Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-03-10
For TIE rNnrunn,

""i HueOteu 10 TREND, for the perusaI of
piece, IN the National Intellisencer nf tha
tenth of January last signed a FreJ,;u, VI the
~ 'armef, III reply TO some remarks of uina
pupiisDed not long since, in the Enunirer
'nere attempted 10 convince nv brotber
a,'ina, ,hal grazing wheat, was no security
as; as''st 'ne 'aVaSes OF the Hessian hy. Moth
ing, that tins Farmer has write, roa,;''
llie Oh error, although | am willing ia Nd
my icoihpetency, TO give the snbiect tina,
snsno.atI' OF which all its bearings may be
us PuoIe' lie certainly has not renIied IL,
the objections, there exhibited sgaini, - -. =.
ins' IL was stated as my belief. thar the ms,r
So' was inaccessible to a tooth hefora RI.
. Im.ht IonId De grazed without destruction .
thdt WINE the stock were feeding tba a,
might be also desositine IT'S Co. tne ny
WIN all Tue injury to the wheat thar II conij
nave sustained, il il had never heen ,rrsSad .
anu anu tlat any canSe, tending to make The yybcai
90 Nana grazing produces that effect mi,rht
su'JeCtt TO spring attack of the Nv viii ali
inc other evils incident to a late cro,, L. -
This writer "' Deeh sdiu ny
TOT MS own refntatiOn. lie has selected one
paragraph, on which, lie is pleased Ia thinL I
very nlnci rely. In that parapranh The e.
was stated, that Il field of wheat. ,yhicI, Lad
pse" previously fed down, was totally dFsfrov.
Gu ny t"e ny. In reply we are told. that rio
tan',i was owing to the owners moi ex
t1ehul'g me same benefit to all his fields J'he
nappahann0cker, no doubt reioices thar ba
Souid not. Fortunately for that gentlemen
ne can never follow the advice of The NJ.
.apu iarmer, as ne seeds from fifteen 10 eigi.
zen hubdfeu bushels of wheat annuaiIv
winch, l suppose, would REQUIRE more s,ocL 70
Craze, than he Conla Conveniently coIlect in hi.
neighbOrhood 0't III hiS
IN this opinion however, NAV be mistaken
~ ;o ..ls dInitf mas not been so kind, as
10 inform the farming community. when ,he,
should commence the operation of feedin
nor now long IL would probably take the stocf
60 nnISh Catching ali the maggOts in so large a
H h presnnins that TO be a part of their
gratitude to the poor wheat, for the ioss oF III
ItS blades. If the stock should not be ahle IN
accomplish this microscopic task. then LET me
warn aii owners of wheat fields, by no means
70 tuIn STOCK Ia, particularly, if little corn
ITO bread. 'e anu
The Frederick county farmer has great CON.
ndence, ia the local aud relative situation of
heius, intended for wheat. Once believing
tnls OPINION 10 be reasonable, / commenced
last fall TO seed wheat, at least three unarters
OF mile, from my stnbble field. Rut All
would not do, the maggots are as numcrous il,
that, as 10 any wheat Oh my plantation. Let
me ASK me gentleman, whether locality or
relatlVe situation may not sometimes make
against his grazing SYSTEM
L cannot helP thinking. that as grazing is so
nice an operation, il would be imprudent in
any farmer to try IL, until all his neigbbors
consent, 10 unite in the experiment or AZ Ic.,s,
yafns, ieet aud inches instinct NAV direct tbe
night OF tue fly, in search Ofwheat, i'm the uro-
per state tor their operations
Oie 81 the minutest observers Of the wheat
hy ln our country. who is practical farmer
ana knows the impOssibilty OF eating dow,
several hundred acres Of wheat, i'm time 10 emf
on the retreat of the maggot, recommends
tue experiment., on feasible scale. This
FARMER Is clear for sweeping the platter,
grazing all or Done. When Doctors ,iiferso
widely IN Oh ir prescriptions, / hope il will he
excused, II follow the advice Of neither. hut
with the leave of my brother farmer Of MARY,
land, adhere to my former opinion. that grazing
ought not TO be t0le ated under any circun,.
stances
A KING WILLIAM FARMER.
. DIED]-On the I'd instant at his residence
IN Hanover, mrJOHN CRENSHAW, in the
51lh year Of his age.
Departed this life in Amelia. on the 2sth
February, elrs. LUCY SCOTT, the aniiable
consori OF Mr.. john Scott, in her fifty-seventl,
year. IN detailing the many good qualities