The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-06
FARM AND GARDEy.
How To Eight rsir tlErnitIto

How To Fight thc tUr"nifo.
Professor G. Y. Riley writes as fol-
lows TO an exchange IN regard to catch
ing this terrible pest
Could the history Of all the remedies
that have been proposed for the curcu-
lio he written ont in datnil. II would
prove a serio-comic chapter of impos-
tre and crcdulity that would be as
SURPRISING as di~o"+;-- -
-, s.I.vruuH. BEFORE the
true method Of lighting the insect had
become generally known, truit-growers
we're ready 10 avail themselves OF any
thing that promised TO lessen their
losses. The consequence was that they
frequently became the Victims OF I'M
scrupulous spectators, whose dishon-
esty was equaled only by their absolute
ignorance of the insect they proposed
70 eyterminatc with their washes, sOlu-
tons, and patent nostrums. busting
the trees with air Stacked lime, smoking
them with tobacco, smearing the trunks
with gas tar and coal tar, encircling
them with loose cotton to entangle the
beetles as they ascended or descended
Tie trees placing under them large
tubs of water, upon the supposltlon
fhat the instinct of the mother insect
would prevent her from laying eggs IN
fruit which was in danger of falling
into the water and carrying to their
death the larvae it contained suspend
ing from the branches cobs that had
been soaked In sweetened water il
which it was affirmed the insect would
deposit instead of III the fruit; all these
and many other equally ridiculous de
vices have been tried, and heralded
rs sure cures by those who have never
learned to connect effect with cause.
The true method of fighting the insect
Is to take advantage of its peculiar
instinct, which on approach OF danger,
ond Ut the least Jar, prompts 1t to fall: :
gnd to catch it Ivy Earring the trees and
bringing the veeylts down upon sheets
OF large cloths spread for the purpose
Of receiving them. The best way OF
doing this. on a large scale, Is to use
some portable, stretched sheet. DR.. +.
s. Hull, Of Illinois, has earned the
lasting gratitude of fruit-growers by
lie ingenuity with which lie has fought
this insect He first built a machine,
which was a sort of inverted umbrella
IN > single wheel. 1t proved cumber-
some anu an n e,i,,, 49,, llttS2 -re q
bumpingS against the trees. IN spite OF
all precaution, very much injured them.
This old machine gave rise to several
notifications. one Of which, devised by
T.. NJ. Ward. Of Michigan, is .terv sim
ole OF construction, and has been
used with much satisfaction IN that
state. But preferable to all other ma
chimes for this purpose, IS the portable
one last devised by DR. Hull. This
"ontrivance consists OF a light cotton
strotcher, supported by broad bands
from the shoulders of the bearer, en-
abling him to get close to the tree and
20 give it sharp blow with . mallet
or hammer upon the futt OF limb
that has been sawed squarely of
Tor the purpose, OF upon shouldered
spike driven into the trunk, which by
this means is saved from injury An
other way of capturing large numbers
of the beetles is by what is known as
the Ransom clip process. y first
brought prominently before the peach
growers of the country by Mr.. w. Is.
Ransom. OF St Joseph, Mich. The
process consists of laying close around
the butt of the tree pieces of chips OF
bark. under which, according to then
instinct, great many curcullos Sc
,,tete themselves during the day, and
NAV thus easily be destroyed. In view
of the nocturnal habits of the insect,
the philosophy of the process is evI-
dent, the beetles naturally seeking
shelter during he day, especially early
III the season when the weather Is
chilly. and before the females are much
engaged in egg deposihng. The cor
culio has some natural enemies ant
two'genuine parasites which live within
its body. but to cnumcrate them in this
connection would render this article
too lengthy, and the reader who desires
information about them should consul
late chronological works.
spring Ailments oi Farm Horscs.
The chanCeable weather OF sprln;
and early summer, says a Veterlnar.
surgeon III an exchange, is greatly pro
yocatiye of colds ana rheumatism, a
we'll as disorders OF lungs III horses
Overheatcd by work, which at the pe
ginning of the season Is more sever
than at other times. because OF the pre-
vious resting stage, a cold ram occurs
and, perspiratIOn beng lntertered VIII
waste matters deleterlous to health ST
retained within the circulation ana
febrile condition soon results. II
blood is debased inhammatory action
congestion. and impaired secretion ar
often followed by unnatural discharges
and a variety of troublesome disorder
supervene. OF these the most preva
lent are bronchial affections, cough
with copious nasal discharges, an
rheumatism Sometimes these u
neglect become chronic, and tn
value of the animal affected
greatly impaired 1t is wisest to pre-
vent these i'll results by timely precat
tons.
In the first place it is well not /
oyerwork any animal, nor to stint 1t
its supply Of food The increased AZ
petite consequent upon harder Wori
should be met with concentrate
rather than I'm Ky food for the StOmaC