The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-04-17
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Mr.C.Y. Riley, in an admirable report, q
STATE Rntomologist, 70 the Missouri STAT Board
Of, Aqrioulturs. Gays that we are now acquainted
With the natural history Of just one dozen die
tinot cut-worms, while there is fully another
! dossn whose habits and history yet ssmsl6 TO b
studied. - .5.e 80 ,.srhsa asss
against the devastations Of these insects The
latter are the several cannibal insects that prey
upon the larve. On the subject Of drifeial
remedies the author remarks: ;ysf,a IA
1.-THE climbing cut-worms are easily headed of
BY Q little vigilance. From the orchard planted,
upon light, warm soils they can be driven sway
entirely by clsying the ground about the trees |;
. wheelbarrow full is well nigh enough for esch
tree when spread around its base and as tar =
the limbs extend. This is the most thorough
and lasting. A small strip OF tin, three inches
wide, carefully secured around the body Of the
tree, will effectualiy prevent their ascension II
the tin is old and rusty 1t will require TO b .
little wider. Each night, after the swelling Of
the bud, On hour or two after midnight slight
jar of the tree will bring every one on It down,
when they can be caught in spread sheet snd
DESTROYED. This will have to be followed mp
till the bud has unfolded into the Leaf, after
which there is NO longer anything 70 be appre-
hended from the worm. The reasons Why the
CLAW is 20 efficient are two-fold: 1st--The worms
seem to have an instructive dislike to crawling
over it. 2d--In dropping from the tree on 10
the hard surface they are frequently disabled,
and whether disabled or not, they cannot imme-
diately burrow into it as in sand, and they are
all the more exposed to their numerous mid
night enemies which are ever watching for them.
"For the common field cut-worms. am con.
WINGED that there is no better remedy, as q rule,
than hunting and killing them. 1t is generally
believed that ashes and lime used about plants
will keep off cut-worms, and might fill pages
with recorded experiments. going to prove the
good effects of these substances. The expert.
mentors generally forget, however, that there il
a period In the life OF these worms when they Of
themsev 20 down in the earth and disappear,
and anything applied just before this happens il
sure 10 be heralded forth perfect remedy.
Experiments show. however, that when placed
in q box with separate quantities of ashes, ime
salt and mold, they viii burrow and hide in all
Of them, but especially in the ashes and mold.
SCOT seems TO be more obnoxious to them, and
although have not yet had an opportunity 10
give il thorough test, do not wish to discour.
age its trial Fall blowing, to be ef6cacious,
must be done very late In the fall, when the
worms are numbed " i,h cold, and then think
it is Of doubtful utility further than 1t exposes
them to the attacks Of enemies, including birds.
"In corn-felds that have been subject to the
attacks OF cut-worms, IT is we'll to plant so much
seed as will enable them TO glut their sppetites
without taking all the stalks in the hill, and in
this light the following lines contain deal Of
wisdom q
one fer the iis.kdIl aud Tor the crow,
Two for the i-w0rni and fhrea 10 grow,