South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-05

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grain while in the milk, leaving moth
ing but the husk, ia which are found
several small yellow worms, about an
| eigth Of an inch ia length. AS the
work of destruction is now completed,
any further obser walton Of his habits
are of no importance, unless we can
some way reach 20 as to destroy the
germ of the future insect. No prepa
ration of the seed or ground has ye.
been found effectual to this end.
The continuance OF the fly upon the
grain is thought not to exceed three or
four days, and they are seen in great
numbers just at night. Some farmers
have found late sowing partial secu-
rity, as the season for the dies has pas
ed away before the wheat vas in con-
dilion for their attack. Spring wheat
sown as late as the goth Of May, has
in great measure escaped, while some
sown as late as the 7th ana 9Th Of
June, has been untouched, though 10
case Of such very late sowing, the far.
mer will be very fortunate if, in at
tempting to escape the fly, he does not
get nipt by the frost.
have now, however, the ex,raer.
binary happiness Of announcing to the
agricultural public what there is reas
on to believe will prove an effectual,
as it is a reasonable and feasible pre-.
ventive. Should it prove effectual, the
remedy will be worth millions and
millions of dollars to the country. 1t
was communicated to me on a late
TOUR Of agricultural inquiry and obssr-
WALTON, by DR.. Eliquant Lyman, Of
Lancaster, N. H. an intelligent, and
enlightened and practical farmer, whose
crop Of wheat usually averages from
twenty-five TO thirty bushels per acre.
Il consists in the application of fine
Stacked lime to the wheat, just at ths
time of ito heading out and Towering,
at the rate OF about peck to the acre.
1t is sown broadcast upon the wheat
while the dew is on, and the field is
rendered white with it. Ths best
mode of applying it ia with the hand,
and Tor the person who sows it, taking
his proper breadth or cast TO walk
backwards, SO that he may not cover
himself with the line. II must be
sown whilst the wheat is wet, or the
dew is on, and the philosophy Of its
application is very simple.--Ths mag
got OF the fly 10 deposited between the
grain and the stalk. 1t is, Of course
an animal substance. The lime or
alkali mixing with the dew, is carried
down upon it, and neutralizss or des-
Toys it. DR.. Lyman has now tried
this preventive 8 successive years, g.
has invariably, as he assures me, saw.
cd his crops, while those Of his neigh
bors have invariably been destroyed.
visited at the same time, the field
ola Mr.. Bellows, in the Says town,
who had been advised by Doctor Ly.
man to make this apple alton. The
field consisted Of several acres. He
did It, and it has proved successful /;
but what 10 strongly conftmatory Of
the value Of this remedy is the
fact that field of rye, belonging to
Mr.. Bellows, adjoining his wheat, and
| think within the same enclosure,
which was not lined, has been nearly
destroyed by the fly.
These are certainly very important
experiments, and | make no delay 10
presenting them to the public. Dr..
Lyman has promised me moro par
ticular account of the experiment and
result, and likewise MIR. Bellows,
which, as soon as received, shall DO
happy to communicated have re-
ceived an indirect and indefinite COM
municasion, shat the same experiment,
has been successfully made 10 Gilman
ton, N. d., but have not yet been a.
BILE to obtain either the name or the
details. HENRY COLEMAN.
Meadowbanks, Sept. 18Th, 1885.
49,
When a crack is discovered 10 a
stove, through which the fire or smoke
penetrales, tina aperture may be COM
pletely closed in moment with a
composition consisting of wood ashes
and common salt, made into paste
with little water, plas,eged over the
crack. The GOOD effect is equally GER
tain, whether the stove, &c. be cold OF
hot.
Extraordinary faet.--The polar
ity Of any magnetic needle will be
destroyed in a few minutes by thrust
ing il into an onion Upon what che
mical magnetic principle CAD this be
accounted for