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layi1g destroyed all that was green, marched
% other fields. .1taie curious that they dislike
,Iover, seldom eating it at all; but unfortu-
1ately little clover is grown In this part Of the
State. UnIess badly pressed for food they
eldom damage the growing wheat and rye.
Perhaps at that season its growth is too much
advanced to suit them.
Mr. Nasen drove us some twenty miles
through the country, andwe saw several thou
sands of acres Of wheat from which they had |
stripped every lea. leaving the stem and heads.
We could not discover that it was mi cred, as /
The heads were well filed and berry plump |
Every meadow and pasture that ne saw bad |
been denuded Of Its crop OF grass as complete !
" as II fire had run over them. Thousands OF |
acres Of corn had been replauted. The; grass |
sud flower p1ats in the yards had been over
rub, aud the foliage destroyed. They do no;
attack the roots, but simply make it the place
where they hurroW to pass through the
chrysnlis state. Few attempts have been
made TO arrest their progress, even With the
spade snd ploW.
It is singular that 50 destructive IN insect
as this, and one that has been SO long known,
say thi1ty.seyen yeare, and making seven very
marked visits, should not have had Its habits
the Gaze, but the farmers Of Perry county are,
we suspect, no great readers, aud from the
general absence Of school houses in this TWEEN
ty miles drive, We think the prospect ID not
good for rapid improvement in this direc-
tion. In most other parts Of the State the
them, it will be well to point ont some Of the
habits Of this improbable visitor.
THE REMEDY
When this insect fs about to appear in large
rumberE, We have notice Of it in the swarms
which is about 1hree-fourths of an inch across
the wings; they lay their eggs apparently
Only in herds grass or blue grass grounds,
and when In large numbers, the only way that
we can suggest Is to turn it under at once
and either plant to corn or SOW to oats. This
will destroy the worms and give crop, and
OF the same time will protect the fields ofcorn
snd other crops. If this is not done, ditchiug
must be re6orted to at once, to keep
them from leaving the grass land As they
march slowly, not over half dozen rods in
Gay, furrows can be plowed ahead Of them,
thrown but with shovel will keep thom in.
This, If veil done, is etfectual, for they do not
hatch in the grain fields, but 60 there. When
THEY get up 10 the heads Of the grain, which
they do after they have eaten tbs leaves, they
sometimes, if it IS not well advanced, destroy
them. This IS easy. Ike a rope three Or
feur rode long and let two men sweep the
field with it. The WORMS will all fall to the
ground. And wil not pgain ATTEMPT to get at
The hezds, but will travel to other quarters.
NO farmer need therefore lose anything more
BY them than the meadow and PASTURE ami
these can be ploWed up and planted to corn,
or, if needed sown to rye for pnsture, or corn
fer hay. Hungarian grass Is 90 uncertain,
and OF 60 little value, that We are not disposed
to recommend it.
is fine peach orchard, adjoining the village
on the east, of some scgen thousand trees, all
Ct fine budded varieties and loaded with fruit.
Those who fancy that the prairies Of Egypt
art not adapted to fruit, would do well to
Tl6ll this country aud pass through this patch
Of peach trees, and then visit the pear orchard
OF Mr, Yates, near Tamaroa.
CULTURE OF WHEAT.
This article is getting too losg, and we shall
have to leave ont much that NC had intended
to say, but we cannot pass over the mention
Of 1leld Of fifteen acres Of wheat near Tana-
Ioa- 1t was on part Of large farm, rented
been IN the habit of nannring iands before TO- e be
came to this place, and so much In the habit
Of doing 30 that before he was aware that he
was breaking ever long and well established
rules, lie bad hauled and spread liberal sup
ply on field Of fifteen acres, which he sowed
TO wheat. The result is about forty bushels
to the acre, OF from ten to fifteen bushels more
than from the best Of that not mauured.
So much for getting outside Of established
mage
CHESTNUT TREES.
On the farm OF Mr.. B. G. Roots ne saw aev-
c,a1 chestnut trees thirteen years old; they
were very thrifty and hAyc borne several crops,
At our visit they were in bloom. We can see
no reason why this tree should not be extern
eiVely used in this part Of the State to protect
small damage, BY throwing down Large guam
Titles OF fruit before full size
GLOVER.
But little clover is grown in this part Of the
State, and farmers cay it does not do well, aud
that it is very difficult to get stand Of it,
We expect it might do better if the land was
manured and sowed in February, SO that 1t
would become established before the heat Of
summer burns it out. Possibly it ia too far
hiss bad fair trial. Farmers who fast-n their
gates with alog chain, carry their water TWEEN
y rods from hole dag near aslough, or leave
their manure to accumulate about the barn,
are hardly good authority on this subject
hut the cay Of Improvement is Mt hand, when
tic soil OF Egypt will assert its yalne.
TIE cu1cKAsAW PLUM AND THE cCKcCLlo.
Some Of cur nurserymcn and fruitrgrowers
have contended that Ills native plum u as not
subject TO injury from the curculio, and ex-
tentiye sales OF the tree have been made upon
this hJpothesie, but in this visit nc have in.
controve1tible eside1ce that it is not so. In
!. garden containing both the Chickasaw and
the common bluc plum, the former had sui
fered Us severely as the latter, and it should
be remembered that this insect is not SO de-
st1uctive this year as usual We are not sur
prlsed ct this, for Fe have never found the
tuTcui!o very Particular about where be laid
Lis tEgs.
FRUIT ORCHARDS At Golden
Since cur last visit to this place we observe
a decided improvement, Strawberry culture
is becoming = fayotite, and urge number
lave put out plantations from one to two ac.es
each, mostly Of the Wilson Albany.
The gr2sees have suffered come by the rot,
hut On the whole, the crop is promising.
The peach crop is fine, both in qua1l;y and
quantity, and ne may look for large supplies
from this art OF the State early in the season.
The want Of manuie e for these hill sides Is the
great need, but better system Of husbandry
! that is being adopted will to some extent
make up The want. soiling, instead Of prs
turing, will hare to be resorted to, aud as
clover does better On this timber lnud than
en- the prairie north, as before noticed, it will
come into more general use.
| TOMATOES.
| The supply Of tomatoes is not 20 large and
| the crop Is late, Probably not one-foufth the
| usual number Of plants have been set out, but
US three weeks OF the usual season will pass
(
ern gardeners will begin to supply the de,
| mand by the time the supply is exhausted
here. Had the uEual quantity been grown
here they would not hare paid the cost Of cul.
ture, aud even NOW we cannot promise yerJ
high pricea, but all the better for the masses
who use this healthful food, just now when
July demands the acids to counteract the bill.
ioub tendencies Of the summer.
| CAIRO.
| What 4 change eince our last visit: then al
was hustle in the line Of shipments The
trains came loaded the warehouses filed to
repletion, and the levee llned with river craft
buky in the peaceful pursuits Of life, c1chaug
ing the products ftho North for those Of the
South. Now the river is guarded BY hugt
cannon, and Thousands Of armed men watch
ing with argus eyes that nothing pass this
great highway Of a nation. Well, whsn thf
fur hundred thousand armed despots whc
have plunged the Sunny South into anarchy
shall be deposed, and the strong arm Of righ1
shall have again asserted his mild and be
nIgnant reign, Cairo will come forth rajuye
mated and be one Of the important points il
| ter bridres the the rivers Of the North