White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-12-14
for the faruItr.
rRINrKR,s INK FoR CANkER WonMs.


The grub begins to come forth from its chry-
salis form after the first of November, in some
sons as early As the middle or 10th of October, If
there is an early and hard freeze of the ground by
that time. The females are wingless, and as soon
as they come from the ground they aim for the
trunk of the tree and begin the ascent. They
continue coming out of the ground when it is
open that is when the frostwll permit, till about
the first of April, but usually in greater numbers
in March than in the fall The males, which have
WINGS come out little later and they less nu-
merons The female ascends the tree more or less
rapidly. according to the mildness of the weather
Cold nights benumb her and check her progress,
but she is ready for fresh start as soon as warm
day comes. The males are more active in the
darkest night than in the sunniest and warmest
day.
with all the numerous patents for protection,
some of them rather expensive and troublesome,
we are mot aware that any plan has been devised
that is, on the whole, 80 good and efectual the
old mode Of tarring, which was practiced half q
century ago and is still often adopted. The only
objection Is that ii involves the necessity of ap-
plying often, account of the liability to dry
and harden with surface that enables the insects
to walk over it.
The use of printers ink is a great Improvement
on tar, because it does not dry readily. To
apply it. takes strip of tarred paper six or eight
inches wide AID tack it around the body of the
tree. If the tree is old and rough, scrape off the
toughest bark, and fill up any irregularities of the
tree with tow or cotton batting. Put the paper
on near the ground, within foot or two of it, so
that cattle won't rub it off and smear themselves
with it. It keeps the female grubs low down also,
for when they find themselves obstrncted by the
ink, they back down and deposit their eggs be-
low it, but Of without imppegnation. You must
get the best kind of ink because the.best is chea-
per in the end, and it remains sticky longer than
the cheaper preparations, some of which are COM
pletely worthless.
Apply the ink with brush near the top of the
paper, SO that il will not run down on to the bark
of the tree. 1t will injure it if it does by attrac-
ting an unnatural amount of heat from the sun.
In some instances, where the ink has been appli-
ed directly to the bark of the tree it has killed it,
but the same would he the case under the same
circumstances with tar. The paper ought to be
taken off of the tree arter the is over, say
in June, because it makes q fine harb0r for all
sorts of vile insects through the summer.
Apply new coating of ink as often as it dries
on the surface, say at intervals varying from three
to ten days, according to the weather. Occa-
sionally through the winter, there will be warm
and thawing spells, when the grubs come ont of
the ground, and then there should be an applica-
ton Of ink but with tolerably steady cold wealth
er, they won't trouble much till the 10th or 18th
of March, after which they should be followed up
until April. 1t is good plan also to apply lit
tie ink just as the eggs hatch, early in May, as
to catch any that may hatch below the paper on
the trunk Of the tree If it is found abOnt the first
of June that any worms are on the trees, owing
to neglect to apply the ink at the right time,
a.iarring of the limbs will make them spin down,
when they start at once for the trunk. little
applied then will stop them
Taking one year with another, the coat of ink,
paper, and labor, in large orchard, will average
about ten cents to a tree. Not much to frigh-
ten anybody.-Ed. Massachusetts PloHgkmaR.