The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-05-16
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
BUckLAND, VA MAY 10,
Mes8,s Gales e. Seaiaa:

MesS,s Gaies e. Scafaa
The rasoges Of the icssian Fly, &C
which we have so general accounts THIS
season, are certainly subject oi mc,an-
CHI lily concern As to ~ nave b,cA
able 10 learn, in all the counties ui Var
ginia where lie grcwth oi wl.eat is sut-
h;ieniIy advanced 10 pr OduCe the dis
covery OF the visitation OF lhis i,.slc;. i
has Invariably app&nIcd. Aud SOW We
~ much lamen: tho. scmc OF my uelk0-
bors, or myself, dad "os, last year gave
Publicity o the facts on the subjec',
which Tor several yeats ha.e been knuh
to us, and ut which he present year a.
fnrds additional Evidence.
About five years 100. J kind o! wheat
was introduced into ta;S ncig hbcrhocd,
which has ae.n fcuus, ~ invarishle cx>
perience, 10 resist Tie H.. Ii WAS
brought here ny jluies Lawi Ter in q
small; quantity IL ms satidiv>bags, (, om
Chester county, Pennsylvania, whe!a
he had been On a S:sit 20 his iiicuds.
He stated, thai il was there called
Jones white wheat, aad mad ncYcr been
Infected with ;Ac ly. From t!is cir.
cums'ance considerable attention vas
paid 10 the propagation OF III / me Sc.
cond year alter i, had been cultivated
10 this ncigborhuod, was SO fortunate
as to get i!e bushels OF ii /; sowed it
on one side of tue field OF about I2o a.
cres, tie balance Of the field III the
golden belrd there was no difference
IN the soil. aud the I.awler wheat p.o.
duced eleven for one, willie tie o, he:
did not exceed ihrec Tor one. 1'he fiy y
thaI year was very fatal, and the golden
beard, which Was sowcd much lnore
thick than the oyher, became alter :aS
commencement ofthe spr ing, THO aud
scattering, aud cObt.nucd 10 decline in
prospect; much Of ,ha, which mad
survived falling tiilit was haTvest,., nile
the Lawier wheat grew to 4 G:.c height
and vas wiIh"u; ary ly in H.:
sGwed the succeeding year nv pro-
dact oil tiity- five basheis, a.td twenty
more, which obtained by giving ,ur
bushels Tor one. sowrd that year
27o bushels OF diIFlrsnt kinds, ard
made as uuch from the segcntY five OF
Law!er "hc.l as from ali the rest, for
that was also fatal ! car TO the general
crop, from the ravages Of The lly af-
forwards sowed my whole crop Of the
Lawler wheat but The last fail, being
iuiied into false security, from the Cir
cumslancc cl The ny not having made
us appearance the pres eGipp SeasQr,
so"ed portiOa agnin OF The bearded
wheat. IN order 10 divide, fer convcui-
ence, the linic Of he haryesl coming In
az the LAWYER wheat cones Iater ti,aD
ahy, except iie I'D Je!i,w bearded wheat
generally III usc some years ago, arll is
aoon; as late as that, Buf This yGari.as
again nos. ieiai;y testifi d to the value
OF the Lawier wheat. / have almost
wholly lost my seeding o. tue g.lden
beard, While the other has con,inot j TO
grow in Pr0pn, ton 10 the bcligli.y Of
.Ee season, and has a perfect ncalth-
lul appearance wiGhou, the trace OF ai,y
fly :'~hiic IN that adjoining j., of Il dit
ierent kind you may Immediately see
deposited IN the SO K, 6, 8 nr 10 of he
embryo. AmJng ny neIgbburs as Tar
asl nave learned 1T The state of the crop
Zoe same result has occurred The
LAWYER wheat is inya,iab exemp, from
lily, and every other Kind IS invarisoiy
hSohipyNus
Experiment were, IN the fi,st three
or four successive years after It's intro
ductiou, made o. is cficacy, with The
most Satisfactory success will only
mention one-@lr JOHN Brown, in lhe
fall of 1914 sowcd equal quantities Of
the purple straw and LAWYER mixed
the lily commenced lis de prcdatiuns AS
usual IN the spring, aud at ha,,est
scarcely straw Of purple wheat wa7
left, willie the La~ler remained alyac,
and apparently ugipjured
OF ,his valuable wheat much was this
year ground, the anxiety 70 &C, Of the
seed having subsidized, from the faro,a-
bienes5 o! the last season. Al some
o'heT time it may be proper TO assign
tue reasons o. this x,Tsordinary cx
emP,ioD, Is indeed they can nc saUsfac,
oriiy traced,(of which there is rauch
douD,j) if not, we must content our
selves with the utility Of knowing tac
fact.
To those who cultiya'e t., nv cxDc.
rience would lead to The rrcon. IN .:EJs.
tlor Of sowing it thicker than utraI. al.
though IL branch more thsu caa,n,e,,
and OF plaI' Cring it ir broad est cay.y
the prj' p, in preference i, s.v ..
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