The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-08-18
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bany, from ghich we take it. TVra obtain
five billions of caterpillars and insect wa
destroyed in one year on single farm of y
thirty acres is pretty good years work. h,
hat period many weil-kn men, so g
jrom doing any public or private good, &C &C
really spreading mischief by their re
aess-are they not t?-quite equal in b
80 mt to the benefits conferred by the
u given instincts Of the beautiful and IS
~ ii birds ED. JOURNAL. ~
, ttAt daybreak l estimate that four hun W
ed songsters break forth into on6 grand I6qq q
bilation of mingled song on. narrow ride
-.0res of frpit and pleasure gentle
Among these | rcroWn to the dead furrov
thrush, tn side, so that the surface water
bell mafcadily pass off. Harrow lengthwise
sparrol form open drains through the lowest
the hoas, to carry off the water, On more
many Vas or gravelly soils, the ridges may
sapsuf wider and fatter; but it is always ad
ming lsable to clean out the furrow with q
sit plow after sowing, SO that the water can
pass off more readily How seldom do We
see a wheat field on which the water does
not lie on some portions, presenting a
sheet of ice during the winter and early
spring, and bare spots or light, and late
crops in summer, but which might easily
be removed by few surface drains. If
you can not afford to underdrain, do not
neglect at least surface drainage. True
it is very inadequate; but it is better than
nothing,
In regard to the time of sowing, there
is much difference Of opinion. If we SOW
too early, there is increased danger from
the attacks of the Hessian fly, which de-
posits its eggs on the young plants in the
fall ; and if We sow late, the probability
is that the midge (Which deposits its eggs
in the grain when in fower) will destroy
it. Five years ago in this section, many
farmers sowed their wheat the last week
in August, and it was much injured by
the Hessian fly. From the 1st to the
10th of September is now considered the
safest time. As we go south, the wheat
is sown later. \ recent writer in the
Valley Farmer recommends sowing a
strip of one or two acres Of wheat about
the middle of August, so as to be we'll
advanced when the bulk of the crop is to
be sown, and then turning this strip un-
der with the plow after the rest is sown,
and re-sowing it Immediately
We have always been in favor of rath-
Of thick seeding. A few years since,
HEWITT DAVIS and other English wri-
ters contended that by dibhling in the
seed foot apart, one. peck to tho acre
was amply sufficient. That good crops
were obtained in this way, there can be
no doubt; but still it was found that those
who practiced such thin seeding frequent
had several acres where the crop was de-
ftroyed or much injured. The loss on
these portions more than counter balanced
the gain from the saving Of seed on the
whole breadth of land sown Thin seed
ing was q new thing, and the successes
we're paraded in the public papers, while
little was said of the failures, HARDY, of
Exeter, and MEQaI, of Tiptree, still ad-
s,vocate thin seeding; but the majority OF
ssGsnglish farmers prefer to SOW plenty OF
ed, in orderto guard against the nnmer-
. ST casualties to which wheat is liable.
GoNGEe dc. not need to sow as thickly in
stood that, upon certlE, E,ngland, owing per
HAVE been duly considere,. - SO much ear
al. friends, Mr.. SicKLEs v arks hold good
lse ..s~ns CLANS to repres than would be
9ressional District Flded everything
ialllls seat must be referrlo insure plants
tee, WHICH will have alsemstanoes, whether
, the credentials of the eiSe, lis 1t not true
malnbers. On accom- on the ground is apt
in the Endorsement of ftGeSection we shoulC
t;6cate has been issued tCpushels per acre
members elect, but Sickles, is-tourths bush
ed back forthwith his case vii
ed until he chooses whether T. rnIo don n,
contest. In the latter case. Is, victor dry i
tain soldiers from Cove the common fel,
other irrerularitie. aid not be forgotten that
Tha Co.. tiat-r Es2requently raised from soc,
- UTen as the of August. Tn
serve noglge Weld will depend upon the length 0
pontestHlll Ger i'll Autumn Turnips will grow
sideration of afrozen into the ground. Fo
Siekles to resiohch quickgrowing varieties a
800 seep-leaf and the whitehall ar
fLong White French, the Ash
toR democrat lhivers Swedish Stubb.e grow
tho plan is noRthough they are larger whei
in the third cons, yet they acquire a goot
II Zee. Past. S1Fge enough Tor tabl
WoMAN's Gar Fifty Aen D,ioen
by FDo JFonea-Mr. Mead, who owns
a dam and mill at the forks of Black
river. is pow absent from home and had
left in charge his wife and an adopted
daughter, Ellen. The drivers of the
logging firm of Whitcomb, Morse & Nor
gan, about fifty in number, came down