Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-03-21
agricultural.
rRurr CULTURE. No. 2.
Grzning Wax.

Grzfting Wax-
MANY good receipts are given for making
this wax. The seven follow ing are erfec-
tive:
Ist. Three parts rosin, to one part OF
sheiiac.
and Two ounces of rosin, and one ounce
OF alcohol.
Sd. Three parts of becs-wax. two parts
of rosin. rnd one part of tallow.
lth. Blue clay and horse manure intI-
mately combined.
9Th. One part beef tallow. two parts Of
bees-wax. and four parts rosin.
Oh. Six parts bees-wax. one part rosin.
and one pint OF linseed oil.
eth One part linseed oil. two parts bees
wax. and four pnrts ro>in.
Numbers /. 9. 5. ) and 6. do not make a
wax quite son enough for the climate -
No. :, after being simmered In an Iron ke;-
tie over slow fire. should be poured 'nto
cold water. and worked like shoemaker.
wax. or molasscs candy. If too son more
rosin; If too hard more oil.
ArrLK-II,EE BoRER-
Few persons are aware to what M cx-
tent these insects are infes,in. IL orchar,i..
Trees dwlndlc anal die, without the owner
having the least suspicion Of the true cause
the snawins bore within. 1t was not
tn the year ls2j that their destructive
character 10 fruit tees became known
Yet they are native American insects. aud
had FOR years Inhabited indi .enous trees
A. The round wood, wild cherry. AMI June
berry.
There arc two distinct Borcrs which In
fest apple trees. designated A. Fiat Headed
tBrupests) and Round Headed .SlTcr,lr
Both are Matched from egg, deposited e.,
winged beetle. The parent beetle Of tn.
Flat Headed. fiics, is seen. and LAYS it, eggs
by day, while the beetle OF the Round
Headed. fies. l. seen. and lays it, eggs n,
night only. The Fiat Headed usually at
tacks the limbs and top. and lives in the
trec single year. The Round lie dcd u
ually bores in o the trunk aud lives in the
tIec nearly three years. or two years and
eleven months.
tests ,h- arple trees of seaside Main -
II comes from the egg, OF beetle. de-
posted on the trunks % trees the latter
part II June. This beetle. rarely ever
seen. except by insect hunier>-entomolo-
gists-is about an inc! long. OF 4 ca nalnuu
color. with two mix white strips reaching
from nose 10 tall The e. e. deposited
mostly AT the foot Of the tree. age hatch, q
ia abou; Two weeks. and the insect COM
mcncos Immediately to bore into the bark
At ihi> time by Close inspection, they NAV
be Diet cted sud easily destroyed. They
1--we f'r The first wear on the inner bark
throwing ogt Of the miaut hole hv " i,h
they pen-trIi-l oA!y fc = grams y then
>awda~t like ca lug I" show TIA, they are
there. one accustomed 10 ferret them out.
VIII discover where th,y lie. by the bark
bciu. a little darkcued. As winter M.
proaches they descend As far ~ their furrow
viii allow. aid remain inactive TN The to-
lowing spring. The second season, being
about Atif oT two-ihird, grown-they - m
work downward, living on the alhuruum
OF sap wood, without being discovered. -
they push their boriags under the edge nf
the ground-uniess one Is acquainted with
their habits. THIS Is the time when the,
DO the most damage.
Towards the latter part OF the second
season, they begin TO bore a cylindrical
passagr upward into tie solid wood, some
times eating entirely through the body of
the tree, and someti mes completely grid
ling IL, invariably extending its passage
right TO the bark. Il then STUFF the upper
end of the passage with sawdu-t- like pow
der. and rests from its iabors for the win
ter. having finished it, gnawing work, and
compkted its mischief The folIowin.
season IL begins TO throw out IL. borinss
resembling coarse saw-dust, la clearing a
passage IL leave The tree. This is often
the nrs, time the owner has noticed the
workman by his chips" Ia about IS
months from the time they entered the
tree. they Issue from it perfect Jettie. to
produce another generation
While they are Twin. o. the inner bark.
they can easily be cut with the point OF II
Knife. but when they have become embed
ded IN the wood. a nallcI and It ihrrc-six-
teenth Of All inch gougc are needed
Green COW dung should bc pasted over the
wound.
PREvENrvEs AND REMEDIES. or the
preventiycs there are a few which are s,rr,
of remedies. none inrallible Keen the
base OF the tree free IRON grass and weeds.
and they viii escape ia a ajority OF Gas, 5
Ihe sure way j., 10 examine carefully the
stem OF each tree, any time f,om the Grsi
20 the fifteenth, with pockct-kuire In hand
Ihs oores odH roaiily b. found BY the giA!ia-
Gus boriHgs icA4ch SILK GROUND n mouth OF
tAe holes II is DO great undertaking. and
II done thoroughly. ends the bore. for That
year. Soaping the trees. using home
made son sosp--in June and cary July. I.
said, 10 prevent deposit Of eggs,
As remedy. the pouring OF hot water on
the trunks OF The trees. Is advised. TO KIN
them. Hot water IS good for scaldin.
hogs. and for culinary pnrposes-snd 1t
may be for apple trees The application of
soap is efectua a.ainst the Fiat Head.
aud good authorities say, 1t is equally 50
against the Round Head.
BARK LICE.
There IS scarcely an apple orchard ir
Maine. New England, or the United States.
that is not suffering from their attacks.
while many a tree is slowly but surely be-
in. oled TO death. oy these tiny ssp-suckers.
There are Two species, native North
American insect known IS Harris's Bark
louise, and one introduced from Europe
more than IS ago, and known as the Ovs-
tie she'll BuS louise. one OF TIE most per.
nitious and destructive insects which The
apple growth in Maine has to contend with
They may be distinguished thus The
Oyster shell Lause. having a muscle n,