Show foi FUR did IND INSECTS as usual aie are commencing their ravages on vegetation we have noticed a species on the young leaves of the turnips which aie are are thoroughly perforated with holes boles by this rz r nna fla Z and where the plants planta have not come up very thickly they ibey are soon entirely consumed tbt thi leads us to the conclusion and one which eus ius bler bt len ten t most disastrously attested in years yara that tre are ire pat past that we live in a country peculiarly peculia ily liable to attacks from the various insects that 4 and destroy detroy vegetation nav now it will be asked what shall be done in ahe e matte matter r can no means be devised to arrest ir or at least render less disastrous the attacks of the legion 0 of destructive insects and worms that prey upon our vegetation As we were wera told by a gentleman of experience in these matters to the above inquiry we would 1 4 bay say ay iy jat at tient them give giue them all they can eat sow not no your seed sparingly in the morning lowley cwi by eel efi ed and in the evening withhold not thine hand 21 Ws mean to say sow sufficient seed to allow the to eat at what they want and still leave to p a good crop you must make calculation to feted leed them or lose much of your early earl crop now choose you which is preferable to suffer from a partial or perhaps total los loss ios of your early tomatoes tomo toro atoe cabb cabbage aea aee 1 turnips c involving the extra labor of re planting ting ling or to put into the ground the first planting an extra amount of A ted te sed ed d to provide food for the insects we say without he citation that the latter is by far the 1 best beat FI plan pian 1 an every way let us look at the tile matter a moment jr your seed geed is good and is carefully planted in in good time lime it will most of or it come up which allowan that th the usual quantity of seed has been p planted iante lante ar or sown gown to a given area of soil if properly cull culi lil i t ed and free from the ravages of insects would yield but let the insects coma come and fed on that field or garden and the fotr prospect is soon blighted bligh 0 ted now in this ca cace case e the tha labor of planting is lost and if by the additional labor of planting rep re lautin lantin this loss could be fully restored it botill be but trifling thias howe however very verv is not the case ease for when you have expended the rec rece necessary essary labor in re planting the ini ing maturing turing of your crop cropis is thrown back some three erfour ori ora four week thus that from which you had hoped 1 ayap early fruits becomes late and unless very care carefully billy planted and attended is not eo so aptner apt I 1 alter all to yield as full returns now then which course is best I 1 we vve say says abla again I 1 most phenly hily the ilia one that while it secures from the first judicious planting also the most effectual barrier against the desolating insects by putting in in the ground sufficient sefa ed 4 to afford them support without in the least diminishing 1 t your crop I J ton fon tor or istance iu io stance tance in planting beet seed four pa pounds A ads of which is usually allowed to the acre i instead of four pounds plant eight or ten but says some one that is quite an additional expense well S 1 I if your crops will not warrant this try two pounds to the tha acre which if it should ba be con sl umed by bythe the swarms of animal ani malculm culm that must also li ine lne a if even at the expense of your whole crop grop y you q irwill will not of course complain because 1 the A cost of of the seed i is but trifling you can get inore more I 1 A 1 f JA A gen man asking one of our oun gardeners how much bett beet seed was waa necessary to the acre was doll told iram four to eight pounds i but bat said he with amazement ari gli 1 I never heard of so much being required would not two iio or tofee tbt ee pounds be enough 1 0 yei yet 11 replied the gardener grif if you think S you must expect a crop in accordance this this mn had forgotten if he be had eer ever thought or known that wa we live in a country subject perhaps 1 aps aes mor morel moret han than any other that we know of to the merciless ravages of destroying insects THE TILE CUT WORM is doing considerable dam agg ago aie afe in th the tha destruction of early plant plants we have been told several times by various per persons that soon after their plants such as cabbage tomato cucumber and melons get out of the ground grounds they wither and die the true cause causa of 0 th this ii being frequently unknown but as mav may maybe be proved by observation this Is generally the work of xe the cut worm whose operations we learn have hare been thus far quite destructive in some localities 1 those who have time and patience to t watch somewhat closely the progress of their early vegetation will decover that this worm enters the ground near the roots odthe of the plants and during the night gnaws plant at or near the surface by an examination every evening of the ground immediately imme immediately diatel y around the ilia plants these dedred depredations k eions may ba be materially checked we have heard of this worm being Is destroyed ia in 1 places where they were literally swarming by turning in young pi pigs 1 upon them on which the piga pigs thrived exceedingly while at the ilia same time they were too young to do any injury to the vegetation the young pigs were enabled by their powers of scent to detect the worms although buried in the earth this latter tatter resort may not be altogether practicable here especially where each mans lot is not securely by itself but no reasonable care should be omitted to prevent the ravages of the cutworm cut worm one of the most destructive agents to the early vegetation n thai that we have among us garden greens almost every one loves garden green greens and physiologists I 1 say that in their seaon they are very lery good all persons ca can n have them who have a small patch of ground yet let few have early gi gheens beens A friend informs us that by a little care and management ho be always has plenty faibis for his own use and some to give to his neighbors his method is to sow a patch of turnip seed in the fall say the latter end of august or beginning of september which forming small turnips stand through the winter and in the spring affa afford ord earl eari early y turnip tops for greens he ire also sows bows a little in the fall to stand during the winter this succeeds his turnip tops in the spring when he plants his big peas he sows bows a little seed broadcast over the ground by this arrangement he has p plenty lenty of nice greens until june when whoa early peas are in in season for 50 cents worth of seed teed any person can have all that will be require i for a family of this esculent greens growing en on a small smail patch of ground without in the least interfering with his hia main crop we were informed Inform eJ while on a visit to mr E sayers garden a few days since that he has adopted a plan somewhat similar to the above and with similar results those who love greens and have hive not taken the precaution necessary to secure them in their own gardens can probably obtain them during the season of f mr sayers potatoes we presume most of the farmers have already planted their potatoes some may not yet thase have done so but whether or not we will give publicity to a statement in the country gent Cent gentleman leman ieman relative to planting the eyes of the potatoes it will at least be in season for another year here it i h we selected the largest and best potatoes from the cellar took out the eyes and abed the rest of the abe potatoes for tor the table about ai as profitably as it the eye had not been taken out they were then planted three la in a hill bill or place about one foot loot apart and in rows rowa some two feet apart and then cultivated often enough to keep the weeds down and to keep the ground stirred and mellow the point of a narrow knife will be best for rimming out the tha eyes the result of the above experiment was a fine yield of large potatoes from every hill with no small ones besides there we were re h ho 0 di diseased 8 eased or unsound ones although as the writer states in the adjoining r ground where we planted whole potatoes there were many unsound ones the planting of seed end is not very highly recommended ded by this experiment as it would seem that where there are many eyes in a hill too miny many tubers are produced so that the young 1 potatoes are crowded in the hill consequently many of them must be small while others become diseased sweet potatoes again an article in the plow the loom and the anvel anvil states that sweet potatoes of bet better ter quality than usual have been raised ia from the he bloom or rather from the small seeds that are found in the pod made from the bloom these seeds are about the size of sage s sped seed ed and of the same color the sweet potato vine blooms in august the pod forming about a month thereafter hereafter As soon as ripe the pods poda should be gathered at the usual planting time the seed should be le sown as you rou would sow cabbage and transplanted in a similar manner when the soil is wet taking up a little ittle soil with the roots this method of raising the sweet potato is preferred by those who have tried it to any other what is there now to prevent the introduction of the sweet potato into the valleys of the mountains who has interest enough in the I 1 matter atter to make an effort to obtain even a small quantity of the seed from the pods they might with trifling cost cos costa tb bp brought here by mail now s the time to write and have them forwarded as soon after ripe ripening niu nin 1 I as possible russian rhubarb was shown us in id the garden of mr E sayers the stalks of which were quite arge and heavy beavy not so large however as the victoria from the garden garlen of mr W C staines ut the flavor was wag excellent excelle nL mr sayers sayera says it 3 the finest flavored variety inthe in tho the world |