrode steel pens. It resists 
while the other is smaller and of a jet black 
color. 1 presume these are species of Blister 
Beetle, as their habits are identical with the 
the grounds, and, in fuel, all over the farm, year as the soil wears and washes away. A rowed; the stra w stands well, the chaff very 
the rule being to have but three piles on the row of maples lines the highway, breaking close and adherent; and it is claimed that 
premises--one of lumber, one of wood, and the wind and ornamenting the estate. The it tias never been affected by weevil; tlie 
a compost heap, and everything in the shape sides of the highway are clean and tidy, and grains are short and plump, aud in color a 
of accumulations or debris finds its way the grass cut each year with OS much care light dull red or dark white. The Depart- 
THE STATE FISHEEIES. 
speedily to one of these three places of de- as any meadow, the whole neighborhood 
posit. A looi-houso contains the tools, an 
ample wagon-house the wagons. There are 
three cisterns connected with tiic house, 
uniting to enforce the cattle law and save 
themselves the trouble of closed gates. The 
light dull red or dark white. The Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture has distributed a quan¬ 
tity of this wheat, aud as the variety will be 
likely to receive an extended trial the 
con Last between the sides of Maple avenue coming year, its alleged history will prove 
furnishing water in every part without the and other road ways is so cl viking that to see interesting. It is slated that in the summer Wlt 1 bullheads and perch, the rivers 
drudgery of carrying. Tiic ice-house opens is to be convinced. of 1802 Mr. Amt. Fultz of Mifflin county Dominion are improving in thffff pi 
off'from tiic store-room, which is dark and The Best. «« tho Cheapest Pennsylvania, while harvesting some old sa 'mon and estuary trout, besides 
contains the refrigerator, and both are con- is the rule in buying Flock, and eacli year 
uocted with the kitchen. The way to the 
cellar is ns handy as possible, and the cellar 
must, if possible, show improvement. Swine 
are a specially, and Lhc standard, nothing 
is a model of neatness and coolness, and is short of perfection, which to our untutored 
as light as any room in the house, winter vision seemed not, faroff, but, the enthusiastic 
ami summer. Slops find their way into a breeder assured US that his ideal was still in 
drain deep down into the ground, with an the future, although he had made considcr- 
outlet far away. able progress. Mutton and lamb are the 
Tl»o swill Barrel chief articles of meal, sandwielied between 
at the back door is banished, and in its place chickens, turkey, beef and hams Last year 
there are pails, which are emptied frequently nearly a score of sheep were consumed on 
into the hog-house and the contents mixed die bum. Col. Cuktis contends that mut- 
witli the cooked food, which Col. Curtis says tml should constitute the staple meal on the 
is a saving of more than one-third and costs hu m rather than pork, which really costs 
scarcely anything to prepare, as a potash hioro. A portion of the grounds arc devoted 
kettle full—four barrels—can be cooked for 10 hurries, and a tustetul flower garden oc- 
twenty cents, labor and fuel all counted. oupies a part. There arc no fences to mar 
Tlie Stanchion view ,IS w « 11 ilB u> h.eiease expense. 
has been abolished and room enough allow- ,! tree , S iirC li e 1 » ln,,, « rods > a,,d sl0,,c 
ed for each cow to lie down comfortably walls make the fences. Post* are avoided as 
and get. up without the straining which can- ,,1 " C . il US P ', W!ii ,ic ' . '* 1,6 Sl ‘ ,ck to vvhich at ‘ 
not be avoided when confined in the old- tC1 ' Uou » chiefly g: veil is all thorough-bred, 
fashioned way The rbed-box is constructed ? ml mc,ud f 8 A >** hil ; e aad Jersey cattle, 
so as to prevent any waste of feed, and a Leicester sheep, Berkshire and Victoria 
trough behind receives the droppings and 
keeps the animal clean. Windows with j ~ ^ ~ 1,1 
blinds regulate the light and ventilation of w v ( . 
the stables, which the owner thinks are im- 1 JiTITXllTl?ITT* 
portaul for the health of animals. 
Tin* Hnno tttnlla 
are roomy, to obviate all danger of getting AGRICULTURE IN OHAELES 00., MO. 
cast, and the grain boxes latticed on the r „ .. „ ~ , . 
side and made deep to cause the animal to . PflE ° f thls “ e, - llb ; irhood ,s a cla -V 
keep his head over the feed-box when oati.m loa 1 "* 801116 SiUld . Imx, ‘ d * " llich ,nakesiL 
grain and avoid any scattering and jobs. 1 mi V(!,| ze veiy jeadily, does not hake like 
The bottom of the hay-reek is also latticed mun ^ SOlIs ) vlum sl,rml a lltlle moist i U is 
so that chaff and dust will fall through under nCiUJJ frec from 9tone * Tluj dud'crop here, 
the feel of the horse and not remain in the °’ fl witIere ' is tobll( ' co ’ u> wIlk;h 
mange to mold mu? aiut the feed, which is I T ,Uen '. forUl,Zcl ' s and m,KSl “ ll atl <*‘*>- 
. :.. . - .. . lion is in van. Ifiiiv'iiio’ norn w iih- 
Lancaster red wheat, noticed three beautiful 
heads of smooth wheat. lie took these 
heads home, and in the fall sowed the wheat 
on a spot where a brush heap had been 
burned. The folio wing summer he harvest¬ 
ed half a pint, in 1864 his crop filled a 
basket, and in 1865 lie had nineteen sheaves. 
“Mr. Fultz then parted with a bushel of 
the wheat to Christian Detweiler, who 
sowed it along the north western side of an 
old orchard, where it was partly smothered 
by' snow-drifts and shaded by apple trees. 
In the harvest of 1866 it was pronounced 
“ scarcely worth sowing," but when threshed 
it was found to yield better than the favorite 
Lancaster Red. Mr. Detweiler again tried 
it, and the next year, from about three acres 
<»f sandy land, he liar vested 04 bushels of 
the action of water, and is practically indel- specimen T sent you. \ou suggested that 
ible. The plant is known as Goryaria tfiymi- dusting the vines with freshly slaked lime in 
folia,. the morning, when wet with dew, would 
drive a way, if not kill these pests; but it 
§ does neither. The next morning after dust- 
r c, r r r IT I i It r P in £ 1 foulld tliein feudi,, S< m lllu jime-covered 
l b l 1 1 11 i I II1 l » vines with apparent relish. But when im- 
't f _mersed in lime, which 1 did by taking alarge 
tin dipper containing about a pint of slaked 
THE STATE FISHEEIES. lime, and by stri! <ing the dipper against the 
,, 0 ,, . lt . , o . .. vines, the beetles in great numbers were thus 
Genio C. Scott, in the last Wi lies’ Spirit, .? ,, . 
„ .. „ captured, and after thoroughly shaking them 
“ goes for” the Fisheries Commission of this ,, , ,, T . ., ' -, ", ^ 
Qr . . , through the lime, I set them aside, and nfii-r 
bint, e in the following unequivocal manner: , , , , . , , T , 
-o- , • r. • • i , tweiity-mur hours had elapsed I found that 
While the Fisheries Commission has been . ,, , , , T ,, . , , 
, . . , . , most of the hugs were dead. 1 think that 
advertising to stock the waters of the Stale , , 
. ,,, , , , „ , the vines can he kept comparatively dear of 
with bill heads and perch, the rivers of the . T 
. . . 1 . . . , , these beetles by the above means. I caught 
Dominion are improving m their products , , 
. , , 1 . , , about a quart of them ltt a verv few minutes 
of salmon and estuary trout, besides other . r . , ... • 
• r ’ 1 he lime prevents them lrom Hying, ami 
- / fV , B ' f" ” once in Uic dipper llw nrc prinouers for life 
btack bass, mnsluoiigc, dorm, nlerv.vec, _j p Ao&Tur, Om«t» Oo., N. T. 
etc. I he truth is, that after all the com- 
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plaints in hicli have been made against the mi, t, rpTTTTri at'otit ?. r , 
officers of the Canadian fisheries, they have ' 1] , TV/JG-GIRDLEE. 
steadily improved since the Hon. Peter 
Mitchell became Miuisler of Marine and We have received a pair of the above- 
Fishcrles. named beetles lrom G. F. B. Layton, Nor- 
“ \Ye should advise our indolent Com- folk, Y a., who says that they are pruning 
missionera to take lessons from those of a ppl® t 1 "*! pe&f trees in his neighborhood in 
Canada, did they not habitually imitate the !t very singular manner. The beetles attack 
gloomy side of the picture, thus:—‘Laby- the young twigs and branches, often select- 
rintlis of brush, Nveirs and nets prevent the ing those of a half-inch or more in diameter, 
salmon from ascending the St. Lawrence to a,| d there they girdlG, cutting into the wood 
the rivers of the United States.’ Of course, 
it is not true that all the salmon are pro¬ 
se deeply that the branch above dies and 
soon breaks off. If these insects should 
vented from reaching our rivers, for they ever become very numerous, they would do 
ascend to the Province of Ontario, and they 
used to be plenty in the Oswego and Salmon 
prime clean wheat; and the following year, Rive| . Bi aud y ule Bandy Creeks, and 
1 *> . ■ W-.1 . _ — f.-.. _ 1. - I. .. •* 
lrom tg bushels sown on nine acres, he har¬ 
vested 300 bushels. The yield with other 
parties has been 80 to 85 bushels to the acre. 
The highest yield reported is by Mr. Eman- 
oLiter rivers on our northwestern border, im- 
an immense amount of damage to orchards; 
hut fortunately, they are usually quile rare, 
and although long known to entomologists 
they are seldom found in any great muu- 
til the fish were shut out of our waters by hers. They do not confine themselves to 
Leicester sheep, Berkshire and Victoria ual Kauffman— 180 bushels on four acres. 
damn without, suitablefis/t-pernes. Rivers with¬ 
out. passes, aud others with imperfect ones, 
orchard;-, but will girdle forest trees, such 
as the hickory, persimmon, und similar trees. 
swine, and horses for the road. 
L ~r> 
laid) Department. 
often the cause oi a poor t ppotile. as a horse 
detects smells or taint. A horse stable, above 
id! places, should be clean and free from 
odors. A granary in the hog-house struck 
us as a new and convenient feature, con¬ 
forming to the general idea of the premises, 
to save travel and time by having every¬ 
thing on hand at. the place where it is 
wanted. The leading business at Kirby 
Homestead is 
Stock Bi'cediug, 
and all the manipulations of the farm re¬ 
volve around this purpose. Hence there are 
a great variety of pens and stables adapted 
to animals young and old, stables with floors 
and stables without Hours, and indoor places 
to feed everything, as it would he considered 
a sin on this farm to fodder in the yard and 
under thefeetof theanimals. Nothing must 
be wasted, as it is the “little leaks” which 
destroy the income,and the “ little savings” 
which make up the profits. Weeds and 
brush, when burned, tell no tale the next 
year of shiftlesafiess, but the ashes mark the 
spot for years upon the growing plant. A 
thriving patch of turnips was growing on 
t us ground where the rye had been cut. for 
early green feed, some not needed bavin" 
AGEIOULTUEE IN OHAELES 00., M0.-- 
The soil of tb^Uborimod is , clay FIELD H0TES_AND QUEBIEB. 
loam with some sand mixed, which makes it Fall Flowtna T<»* Burley, 
pulverize very readily, does not hake like I nAVE twelve acres of corn ground, 
many soils when stirred a little moist; it is which 1 intend sowing to barley next spring; 
neat iy free from stone. The chief crop here. slia11 1 P 1 ”"’ u u ‘is fall or wait till spring V 
among the old settlers, is tobacco, to which ^ *-'•> * »Mmd Go., Mich. 
all their fertilizers and most all their alien- 1f u is a sti,T cla y 01 heavy loam, we 
lion is given, leaving corn and wheat with- should plow it this fall; if a light loam, in 
This wheat makes an indifferent.show above 
ground in the fall and early spring, but it. 
makes up when harvest comes by its splen¬ 
did straw, fine heads and plump grains. 
The Department has already distributed all 
fbal it, bad disposal." 
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FIELD NOTES AND QUEEIES. 
Fnll Plowing for Burley. 
I nAVE twelve acres of corn ground, 
which 1 intend sowing to barley next spring; 
are allowed to remain without food-fishes of These beetles usually appear the last of 
luxury, in order that the Commisioners may 
stock them with bullheads and perch! Now, 
I am able to prove that within the past fort¬ 
night twenty salmon or grilse were captured 
in Salmon River, Oswego county, New 
August and during the month of Septem¬ 
ber. They are about three-fourths of an 
inch long, of a dull grayish color ; their an¬ 
tennae fully an inch long—at least those of 
the male, which tire longer than those of the 
York, below the dam at Pulaski, having j female. The female beetle deposits her eggs 
lion is given, leaving corn and wheat ivilh- 
oiU manures. Oats and potatoes are little 
raised—seldom enough for home consump¬ 
tion. Many fields of corn will turn out from 
forty to sixty bushels of shelled corn per 
acre, without manure of any kind, and weeds 
now nearly half as high as the stalks. A 
neighbor in passing through his field found 
a.stalk with Cighlgood sound ears mi it, and 
another with live, ihe longest of which ,vas 
fourteen inch's in length, lt is a White 
Prolific variety. 
If our fields here were treated as they are 
iu the North they would produce double the 
quantity,for ihe land lias been run down 
with tobacco aud lias been left without grass 
or any vegetable matter to return to the soil, 
it is only astonishing to see the products 
from such abuse to the land. They have no 
idea of making or saving manure from fod¬ 
der or straw. The blades are pulled for 
horse feed ill winter; Ihe tops are cut to 
make a shelter for the cattle, and the husks 
of the corn the slock must eat or 
starve, as is often the case. The corn is 
stored in a log corn-house generally between 
other buildings so as to make a harbor for 
rats and mice. 
h ‘ w wwjuw urn nvtjiK'U V flit... . i . • *1 I • , 
, t 4 , . , => I lie plowing is (lom\ or I 121 & been, (we are 
ripened, and the sweet corn aiul early nola- , 
, . , , • 1 gelling better ones introduced) with a little 
toes were being removed from another piece one horse plow turning from two to four 
°l ground on which a crop of rye was to lie inches, scarcely making room to plant the 
sown, to furnish the feed h.r next year before 8,<tu ' saying nothing for tin* chance to grow. 
the clover waa ready, 'flic corn used for 
Marl is very abundant in main sections and 
of good qualify; it acts well wherever it lias 
soiling was not all fed, and a fine field of \ ‘‘‘‘nV' ,* S 
, , , been used; lint lew take Ihe trouble to die 
chnei the second growth was ready lor if.oul, it is too much like work for them ; they 
the mower. 
ExiMJi'iinouth wills Orchard Grass 
Have been made, and a belter growth of 
aft-rue '' vtumol be shown limn in one of 
toe meadows of lids grass. It was knee- 
high—a mass of luxuriant blades. Tim pas¬ 
tures of orchard grass excel nil others, and, 
for permanent pastures. GoloncI Cuims pre¬ 
fers (his mixed with red-top. Sheep, cattle, 
and horses alike do well upon this feed. It 
is a maxim here that animals, to do well, 
must be comfortable, and as happy as possi¬ 
ble; lienee water, feed, shelter in summer 
would rather limit foxes or something of the 
s'i t to enjoy their time as lazily as possible. 
Their slaves being taken from them lias left 
them a lbth* like a plow without tutyl.liing to 
pull it- They own a great deal more land 
than they can till and the taxes must he paid 
on all; this makes them very anxious togell. 
Land can lie bought from live to forty dol¬ 
lars per acre, and on very easy terms. ’ Most 
of tin* country is well watered with excel¬ 
lent water, There is a settlement of North¬ 
ern folks here, who are well pleased with the 
prospect for the future. Our winters are 
mild, so Nve dm do a great deal towards get¬ 
ting ready for the spring crops. 
Bryantown, Mo. James H. Vale. 
, which sand predominates, plow in spring, 
Branching Corn. 
H- T. Clark, Raymondvilie,N. Y., writes 
that he purchased some seed of the Judson 
Branching corn and it has proved a failure 
with him, as no stalk has more than one car 
upon it, Nvhile many have none It may he 
that Mr. Clark did not get. the genuine 
sort, lor we planted some of it and have no 
cause to complain of the yield or quality. 
Spread of Uiinmla TImmiIcs in ilic West. 
The Western writer who thinks there is 
little danger the Canada thistle will not 
spread from the localities where it lias a. 
foothold on the prairies, by seed, is delud¬ 
ing himself and those whom lie may in¬ 
fluence. If got place on the prairies from 
seed, and it will be transported by balloon 
and seed ihe whole West if it is not most 
vindictively fought. 
Odessa YVlient. 
E. L. Weston, Richland Co., Wis., writes 
the "Western Farmer:—“III Ihe spring of 
1870 1 sowed 1^4 bushels, which I procured 
in Minnesota, from which 1 obtained 32 
bushels. Last springl sowed 4}.o bushels on 
three acres and obtained a yield of 65 bush¬ 
els. This wheat was not disturbed either 
by rust or chinch bugs. For flouring the 
Odessa equals the best w inter wheat, both 
in quantity and quality.” 
Barley from Utah. 
In Die Rural New-Yorker of Sept. 9th 
Die question was asked, “ Will it do to sow 
spring barley in the fall?" I tried some 
hist, fall and it did first rate. 1 would re¬ 
commend it sown early in October, and 
plowed in about six inches deep. 1 send 
you a specimen of the barley from one head. 
I counted some heads that had eighty kernels 
—this liad sixty-five. I cannot give you at 
present the weight per bushel or the yield 
per acre, ns I have not Direshed. This was 
raised without irrigation. You are aware 
this is a very dry climate, and this summer 
entered the river to spawn, and, unable to 
surmount the dam for want of a properly 
constructed fish-pass, in wandering about 
in search of a proper nest, were captured by 
nets and spears out of season. For this our 
Fisheries Commission are greatly to blame- 
first, for not coercing the erection of a proper 
fish-pass; second, for permitting salmon to 
be netted and speared when heavy with 
spawn, in our rivers. 
In order further to prove that I do not 
undervalue or misrepresent the Fisheries 
Commission, I give the following copy of 
their advertisement: 
The Commissioners of Fisheries of the 
Stale of New York hereby give notice that 
they can now furnish black bass, young bull¬ 
heads or catfish, white bass and rock bass, 
roach, perch., sjiniish and pike perch, com¬ 
monly called yellow pike, for stocking waters 
in any part of this State, free of expense, to 
all persons who will send some one to re¬ 
ceive and take charge of them, ns living fish 
can only be delivered at the 8 tate breeding 
establishment at Caledonia, N. Y. Commu¬ 
nications should be addressed to Seth 
Green, Rochester, N. Y., and descriptions 
of the character of Die lakes, ponds, or 
streams should be given, so that the Com¬ 
missioners can judge which species of fish 
is best adapted to them. 
Horatio Seymour, 
George G. Cooper, 
Robert B. Roosevelt. 
Commissioners of Fisheries of Hie State 
of New York. 
AVhy, in Ihe name of common sense and 
Consistency, did they not include the differ¬ 
ent water snakes, for they are not so de¬ 
structive of I ho spawn and fry Of trout aud 
salmon as are perch and sunfisli? 
“If the Slate fisheries Cannot he improved 
by Die present Commission, it is the duly of 
the Governor Lo revoke their commissions 
and try anew. I am well aware that, in 
order to improve Hie fisheries of the fresh 
waters of the State, a commission must be 
more or less active and intelligent. Such 
men may be found in the State. Try again, 
Governor. 
“But ns to the protection and cultivation 
of salmon rivers of Oswego county—of 
which there is Salmon River and Big and 
Little Sandy Creeks, lo sav nothing of Os¬ 
wego River, which used to teem with sal¬ 
mon— 1 believe it the duty of the Leather 
Stocking Club of Oswego, in default of an 
incompetent Political Fisheries Commission, 
to see that legal fish passes are built on all 
the dams of fish streams in the county, mid 
to make such application to the Legislature 
for the enactment of laws necessary to force 
manufacturing individuals and companies, 
Who obstruct the fish by dams to place an 
adequate fish pass in each dam, by and with 
the advice of Ihe Stale Engineer, who should 
be a Commissioner of Fisheries.” 
in small holes made in the hark Of tlie young 
twigs, then girdles it below, in order ihut it 
shall die and become food for the larvae. 
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ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 
Cliincli-line Remeity. 
A correspondent of the Missouri Re¬ 
publican writes that, after trying other ways 
to prevent the chinch-bugs going through 
his corn, he tried salt, and found that it will 
effectually stop them. Take a pail of water 
und half a gallon of salt, stir well, then with 
a small broom or bunch of feathers sprinkle 
well a row of corn just ahead of the bugs, 
taking cure that the ground between the 
hills of corn in said row is well sprinkled 
with the brine. Three pails of brine will 
sprinkle a quarter of u mile, if properly ap¬ 
plied, and will stop the hugs, if well done. 
The bugs generally commence on a corn 
field at one side and go through from row 
to row with almost as much precision as 
the plowman in plowing the corn. 
Apiiie. 
Will you, or some <>f your readers, in¬ 
form me of the nature of tiie green Aphis? 
Are they destructive lo linos? 1 notice them 
on the extremities of the new growth of 
apples principally, How shall 1 destroy 
them?--A. '1'. G.* .1/7. Union, 0. 
Trey are not only very destructive to 
trees lnit. lo most species of vegetables. They 
suck the juice of the plants and thereby 
check their growth, and often entirely de¬ 
stroy them. A slroug solution of tobacco, 
adding a little soft soap, will destroy them. 
But this remedy is a difficult 011 c to apply 
lo large trees. __ 
Coilillius Motli Trap. 
Wier’s coddling moth trap, mentioned in 
tlie American Poinologieul Society’s report, 
consists of three or lour shingles fastened to¬ 
gether in the center lightly with a screw. 
Screwed on 4,0 a tree the moth deposits its 
eggs between tlie shingles. We saw loitj- 
lwo larva) taken front a trap that had been 
on a tree lnit fourteen days; often as high 
as 100 are thus secured and destroyed. It 
is patented._ 
Tlirip* on Onions. 
The Massachusetts Ploughman learns that 
the genuine wheat thi’ip has this season at¬ 
tacked the onion crop on one or two hums 
in Swampscot, carrying all before them and 
making a clean sweep. This is something 
new, if accurate, as there is great difference 
between the wheat plant and the onion. 
