Vermont Watchman And State Journal

Remedy for The Hessian Fly.—The following paragraph, copied from the Harrisburg Telegraph of Wednesday, will be read with interest by growers of Wheat. If the remedy turns out to be what it is represented, it will prove one of the most important discoveries of the day.

Passing the farm of Mr. Oglesby the other day, our attention was called to a field of wheat of extraordinary promise, on which we are informed he had applied his preventative of the Hessian fly. At a short distance from it on ground equally good, we were shown a field, where the remedy had not been applied, that was greatly injured by the fly. It would not we thought produce one third part of the other field per acre. In the former field the fly has not been seen since the wheat came up, while in the latter it was seen in the fall, winter and spring. These have been the test fields for this season, and they still more conclusively satisfy Mr. Oglesby that he has made the important discovery that must result in an incalculable benefit to the country. He has proposed to Congress that a committee be appointed to test the remedy, and if they find that it is an infallible one, of which he has no doubt, that they will allow him a proper compensation, and then publish the discovery to the world for the benefit of all.

What is important in the matter, is, that the remedy is within the reach of every one. Mr. O. informs us that it does not cost him more than ten cents per acre.