The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-15
Hints to Farmers.


Sand Farming
What Is sand ? Writers differ so
much In their ideas Of soils that il is
puzzling often to define their meaning.
Pure sand makes a poor SOIL. or no soil
at all, on which to attempt to grow n
Kind Of crop. Oar Common, sandy g Ill
contains more or less clay and thisi it Is
which gives them their cspacity for
being improved or male productive.
The sand farming referred 10 by Mr.
Loomis Is on sandy loan. OF tbis
soil there are grades the lightest is q
quick, warm soil, and crops grown on
such mature early, while at the same
time they partake of he nature ct the
soil; this gives to melons and simliai
products their rich, delicate fl ver.
These light and heavy sandy loan
soils are the best u sll our atAble soils
in New England for any crop we pro.
duce. There are considerable tracts
where's few years since,a person could
buy any quantity Tor three to ten
doll rs per acr which, rightly ham
died, are very productive of all kinds
of crops but they need constant ma.
nuring, 10 which they are very sensi.
tive, ,howing its effects, in the crops,
quicker than heavier soils. Some of
these lands will now command a price
rom ten to fifty times as high as
twenty years since.
Greenhouse and Window Plants
The increasing sun will bring many
plants into flower, and ut the same
time encourage the insects, for the
treatment of which quite full Notes
were given in December last. Free
use of tobacco smoke or tobacco water,
where it is convenient to use smoke,
will destroy many. Asmall collection
OF plants, tended by one really fond of
them, may Re kept free of insects by
mere thumb and finger work. Daily
examination, the use of a stiffi-h brush
like an old toothbrush, and a pointed
stick to pick Off mealy bugs and scals,
will keep insects from doing harm.
Neglect TO examine in time, and nip
the trouble in the bud, is the cause Of
much of the difficulty. More water will
be Eeeded by plants in bloom and
making their growth. Bulbs, if any
remain in the cellar, may be brought
to the heat and light. When the flow
ers fade on the earlier ones, cut away
the stalk and let the leaves grow on
when they begin to fade, dry off the
bulbs, which may be planted in tire
garden afterwards.
The Hessian Fly.
The pest of the wheat plant is DOW
operating destructively in many parts
of the country. We hear oft IN Mich
igan, Wisconsin, Canada, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, and localities between. 1t is a
small, two-winged fly, which lays eggs
upon the leaf of the wheat in August
or September. These eggs hatch into
small white gruhs, which descend to
the base OF The staIF, and there suck
the juI es, causing the wheat 10 turn
yellow, or die. Soon after the grabs
change to pul sc, vary similar in color
ard shape to q fax seed, and these re-
main until spring, when they change
to = mature fly. The fly then deposits
eggs in May, but he Larvae is too late
to do much injury TO the wheat. The
flax seedn condition IL entered in
June, and in july the second brood of
flies appear. The RI NEEDLES are burn
ing the stubbles Immediately after
harvest, or blowing them under deeply
so SIS 10 destroy The pui which may
be n hiding; to SOW late in the
Northern States, 20 that the flies may
have laid their eggs before wheat APP
pears above ground rolling the young
wheat, by which the maggots are kill
ed, and generally by good cultivation
and ferti4izing to stimulate the wheat
20 a. to enable it to resist The damage.
A House for 200 Fowls.