Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-04-27

grow faster IN warm places, and are soon
er out Of the way. AS yet, know of no.
thing that will proven; flies from eating
whes once they have gotten in bed, nor
do know Of any thing that will kill them.
Many experiments have been tried but
with little or no success. | have known
persons TO SOW sui pher on their beds. 9th
ers have sprinked over them the juice of
common elder leaves. Some have known
to sow rye flour on their beds under the
impression that the -four by forming an
incRustatiOn on the plants, prevented the
fly from eating. Some suppose that
keeping the beds covered with pine brush
keeps the flies away. If any covering is
of any advantage, it IS covering of we'll
rotted stable mature, pat on very careful
ly as TO nearly cover the plants, without
covering them entirely up.
" In very large pieces of woods, the flies
are not so likely to lnjurc plants. But at
the present day, the woods are so cut
down that many planters have no such
places. After all the experiments that
have been tried, with respect to flies des-
troyin8 tobacco plants, the situation ofthe
bed has been found to be Of more conse-
quence than any thing else; that is, places
where the flies are no, likely to be.
"AImost any kind o. soil or situation
might be made 10 grow plants, were it not
for the hics.-Thcse lille insects are the
greatest obstacle 10 the culture Of tobacco.
Ii i: was not for them, the cultivation Of
tobacco would be as successful as any 9th
or culture.
. The best and surcst time to SOW plant
beds in upland, is about the middle of
March. Beds sown at this time will pro-
ducc more plants, and require less picking
or wedding to keep the grass and weeds
custom Of sowing seed in the winter
months. One Of them is, if there should
be warm spell Of weather shortly after
the seeds are sown, they wall come up too
soon and are likely 10 be killed by hard
freezing weather. Another objection is,
the beds from having been prepared too
early, become so hard before the warm
weather commences in earnest, that the
plants will not grow kindly. The plants
also frequently come up in a sickiy state
and very often remain so. Whereas, beds
hat are sown in March, from having been
lately prepared, grow the plants off quick
jv. The seed comes up quickly and in
healthy state, and the plants are not in
iurcd by drought as much as tlcy would
be had the beds been prepared in the win
ter. The best time 10 SOW IoWland beds
is about the first Of April
"In preparing Of plant beds, it has been
the custom from time immemorial to burn
them over with brush or wood This, no
doubt, is the best way where il can be done
1t certainly is best TO burn place that has
not been used for plant bed for several
years before. But a bed that has been
sowed the preceding year, will grow plants
without being burned again. Beds, before
the seed are sown, should DO well pulvcr-
lied and cleared o. al! roots or other litter.
When sowing the seed II is best 10 sow
one half OF the seed intended for the bed,
and then rake them in the ground. The
other half Of the seed should ihen BE sown
across the way the others were sown, ana
the bed then trod or patted. By this mode
of sowing seed the bed is prepared for dry
! or wet weather; that is, should the weather
| be dry, the seed rakcd in will come up; if
! the weather is wet both s0wings will come
up. The surest way 10 have plants is 10 SOW
plenty Of seed in a bed. Ii is true, beds will
/ be better with a certain quantity Of plants in
/ them. Bot, as plants are liable 10 be des-
troycd in 50 many ways, it is surest to SOW
thick. \ great many plants are destroyed
! by picking the grass out Of the beds. Be-
sides, thick sowing is a great security
against the flies. Beds that are thinly set
with plants are soon cleaned when the flies
/ get in them; whereas. beds thickly set may
be considerably eaten by flies, and yet plants
enough left: hence the trite saying SOW
some for fly, and some forI.' lhave known
persons to miss planting iheircrop OF tobac-
co by not sowing seed enough in their beds;
/ but never knew one 10 miss by planting too
many. Beds that have too many plants in
! them can be raGed and the plants thinned.-
This has for long time been customary
A rake for the purpose is soon made. |
have made the teeth with twenty-renny
nails" To be continued.