New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-15

brought almost any price asked for them and
worth any sum from 500 to $500 pair. But change
Is coming over the spirit of the farmers dreams and
more calves viii be raised this year than for several
wears past. They begin 10 see that pair OF steer
calves viii bring from $lO0 20 500 in four wears. and
so they run the risk Of losing the milk Of their
for few weeks, and make little less butter and
cheese for the sake Of increasing their stock and
nurirg their farms. That i very wise calculation,
and our farmers will find II so.
our farmers have got in the habit of receiving
enormous prices for all they produce that dollar
bu,hel for potatoes and one fourth Of that for a
pouJd OF butter not so satisfactory them
York chilling for butter and two sbliugs for pcta
toe u-ed to be a few years ago. High prices have
really made our farmers exceedingly selfish, for the
u,re they get the they want. In fact they have
become quite iseIly, and coming money very fast.
Wei love to see the producing classes prosper bat
thew must be careful or MammOn will get the upper
hand Of them. And surely it We're better TO receive
little les price UT their produce and save their own
souls than 10 clutch the present prices and
lose TIE N. But do NOT intend 70 preach orthodox
sermon and so let that pass In this region there is
s.aus com aint that corn did lot come up well. and
the reason is quite obvious. Farmers do not take
aims enough 10 their seed corn. True the gene
fay trace il up but what good comes from that unless
II corn i pi k-d in the field before harvest Too
napy neglect this, and gather their corn into Ia r
hams in large heaps and busk it when time i found.
The corn becomes heated and the germ destroyed.
Last Autumn was very wet, and those who husked
their seed corn cut OF large heaps IN the barn are now
suffering the consequences Of such imprudence. Seed
corn ought Ia be gathered in the field planted some
this year hushed from the heaps, but not more than
bali If il up; and yet the looked very tine,
bat the vital principle was gone. read all the reports
If the Farmers Club in TIE TRIBUNE. | noticed Prof.
Mapes said that boxes without the gauze covering viii
Keep Off the yellow bug, from Cucumbers, bu; beg 70
differ with him. have tried boxes, but they will not
II, vent the Vermont yellow bugs from destroying
cumbeIs without the Ilnet, whatever terror they may
have for New.YO!k or jersey BUGS Our bugs are
ilVf fglf flr hoy defp led
uerseyering lltte rasc8ls And low, can the PROBES
sor or some one else tell what will keep the maggOts
out Of young onions Many here bave given up rails
ing them for the maggots sure to destroy nineteen
twtLcts Of them az all events and frequently not an
OF ion will be left Now, Ihave neighbOr who loves
good things TO eat. and particularly onions. DE Ia
led ell methods, but without success. Last season
he put birthstone. ialap and some other nauseous
rather pleased with the doses which gave them vo-
racious appetite They did not leave onion stand
ing Thi- year he and are trying lime from the gas
W, ks Gas having passed through this lime is said
TO be sure cure for these evils and should think II
might be- for il smells just as gas does when It es-
capes from the pipes without burning. But alas tins
remedy has also Jailed. My onions are willing away
very fast notwithstanding the vialnouS smell Oi the
line But | have one onion bed that is doing well,
and no maggots trouble the onions. Before the seed
cane up made large box and covered 1t with MILL
Let. This was placed over the bed and no Mes can
get at the onions make their deposits. THIS is bet
ter than all other medicines for this evil. The fly
which deposits the eggs on the onions i nearly two
thirds n large the common bousefy and OF light
brown color These little rascals very busy
sotn az the onions up in propagatug their own
spccies. | don't think the box would answerthe ends
proposed if il were not covered with some kind Of
aauze at any rate, Vermont flies would scale the
sides and light down without fear.
did not intend to spin quite so long yarn. Ny
object was to gay to the world Of readers TIE TRIB
uNr ba. that the Valley of Champlain never looked
more green and beautiful than il does now, and the
prospects for abundant crops never brighter Let all
hearts be grateful this glorious seed time and for
these bright prospects of an abundant harvest.