THE CULTIVATOR. 
what we count Yankee cleverness as the French. And 
among none is it more manifest than with those pea¬ 
santry who make up the agricultural population of the 
country. 
A French peasant can dance, but he cannot whistle ; 
he can tip his hat with a grace that your Broadway 
lounger would sigh for, but he cannot put a new tooth 
into a broken rake. Caius. 
NOTES OF A TRAVELLER IN ENGLAND. 
After a lengthened passage of thirty-two days, I 
reached the shores of England. Land was first seen 
after passing up the Irish channel about 100 miles, and 
the enthusiasm manifested by most of the passengers at 
the sight of land can only be realised by those who have 
experienced it. We were soon reminded that we were 
in the old world. The splendid mansions seen at the 
distance, with the cottages for the tenantry, the occa¬ 
sional view of some castle, the small fields, laid out 
with much regularity, all confirmed us that we were in 
a far different land than our own. On Sunday morning, 
early in May, we approached the coast of North Wales, 
where was spread out before us in the most lively 
colors, an interesting portion of Anglesea. In the dis¬ 
tance rose, in all their majesty, the lofty mountains, 
Snowdon rising above all the rest. We entered the 
Mersey, and cast anchor about 3 o’clock in the P. M., 
and were soon on shore at Liverpool, the second com¬ 
mercial port in the kingdom. Liverpool has nothing 
very imposing in its appearance. The style of archi¬ 
tecture is more heavy than in the United States, and 
the buildings being blackened with smoke, the general 
appearance is far less attractive than an American city. 
The spacious and commodious docks in front of the 
town, are the pride and boast of the citizens. They are 
most magnificent structures, in which all the shipping 
are placed to discharge and receive their cargoes. 
After a short stay in Liverpool, I took my departure, 
and travelled through the country, to witness the Ag¬ 
riculture of England. My expectations had been very 
highly raised, but the reality exceeded my highest an¬ 
ticipations. The neatness and order with which every 
thing was done, was truly surprising. On my arrival, 
the country was clothed with a richness of verdure 
perhaps unequalled in any other country. The farmers 
were engaged in weeding their crops of winter grain, 
wheat and rye, and in preparing their ground for the 
spring corn, which in some cases was being sown, or, 
as was most usual, drilled in. 
Many girls, women, and elderly men, could be seen 
in the grain fields, clearing the drills of every weed— 
the men going before with a scuffle-hoe, and the others 
taking up the weeds and carrying them off to be 
burned. Many of these fields I passed which had been 
finished, and they presented a neatness and freedom 
from every noxious plant equal to the finest dressed bed 
in any garden. Nothing was left to interfere with the 
growth of the plant, and all the nourishment that could 
be derived from a congenial and richly prepared soil, 
was thus secured. How different this from America, 
where the contest often is, which shall succeed, the 
plant or the weed, and in many cases the latter proves 
the victor. Where the seed is sown broadcast, as is 
sometimes the practice, though not general, the same 
care is taken in removing everything that interferes 
with the growth of the grain. Here, it struck me, was 
an example worthy of all imitation. Let the American 
farmer but practice it, as far as he can consistently, 
and that an increased return would be the result, no 
reasonable man I think will doubt. 
In the preparation of the soil, I noticed a careful 
attention to the removal of sods, and everything that 
would impede the free and healthful growth of the 
grain. After the ground had been plowed and careful¬ 
ly pulverized by the harrow, persons, mostly females, 
passed over the land, gathering every particle of grass 
that appeared, depositing it in heaps, where it was 
burned—then a heavy roller or crusher passed over the 
land until it was entirely pulverized, and the seed then 
sown in drills. It was evident that by giving attention 
like this to the ground, everything was done to secure 
the return of a bountiful crop. Why may not the like 
attention be given to our land, and would not the re¬ 
sult be such as to amply remunerate the farmer. Let 
the experiment be made, and I doubt not it would often 
be repeated, until it shall become as general as it is in 
England. 
The fields are usually laid out with great regularity, 
bounded by hedges or raised mounds of earth, covered 
with sods, with small trees at short distances, present¬ 
ing a most interesting and delightful sight. Indeed, 
the country appears thus far, as a highly cultivated 
garden, and should it, in my progress equal, or, as I 
understand it will, improve upon this, my first examina- 
tion, I shall have occasion to admire the perfection 
which has been attained. 
THE GRAIN-MOTH— Tinea granella. 
Editors Cultivator—No distinct account of this 
noted insect, has, that I can find, ever been given to 
your readers. Perceiving that you are inclined to re¬ 
gard the u flying weevil,” of which Mr. Owen has fa¬ 
vored us with such exact and valuable details in the 
July and November numbers of the Cultivator, as the 
Tinea granella , I am induced to send you a sketch of 
the characters and habits of this species. From this it 
will be obvious that it is widely different from the in¬ 
sect .which Mr. Owen describes. 
The European Grain-moth, {Tinea granella, as first 
named by Linnaeus,) is nearly or quite two-fifths of an 
inch long. It has a tuft or crest of white or yellowish- 
white hairs on the forehead ; short, thread-shaped, 
(i. e.j not tapering,) brown antennae • a very short spi¬ 
ral tongue ; its feelers thread-shaped and not directed 
upwards. The upper wings are whitish, with dark 
brown spots, .and dots, which often run into each other, 
and thus present a “ marbled” appearance ; and there 
is always near the middle of the outer margin (which 
is the anterior margin when the wings are spread.) a 
somewhat square blackish spot, with two dots on the 
margin back of it, and also a blackish mark from it 
slanting backwards nearly across the wing. The hind 
wings are smaller, of a dark lead-color, with long 
fringes at their hind edges or ends. 
The worm or larva of this moth, when full g^own, is 
scarcely less than half an inch in length ; it is soft, 
cylindrical, nearly or quite destitute of any hans, light 
yellow, or buff colored, with a brownish-red head, and 
two brown stripes across the neck. It infests bins of 
wheat, rye, barley, oats, and probably corn, in grana¬ 
ries, storehouses, and mills. 
There appears to be two generations of this insect in 
a year—the winter generation occupying ten months, 
and the summer generation only about two. The 
winged moth appears in July and August, flying by 
night only, about buildings where grain is stored 
