The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-07-07
NEW SERIES.

formative state and con,iaua until the milk
hardens, when their Ini-sian is ended. They
soon produce q Iivil, spotted or faded appear
ance Of the siumes or chaff. brt the change is
less marked as the head ripens, which it does
Prematurely.
When the grain has become too hard for the
operations cf the weevii, they take shelter ia
the earth where they attain their perfect ,evel-
opncnt. They have no power ol locomotion
II the state in which they attack the wheat, out
instinct seems TO supply then with The means
of making their escape. They bend themselves
into an are, ike shippers in cheese. md spring
cut from the wheaf-head and fall to the ground.
| A few remain in the heads and as'e DESTROYED,
while some attain perfection in the barn and
sally forth the next year to renew their work
OF destruction. Those which reach the earth.
lake shelter near the roots Of the stock ard
I work themselves under ground, where ihey lie
dormant until spring, when ttey assume the
/ pupa and then tie iwaco or perfect form about
! DE middle Of june, and GEAR awag, Ike their
progcnitors TIE precadino year, to pyopa1ate
and destroy Even plowins The land does not
entirely d5atroy them. TTarg many of them
will reach tie s@r.ace in the spring and renew
: their lie to lay waste the golden fields. Tie
power Z ih,g insect Tor evil rnaY be anproxi.a-
I led when It IS known that ore female viii pro,
! duce six thousand descendants in one saason.
which must be doas IN The pace Of ten dav=.
! There seems t. ba Do certain remedy fer
this foe OF tho golden cereal wis1iu tie poser
OF man; bu: nature has furnished an antidote
/ for the plague. and tue result IS ;hat tie weavil
seldom prevails tR~se years in succession. Is
ually there apgsa-s Simultaneously with The
w-av.l parasite CALEB the pt.Hgynster PuHctger,
which IS - destructive to the weeyi as the
wcavl. Is to The wheat. Several years ago DR.,
! Aaa Fitch, State Entomologist OF New York
Egas Of the opiu.2a that this parasite had not
! get reached this c3nntTyi but The experience OF
Ills inmcdiatc SECTION seems conclusive That vt
has. lie @'ee7. has appeared at i9as: twice
: II Franklin colnty, out never h%S preva..e'
tnree consecutive years, In 1867 II c'f:Ee,F
Destroyed two pa 'hes OK iat9 W'eaL VIC had,
and in 3j3-4 IT, did aot appear N a4y- "a our
iiads. The e&sstenca O. the parasite Is also
proved 10y heO1lo Agncuitaral reports or 1900,
IL wnich Il Is sho"a f'Ias III !o.sJ Sodhties the
|eeVl' incFessed lJF SeVeraI years ana then dis-
~gPearet'
I'e parasite - nearly the same SIZE as The
NeeVn. oHt IS ea.Feiy niack' mas iohf co.oreo'
legs ana can De seen during Inc Day Ills Inc
H'eu,aI enemy u Inc "7'.I' @'u i'7 P,09eny'
anu ou' I'' i'7 P'oHlP. Siu our "n7"' n3li'
W"lia IN i ie" years become I peri1;. waste
It mPiiSheS It's Work oJ deStro}inS The tlr'%
oi the weevH II ihrnSts Its long, Iance-shap-
Ell ovi9ositor through inc g'HmsS oi me 3ra.n
AMI deposits us eggs win tnos' ot 'he "eePH-
Doth insects oi'eh DelaS louho accom- pushing
their distinct missions al Inc same dls upon
tde same gram q wheat. Inc weeVi leeds
upon the mix 7f the gram, and the parasite
ieeaS upon me "eaFii' tree 'Ae "e'V.' par
t'aily destroys the wheat Tor mat year. Dnt the
parasite totally destroys the "2eVIi' 1t F1fsnss
It's work reientIe5sLy y and wherever the home OF
/ the weeyli Is found there VIII the paras''e MAKE
! MS aoooe. q" tue parasite never 1ppe"lS ui'-
/ I'll alter tue WeeF'i has gained a i"d9nsnt' Inc
WeeVli often has TWO OF three years ait"r It's
/ first appearance; bat where the weevil has pre-
vailed as 1t has IN thi'seetlon, IN previous years,
! :he parasite viii be found close upon It's foot
! steps, and the parasite steadily increases each
year Whiie the EeeViI dlminIshes and hnaiy fIeeS
rom as eeaaiy I"e % nc" oci''h. ~" no
/ tce the parasite conflict with the "oeYlt ln5th's
season; but 1t does iot seem u oquai the t"ice
+ Of tie Ygeavis and we Therefore coneiadA that
! We are likely to have our wheat crop Per'iad ny
! the weeV. next year after which 1t will Pro1a-
/ Dty nisappea" aGa,-. ioF = uH-3'
/ The farmer cannot, Of Coarse, depend upon
natures enemle5 OF tins miiiion-tohgued Toe o.
our great staP.e. We Ibink 1t would be nest
! - plo~ any field deeply that has been secured
wish the weevil and will bear stubbling, and
/ seed 1t very early or very late II shonid be
pic"ed early, and harro|e' very h9I'y several
times, wf'h several days intervening o9t"e2h
each narrowing, A hot sun and dry a',nos-
/ Phere are always fatal TO insects when m a
chrysalls state. These covered deep W Ihs
Plo" VIII never return ana ny narrowing hsht-
" ana ohen ana men "il,nhs :na',o"' Inc