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Show """' iH Batseslloal toWtifitl lrowsr jH 1 Tho almost unparalleled destruction, rgB ot the wheat crop of 1900, throughout jJH I 'Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, la goner- 'raaTgj ally ascribed chiefly to tho Hessian fly. HM and undoubtedly this Insect baa causedi (sH much loss, not only by destrue- HI tlon outright of many planta In tho 9nl fall, but by so weakening tho vitality Pf. of others that tboy succumbed to' vjB weather conditions which they would UH othorwlie have been able to resist Hut JSlP! 'behind threo causes thero Ilea another (Mw (which must not bo lost sight of, name- Btsav ly, the exhaustion or soil fertility. Tha finS Importance ot thla factor la ahowa In BMB tho experiments of tho Ohio Station, In OK which wheat on new land has, this 9HH year, yielded nearly 40 bushels to the Hgi aero, without ferlliliera, whereas un- BV foitlllted wheat on laud that has been, g9el for CO or 70 yean, undor such cultlra- ILflH tlon as Is practiced on n largo propor- iijwM tlon ot Ohio farms, was almost total ly destroyed by fly nnd weather condt- J tlona comblitcd, tho numbor ot plants attacked by tho fly being In both cases IflBj approximately tha same. HHfl Where the sowing ot wheat has been delayed until after tho middle ot Sep- tcmber In the extreme northern part nf th sinir; to the 20Ui and i:th In tho latltudoot this station; to tho last week In tho month In that of Colum- bus, and to tho drat week In October HJ farther south, the results havo been HHJ generally mora favorable than where the seeding waa done earlier; but theae HHJ dates were not sufficiently Into to flHJ escape tho fly last fall, owing probably BHJ In part to peculiar aeasonal conditions. BHJ When the seeding Is delayed beyond BHJ tho dates mentlonod the loss from tho HHJ plant not having tlmo to auflleionlty HHJ prepare for the winter will probably HHJ be greater than the average loss from HHJ tbe fly. H Hvcn at theso dates. In ordinary sea- M sons, there will be need lo sco that the HJH land Is thoroughly prepared and well HJH fertilised If remunerative yields aro to HJH be obtained. HH Late sowing, however, whlla t. ja HJH mcaaure a protection from tho ' it- HJH tack of the fly, will havo no effect on HJH tho spring attack unless universally HJH practiced In a elver, district; for It HJH one farmer In a township sows his HJJ wheat In time to Invito tho fall attack HJH he will havo provided a breeding place HJH from which flies will swarm the fo.low- H Ing spring to destroy the crops ot all HH his neighbors. It would seem, there- HJH foro, to bo well worth whllo for farm- HJJJ era to tako united action In this matter HJJ by banding togothor ovor largo dls- HJ trlcta and agreeing to delay their HJ wheat seeding until tho dates sug- HH Coated, Such a test, It properly car jHJJ rled out, would bo ot Incalculable valuo HH , in determining tho actual valuo ot tbla HH method ot securing Immunity from the HH I Or- HJJ I It, In connection with a general sawsV- i. JkHfl Upononveutal, iMMmtiimm0lmmBSlmmilM farmer" would' latY'aiiiuH 'surp ut VJ ' 'wheat at nn earlier date, this to be HJ plowed under wllh a Jointer a few Uaya beforo tho genoral seeding and thon resown. It might havo a very useful effect In attracting tho flies and cnua- M ing them to deposit their eggs wboro HJJ they could bo easily dostroyed. HJ Many farmot-s aro writing to tbo Kx- pcrlnient Station, asking whether It la 1 I advisable to sow rye Instead of wheat HJJ this fall. To this wo havo to reply that HJ 1 ryo Is also subject to attack tiutn tbo I Hessian fly, whllo tbo statistics ot crol HJJ 1 production In Ohio show that tho aver jHJJ I ago yield of ryo Is no nroalcr than that of wheat, and tho market statistic- M show that Its average value por bushel HJ Is much below that of wheat HH Our advice thercforo Is, In brief! rut tho seed bed for wheat In tbo best pos HJ slble condition by plowing early, thor HH ougbly pulverising the surface Immedl BHJ I ately to retain moisture, and manur HH I log or fertilising llbomllyj then delay HH tbe seeding to a comparatively late, date and uso a liberal nuantlty ot seed. HH Tho recent experiment.! ot this station HH show that two bushelii ot thoroughly HJ cleauod seed Is not too much for an. aero of ordinary land. Chas. E. HH Thornc, Director Ohio 1-iporlment Slav HH tlon. HH Trail, A c Marks la rattle, HJJ Nowadays, when cally maturity la HH being so much cultivated In tha case HJ ot all breeds ot stock, tbo dentition HJJ of farm animate shows much more HJ variation than was usual In tho old days, when animals were uat forced, HH to a finish at anything like ths high rato ot pressure which baa of late years been Indulged Is. One of the HH consequences of this high-pressure HJJ system ot feeding box been that tbe BVj leading Hngllsb show-promoting bod HJJ tcs, such as tbo Snilthfleld club, the HV lloyat and other agricultural societies, HJJ havo found It necessary to lay down HJJ special rules for tho determination ot HJ tbo ages ot such animals as aro exhlb HJJ Hod at tbclr shows. The ltoyul Dub HJ Iln society, In common wltfl the other HJJ loading agricultural budlas, has found H It necessary to adopt otrtaln rcgula HJj tlons In this direction. Tbo rules for Hj cattle follow: H Cattle having their cintrut porma VM nint Incisors cut will be considered na HJ exceeding ono year and s)x months! 0PJ Cattlo having tbclr cintral permit HJ nent Incisors fully up wilt bo considered consid-ered as exceeding one year and nine months. Cattle bavlng their second pair 01 permnuent Incisors fully up will bo considered as exceeding two years and tbreo muntbs. Cattlo huvlng their thltd pair ot In-tslsora In-tslsora cut will be co-Ialilerod aa exceeding ex-ceeding two yearn and eight months. Cattlo having tuelr fourth pair (corner) (cor-ner) permanint luolsoni tully up, raid: tbelr anterior molan showing sign ot wear, will be comldcrol aa exceeding exceed-ing thrco ycara Tho most common shndo trees In th( streets of Cuban clib's mo tbe Spanish laurel, boefwoods West IntlUn almund and the sandbox tree. |