The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-14

GrasshoppeFs are said TO produce 10
eggs, and then die. They ought to die
first.
Kansas promises 20 become the chief
cheese making state of the union.
a large amount of flax is growing
in Sedgwick county.
On the first or May wheat eighteen
inches high was on exhibition in the
Office OF the ~, It. & s F. road, at
Topeka.
Father Shoemaker, of Usage Mis-
sion, who has been in Kansas 2S years,
says he never saw any grasshOppers
here until 1861, and that the Indians
had no traditions of any previous visi-
tation.
The Osages are having about 5000
acres of prairie broken, and will this
season plant about 1000 acres of corn,
besides other crops, ut their agrney in
the Territory.
Examine the bodies of apple trees
and peach trees, near the surface of
the ground, for berers, rs they will
commence working As soon rs the
weather is warm and dry. The pres
ence of borers in any tree may readily
be determined by the fine bits of wood,
like sawdust, which they eXpel from
the orifices where they may be found.
tn ey must be cut ont with a knife, or
a small gouge, and the wounds smear
ed with grating wax, or they will
soon destroy the tree.
a Douglas county farmer saves his
cabbage plants from insects by sprink-
ling kerosene oil on and around them.
One pint will serve 300 plants.
Mr.. Il. c. Henry, of Abilene; mas
1900 acres in fall wheat now growing,
for which he refused an offer of Sic, 900
in cash few days since. He expects
to realize twenty-five bushels to the
acre on the whole tract of land, which
will make 81 800 bushels, and if he can
realize dollar per bushel, it will be a
nice thing. He expects to add one
thousand acres to his field this year
and sow the whole $500 in fall wheat.
To kill the borers, the following is
recommended by Mr.. ]. NJ. Amborn
nurseryman, of Peabody:
Washing trees with the following
mixture will rid them of borers. 1t
should be applied annually in March
and April from above dOwnwar(ls, be-
ginning two or three feet from the
ground, first removing two inches of
the surface earth at the roots: gall
Ion of water, pint of Stacked lime,
pint of soft soap, i ounces of flour of
sulphur, and ashes to thicEen to con-
consistency of white-wash.
The early planted corn in this sec
ton has Jared badly in consequence of
the chilly weather OF the past few
weeks. Much of it has failed to sprout,
and will have TO be replanted. Wheat
prospects DECENTRALIZATION County
Record.
Shannon Hill Grange, of Atchison
county, has resolved to prosecute ali
parties who shoot birds, which it
rightly calls "the farmers best friends -
Hay presses at Chanute are busy,
says the Times. The hay comes in
faster than it can be pressed. Prices
from So to So per ton.
And now comes Dir. Grubbs, of
Brown county, one of the largest fruit
growers in the state, and says that
he planted Cottonwood trees around
his orchard, west, north and south, Il
dozen rows, and THAT they are now 40
feet high, making fine windbreak.
But the result is that the trees they
protect are dead, while those else
where, exposed to the wind, are doing
well. lie therefore concludes that
Kansas orchards need no wind breaks,
which simply confine the hot air and
iniure them.