The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-04

| NeSsys. Edito7S,-l noticed
'.a,,r cn,,ymns an inquiry for I rem
ndv for cut-HorlnS. Some years ihet "a
,,,,cI, worse than others; but IN 1915
I ,,,nv were much worse than [ ever before
tuew them iu my farming experience OF
twent;-three scatS. saw rtcom'nchdt" IL
| the Maryland FGrmer salt as remedy o.
nrcvcnt;v,. and III Your journal Il solution o.
| connaras. and | determined TO try ooth'
| First I tried The salt, by selecting piece o.
ground occupied for three years oy stra"
rick. and upon which my cattle ran. hitei
removing the old straw and manure ahC
topdrcs>iug the aGjoinin" held, selecteu
This SPOT, as [ had always iouha "oIuls
worse or such places. lnincdHlciy ai'cl
pTantinc the corn | applied one tiblc>pooi,,
| ful OF silt scattered over The hll. Sol Il III
WAS touched hy cutworms. but ar aronnu
tits ,lvt where salt was NOT apiitu tos
worms Gu: TWO to three OIL OIL I'VE ni!!s, anu
we often found one TO fifteen cut-Worms IL
hill, iut none where salt was anpileu. III
planting large fields the application OF Sait II
fine rate named would be liboriou>, eXpen.
siye, and attended with great FISK III the
hands OF the average class OF laoorers we are
from necessity forced 10 employ ut such busy
seasons.
l.
copneres to one huShel OF corn--l tried as
follows, with great case, chcapneSs, and Ger
tanty, and most marked ana astonishing re-
suits to all my hands: pulverlzcd two
pounds copperas at night, and the next
morning put in soak, and | put II bushels
of corn in soak in separate vessel at night.
After soaking twelve hours I poured oil the
water from tie corn into tub; then added
no
add TO it the copreras water, and thoroughly
nix and pour over the corn, and lei II re-
main in coppcras water twelve hours then
poured off the coppcras water from the corn
and rolled the seed-corn IN y. y. J.
Excelsior, or plaster, and if early for planting,
| open deep furrows~-say four or I'VE
inches-;md cover light with corn corercr
but if hate, cover deeper. | tried
this experiment on sod field OF three
years standing, plougted liz March
and April Of 1878. ploughed with a
three.horSe plough, 7 inches deep on the ay-
eraoe; the ground was nicely putVer!zed.
Planted on the 1St Of May, B by 81 each
way. Two days planting (l0. acres). l
dampened the cora and rolled 1t in the pIas-
ter. The third day had the corn prepared
with copperus ard ready TO plant. l planted
the corn across 44-acre field, by the
side of the second days planting, and
there was between two and four days plant
ling: all treated alike, except the application
of copperaS on the two bushels seed corn
TO the surprise and satisfaction of myself
and hands it came up regular, green, anO
vigorous, and grew rapidly soon ionno
it necessary to replant. / found on exam.
nation not a hall cut or worm 10 .lounO
where the copperas was used, AND the entife
| SeId. eXcert the two bushels oil SEED thu'
/ treated, was cut from two to three hills gu
of five, and | often found from one K
| fifteen cut.worms in bill. L was Sc
worried I could not determine Whlcl
plan was the best, repant, plough, ant
plant over, or check off between rows,
have heard OF such being done, but neyei
Itried it. I have ordered $50 pounds, and
am urging all my friends to give it q trial
One bushe of corn will plant five acres, anl
Il pounds of copperas will prepare the bushe
of coru. Copperas can be bought in guam
titles to suit farmers at six or seven cents
per pound. 1t would cost 1.2 cents per acre
1t is cheap, simple, and certain with me and
others who .ried 1t last year, and | regard
this q yaluat le preventive, worth ten years
subscription to your Journal. Do urge your
patrons to try it this spring. ,
l notice in the Ma7yland Farmer sperm
oil is recommended as specific for bots.
| hope you vii! ventilate this for the benefit Of
all farmers and others. / also tried your
| preventive for kicking. COWS. 1t acts likt
| magic Is simple and within the reach of all
| s's4S-'' j. l.. DU FIEF.
Montgomery county, nd.
80 - . 49, [Aibany Cultirator.