21:2               THE WISCONSIN FARMER.

cluded to notify you of the result of my ex- in all the different irocesscs
you go through
periment.                                     with, to save them from anything
that Aill in-
                                              jure them.  Should any plant
have its centre
   So far as my experience goes, anything that bud broken or eaten off, it
will come up with
will keep green will retard the bug better than several suckers or sprouts,
and will not amount
buckwheat.                   J. P. LINCOL.    to much; better replace such,
if not too late.
                                               it is better to do the rest
of the hoeing without
  1'-.vi., April 21, 1863.                    the use of the cultivator:
stir the ground and
                                               keep it free from weeds by
going through as
        Tobacco Again.-Cultivation, &c.     often as necessary with the
hoe.
                                                 WORMS.-The tobacco having
got up from
   The following extracts are from an article in ten to twelve inches high,
look out for the
a pamphlet published by Orange Judd. The green worm that eats the leaves.
  They are
                                               often found earlier. You will
see a small round
 author We William A. White, Esq., a tobacco hole, oftentimes nolarger than
alargepin-hole,
 grower in Connecticut of many years experi- in the leaf; if you turn it
up you will be very
 nce. What lie says of the "worms' will not apt to discover on the under
side a small worm
                                               no larger round than a common
thread needle,
be so applicable here, as thus far they have and half an inch in length.
KiUlhim and all
nct troubled the crop much in this State. We his kind, for if left, he will
grow to the size
shall continue to give information on the sub- and length of your fnt offatird
of a full-grown
ject front time to time as the season progresses, leaf; keep the growing
plants free from all
until all are thoroughly posted in cultivating, such by going through the
field often, and pick-
                                               tng them off. Well-trained
turkeys will often-
 curing anl using.                             times assist in destroying
them.    All other
   CuT-WoRMs.-The next, or at farthest the fowls should be kept off, as they
often do more
 second morning after having set your plants, damage than good by scratching,
and other-
 go over lo -ec that the worms dlo not eat up wise injuring the leaves.
 one-half tf them.  You can tell where they   ToPiNGo AND SUCKERING.-The
plants hav-
 a te andl have been, by seeing a plant with a ing grown to the height of
two feet, will gen-
 sitngle leaf. and -onietitzies the whole plant eat- erally begin to rzn
up to blossom: let them get
 en off and Irawn down into the hole occupied lup pretty generally even:
then go through and
 bva large brown or black worm: you will see break off the stems about two
and a half feet
 little ant-hills like, and round holes in the from the ground: have the
whole even on top.
 groudl: ly poking around a little in the dirt, A few plants will not be
qaite ready to top;
 von wvill finl a worm very near the mouth of let such remain, and in a few
days go over the
 these 1Ettle holes. Destroy it, and all you can field and top those left.
 This will be about
 find, and thus save your crop. This searching the middle or twentieth of
August. If any
 for wma-is i-t be kept up till they cease to plants are later, they should
be topped before
 do miczchief.  All plants missing in the field the first of September, that
they may have a
 should lie lenewed from the bed at the first op- few days for their leaves
to fill out and ripen.
 portunitv.  The morning is the best time to Leave three-or four of your
earliest and best
 find the w ril. as they are near the surface plants to go up to seed without
topping. The
 of the gr aindl: later they retire into the ground suckers will now begin
to grow, at first near
 to appear again near sundown, and work dur- the top, and then further down:
these should
 ing the nllt adl early morning.               be broken off as they make
their appearance,
                        -1lav                 ~~~~~that the whole growth
may go into the leaves.
   CULTmIVtAtI: ..-llaing got your plants all. lso, if atny branches conie
out on your plants
 set, the next ia order is, in a few days to hoe left for seed, break them
off, and only leave
 uilt the -ial. Take a ctltivator nan-owed up, It hose close to the top :
look out it all times for
             ~itl a ~  tigabl thehire, g  thrugh the greeni worm, for they
will work as long as
  nelcC m) a If i- s:tltient for the first hloeing. the crop -lutids. and
frequently. if not shaken
i Then wai: i a caitta it hand-la c cut up allweeds            in the sle-l.
as long as it
and gra-s. tnt-Iih the dirt down level around  ,  r
the plant: stit it but very slightly close to the rclniii s greon.
plant: i ave thle sti-ring it el   hauling dirt llp
to the plant to a future licesing. Go over tlihe  s  L.iUT AANi AtR.-Shrubs
atd trees which
Whole in like manner; then again in ten day3 are too much sheltered, too
much secluded
or a fortnight. keeping the worms off in the front the sun and wind, extend
exceedingly in
mean tii!ie.  With your cultivator go twlicc to height, hut present at the
same time slender
  a row. Thii time vou can stir the dirt pretty and feeble branches, their
leaves are pale and
  freely aroundl the plants, and renew it, being sickly, and in extreme cases
they do not bear
  careful not to leave any leaves covered up, or fruit. The exclusion of
light alone is sufficient
  partially co. as it will spoil them.  As the to produce this species of
disease, as would
  leave- are wdhat tobacco is grown for, be sure appear from the experiments
of Bonnet.



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