The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-23
Late Wheat and Hesslan FlE.

The question Of late sowing Of wheat
to escape the Hessian fly is not one
that is entirely settled. 1t has been
thought by sowing later than certain
| dates in certain ATTITUDES the danger
was avoided. Bulletins have been
published to show the dates at which
sowing. Of wheat could be considered
safe. But the Hessian fly has recently
Shown dlsinclination to be controlled
even by late soWings. He has changed
his dates Of attack to points where if
the wheat is sown later 1t will be in
more danger from winter killing than
from the Hessian fly even
The Ohio station has just issued a
leafiet on the matter, in which it gives
resume Of its experiments in early
and late sowing Of wheat. In part it
says: AT Columbus, wheat sown Oc-
tober and suffered but little. In
the southern part Of the state wheat
sown before October 10 was consider
ably injured, while that sown after
that date measureably escaped. It will
be observed that the dates of safety
from fly indicated by these expert
ments are generally later than it has
heretofore been supposed to be neces-
sary to wait to avoid the fly; but in
1877 Frof. "A. J. Cook, writing of the
disastrous attack of fly in that state,
observed that destructive attack was
repeatedly observed on wheat sown as
late as Sept. 20, and Director c. D.
Smith of the Michigan Experiment
station, has reported severe injury to
wheat sown there the Goth of last Sep
TENDER. It seems, therefore, that the
date Of actual safety, in seasons of
general prevalence Of this pest, is so
late as to incur as great risk from
WinteP-killing as the ordinary risk
from the fly. In case OF an injurious
attack developing upon the early sown
wheat it should be turned under, in
order to destroy the insects and pre-
vent further attack the following
spring. The cost of turning under and
reseeding would usually be small in
comparison to the loss which would re-
suit from the fall attack and from car
rying over a host of flies to prey upon
the crop during the spring"
Maryland and Delaware.-The peach
yield generally is below the average
in quantity and quality, and a. good
deal of fruit is rotting. Fellows have
attacked some orchards in Cecil coun-
ty. Apples are yielding well in north.
ern orchards, but in the balance Of
the state poor yields are the rule, and
in some sections the crop is complete
failure. Pears also are rotting an6
the Delaware crop will be smaller than
usual. Plums and grapes are likewise
rotting some. Tomatoes are scarce In
all sections and numerous complete
failures are reported. A heavy croI
OF caterpillars in some of the western
| and northern counties have greatly
damaged fruit and shade trees and
completely stripped the leaves from
many trees. # n 5z. 81
The one function common to ali
roots is absorption. The root may be
considered as a dense mass Of the fin
est Abers-root branches no thicker
than hair. The structure is Of the
simplest, merely layers of cells deli
cate and thin-Walled, arranged in lon
gitudipal ranks. The fineness OF the
root fbril, its growth near the tip,
| Its wonderful power Of motion, are all
| M>sll adapted to permit of the fibril
making its way between the particles
| OF soil and extracting nourishment
from the, fluid surrounding them. We
/ have only to examine the root of a
wheat plant, or. still better, of per
ennial pasture grass, to see how per
\ fectiy this is accomplished.
! In order to keep milk or separated
cream fresh for any length OF time, the
] temperature must be reduced. from the
natural heat of the cows body to sc
degrees or even 80 degrees as rapidly
/ as possible by all known aids. The
best temperature for the growth Of
bacteria IS between so degrees and 1ot
degrees, and 1t Isl important to pass
through and get below this critical
stage promptly. or the germs will be,
l gin 10 deYe.op .#s
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