The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-08-19
A,ritulturdl.
For The Cecil Wig.
CORN BRED

AM HOW TO MAKE Ir.--There Is a prriu-
dice AZ inst corn bread, and hui,lreds Diet, s.:
it simply because they haYc .nevor eaten i
when property made, or ptthaps haze never
eaten it all. When rightly prepared there i,
certainly not more hcalthful and delicious
bread than that manufactured Of Indian Corn
and hope il will ere long be introduced into
every family. Every body who has been at
= cttcn hotels has learned the luxury OF
corn bread provided at many OF them. The
receipt for making it is az follows:-One quart
ni sour milk, two table spoontuis OF -four,
three eggs and corn meal sufficient to make
stiff batter.
The corn ,loJgcr.'' of Indiana and Ken
;ucly are truly excellent, and are made in
this nilnner:--Dissvlvc "a te;tspoonful of sal
erat,tS in butte n;lk-licn stir in meal till the
batter is sufficiently still. Bake in cakes on
til" crddlt, or in Il loaf in IL Dutch oven or
dripping pan. In The preparation Of the
.iodger" have used sweet milk, and prefer
it 10 that Which is sour. The dodgers when
baked in pans shond not be over an inch in
thickness. They are excellent either hot o
cold.
TnE WE,lL.-lhc insect that has injured
the wheat crop 80 extensively in New York
Pennsylvania and Ohio, this SEASON, is not
the onv generally known AS the weyil. This
insect. called red wrvil,'' .'whcat milgr.' >
The insect" &C.. differs very much from the
errcr'io grgHuiias, as that only iljurrs the ri
rrned kernel ofMhcat or corn after il is stuck
cd or housed. or even after it is in the bin ct
The granary or grist mill. The wcyil exhibits
in swarns around the barn, the female laying
her eggs upon the grain, and the grubs, as
soon ~ hAtrhed. work into the kernel. con
sIuning all but the bran, and without break
ing that so as IL show tl,t all is rottcnness
within. The rardgcs Of this insect are So
destructive al the South, that it is difficult to
>,lt up with the shucks on. which is damped
or else heavily sailed Wheat is kept in
close cashs or tight iins. 1t may be kept by
covering with flour Of lime an inch deep over
the surface.
The insect that has roycd 50 much
grain, tie present season, is yellow fly
t.y!th hlac wings,) about onr-lrnli, Of III. inch
ii length; it deposits its eggs while the wheat
* in blossom, within the chaiiy scales Of the
flower during tho evening twilight and dark
stormy Il 'ys, in number from two to forty
which hatch in ten days, and completely dcs-
troy the germ Of the berry. The maggot is
rt,I.iiSli yellow. aJnut sixteenth Of an
iaa'l long, or perhaps an eight. when full
grown. II leaves the head and Winters in the
ground. This is the time to kill them. Salt
is undoubtedly the remedy. The fly is hard
Is ever seen: they never ly ia the sunshine.
The wcyIs I'LL the air like mosquitoes in a
swamp. This insect hides on the stems and
leaves, shaded from the heat Of the sulr'
This is Il northern insect the wcvil is 4 south
crn one. This insect Was first seen in Amer
icl about the year 1923, in the northern part
u Vermont and the borders of Lower Cana
da 1t i'fs; made its appcnr.ncc in Northern
OhiU in the year 1913, and its ravagcs have
rtPidly increased from year to year.
Or. Harris recommends birthstone ttmiga-
ton Of the plants. That would be impossi-
HI. almost, in whole counties. Flower of
lime so'vE on wet wheat has appeared to pre-
vent the wOri; Of destruction. Deep plough
ing the stuhblc, and not sowing any grain
upon it reXt year might eradicate the insect,
il all who W. affected would unite in that
coarse, US II! must in any -0lhcr.that should
b. adopted.
The remedy recommended by our cores
pondent al Darien, of sailing the cut wheat in
lht NOV or stack, would not answer for the
Ma@s.ots already buirowcd in the ground for
water: but the salt must be applied to the
l'nl in liberal quantities-say five or ten
bushels per acre. We cut up the cut worms
ci!rctua!ly upon our corn ground this season
with handful of salt to the hill. The corn
fixed little at first, but is growing bcauti-
Tally now. Every bug VI worm can be killed
in the soil with silt, and We have no doubt
that vii! be found the most sure way of rid
ding the country of this terrible pest to wheat
growers. "-Iri5uur.