Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-07-08
agricultural.


ArrIr TREF BoRER Pursuits fy is
very methodcal and regular, She appears
in the last DAYS Of June and the first days
of July She aios in the night time from tree
to tree. and rams down the bodies till she
fnds good place for her eggs.
She likes to find grass around a tree, for
here the bark is more tender and is moist
through the day. The fly lays ten eggs as
large as the head Of a pin. These soon
hatch and produce white worms. II undis-
turbed they enter the tender bark and live
upon IT, In October they are found to be
one-fourth Of an inch long. They lie directly
under the bark till the next spring, when
they bore into the body of the tree where
they remain till the third year, when they
come out and turn to flies.
Now to counterfeit the movements of this
meddlesome madam there are various ways.
One is TO wash the trees with potash water
from the lower limbs down to the root. All
who are sure that potash water will kill
trees, will think it may be strong enough for
borers. and it is certain that I've will kill the
young borers though it may not kill the tree.
This wash is offensive to them and keeps the
flies away.
Another mode preventing the entrance
Of the worms Is TO bank up earth Of any kind
foot high. covering all the weeds and grass.
Now the bark up so high is dry and too hard
for the worms to enter and they cannot bear
exposure to the sun even If the mother should
venture to lay her eggs so high and so
exposed. Pioughman.
~ The best joke on those marauding
rascals-who. not without cars to be sure, pull
a. H. fho nd 10
hardest on the roosters, we record as the orig
inaI and brilliant discovery Of a gentleman just
across the river. in Vermont.
Drive two stakes in the midst of the field,
say six feet apart. Suspend between them an
old string of bells. From the centre the
string a cord or strap hangs to the ground and
is secured to the leg Of the lusty rooster
Don't you perceive that every move he
makes he iingles the bells and that crow won
come within fifty rods Of him But that isn't
ALL The inventor makes iurther claim-it
keeps off the hawks. When the machine was
first set agoing, few days ago, a neighbor OBJ
served large hawk come from distant wood
aud begin his gyrations over the field at great
height Presently he got his eye on that roos-
ter and at once contracted his circles and begar
settling ominously, with the evident intent o
coming down on him. The rooster gave hi
low note of alarm, and eyed the hawk in ter
ror--down he comes-the rooster screams anC
makes vigorous spring-the bells ring out so
norously and away goes the bird looking
over his shoulder to sec if the rooster with hi
string ofbells was after him.
n. u. "lnfringements upon this pat en-
when obtained will be prosecuted with tn
utmost rgor of the law "--C larmont Nh,
Eagle.
Rum AS A FERTrLIzER-A Matanzas Gu
ba) paper has seen some gigantic specimen
of early sugar cane, the growth of which,
ays, was quickened by the use of rum, whic
al ticle it claims to be better fertilizer tina
the guano itself We think no one will dis
pute that rum is well adapted to "raise Cain,
for of this we have sufficient evidence in on
our country, without going to Matanzas fc
proof.-Journal of Commerce.