Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-06-21

proach incm The fcrccr tbey become, and
TIE less disposed 10 quit their hauns.
a
RoTATo BUG.-Congrcssnen Richmond-a
select committee oil One-has madea report,
on the subject oh this pest 10 the potato pro-
duccrs, covering five pages, in which the lab-
Its Of the insect are gwen, ana some OF his
viows respecting Inc Paris Green treatment OF
thrm.
A. the first plOMnS in. the spring of the
ground wnich the preceding year has been in
pola %. 5, lhr peri'ct COUIauO Potato Beetle
Viii Uc iUuIln Ia great or lesser numbers nc
Cordlng To the abundance OF them lie year
| prrvlDus. Tue perfect beetles 10 moi eat the
iolIasc ul the potato panl-ln tact solnr cL,se
| uUurNers assert That lnry dD u'.t cat anything
wnaeVrr-Uui Tue ittJhle deposits III n mass
| aDOut MY cAgS Oi All orange colOr, On the UNI
| der sIue "a tnc potato leai-and On tie under
side Ol ~ lettuce lraI, as Wcl--nrse Gags
Nh,n laken lao lie human stomach act rs ia
poison. Ddrins Ia existence Tue leniale bee
Le d'pUsils an aggregate oi ABOUT seycn hund-
red eggs. Tue eggs me meyer deposited on II
! ieai which Is cbnstahtiy Ia Tie shade |; from
Hhicn II Is lni,rred uiai the direct rays oi Inc
sun are u, &, ssaGy L. hnlcn them.
| In The coursc ol SIX 10 eIght dnys-dlpend
| ing sonsniiiu upon The wraih,r-- these cugs
were ha,cncu aud lie larvae, Us The younI are
called. ale lnelr way tnrough Inc lea. and were
tIund on top of the lcai fney are, al this
Stage mOsl vurdciuds d,vuurers. ot the leaves,
and increase la slz. dlrias ii To lS days (;
when lucy droi down On the ground and pen.
ctr"tc t.e ground sufficiently To b. iuIy con.
ccaled wherr IN seven 10 eight days ulcy un-
urrso Ga If meamorpnusls, anii emerge from
lhcr hiding place, perfect Uretlc, and in the
| course III u 10 days tnvy cOmmenCe dcpus-
| lIing their eggs. Therc are three complete
generations, ar crops ot The ST. b.ctl,s every
season. BU That the ultimate progeny at the
close OF Tue season, from ia fist female that
| Il. posts g-s ii the spIIng, ampunls to the
enormous number ol more IMAM Gtty ei1ht
| HLituOHS
Fan blowing does not destroy tire beetles
| When potatoes are dug and placed in small
! heaps la tne hrld in The spring, il Ihe burllrs
! are HOuudHni they Will collect in numbers
about The pnlMOrs and may be- readily caught
and destroyed Notwithstanding ln,se in
scc's have wings tnry seldom employ them To
escape, but " h,n disturbed on the vines will
at ouct drop Ia the gruund. Bnl they fly
great ul,lancrs, mostly during the night In
the morning great nunlhprs Ol them, are often
tund oa the sails and rigging OF vess, Is on The
westen purIipn % Lake Erie. Tue stakes OF
tnc hsl- ponds III the lake are often literally
coyvrcd with them. They IRE not easily
| drowned, BECAUSE when drivi n into the water
| 10y strong winds and driven on 10 shore again
| they dp not appear To have suffered la amy
| itslhci. lhcy appear more lcnacious of lie
,han ordinary bcelles-
The Xi, year, they made their appearance
III great numbers, beIure We supposed il limr
tor them 10 make their appearance GA lne
ION ot June We Gummrnc picking aud de-
! sIruying them and killing Ihc iaryae ANA dr-
! siroylnS the eggs. Ia cons qucncc ut the
| Mar,are made GA them, they did very little
| damage. | dug the Etry R,sr thu first uf
August, and hud 200 bushels per acre /; hut
AN lully salistl d Inar il had neglected them
! ,hat would have lost that crop Atler lhr
Early Rise wcr, dug, these insects gtaCkid u
| ned Ui late potato, tut treated them Ia
| the same manner and SOS we'd the crop
never madrnny use ot Paris Green, which
IA 80 highly recommended MS u specific. und
| do not think IL necessary Ia employ II, pro,
WirtL the entire community will unite nnd do
| lh'T duiy IN ,Niermlnaing these beetles. My
Objection TO Ilu use uf Paris Green, ARE that
In Tue first pla0t II is expensive, and in lhe
second place II is equally the inevitable de-
slrnyvr ol oar insect irirndS ns it is ol the hce-
tie Itself. Bat when II !. decided to use Paris
Gr,cn--w when Is rank poison -niX mt pound
ui II with - pounds al good ll,e -four, and
l'l the mixer bG-C rvlul not 0inhale any ui the
dust nrisins from il Thvn put tbs mixture in
n sprinkler having n long handle attached 10
II, aud apply early in The mnring Willie the
dew is y,t on vines, The lnur absorbing the
dew, l"Ims paste on the leaf which is vOra-
p'uSly 'a'eh hy the larvae and is ccrlain death
10 II, without any fear ol danger TO. the vines
ar Iubers from Inc Paris Green itself
In conclusion, l beg leave To- say that
have 10y permission Oi this House, written oul
this report entirely ir,e from scirnlhc terms
aud have rndcnvur,d Ia pun my ideas in In,
plaints possible language, 81 as 10 be under
stood by nll and which hope ind trust may
be OF some benefit la the farmers ~ OhiS,