, 1875-04-17

ny 800 t1lsl,e. corn nt o.o
| Cash hatancn. Till
Thus ~o find that tho cultivation has COS
Aholt onn and ono-shlrd days work per- nero Il
make tho crop, or Two md unothtrd days' norl
wien eribbea. Tho Erosss profit por acre VA
s7l7'f: ans tl.o cost Of working It, el2.ss,
per aero. Again. We find tho cost yer ltl.lol
including rent. woar aud tear, and otto. cxpena
Of, to oo 253k cents per huBhol, or. exclusive ol
rent ia;sa cents res b',shoi Or, again, II wo es
and fhcy arc worth more II fol enrly.-uo have
tho net profit por aero, *s.l7{; to be rsiaoI Of
! iowered according to the Season. price, ctc.
/ eomo farmers CHIN thai The cron can hn na'to
md laid by at cost Of ono days labor per "rrs
10 exceptional eases it may BE- bus it will ~ o.;
ten exceed tho |fgMrcn No harn given Al It will
20 under thcn1. rVp. niaht carry sho inrcstisa:
tion sill further. aud e'.ow, for tho tcnc!t OF
those LIVING remote from market, tho sAne pes
sibly do 10 at aon,o fnsilrn time, 3'nt want of
rracc forbsda cur gnins fnrtihr 'nto tho lnAtlor
ut pro.ent. L.
nnusn. 1,rArrn ArPLE.TKrE EnREn.
fEontA. It.-1he .S1pr,1ia Bit ttfnla {Rav), Is
slewn AS ono of t!ss c,Iclpscfa. Ihg eoatie is
sometimes, apo"en, OF Al tho T"o-stF'ped
tomologrta. A.. tur.ng tho div, IL os hidden
from tto Common observer, anl tes on1y during
tho hight. 1t naa two longitudinal whise stripes.
b:tweon thsee nf light brown .co:or. During
tho mouth o! tnnc, tho fenala dopotlta lsor esss
Rouoratty n"ae tho foot Of tho tire. al.l' ,ayh
soulotiulo IN tho crotch. After tho lapso
nf two woeka., tho eggs hatch, aul Mo yaung
larTn rcto1nhle the fntt-g1own atTe il
nearly all PARTICULARS, oaeeot In taHir ai7e.
prngrcss. finding sns.enanca al L.c sa;moots and
innor bark; their presence being detected by the
darloned appearance Of tho bark under "hc1.
tl,cv lie. Tim lArk contracts nnl forms nma
.ka Tin 3,to 3nastn Es Tim rf,t,n = ~
closcs b7 tho growth of tho sr'e In. n / until
sawtiust llko oastin1, havc fatton tco:n t..
After the SINNERS work. tho !nTrm descent
as near the ground as thcy can nnl probably To-
main quiet during tho Eintor n.ontA. Gu tho
approach Of Tile tecorh MiuteI, tue hot2r is one.
hall grown, still living on tho snpwood; snd,
Should four or five hc In ono tree. tac5 will tn-
ilrely rdle tho tree. and itla injury Il then
Inst IL. whIrh It rcn'a't'a in tito larsaI
state. DniiuE the simmer. il cuts ,ts
way nrNlsI luto tue solid woo., oftcu
directly through. tho tree to tas opnesle t'arl:
bs-k tn tim samo side. Having become fnsIy
grown at tho cnd Of The t1lrl kunncr it fills tue
,tl's,cr and foFet part Of thu rassase With SAW.
anst~ise powder and small i}brch OF Nood
L. tho larvat slate during tho Third winter.
When sptlng approaches, i casts Ut It's aasn
aud ho.omcB Il p,,Ea; nfter tlreo weeks il
changes to tile beetlo. At illst 1t Is soft and
weak. E1s A. l1h G1usa CI perhaps tHD Necta II
has bcc,lno hard. and rea'iy TO cut .ta way from
tho treo. It etnergos from perfectly roau.l
and tnlooh hole.
From tho limo Tho egg is laid un. tho be"tlc
appears. nearly ttrca years have ELAPSED, tho
hrsat being continual injury to tho tree tho
who!o inle.
This insect dnes not co1tiun itself to tho ap-
ple-sroa h'ono. but attacks tho ounce, mouu-
tnlll-aBl. hnwthorn. rraE, aud Jnno.harry. No
benefit ia derived bY,, plugging tho holes for,
vlch tho lafEe ones hrc fonuu. it il tluo indi-
cation that tho enemy has escaped, anu they
suffer injury by lie Her ones being ctosed
siucG it waa only usea as thc ens1ancc.wny.
Experiments have proved that. whore alkaline
waslca llay0 bern applied to tho trunk Of the
tree, the bcctis will mot 10 ~ Liable 10 deposit
its eggs therefore, 1t In advisable, during tho
month nf May, to rub pioce Of soap osor the
trunk OF each tree. Common bsr or eoft soap
viii answer all PURPOSES; but tho nowar
tho bestcr: Aud, az ther wilt sometimes de-
poslt the eggs In tho crotch, it viii
be safo TO- lcayo piece Of aoap ttlere. nhero Il
will be washed t1oWi, by tlo iains. 1t Ii also
necessary to keep all weeds from tho base Of tho
tree. II, however, the bor.r III at wo L il, tho
antnmn. tt can bo cut nway with a iIocket-knto
with little or po innty TO tue treo. ancc 1t then
lies directly under ths ba,s mud easily detect
cd by tho sawduat-liko filings thrown ont. II
1las aUno natural cnen,Ics fn tho hrdA, WHO will
tlayonr them; but m1Ht 10 cafnfl1llv attended tu
by tho o,chardist II ho tlcsreA srccosr.
In my next article. 1 iHtonll giving descrip-
tion Of lie FiRt-f1ea.lctl. Applc-Trce norer,
which is equally deatruc:iyts but Of different
hablte, ApEfJA