New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-04


ieet square, aid - two wups OF eq"si .o,msDsoos,
in Oh. of which IL 20 be the Agricultural Ma-enm in
tie other fine laboratory. Toe rs; and second hoors
nj the main buiio0g 5isDed - The engineering
School, The hD d 70 a lecture ball.
DIR. A.a Fitch our renowned Ne@-York en.onolo-
gsi lectures Tonight Oh BUGS aDd deprvia0ry Insects
Of lie various de- yrees Of maiyity. Here endeh sbs
first lefeon.
SECOND DAY.
EEe-awEs, Thursday, Feb. 2, 1850.
Dr. Asa Fitch Of Ne~.Ymk gave last evening h's
lec'nre Oh Economical EotomoI,gy," or inlsrioos
insects The Tempe, where this conyent'o sit~, w.
sboDt BALI filed, sud tho lectqrer VS. frequently APP
plauded. DIR. Fitch L,bors 10 f. ID Of science sSsssy
iDpoSIt 70 farners, bat very poorly underwood. AZ
be very jDsty remarked last evening, the dsvastaons
by insects not Doicec, becsnse 20 nsdiousy made,
but If eyes could but be opened zoe activity OF
Our lite foes CONSERVATION would seize u.s. Go into
orr forests and every portion Of <ees at
,aekeo by some insect, trunk bass, leaves and roots,
al ba,ilg ibei pecu Jar depredaIors- The sweeping
aysy Of our forests eompels the inoecs which formerly
fed nj on The 10 TO he orchards, which have re-
,t.cea the t,esfs We rbsll, before many years, ses
inr nee branches lvpI-sd Uh ~ are The limbs OF
he c1n,uop red oak, add BY the same asee Use o.k
puper" Foreign Insects bave been Importer In ING
the usand comm0dite-, aud The Dumhsriers uees tlo
ni.n,s wbicn 70 import, ahd these have proved soo
M a. icious fer to our crops aud trees Odc crops
ara 81 mate fuvOripg their develop mens, tney
multiply to q trghtiuJ extent sba 10
p,,af.r damage here than they did 10 La
Tooy The bark lOose, Tor lustsDce, on oSn
sides of Lake MIcLigap has ruin'd nearly every
o,cbard FOR ,eaIs aiitr The settlement Oh scs coan
tIy ubtst ~ all absolutely sore crop, bus me y''
ow,ndl. with successive y'Ts, aud no" III iarSe 40
trcts its culture ir ssarIly slsndOned hrseo"s
lave been nrp.d 10 &c cunt this that oar SID has
dtieruratd and our elina cb ibged but tnsy do MY
eAphin the difficulty. With the bert ~ maDnnD5 aod
rspe, get the crooo our ancestofs az, YIN
tlntOers farming and ven where ne" ~o'd-ni -
cea,eo aud wheat is put INTO the virgin SOIL the crop
is Dfnitetmsy EMAIL The true iuse "a 70 Dc fonnd
ID the attacks of psecs 8, and nothing else. c-'aog
some Year ago. it'll the popular bslef thai Inc "ne%s
10 ove Al lie, san ny were The greatest Wheel enc
nies the learned lecturer had been surprised 20 dis
cover that 10 every field be esamned not Of Eato-
Iean iprects, lew 10 HE county, @ere uIunrninz.
There were, especially notable, the thJrops, osclus,
aid ,hrps beoe Others In The old forest days. there
as 10 wheat nor sDy Of it, congo and 81, when
they were fire. Gown, eDedI-s attached It; bat %
deerees one after another fDdioR ABUNDANT nutrlmens
in the wheat field, sought 1t there, as me
uees were cut away. The wLen mitse
came from England and has ravaged our fields Toe
twent, five Years. IL is miserable nsIe yellow ny,
scarcely oneoulth 10 large n mlskeso, but deadly
enough 10 came III New-fork Sta e, IN 1891, t1,Ai
Ioss of over SIS 600 coo, nearly Us much ~ ,Da
whole CIV of New Haven is worth, with all is
houses bindings, and lott. II an invading army had
destroy ed property 10 this valne IE the "noe couo
try would have been aroused multiply TINS Lemen-
doua oas by that felt in all the States, and max results
is there fer our cobtemp la'i0n. Tue wheat nudge,
however H. sad 10 say not our only iaSect enemy, ior
tho PANE OF the amy legi nj aud yet there are bus
tao books lhseci. published IN Anencs, ana tneso
ave lot Oh sale in our b OksOrer Doe OF te ~ VI.
HsrTiss treatise which part of the survey of tho
na ura history of Massachusetts, aud the other Dr.
Fteh report on DoxOus insec1s puol'sned 10 inc
New.York State Agricultural Soceiys Tran s'csoos-
The Insect is divided into three parts, VIZ: head,
tborsx or fore body aud abdomen. Tue BEAD 10 fdr-
ni1bed with ante horus, which possess 70 Es-
abe s+psiveness. Thos, an lchDeamon ny, oy tonco-
The against the outer surface ol oafA IA WHICH,
a, even the depth OF two or three inchos worm Is
buried knows il it ia his food, aud JUS, where 10
lodged; u two bees, By touching their hol us To-
pether, kbow if they come from the sane hiVs
and are brothers. Tor all the world a.
,here were system of Fresmas0ury amoog
Them. The most wonderful thiog about insects
il their meiSphorsoss from oDe condition IN ano,ber 90
different that might us well exeea s"rvent 70
change to an eagle. The insect life Is divided ioto
four .tag.-ii, the egg; second, the larvai third,
the Iups fourth, the Iertect Insect 40 insecs may
be knt wn 10 have matured hso has wing-; or IL b
wiLglese variety, is maturity is knoSn oy ~ de-
poeitip. tpps Grasshoppers and plant Leaf bus are
bin exception the fouretas ed lfe for they gro from
larvs directly into fulsroUn insees. lnsects Dave,
how lever much we may despise them, real use 10
CresuCD. They keep down the excess Of vegsssAon,
and shout such provision Of Nature, che world woald
be Immediately ovrrrun with plaot lie. DR. Fiseh
clo ed by stating that by careful scrutiny OF The waos
histo,y and transformation Of noxious iUsecfs 40 are
sure 10 ind vulnerable point, by attacking which We
may destroy them. Although Achilles was cpyersd
with an @gIs, be was found Vulnerable 10 the heel.
1his morning Professor Johpson lectnred OF the
proximaie els mens of paets, starch, sugar. woody
fiber, gum, &C., illustrating. as before his remarks
with appropriate experme He gave great store
Of IformstoD TO the nature and properties Of these
several substances, snd explained hoS those known
in commerce are prepared, and when aod how they
we've Uncovered. Ia speaking Of the vegetable
hlbumen which may be extnic,sd from tho 60 ncDon
pea lie sad that China they soak THE v.getable In
sttr 10 separate The albumen and 10y adding IiSe
plaster Of Paris ecltaie IT, after heh Il Is dressed
Into cabes dried, aud sod under the Ma ne OF ado,
but is really "peo-cheese."
DIR. Fitch lecturo AGAIN this afternoon, hie mbjec.
this time being "Iusects injurious ~ Grain CsJos,
With a Particular Account vi the Wheat Nudge and
Hessiap Fly"
He said that our Losses UNNECESSARILY greater from
insects Than those Of Euro natons; aud yes, be-
of not being overcrowded IN population, they
were hot FL, much for there tie loss OF oneeignth
Of crop would REGARDED great DaiOoa d,sss-
ter The H.sran DIV was introduced into this cnn.ey
il packing straw by iiessn soldiers WHO landed
st Fisibush L. L. August, l776. IL dd great injaTy
20 crops tberesbOuts nntil 719. Starting from ps.
point and travelling abont t0ehty miles year, is nsf
overrlnra6 our whole country. Within year or 10
of ts val in any II zen place, of the sirrount-
ing wheat fields were destroyed, and its rvages a'ai-
Is continue for tea yeirr, until ts parasitic cue
mics eXIerminated it, IL has frequently resppeared
here ard there but Tor the past e~ years bas Almost
been uLbeard Of. Ths ny is probably thai referred 20
by Duh mel "a having greatly Injured the whel N
S@z-r lsd in l'3, but during the bali century ~ s
rAvsges here 1t almost uouoiced 10 Europe
In 1873 IL ravayed part OF Germany, ana ~ toH
Prof Dbps fcono along the Mediterranean 10 spaio,
Italy, upd Oh tho Island Cf MDorca.
The wheat iJge has been long known in Easiano,
ard was imported thence. IL was tlero ons'"ry
thought 10 be sort Of mldsw, bpt in lUi hi roy ma
tnre was discovered; ana 10 1877 Mr.. krby, searehDg
for the Uessinp v found and traced out the aaots OF