Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13

not be very formidable enemy; in this
he was mistaken, as he will find out by
light crop of hay that will be made tins
wear. when it was in full force last year.
The beautiful fields of timothy and red
top have failed cntirely-hirdly head
TO be found on an acre, where two years
since we could cradle off the heads for
seed as readily as if it were wheat; but
now we cannot do it, and we ask all our
brother farmers who can, TO save more
seed than they want themselves, for in
Vermont at least it must be imported for
next year.
wish that il could be aSccrtained how
extensively this insect prevails, and how
long before itleaveS This is the fourth
wear 81 ce it first made its appearan,e
with us in very large Plumbers. and last
year was the first that we perceived that
it did Us much injury; our last hay crop
We thought fell of in bulk ten tons, and
in feeding quality perhaps fifteen tons.
The third week in June. rode through
several farms in our county at Norwich,
opposite Hanover, \. H., in conversation
with farmer on this subject, he said 1t
had been six years since he could save
any grass seed-prier to that he always
saved some To sell at the time was
there the grass was completely covered
with the iroth at tho bottom. That looks
n if il were formidable and 4 fixed iusti-
tuition if so, grass is nolonger king here.
I'm Mr.. Bartlett's communication of Jul
lrI.leJuo e from Harris Insects state
ment orthe origin of these insccts-that
their eggs arc laid in Autumn and hatch
ed the following summer. In this think
that Mr.. Harris was mistaken. Let me
give YOU my theory of this insect and its
origin: the little maggot in the froth is
the infant bug the froth Is his house in
which he lives while he passes through
his inrantjle stage; Won will find him nj
the roots OF the grass, a maturcd. ugly
black bug. about three sighthS OF an inch
lone and in countless numbers; they arc
SO ,p.y that it i difficult to capture ono
.fthrm alive. In this stage they spend
short time in feeding on the Young
gga>s at the bottom, until they make the
second change, which i the chry>ali>
STATE" Here ,hcy spend the winter As
hest they ear. dormant Of course, until
the next summer has brought forward
the grass. Then from the old last years
,hry>alis appears u little pale, fle>h-col-
orcd miller, with a body about half IN
inch in lgngJh, and wing when >prcad
about au inch arro>S-ycry Spry. The
complete insects eat nothing; their only
ohjcc, j. 70 deposit their eggs in the
Joints Of the Young gr,>, from which tho
head proceeds. and when their compile
mcut of egg i lail they have douc their
work. and ;hatiS the end o., the lrog hop
per race for one wear Thi, l. my plea
u any one mas q "'''''' l >"''"' ~ S'''
To hear from him. c'U'' give l'" my
method Of arriving nj this oul my article
would toe 100 long 90 "iH Only say IN
c.oN''g ul" on ground where We ha"I''
ok nine loads Oh nay TWO years since we
s'' bat three l'''' 'o'' l''F-'u' inc
question - "''' >"' | We "' VII" '"'
''''N NEXT winter
Another p"o"'"''oh gives 'h' 'o''o"-
M information on the SUBJECT
The lroS >H'i'c'h>ect> belong 10 the
genus 'f"''iH''" /" I'c , ''.. I'' T .''''''
oil Inc Order oil 'Ae "h'''"'hS'" Dug,
"a ."'t''rd) we nave ourselves '"uh"
tNe "IhrotA'rd 4N'4ft"3"'"'' OF SAY
very abundant IN The ''r''' ana o,-
c''Niona'il IN the p'i'ec' winged state IL
the well known 'irog->pi'Ne "P"" gas
and various weeds gro" ins among r"'''
>u'IlN oUt Il single laf'a i io"ho III "
single mass at frog->Wtile' and OF course
this >o-caIIcd iroE-~p'it!r Is nothing 0"'
the sap pumped oHI OF the invested plant
and discharge from the hody"t the larva.
The perfect insect. which l. i"iiy one
quarter of an inch long, = OF pale duiI