, 1874-09-19

May, NO may look for returnu tho 1ezs yoar pro-
vidlhg TINT tho whtto grub or tho drought docs
fiot rslsn tito l,tants. rlo no,l must ID moist,
and blaoh, sandy luam, that Is aong tho
margins Of y stsen,a, or rataor swamp, provided
Bsartl On lilo plant III tic bed. Tho
nLAoR-cAp FAMILY or THE nAsrnEnny
will DO best on similar land, and is tho only
rAsrlerry that l'hs thus fat becn found Of yaluo
am avaro tint tho Turner and ottors layo Lco1,
highly rra,Hea hnt Tin truth ID, thoy hayo
n,any faultb tint TO not appear wlion ypu pr.
cllnso tho pianta. About tho third y6ar tlloy
begin 70 ihalto good fetnfhs. lilo blackhorry Ia
soncwhat questionable IN our olin,aio, 40 Il ian
too mitch eompeetition from, othor fruits in its
aehson. lilo plnnts to not produce we'll until
tho Third or fourth ychr.
the EARLY nloilaloNp on MAY onEnnr
onght, to pny ut TINT point. rs 1t viii ripon
cago. As yet wo havo no other ohcrrY that onn
10 relied upon. though tin no,nbors OF Tho
Gf;alcna horticultural sucloty llaso topaa tint
tho l.ieb cherry will yot mako ito mArls., THO
Early lsehmond in an American soeaIing cherry,
brought to notice by tho elder Prince, moro
thah sovonty. yoa1s ago. II vas taken by
olnfgrants to WeHt Virginia and Tennessee, and
catlo to thiH stnto through Indiana, md was
ne y tho stS enf 5es VI is wa1ea ttess ct
young. but IL thla cllmasc, nro ahort-llvod. An
orchard Of COO trccs, planted In 1861, was win-
tor-kiltcd In 1873, and Inst snr!ng, all Of tlo1n
cut down and yol tlB orchard had paid good
four to Avo yoarn aflor setting Iie English
Morelo Ia two wookB 1ntor, but HrfEotB badly
from tho curoullo, and ts simply a canning
cherry, while tho Richmond Ism o tah1e-chorry
and Is In largo demand also for cannnE.
For tho point named. tho peach and .qnllco
r1thp I'm 1aft o,lt hit tLc eYrna h1,nu1l 1knvt n
al This has beon answered under tho second
head; but 1t might bo adtted tint, ii tho market
is tho n,nin object, good ahow Of summer ul'-
dor bo largely nt tho late-keaptng sorts. Tho
applo-orciIard will not pay much before
TEN YEARS FAoM TIE PLANTING.
Tllore arc fow ynreles TINT boar onr]y, srcl
Bon Dnvla, and Timber 1wig; bnt, With tho OK
ceptiou Of Ion Dawn, thoy ara not Desirable for
y largo orclnrd.
Is The applo.orcl,nrd should be on dry land,
OF that which Ia FREQ Of standing wator; mud n
clay soil OF nlmuat nuy toxturo il good. .-buttcr
than sandy land. It III always desirable thnt there
be lowor loycl below tho orrhard-sitc, for tho
cold niglt.afr to Hotto in, lii most oasos q few
feet elevation will DO al TINT is necessary.
Thoro hre many drawbacks In the culture Of
prcos; but, on tho Nholo, with reasonable con-
ditionB, 1t will bo found tho best paying part Of
tho farm aud yot IL will not put ZIP wltl, neg
lect as well as most fartn-crnpH.
THE CItINclr-nuG.
EaTrpHw0pn FALIs, Kun. :, Aug. Al, 1871.
Ma. "RuAAf. ''-Hsa: We i,ave been .roWtlea with
that pest: the chinel-Lug The srring-wtea, uness
wjch aIy thoy sc eomceed on the corn ana nsorsy
injured IT; who tle Graaal,opperu hsvo completed
what they commenced. Upon examination. nnl tue
aud, by turning down tho covering to tho stock
that ii IL literally costro with thr. VIII they winter
over and nes & s aosr Wa year, Wa L.
winter wheat on the cor1t-grolId? Do tley Rouer-
ally bother crops two yalrs in succcsslon7 uy
other information ut yuas disposal, you viii cuifor
faser oil Que of tho allctotl. xous Respectfully.
Tho cltncll-bng Is pest OF 10 small account,
and wo uust le pntielt under its lnilictiou. A
cold fall. .Btorul cleans the tfeltlA Of tilon and
hot, dry aouson like tho present ia favorable to
their rapid Development. When In largo num-
bcrs iii tho cori,-tiel, /, will not bo good policy
to SOW wiutor-whoat among tho standing corn,
Oh tho ltt'o fellows would no doubt destroy it Us
lust ~ it appeared abovo ground. Tho nseota
winter over in tho corn-stalks. aud, for this
reasou, many farmers prefor 10 burn the stalks
in tl.e Held curly IN the spring, In order to do.
Atroy them; Which IL TO doubt good plan, und
in tllia way they 1nny ofton 10 checked; bit, ii
tho spring proves cold and rainy, tlcro ncgd 10
10 anxiety In regard. to tllon. Worry oarly-sowu
nprng-grain is loss damaged by them tl'sn the
and tho bost check for lho,n is y
fow furrowa inIerposol, ana tho atubhlo
should be plowed without delay, aud this will
destroy Eroat numbers and prevent them reacil-
ing tho other crops. They so,antln,os appear for
two or three sessons III succession, provided tlat
top.drcssug of guauo will drive them out OF a
whoat-llold, If applied carly in tho sl'rlng; but
Of this have no l1ersolal kuowIadgu. With us,
fEa vnh thnv hAyN ffnnnRN6 fhn uj3ntrkt NJ
much as tho droughsi md the oorn-foader also
will bo seriously Injured for feedpg, aa 40 many
OF The insects Hte hid away under tho Sheath OF
tho leavos, aud mnst bo eaten by tic stock.
stiock-corn thus infested with this insect.
Wcro every acason alike, it would trouble liz
to koep doWn our i1lHoGt enemies; but tho great
changes help lib out BY destroying thom juHt ut
tho tllno whom We begin to despair Of success.
raina, produce sthia rcsult, or the cau,,i-
bal insects that feed OH tl1om arc brought
forward by now conditions, and thus in turn
mako wat on them. It ls aaid that tho Hmall
quail toeels on the cbinch-busa; but at present
this bird eau mako no great impression OIL tuoir
countloHA numbefA.
THE 0AAss1IorrEH OF THE pI4A1SS
laB Ind attention til proylons letters, aud thoro
is nothing now to add, MS the facts nppcar to
fully wargallt the assumption tlaut tllla insect,
utter raising ono brood OIL tho palns. becomes
storile from some Cause, md eau mako no fur
thor trouble mud TINT a new inroal must bo
looked for fro,n tho mountain-canons only, and
s1,is at rather lon. periods. A combination Of
drought and grasshopnora n,ahos up d sun. total
OF ruin fur tho time being for tho destruction III
nearly complete. Mr. Mooker, OF Greeley, Col,
states that tho grasshoppprs lavo a respect for
tho Delaware gtapo, and that thoy do not tcucll
it. Tho small sraiMR and yogetnbos appear tu
bo their ollo!co, and they only tako to eorn.ss a
! Nenr fla maintains thev nnnear In ba animal