The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-10-28
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TIE IIESSIAN PLY.

1isssrs. GGgf0rIa and Iurkcr--I haze
MA bsea . subscriber Tor y0ur valuable
paper. III lie present year. =. yanr list
viii shaw. THIS Ear. find Il deepI,
Interesting. aud well calculated u excite
sad promoie spirit nf inqniry and nm
praSemeni among agrlcsllnIi.t..
notice = pleee. IN The number Tor this
month. Marh headed :. IIrssiin fIy
~ lid, Ohserser." Honor aud pra g
l., Ihe ldle.. have de,ised from them
Tie Ear grrafr Pafiion &c nv earthly
comforts. ! feel much gr.liieJ AZ The
interest AMI laqn,Fy. which the discovery
&c Mrs Morris, iespeciing the IIessian
Fly. has ,llcned. The great des,dersiam
y The discovery that the own, 90 egg.
Is deposited ~ The gra NJ 0l Ile wheat
"a. L,a,, go inflrrss Of The Zoe,
- - 30 more surely adopt lie means
al his de.nnrunn will. therefore. give
you NV observations, confirm story OF
tho Of Miss M.rris.
Mare lllln twenty years sgo. while I
lived IN l.sesbutg. Va I adopted The np n
i'm. that The lle--lan lls deposited is egg.
10 the berry nr gram Of heat. IL il. riprt-
ing slre. and that instinct directed The
deposit 1, The germ Or bnb. which was IL
produce The new slals. TIE eggs. being
deposited IN that PAT II lie grrn. which
sIheres 10 the gtain. are enclosed wilin
the first ,so leaves thd spring directly
fun the germ. Thsy are not ofien f"ond
At the third blade. though this mas orcnr
without sIolslinn Of ihe general principle.
A. they may be ,lrpp,ied lii le deeper
10 the germ, Or may be moved 10 the
growth ~ The plant.
WIS lei t,lbi- ppiniun while walking
~ my garden between the rows Of peas.
ripening Tor seed. The pods bad become
yellow, butnol dry. and opposite to every
full pes IN The pods, observed q white
circular space. from which the juice had
exud-d, and IN the center a perfora,ion.
THIS vas tone by The insect. which
deposits IN the pea lie egg that produces
th- pea bug And this Is The general
hsbI of insert. to deposit their osa or
eggs, 10 sime sofi AMI moist substance.
as cherries. plurns. dc The fact, oh
served in the peas, led me at once to the
opinion thar the ll-.sian fy deposited ils
eggs IA similar manner 10 the grains OF
wnea, IN their rip ming state, before they
became hard.
Some time about or in The year 1920
or2l. published. an essay on the Hessian
ny, setting fnnh my opini"n. in the PORT
Folin. edited by HARRISON Hall. Esq, nf
PhiladephIa. In that essay | recon-
mendrd a trial Of the following temPds,
which have use1l in a small way. aud
never found il fail. s ak The seed wheat
10 lime water, KEEP, milk warn, I'LL the
gram j. swollen 10 the point Of almost
spruu'iug; then II 10 plaster, after l'rsiu-
ing, Till well coated. TO prevent i;jury to
the seeds mans hand, and 10 promote
vegetation
was led 10 this recommend alton by
rejecting ih Il two asen,s, heat and mois'
lure. are necessary to quicken or WHY
inscct's eggs. The eggs being in The
gram. tbs warmth OF the water would
quicken them. and the lime wonld so
coirode tue membrane or coating Of the
eggs, as 10 destroy ,hrir vitality.
Early and Late Sdicing Wheat
sown rarly is often destroyed by the hy
10 auumo; there then remains, generally.
warm wea her enough 10 quicken the egg
end bring il irto The q lax seed" stale,
an I snmelmes To rIIe ay state, and then
the mrscaiefls done in au'umn. In very
late soxlng, there ,lnes not, usually, follow
warm weather sufiirieni Ia quicken the
egg. and II rcmsins protected in The earth
oil the warn We i,trr Of spring, common
" in this climate about the 10Th Of NJ y.
when its progress to maturity shows lis
rai ages al every stage.
In our cllmaie, fifteen miles nor:h oil
Washington cry, The saies. time, To
avoid b,lh The foregoing risks. u found
by experience To be from the lst to the
10Th or IS Il of Oc.ober. The reason oil
this selection Of time IS. that in ordinary
Seasons. there will remain warm weather
suilicien, to quicken the eggs, but not
enough to advance them Ia an injurious
state bsfore The hard irosts commence,
which will destroy them easily. after be
ing quickered. The general rule. how.
evsr. US 10 The time of sowing, must DC
regulated by The lti,ude ii the piece. 81
as IL avid the exuem sufelrly and late
10 reference In that iautuie. AID, alter
III, the rule and the reasons a,ave assigned
rii. wall be subject To Infringement an
xccpnons. oa,nl To The difference OF ,h
ca,iier II diii ieni au,omnal seisons,