The New York herald., 1845-08-06

hill they will not touch your vegetation any than
the plant diseased. The little entomy is put by the
mother into the ovule sometimes into the stack Of
else you will not find it, Just so with all other
animals The larv@ in my head will be content with
other quarters daughter and scratching Of headsl
him another will dine on your old coat
he is hatched in it, and makes himself CO.
plants one time. will not another. The Hessan fly
makes deposit 1t is said to be of the class the
Smith ended long and technical speech, which went
principally to show that flies must be extirpated where
ever they deposited their larpe,
Mr. MEI0s said astonishing what labor and learn
ing were bestowed in investigating the history Of in
sects how many powerful minds had been bent that
little insect Lattraills in France and Donovan in Eng
land had written works entomology at vast expense
Lervenbock says that from single pair Of the Hessan
IuOoOO individuals would be produced That is about
as many stalks there on an acre OF wheat SO
that Hessan fly and his wife produce nhsbitant
time The plant louise or aphis a nasty little
ture, and almost universal II vviperous and oviper.
larger pfeat otng pesos ke wbs .Ss
make it their business to eat them by Millions
1t is great scourge, and he who would rid of the
aphis would confer on us solid benefit. The turnp
beetle destroys whole crops Of turnps Aristotle 1000
years took upon him to give history of the bee
tie Much has been said to the destruction of these
animals The last suggestion made by Mr.. Smith,
about the best It would be necessary to find out the
ae all your skill Mr.. Haven says that the Hessian fly
made his appearance first about 1880 81 and obtained
his name from the Hessian troops to whom he IL
keEed on account of his destructive qualities In 1892
after investigating the subject the Agricultural Society
containing the great names Of Livingston and Haven,
the only conclusion they could to was that the
chrysals of the Hessan fly deposited the bottom
Of and wheat stalk and would remain there after
harvest hence 1t requisite to burn the subble
give him grave in the earth by ploughing him down in
the fall After giving variety Of interesting expert
ence Of his own as to the habits Of Megs
cluded by saying that he could only satisfy himself of
this that insects would be found in their first stages
in pace-that they would eat but kind OF food,
and that the very best any than rat would take
the second best cheese out of thousand Hence the
plan would be to cut of the supply of food by making
it distastefn to the insect This he believed pract
cable, many chemical substances could be found which
could be applied to accomplish this without nurng the
plant any way He thought ought to be tried that
was all he could say aboutit.
DR.. USpERHrLL commenced by observing that insects
presented vast field for study All the depredations OF
animals of every other kind could amount to
fourth OF that caused by insects had been estimated
that in year in the United States there has been
6ve to ten millions Of bushels destroyed by them In
the State of New York alone commonly from one
to three millions of wheat destroyed by the Hessian fly
and the wheat worm. great deal had been written
upon the habits of insects but there was not that prac
cal application of them which wanted by the farmer
by which millions OF dollars could be saved The
canker worm destroyed an immense quantity of grain
The destruction OF the peach tree by the peachworm has
been for the last twelve years The object of
bringing the subject before the Farmers Club Of New
York is to make out remedy. The wheat crop is Of
vast importance to the United States and will alude
way of getting rid of the Hessian fly. 1.-THE sub
stance of DR.. US pian early late sowing, by
which the animal was killed by the frost In the
his observations, he said the wheat-worm was first
discovered Albany about twenty years ago. and that
whole country, at the rate of about five or six miles
every year in vast circle Tho remedy for this was
crop at that period when the grain begins FORM The
insects are certainly destroyed by this method
ing adjourned having agreed to take up the same sub.
ject at their next meeting.