Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-18
Farm, Garden and Household.
The Tobacco Worm.

II there is anything or anybody that
is punctual in this world, it is the cut
or tobacco worm. He puts in an APP
pearance without regard to the extent
of the crop or the demand for the same.
You will generally find him making OBJ
servations about an hour after trans
planting, and the grower will need to
watch carefully or transplanting will
have to be continued during the entire
season. Sometimes the ravages of the
cut worm are most disastrous, destroy
ing hundreds of the plants in short
time, and again they will hardly be
noticed. They usually attack the
"chit" Of the plant and frequently eat
all Of the central leaves, which renders
the plant worthless. They also eat the
outside leaves, but prefer the smaller
leaves, as they are more tender. They
can more readily be found early in the
morning than at any other time, as the
fresh earth will show where they have
gone, or at least from whence they
came. They should be destroyed at
once. Some seasons they are very
small and difficult to find, at others
they seem to be much larger and usual
ly as destructive. The only remedy is
to worm the plants thoroughly every
morning, and in this manner many of
them may be saved. When the plants
are much injured, they should be re-
,..Nx,nI Ill Nut lNac.1n -
Plaster is sometimes used as proven
tative against the ravages of the cut
worm, but is hardly specific. The
best plan is to transplant only large
stocky plants which the worms are less
liable to injure. They, however, do
not trouble Spanish tobacco 80 much
as seed leaf at least this is our own
experience. They sometimes eat the
plant off and it falls over, but the taller
it is, the more difficult will it be for
them to reach the centre of it. In the
morning draw the earth away from
around the plant carefully, ard usually
the worm will be found near the roots
or at little distance. They feed upon
the plant during the night, and are
seldom seen eating the leaves, in which
respect they differ from the corn or to
bacco worm, which may be discovered
making fine cut chewing tobacco early
in the morning or during dark day
The cut worm is found upon dark sol
more frequently than upon light, acc
also upon hard stony soil. They are
much dreaded by the grower, as they
make the tobacco field so uneven tina
it produces variety of colors ant
shades of leaf.
Household Notes.
A Coop DIsINFEcTANT.-Av very veal
solution of permanganate of potash i
an excellent disinfectant for light pur
poses, such as rinsing spittoons, neu
tralizing the faint of diseased roots
cleansing the feet and keeping tn
breath from odor of tobacco smoke
Permanganate is not poisonous.
HOUSE WINDOWS. -The more ligh
admitted to apartments the better TO
those who occupy them. Light is a
necessary to sound health as it is t.
vegetable life. Exclude it from plants
and the consequences are disastrous
They cannot be perfect without it's viv
flying influence. It is fearful mis-
take to curtain and blind windows g.
closely for fear of iniuring the furni
ture by exposing to the suns rays sucl
rooms positively gather elements i
darkness which engender disease. LIE
in the light often, and fresh air, toe
or suffer the penalty of aches and pain
and long doctor bills which might hav
been avoided.
REMEDY FOR FEVER AND AaUE.-Pe
ruvian bark, two ounces wild cherr
tree bark, one ounce; cinnamon, on
drachm, all pulverized ; capsicum, on
teaspoonful sulphur, one ounce; POI
wine, two quarts. Let stand a day {
two. Always buy the Peruvian bar
and pulverize it, as most ready pulvel
lied articles are adulterated. This
the reason why more cures are not PEI
formed by it. Dose, wine glassfl
every two or three hours in the da
until broken; then two or three da
until all is used. This mixture will /
found excellent for intermittent few,
and fever and ague.
WHAT is IN THE BEDROOM. The in
portance of ventilating bedrooms is
fact in which everybody is vitality il
terested, and which few properly a.
preciate. If two men are to occupy
bedroom during night let them ste
upon weighing series as they retire ar
then again in the morning, and the
will find that their actual weight is
least pound less in the mornin
Frequently there will be loss of OF
or two pounds, and the average 10
throughout the year will be more ths
one pound that is, during the mig
there is loss of pound of matte
which has gone off from their bodie
from the ludgs partly and part
through the pores Of the skin. The G
capped material is carbonic acid and
cayed animal matter, or poisonous e