The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-14
WHOLE NO. 1912.
From the .rsrfcurtural coitts..


Correspondence OF The True NortherDer
Rev. P. T. Prudden OF the First Cougrega-
tonal church, Lansing, gave the sermon Sun
day afternoon.
The first division Of Seniors gave orauons
last Wednesday.
The heaviest fail Of rain n any one storm
this year came last Friday. The ground is still
saturated and cold.
Corn begns 10 look little yellow for want
of more warm weather.
The wheat crop will be almost failure; cer-
ta.nly worse for the farmer than 10 crop at all,
as it will cost him more than he VIII realize
from 1t. The Hessian Ay, which can be found
in thousands, Is now n the pup@ or ''fax-seed'
state. 1t seems strange that after al the de-
scriptions given and The discussions taken
about this insect, there ara still farmers who
look for Ay as the destroyer. They forget
that insects go through trans:ormst:oIs and
that It Is when they are in the worm state
that the most troublesome o. injurious insects
do their work. THIS insect is now 70 be fopDd
and looks like small Aax-seed. o2lya rev
days ago farmer showed me large blue fly
and crushed it with an cath, saying there is
your Hessisn fy." The whest Is cropping
down, Its food having been taken up 10y the IN
sect, and Itself no longer able 10 stand up By
taking hold OF stalk and pulling. :; Will gen
orally break off where the insects sre al wcrk.
have counted a. many as eight pupe at one
JOINT. have the oversight Of the experimental
grains and grasses on The farm department,
and for the last two weeks have made daily
observations on dozen or more varieties OF
wheat as TO the preferences, 4 any, OF insects.
fnd them in the Deihl Gold Medal. Dott
Michigan Wick, Muskiughlm, Fuitz Winter,
Nursery, Treadwell, Hertz, and Clavs9n. More
numerous and damaging in the Clswsor, the
red wheats not so bad, and y general not 30
numerous in the late sown as he early BOWL,
not so bad in the hoed varieties (some OF It is
planted aud hoed) and fewer lusecrs on the
richer, lover grounds. Put perhaps these OBJ
servations are not good FOR much It IL for
Only one year. and no experiment saood be
relied upon FROM one trial. This IS great
source Of expense in agriculture. Ihep they
are bad enough on the varieties leas: injured
to take off al the proits. Many OF the tbeo-
ries, even some coming from tie highest au
thorities, prove shoadr. There ~ stiii
room FOR insect Warriors. and unless melting
can be done farmers mus; stop raising wheat.
THIS insect alone will this year destroy reIll.ons
of dollars worth Of our most s;sp.e products.
rhe state Band Tournsmen: was an entire
success. The weather was fine. and people
from town and city turned out e1 masse.--
/ Twenty-two OF the best bands IL the state pai-
tieIpsted, With about four hundred instruments.
Several pieces were PLAYED in concert. rheIr
time and harmony were wonderfully perfect
and the effect very fine. Tne three 6eet hands
taken IN order from best were Ga-dneI's Fhnt,
Crossett's Constantine, and PoI; Huron. The
Constantine Band was worked the highest ON
music, but taking an average from maroLDgs,
tempo, general appearance, etc, the Flint stood
two points ahead. The Jackson Band took the
prize IN Tue btcOnu Class Huu was EpplhLOeO,
/ encored and admired by every one. Peninsuia
c. B. Of Kalamazoo took the prize in the third
class. They are fine band, and gave some OF
the best music given on the streets The
judges were c. G. Conn, Elkhart, Ind, William
Dresskell, Saranac, and w. NJ. Phelps, Mar
shall. The Opera House was never go com
pletely jammed as it was on Thursday evening
to hear the cornet solo contest. The contest
ants we're MICS Anna T. Berger, Of Jackson,
James A. Lambert. Grand Haven, Charles f.
Rogers, Constantine, aud !. F. Boos. Jackson.
The judges were Henry Dist.u, New York City,
Z. q. Conn, Elkhart, Ind. and F. Oienhauson,
Port Huron. L. f. Bocs, Of Jackson, took the
first prize, patent. light vaiye corne;, splendid
ly engraved and gold mounted. gwen by Henry
Distin; Anna I. Berger, the second. an elegant
badge, appropriately engraved, worth forty
dollars With appropriate resolutions, thanks
and formalities, the convention closed, with an
invitation to meet next year at Port Huron.