Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-07-04
Fly in Wheat, Hay Crop, &C.

The following bulletins can be had on
application to the Director OF the otd
ton at Morgantown, VIVA: The Cream
erv Industry. The Selection OF MlIch
Cows Farm and Garden Insects and EX-
neriments with Remedies, Raspberry
Comfy Gall Beetle, Yellow Locust In,
Sact Ravares. Upon Your Weeds and
Your Neighbors, Weeds as fertiIlAc!S'
Experiments with Commercial fertil-
izers on Wheat, Notes on Pruning, EN-
neriments with Commercial FertlllZerS
on Corn. Same on Potatoes, Address ana
Notes on Sheep, Sub-Irrigation in the
Greenhouse. Potato Blight and Scao,
VEGETABLES. When, Why. What and how
To Sprav. Practical Entomology, Pro
ceedings of Sheep Breeders and Wool
Growers Association and State Hortl-
cultural Society, Nursery Hints. Sugar
Reefs. Pressure in the Preservation OF
Milk. Whole Corn Compared with Corn
Meal for Fattening, Poultry Expert
ments. Sheep Feeding Experiments, In
candescent Light on Plant Growth,
Sugar Beet Investigation in 1899. Fruit
Diseases and How TO Treat Them. The
Hessian Fly in West Virginia, Periodical
Cicada or Seventeen-Gear LocuStS IN
West VirginIa-(they are due IN TINS
section in 1902, therefore plant no fruit
trees this fail or next spring., Report on
Examination of Wheat Stubble from
Different Sections of the State and OF
the Joint Worm in Wheat, Spraying,
Commercial Fertilizers.
1t will be the object Of the writer in
these communications to the REGISTER
TO call the attention of our farmers from
time to time 10 matters of vital lmpor-
lance in their several pursuitS-matters
of present interest. This week | make
a few SUGGESTIONS
First The HeSSan Fly-This from
time immemorial has been one Of our
most dreaded enemies in the growth OF
wheat. The best remedy is the pre-
ventative. The fly deposits its eggs at
the root Of the plant. These eggs when
plowed under with the stubble furnish
destruction for the next years crop
early sowing Of wheat most liable to at
tack. Now the remedy Sow no wheat
earlier than the 2Sth of September bet
ter start about October lst. Second
Immediately after harvest burn all
stubble off fields intended for a second
crop. In this section this is generally
called corn ground Stubble.' In addi-
ton TO destroying the eggs of the fly,
YOU will also burn the seeds Of many
noxious weeds, like the thistle, mullen,
glen weed. iron weed, dock, water CrcSS
and others. 1t also puts the soil in bet
ter condition for blowing and becomes
compact sooner This is essential for
wheat 1t is an old adage among farm
ers Soil well packed for wheat and
loose for corn.
Another thought think is pertinent
at this time: The hay crop this season
is a late one. Most Of it will not be cut
until after wheat harvest If you will
will secure nearly double the quantity
Of hay, and have a better quality for
stock. There is a thick underground
this season, that if given little time
will add many tons to said crop. Then
too a sufficient quantity Of ripe seed.
shaken off while handling, will remain
on the ground ready to take root for the
coming season If the waste also on our
barn floors was saved, we would rarely
have to buy any timothy seed in JelTcr-
son county, and there would be a saving
from four to twenty dollars annually TO
each farmer if this plan was pursued
from year to year Most farmers agree
that ripe timothy makes the best hay.
Then why buy your seed when you can
so often raise it. Spectfully,
y. w. BORDER.
Kearneysville, July !, 1901.