The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-08-08
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When we consider the importance of the
wheat crop in tho United States, growing
from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific, aud from
Minnesota 10 Texas that it forms the priu-
oipal part of the broad OF the people Of our
countr, that so much of the crop Of this
year has been destroyed by midgc or wee
vil-itis no wonder that many farmers are
deferred from sowing their fields with
wheat The insect that is so destructive
is described as a small yellow fly which
appears about the middle of June, and du
ring the early part OF the evening deposits
its eggs on tho heads uf the wheat just be
fore il blooms, and when the stall, begins
to open it's coverings ol leaves. When The
larvae arc hatchcd they are white, but soon
turn yellow, and 1.-Two on tho juices destined
to fill the grain, which they appropriate
either wholly or partially TO themselves.
II natures rapidly, commences 10 bear It's
young when but three days old aud quad
rlIpios its species daily. Thus in twcnty
days the progeny single wcevil is up.
ward of four million. When their growth
is attained, ulcy spring from the heal OF
the wheat TO the ground and pass into the
crth at tho root OF the plant. The suggcs.
tion at tho head Of this article may now be
pressed, viz Ia there no re nedyl None
that has boon discovered for tho common
kinds heretofore raised in this country.
In 1854, wheat was nearly all destroyed
bytho woevil 10 that we had TO pay eleven
doIars per barrel for flour, That year
man in Hardin County, while looking
through his wheat, discovered ono stool OF
three heads of a kind of wheat different
ftom tho rest, and on examination ho found
that the wcewil had not hurt that il had
entirely escaped its ravages. lie carefully
saved every grain aud sowod and watched
il until it was fit for harvest, aud from
those few heads in cloven years ihou
sands of bushels havo been produced and
it has proved at all times weovl-proof Iu
conversation with an extensive wheat grow
or, hc told me that ho sowod what ho called
the weevil.proof wheat, after losing his
entire crop for two years, and to his great
Joy II wilhstood their ravagcs. lIo could
not SEQ a single wccvil in tho whole field.
Tho next year he sowcd one breadth of the
Mediterranean wheat in his field of wcevil
pFoef When no harvested it the Moditor-
ranCan was all eaten up when not hoad OF
tho other was hurt. It is known in this
section as the Golden Straw. A farmer IN
Troy Township raised ii last year and took
pains to clean It of all cheat, aud sold it to
his ncighbors at two dollars and twenty-five
cents per bushcl--all that sowcl that seed
had good crop, none of it injured in the
least by the weovl. Ono of his noghbors
refused to pay tho price at which he was
selling, and sowod some other kind that
cost two dollars per bushcL- Tho result
was the loss of tho crop. Much inquiry
and speculation is prevalent as TO what
constitutes tho difference, or what saves tho
berry from destruction by tho insect. There
isa extra cap or ohaT closing over the
berry that is so hard and tight, that they
cannot deposit tho egg, which makos it
woovl-proof. ID. II. plIlLO.
SroNY RIDGE, July %, 1865.