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ON THE CULTURE OF WAEAr.-I have for Somt
''Ihe past observed several complaints in The papeu
VI me injury done to the wheat crops by the He's.
tlan iiy, and from what have seen, am induced
To thnk that is the farmers fault, if that "fy'
does his wheat an lnjory.


Nheh began to manage the farm Wlereop
now I'VE tweniy'one years ago, | had read ard
heatd great deal Of he ravares Of the fv and of
me dllrienl SoakS OF the seed to prevent tie injury
prepared some seed wheat IN each kind Of soak
maj Had heard or read Of part Of all the seed
had 50 prepared, Sowed IN lot near the. house,
(about the middle Of September keeping each kind
ol soak by llseIi The remainder Of the seed so,yp
on cotton, which had floating on water IN ga>s
vessels N my house. 'Ihat on the cotton came no
ABOUT the same time as that which was spwp IN tbe
ground, let it all stand untl about the s5lh of
October, when took up nearly an equal quantity
o. he plants from the different kinds of Soaks thai
was SoWn IN the lot, and Of hose that was suwn
on the cotton. then split the plants from tie root
10 the top, and placed them successiyev under
strong miNctoscope and To my surprise nearly
every plant that came from the lot was perforated
near ie top 81 the ground aud had tom three 10
el1ht eggs or nltS IN each, while those taken
tom The cotton had IN perforatlon or nllts about
mem. lh' satisfied me that the cause of the Ay
fds Aot carried INTO tue ground by the seed.
then tired some Of the wheat under the gIass, but
could not find any hing Ike an eg. or nit about It,
aud came 10 the conclusion that # kept NV
wheat out OF the ground I'LL after few good whit
tro't' (wbich would likely destroy what flies there
waS,) should not be troubled by them, and from
lhat lime To Tins ! have never Sown my wheat until
IN October, and have never found my gram hurt
by he fly, although have not omitted sowing for
elghleeA years From this concude. that The lar
mer W'o >ows his wheat before some good lro,,s,
ana thereby makes his wheat fields look very fine
~ The tall affords the fly hnt shelter Tor their eggs
and invites them to destroy hIs gram.


Respectfully yours, l..


llamburgb, \. }. Jan. lo4l